Ex-governor of the Astrakhan region Sergei Morozov returned to customs

Ex-governor of the Astrakhan region Sergei Morozov returned to customs

Former acting governor of the Astrakhan region Sergei Morozov, who resigned three months before the elections, was appointed advisor to the head of the Federal Customs Service

Photo: Sergey Morozov / VK

The former head of the Astrakhan region, Sergei Morozov, began working at the Federal Customs Service as an adviser to the head. Two sources close to the department told RBC about this. Morozov returned to the Federal Customs Service shortly after his resignation from the post of head of the region, RBC’s interlocutor close to the Kremlin confirms.

“Morozov returned to the department in June and was appointed adviser to the head of the Federal Customs Service,” a source told RBC. Previously, he already worked in the customs department as deputy head.

“From September 2017 to September 2018 - before his appointment as acting governor of the Astrakhan region - he was deputy head of the Federal Customs Service of Vladimir Bulavin. In this position, Morozov oversaw the work of the control and audit department and was responsible for the interaction of customs with the Federal Tax Service,” the source recalls.

After Morozov left the post of governor, sources from TASS, RIA Novosti and Interfax said that he would receive a position in one of the special services. An RBC source close to the presidential administration said that his work will be related to operational activities.

The former governor himself told RBC that he was not ready to communicate on this topic. RBC sent a request to the FCS press service with a request to confirm information about his appointment.

“I think this is a temporary solution, but it does not indicate Morozov’s significant political influence, nor his career prospects,” political scientist Rostislav Turovsky told RBC.

Considering the criminal cases against a number of officials who worked in Morozov’s team, it is difficult for the former interim to count on the favor of the federal center, the expert considered.

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Last year, in an interview with RBC, Morozov, being the governor of the Astrakhan region, said that his career began with working as a navigator on a dry cargo ship. He served his military service in the border troops, where he often competed in hand-to-hand combat. While serving in the army, he was offered to transfer to the FSO. From 1994 to 2021, Morozov worked in various positions in the service, including as an aide-de-camp to President Vladimir Putin.

In 2021, Morozov moved to the Ministry of Defense, where he worked as an assistant to Minister Sergei Shoigu. Then he was awarded the military rank of major general. In September 2021, Morozov took the position of deputy head of the Federal Customs Service, and in September 2021, the president appointed him acting governor of the Astrakhan region.

In June of this year, Morozov resigned from the post of acting governor of the Astrakhan region three months before the elections with the wording “of his own free will.” He was replaced by Igor Babushkin, a native of the FSB. In mid-July, criminal cases were opened against several officials who worked under Morozov and his predecessor Alexander Zhilkin in the regional administration. In particular, the former head of the regional government Rasul Sultanov and acting Minister of Finance Vitaly Shvedov.

Morozov Sergey Petrovich

Russian statesman. Major General. He served as governor of the Astrakhan region for only eight months - from September 26, 2021 to June 5, 2021.

Sergei Petrovich Morozov was born on May 9, 1973 in the city of Belovo, Kemerovo region.

In 1992 he graduated from the Leningrad River School (now the St. Petersburg College of Water Transport), and in 1999 from the St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture. P.F. Lesgafta. Sergei Morozov is a master of sports in hand-to-hand combat.

He began his professional career as a navigator at the Nevsky Shipbuilding and Shiprepair Plant.

In 1992-1994 he served as a conscript in the Russian Armed Forces.

In 1994, Sergei Morozov was accepted into the Federal Security Service. In 2007-08, he worked in the personal security of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, and later in the personal security of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. At the same time as Morozov, the current governor of the Tula region, Alexey Dyumin, worked in the protection of Zubkov, and then Putin.

During his years of service, he underwent professional retraining at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, at the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and at the Russian Academy of National Economy under the programs “State and Municipal Administration” and “Public and Military Administration”.

From 2021 to 2021, Sergei Morozov worked as an assistant to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu.

On August 31, 2021, he was appointed deputy head of the Federal Customs Service, part of the system of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. Supervised the control and audit department and the main department of customs control after the release of goods.

On September 26, 2021, by decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he was appointed acting governor of the Astrakhan region.

During the eight months of leading the region in Astrakhan, a series of scandals related to the United Russia party broke out.

On May 14, 2021, Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Akhtubinsk on the socio-economic development of the Astrakhan region, at which he drew attention to the problems of the region, criticized the pace of housing commissioning, pointed out the unstable dynamics of investment in fixed capital, low income growth, unemployment and population outflow . At the same time, Sergei Morozov did not receive any obvious public support.

On June 5, Sergei Morozov was dismissed by decree of the President of the Russian Federation “at his own request.”

The resignation came as a surprise to political scientists interviewed by the Caucasian Knot, who believe that although Sergei Morozov did not take any noticeable actions, his chances of winning the elections for the head of the region in September were quite high.

Major General of the Reserve.

He was awarded the medals “In Memory of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg” and “For Strengthening Customs Cooperation”, and the badge of the Federal Customs Service “For Special Distinctions”. Awarded with a personalized weapon.

Married. Raises two daughters and a son.

Notes

1. Portal of executive bodies of state power of the Astrakhan region - www.astrobl.ru
2. Biography of Sergei Morozov // RIA Novosti, September 26, 2018
3. Order of the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation https://static.government.ru/media/files/3JQYY0butp42ApoHSfVOsgpeMZdDwoRs.pdf
4. Putin invited Sergei Morozov to temporarily head the Astrakhan region // Interfax, September 26, 2021
5. Meeting on the socio-economic development of the Astrakhan region // Portal of the President of the Russian Federation - https://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/60518, May 14, 2019
6. Acting Governor of the Astrakhan Region Sergei Morozov: biography // Komsomolskaya Pravda, September 26, 2021

The President of Russia fired the heads of two regions

IA SakhaNews. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the governor of the Astrakhan region, Alexander Zhilkin , and the head of Kabardino-Balkaria, Yuri Kokov , from their posts, according to the Kremlin website.

The head of state appointed former deputy head of the Federal Customs Service Sergei Morozov as acting governor of the Astrakhan region. Putin also appointed acting head of Kabardino-Balkaria Kazbek Kokov , who has worked in recent years in the presidential administration.

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Zhilkin Alexander Alexandrovich was born on August 26, 1959 in the village of Tsvetnoye, Volodarsky district, Astrakhan region.

In 1981 he graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the Astrakhan Pedagogical Institute.

In 1981-1988 he worked as a teacher, then as a director in a secondary school in the village of Kaspiysky, Kamyzyaksky district, Astrakhan region.

From 1988 to 1991 he was the first secretary of the Astrakhan regional committee of the Komsomol, a deputy of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR.

From October 1991 to August 2004 he worked as first deputy head of the administration of the Astrakhan region.

In August 2004, he was appointed acting head of the administration of the Astrakhan region in connection with the sudden death of the current governor Anatoly Guzhvin.

On December 5, 2004, he was elected to the post of governor of the Astrakhan region. On December 23, 2004, he officially took office. Immediately after his election, he initiated the reform of the regional executive authorities. Three years later, Zhilkin signed a new regional charter.

On November 30, 2009, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev submitted to the State Duma of the Astrakhan Region the candidacy of Alexander Zhilkin for the post of governor of the region.

On December 9, 2009, at a meeting of the State Duma of the region, Zhilkin was approved as governor of the region. Officially took office on December 24, 2009.

On September 14, 2014, he was elected governor of the Astrakhan region. On September 19, 2014, he took office.

On September 26, 2021, it became known that Alexander Zhilkin was moving to another job.

Alexander Zhilkin - Candidate of Economic Sciences (1996), Doctor of Biological Sciences (2005), since 2003 - Associate Professor at Astrakhan State University (ASTU), since 2005 - Honorary Professor at ASTU.

Awarded the Order of Friendship (1998), the Order of Honor (2003), the Golden Order of Patron (2005), the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (2010).

Kokov Yuri Aleksandrovich was born on August 13, 1955 in the city of Nalchik.

In 1979 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Rostov State University.

From 1979 to 1987, he served in various positions in the criminal investigation units and the BKhSS service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

From 1987 to 1991 - head of the administrative and financial department of the Council of Ministers of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

In 1991-1995 - deputy head of the criminal police service, head of the Department for Combating Economic Crimes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

In 1995-1999 - Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the KBR - head of the criminal police service.

In 1993 and 1997, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria, where he headed the commission on legislation and security.

In 1999, he was transferred to Moscow to the position of chief inspector of the inspection of the Main Organizational Inspectorate Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In 2003, he was appointed deputy head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Since 2005 - First Deputy Head of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

In 2008, he headed the newly formed Department for Countering Extremism of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

From June 2011 to August 2012 - Head of the Main Directorate for Countering Extremism of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Since September 2012 - Head of the All-Russian Institute for Advanced Training of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

On December 6, 2013, he was appointed acting head of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

On October 9, 2014, deputies of the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria unanimously elected Yuri Kokov as head of the republic; all 70 deputies voted for his candidacy.

Colonel General of Police. Honored employee of the internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation.

During his service, he was awarded a number of state and departmental awards, including the medal “For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order,” the Order of Courage, and the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree.

Morozov Sergey Petrovich

He worked as an assistant to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, where he transferred from the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSO of Russia).

On August 31, 2021, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev appointed Sergei Morozov as deputy head of the Federal Customs Service, which is part of the Russian Ministry of Finance.

On September 26, 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Sergei Morozov as acting governor of the Astrakhan region.

Kokov Kazbek Valerievich was born on July 20, 1973 in the village of Lesken-II, Urvansky district, Kabardino-Balkarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.

He graduated from the Kabardino-Balkarian Agro-Reclamation Institute with a degree in agronomist.

Since 1995, he worked as Deputy General Director for Commercial and General Issues of JSC Khalvichny.

Since 2002 - General Director of JSC Kabbalkresursy.

From 2003 to 2007 - deputy of the Nalchik City Council of Local Government. He was a member of the committee on agricultural policy and environmental management in the KBR parliament.

In March 2009, he was elected to the Parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria.

On December 16, 2010, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, in connection with which the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria terminated his parliamentary powers.

In the spring of 2013, he was appointed advisor to the regional block of the Russian Presidential Administration for Domestic Policy. In his post, he oversaw the entire North Caucasus.