Curriculum Vitae
Dvorkovich Arkady Vladimirovich, whose biography and nationality will be discussed in today's article, was born on March 26, 1972 in the family of the famous international chess arbiter Vladimir Yakovlevich. It was our father who always taught our hero the ability to calculate as accurately as possible all possible options for the development of events in a given life situation, as well as to logically think through and plan actions. Dad chose school number 444 in Moscow for little Arkasha. It was in this educational institution that the boy studied mathematics in depth.
As Arkady's friends now recall, as a child he loved kicking a soccer ball on the street much more than sitting at a chessboard. However, the young man already said then that training the mind is a much more important matter than training the legs and muscles.
Arkady Vladimirovich's mother's name is Galina Lvovna. She worked as a design engineer all her life.
The childhood of Arkady Dvorkovich
Arkady was born into a famous family of chess players.
His mother was a design engineer, and his father was a famous international chess arbiter. From childhood, his father taught his son to calculate possible scenarios in advance and to think logically. It was he who chose the school for Arkady. Dvorkovich studied mathematics in depth at school No. 444 in Moscow. Childhood friends recall that Arkady liked playing football more than chess, but he always said that training the mind and logic was more important than training the legs.
After school he entered Moscow University. In 1994, Arkady graduated from two educational institutions simultaneously - the University and the Russian School of Economics. He later confirmed his diploma at Duke University (USA), where he received a master's degree in economics.
Education
After school, the future politician entered Lomonosov State University (Moscow). Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich, whose nationality is Jewish, chose economic cybernetics as his main profile. After receiving a diploma from a capital university, he continued his studies at the Russian School of Economics, where he received a master's degree in 1994. A talented guy was noticed and sent for an internship overseas. It was in the USA that the Russian was able to confirm his knowledge at Duke University, which is located in North Carolina. By the way, Dvorkovich studied at Moscow State University in the same course as current businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov.
Career
In 1994, Arkady began his career as first a consultant and then a senior expert at ZAO Economic Expert Group. Over time, he was even able to become the general director of this organization. The company was directly connected with the Department of Economic Policy under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
In 2000, Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich, whose biography is of interest to many people today, took the position of adviser to the minister for economic development. At that time, the ministerial chair was occupied by German Gref. In this position, the talented manager was responsible for the development of tax and budget policies. And already in March 2000, he became one of the authors of the strategy for economic development of Russia in the first decade of the 21st century. Moreover, some of its points even later turned out to be part of the government program.
Career of Arkady Dvorkovich in the Russian Government
The year he graduated from the University, he began his career at the Ministry of Finance, working in the economic group as a consultant. After some time, Dvorkovich became the general director, and then the scientific director. This was the beginning of his career.
The biography of Arkady Dvorkovich began in a family of chess players
In 2000, Arkady Vladimirovich became an adviser to the minister for economic development, and a year later he received the position of deputy minister. At that time, this post was held by German Gref.
He worked as the head of the presidential expert department since 2004, and in the spring of 2008 he became assistant to the president. According to the presidential order, Dvorkovich was one of the participants in the development of the Skolkovo project.
Speaking about the project, he stated that innovation centers are planned to be located in many regions of the country, and foreign cities will play the role of a central link. It will be several more years before Skolkovo starts operating at full capacity, but it is quite possible that some projects will start operating sooner.
Anatoly Bykov about the torn shoes of Arkady Dvorkovich According to his statement, the government’s task is to create a well-functioning network of innovation centers. It is planned that international and leading universities of the country, as well as various research centers, will also be components of this chain. This way it will be possible to get results in many places in Russia.
In the spring of 2012, he began overseeing the fuel and energy complex as Deputy Chairman of the Government. At the moment it is Dmitry Medvedev.
It should be noted that not all of his proposals and opinions are reflected and supported in government policy, however, some proposals are supported by both the president and the prime minister of the country.
Transition to public service
At the end of March 2001, Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich, on the basis of an order from the then Prime Minister of the country Mikhail Kasyanov, became Deputy Minister of Economy and Trade of the Russian Federation. It was the hero of this article who was one of those specialists who initiated the development of tax reform aimed at introducing a thirteen percent income tax.
At the beginning of September 2004, Arkady was appointed to the position of head of the supervisory board of the open joint-stock company Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending.
Arkasha (Abrasha) DVORKOVICH. Liberal in the government of the Russian Federation. And a British agent.
Arkady Dvorkovich is Jewish. You don’t have to be an ethnologist or racologist to be convinced of this. Look at his face and listen to your instinct - you won’t be deceived.
Dvorkovich was brought into the government by the notorious German Gref, one of VVP's closest associates. In the early 2000s, there were persistent rumors. that young Arkady (who was then just over 20) was the lover of the Minister of Economic Development and Trade. Whether this is true or not is generally indifferent, but it was the Putin era that became famous for the fact that twenty-year-old Jewish boys literally flocked to power in droves. Of course, such appointments do not occur without the patronage of powerful Jewish manipulators.
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This is what Lyndon LaRouche, economist, publicist and prominent representative of the conservative group of American politicians, which included the assassinated President D.F. Kennedy, wrote on April 24, 2010:
Dvorkovich represents the forces in Russia that express British influence, which is destroying Russia despite efforts to turn in a different direction. What does this gentleman represent? He represents British interests. He himself is just a British agent of the Inter-Alpha group, which has a stranglehold on Russia.
He may consider himself a Russian, but Gorbachev, especially Andropov, and before Khrushchev, they were all inclined... Khrushchev and Russell entered into a conspiracy. Bertrand Russell is the greatest 20th century monster on the planet. Even after he died. So the Russians got infected. What happened? Someone got rid of Stalin. And soon after this, under Stalin's heir, Khrushchev, a meeting took place, organized by Bertrand Russell - the World Parliamentarians for World Government. And four representatives from the Soviet Union, official representatives, came to this meeting. This was always Russell's goal, in the 1920s and even earlier, a world government, a world empire that would reduce the population of the Earth.
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From early childhood, Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich was known as a great smart guy. Of course, Arkasha began speaking at the age of one and a half years, and reading at the age of three. His parents, Vladimir Yakovlevich and Galina Lvovna, could not be happier with their child and predicted a great future for him.
As a child, Arkady showed promise in chess. At one time it even seemed that he would follow in the footsteps of his father, a grandmaster and famous chess judge.
And although Arkasha never became a chess player, he managed to use his remarkable mind, as they say, to the fullest.
After graduating from a special mathematical school, Arkady studied at Moscow State University, at the Faculty of Economics. His specialization was mathematical modeling in economics. It was very difficult to study there, many of his fellow students dropped out of the university, fortunately the nineties were very difficult, when you could make a fortune with lightning speed and just as quickly lose it. But Dvorkovich was in no hurry to quit his studies. With his “chess” mind, he understood that quick “combinations” could not lead to anything good.
In 1994, having barely received a diploma from Moscow State University, Arkady Vladimirovich got a job at the Economic Expert Group (EEG) under the Ministry of Finance. This group, in addition to forecasting budget revenues, provided assistance in the ongoing work of the Department of Macroeconomic Policy of the Ministry of Finance and took part in negotiations with the IMF. In three years, Dvorkovich went from consultant to CEO of EEG, while also managing to study in the USA, at Duke University.
After Arkady Vladimirovich headed the EEG, its functions expanded significantly. The group began to engage in medium-term forecasting of the economic situation, prepare presentations for international rating agencies and prospectuses for all Eurobond issues for investors. The head of the EEG in those years was repeatedly praised by Yegor Gaidar, and Yevgeny Yasin, who held the positions of Minister of Economy and Minister without Portfolio in the nineties, called Dvorkovich nothing more than a “smart boy.”
Thus, Arkady Vladimirovich found himself in good standing with all the venerable liberals who “ruled” the economy in those days. Among those who praised him was Anatoly Chubais himself, who even recommended Dvorkovich to the director of the Center for Strategic Research, German Gref.
. German Oskarovich not only took the “smart boy” as an expert, but also instructed him to participate in the development of a new economic program for the government.
In 2000, Gref became Minister of Economic Development and Trade. Literally the next day he made Arkady Vladimirovich his adviser. A year later, Dvorkovich was appointed deputy minister in charge of the Departments of Macroeconomic Analysis and Finance, as well as the banking department in the Investment Policy Department. In this position, he took an active part in the development of the “Economic Strategy of Russia in the first decade of the 21st century,” as well as the preparation of measures to “monetize” benefits and introduce a flat tax scale. At the same time, the “smart boy” was among Gref’s favorites.
In 2004, Arkady Vladimirovich, not without the patronage of German Oskarovich, who doted on him, went to work in the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, becoming the head of the Expert Department. This department provides expert and analytical work on financing the activities of the head of state and his administration, prepares expert and analytical materials for the President, and also coordinates the development and examination of national projects. In a word, the new range of responsibilities was quite extensive and very serious.
Rolling up his sleeves, Dvorkovich took his new position seriously. Under him, the expert department of the Administration baked analytical documents like pies. However, despite the fact that the administration under the leadership of Arkady Vladimirovich was as prolific as a rabbit, its “expert products” on a variety of issues of domestic and foreign policy ultimately ended up where it belonged: in the trash bin. Dvorkovich himself was nicknamed “greenhouse boy” and “elf” for his complete isolation from real life. However, his “elfism” did not prevent him from sitting in the leadership chair on Old Square for four whole years.
In 2008, Dmitry Medvedev became President of the Russian Federation. The new head of state liked the young head of the Expert Directorate with an intelligent face, who also had great ambitions, and he appointed him as his assistant. Soon Arkady Vladimirovich became one of Dmitry Anatolyevich's most trusted persons.
In this position, Arkady Vladimirovich was remembered for “sleeping through” the 2008 financial crisis. Thus, in July of this year, he publicly stated that shares of Russian companies on stock exchanges are “undervalued,” so “the RTS and MICEX will rise in the coming weeks and months.” Three months later, the RTS index fell from 1928 to 549 points, and the MICEX index from 1492 to 513 points. In November, Dvorkovich made another public statement that the Russian budget “is not in danger of a deficit in the coming months,” but that even if one were to occur, the domestic economy would “continue to grow at a high rate.” But 2009 became a budget deficit, with a drop in GDP of 7.9%.
Typically, assistants and advisors who miss the mark with their forecasts are fired. However, Arkady Vladimirovich remained in his post for the entire term of Medvedev's presidency, from time to time becoming involved in various scandals. In particular, he put forward the initiative to deprive and cancel scholarships for students, advising them to work part-time after studying as laboratory assistants and librarians. His other ideas, such as increasing the retirement age by five years, using funds from the Pension Fund to buy out Rusnano bonds and attracting foreign scientists to the “miracle science city” Skolkovo near Moscow through the accelerated construction of golf clubs and restaurants there, can only be called extravagant it is forbidden.
In addition to advice and assistance to the President of the Russian Federation, Dvorkovich did not forget about his childhood hobby - chess. He dreamed of becoming the head of the Russian Chess Federation, but he did it so rudely and assertively that he forever ruined his reputation among chess players, who had previously treated him quite well in memory of his father. Thus, Arkady Vladimirovich openly lobbied for the extension of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov’s powers as FIDE President. He also managed to completely fall out with a number of leading Russian grandmasters, including former world champion Anatoly Karpov. But still, Dvorkovich never headed the chess federation, being content with the post of chairman of its supervisory board.
Despite these minor troubles, Arkady Vladimirovich really enjoyed being an assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. Therefore, he dreamed of Dmitry Medvedev's second presidential term. The news that Vladimir Putin will run in the 2012 elections came as a very unpleasant surprise for him. He even allowed himself an uncharacteristic breakdown, speaking negatively about this event on his Twitter and pointedly not appearing at the United Russia congress, noting that at the Small Luzhniki Sports Arena (where the congress was held) “it is better to play hockey” .
But, despite this, after Putin’s victory, Dvorkovich, although expectedly lost his post as assistant to the President, did not fall out of the “cage”, going to work in the Government of the Russian Federation, which was headed by Dmitry Medvedev. Arkady Vladimirovich became deputy prime minister in Medvedev’s office, overseeing the fuel and energy complex. Very soon, with his characteristic assertiveness, Dvorkovich was able to “take over” other sectors: industry, environmental management, transport, communications and even agriculture. At the same time, no one was surprised by the fact that the new “curator” of these industries understands them like the well-known artiodactyl – citrus fruits.
Everyone is accustomed to the fact that a “smart boy”, with elven spontaneity, takes on everything that is in his field of vision.
Currently, Arkady Vladimirovich is actively lobbying for the idea of the speedy privatization of a number of key state assets in the fuel and energy sector. In principle, this is what his activity as Deputy Prime Minister is limited to due to his blatant incompetence in all the industries he supervises. But, despite all this, Dvorkovich continues to enjoy the trust of his immediate leadership in the person of the Prime Minister
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Evil tongues say that such a craving for the privatization of state property lies in Arkady Vladimirovich’s love for his wife Zumrud Rustamova. This worthy lady worked for a long time in the public service, where she even held the post of Deputy Minister of Property Relations, but in recent years she has worked on the boards of directors of such serious structures as Rosgosstrakh, ALROSA, Rosagroleasing, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, Sheremetyevo Airport. If these assets are privatized, she will be able, with the help of her husband, who is by no means an elf when it comes to acquiring wealth, to move from the seat of a member of the board of directors to the seat of a shareholder.
Dvorkovich is not only an exemplary family man, but also a loyal friend. This can be confirmed, in particular, by Arkady Vladimirovich’s old friend from his student days, Ziyavudin Magomedov. In particular, the Summa Group, co-owned by Magomedov, became the owner of 50% minus one share of the United Grain Company (UZK), the largest Russian structure responsible for intervention grain funds. At the same time, such market titans as the Kuban agricultural holding, affiliated with Oleg Deripaska’s Basel group, and one of the world’s largest agricultural traders, the American company Bunge Ltd, planned to take part in the auction. However, without further ado, they were removed from participation in the competition, and the complaints they filed with the Government of the Russian Federation remained unanswered.
Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich at first glance, even outwardly, seems alien to the current vertical of power, which consists mainly of people from either the party-Komsomol-economic nomenklatura, or from the special services. But it only seems so. Despite his comic appearance as a smart Jewish boy with a slightly blissful look and the initiatives of cosmic stupidity he puts forward, Dvorkovich has been “afloat” for almost twenty years now, occupying far from the last positions and influencing the economic development of Russia. A faithful student and follower of Yegor Gaidar of ill memory, he is, if not a demiurge, then at least an accomplice of all those “reforms” that brought the country’s economy “to the brink.”
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Serious promotion
In mid-May 2008, Dvorkovich found himself in the post of assistant to the head of the Russian Federation. At that time, Dmitry Medvedev was the president of the country. Arkady Vladimirovich held this position until 2012.
But back in 2008, Dvorkovich received an order from the president to become his official representative on the affairs of the group of major industrial powers and relations with representatives of states that are members of the G8.
Since 2010, Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich has been a member of the board of trustees of the Skolkovo Foundation, the Russian analogue of Silicon Valley, located in the United States. The energetic official was also secretary of the Commission dealing with the modernization and technological development of the Russian economy.
In June 2012, the statesman became the main person on the board of directors of JSC Russian Railways, and a month later he headed the government commission monitoring food markets.
To what post was Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich appointed on May 21, 2012? On that day, the Government of the Russian Federation received a new official in his person, who took the chair of Deputy Prime Minister.
Dvorkovich Arkady Vladimirovich
Former presidential aide (2008-2012), Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
The representative of Dmitry Medvedev's team is seriously burdened with anti-rating (126 negative, 48 positive mentions in the media). He is one of the most prominent liberals in the government, open to dialogue, and not afraid to hide his position.
Biography
A. Dvorkovich was born on March 26, 1972. in Moscow in the family of the famous chess arbiter Vladimir Dvorkovich .
1994 – graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University with a degree in economic cybernetics, studied in the same course with the future leader of the Summa group Ziyavudin Magomedov . In 1994 became a member of the economic expert group at the Ministry of Finance of Russia , went through all stages - from consultant to general director and scientific director of the expert group.
1997 – A. Dvorkovich graduated from Duke University (USA), received a master's degree in economics. 2000 - co-authored the “Economic Strategy of Russia in the First Decade of the 21st Century,” prepared under the auspices of the Liberal Mission (the leaders of the foundation are former Deputy Chairman of the Government of the RSFSR Yegor Gaidar and ex-Minister of Economy of Russia Evgeny Yasin ). In 2000 became an expert at the Center for Strategic Research, headed by the future Minister of Economic Development and Trade and head of Sberbank German Gref .
2001 – A. Dvorkovich was appointed deputy head of the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade , supervised the departments of macroeconomic analysis and finance, the banking department in the investment policy department. It was here that he met his future wife Zumrud Rustamova .
In November 2001 A. Dvorkovich was included in the board of the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Taxes and Duties and the board of the State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics.
April 2004 – A. Dvorkovich took the position of head of the expert department of Russian President Vladimir Putin , who was engaged in expert and analytical work on financing the activities of the head of state and his administration, preparing expert and analytical materials for the president, and examining national projects.
July 2006 – Member of the Presidium of the Council under the President of Russia for the implementation of priority national projects. June 2007 - Member of the government council on nanotechnology chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov .
September 2007 - became a member of the Presidential Council for the development of physical culture and sports, preparation and holding of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi .
After Dmitry Medvedev's in the presidential elections, A. Dvorkovich in May 2008. was appointed assistant to the head of state, then - presidential representative for affairs of the group of leading industrial states and relations with representatives of the leaders of the G8 countries.
In June, he joined the supervisory board of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom . Since 2010 Member of the Skolkovo .
In May 2012 After V. Putin’s victory in the presidential elections, A. Dvorkovich took the post of Deputy Prime Minister in the government of D. Medvedev, overseeing the entire real sector of the economy. It was reported that A. Dvorkovich will become the curator of the Russian fuel and energy complex instead of Igor Sechin . However, the former Deputy Prime Minister managed to defend this sector, essentially leaving A. Dvorkovich out of work: D. Medvedev’s ally was entrusted with only operational issues of the industry.
In June 2012 A. Dvorkovich headed the government commission on transport; in September of the same year he left the supervisory board of Rosatom.
In August 2020, after the resignation of Vladimir Yakunin from the post of head of Russian Railways , Dvorkovich, as Defector wrote, was named among the contenders for this position. However, in the end the corporation was headed by Oleg Belozerov .
Touches to the portrait
A. Dvorkovich is an active first-class state adviser to Russia, president of the Guild of Investment and Financial Analysts . Speaks English and German. Since February 2010 heads the supervisory board of the Russian Chess Federation .
In April 2010 made a proposal to raise the retirement age . According to A. Dvorkovich, the population is “morally ready for such changes.” In January 2011 proposed to abolish student scholarships . In June 2011 announced that the government could pursue the privatization program .
Family
Wife – Zumrud Rustamova, former Deputy Minister of Property Relations of the Russian Federation (2000-2004), Vice President of the Siberian Coal Energy Company (2004-2006), since 2006. - Deputy General Director of Mining. They are raising their sons Pavel and Vladimir.
Brother - Mikhail Dvorkovich , a famous businessman involved in PR and communications, founder of the New Business . In 2005 - Vice President of MDM Bank . He collaborated with the notorious entrepreneur Sergei Polonsky . In December 2012 S. Dvorkovich announced the creation of the Free Russia , which has not noted any high-profile initiatives over the past year.
Financial interests
According to the income statement for 2012, A. Dvorkovich earned just over 5 million rubles, while his wife earned 78.5 million rubles. Most of the profit came from the sale of Polymetal shares. In addition, the family owns a plot of land and a shared ownership apartment with an area of 63.5 m2. Finally, they have two Lexus cars.
Gossip
A. Dvorkovich is known for his strained relations with the former Deputy Prime Minister and head of Rosneft I. Sechin.
A. Dvorkovich’s “chess addictions” backfired on him: in 2010. he actively lobbied for the extension of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov's as FIDE President. In May 2010 ex-world chess champion, and now a member of the ONF and State Duma deputy Anatoly Karpov, in an open letter, actually accused A. Dvorkovich of a raider takeover of the Russian Chess Federation.
In November 2010 A. Dvorkovich harshly criticized the head of Rosmolodezh , the founder of the “Nashi” Vasily Yakemenko . The activist proposed replacing physical education in schools with “healthy lifestyle skills lessons,” the Deputy Prime Minister called the initiative a “nightmare.”
In 2011 A. Dvorkovich spoke negatively about V. Putin’s nomination for president from the United Russia . “Yes, there is no reason to rejoice,” he wrote on his microblog. He explained his absence from the party congress as follows: “It is better to play hockey in the small sports arena of Luzhniki.”
In January 2012 A. Dvorkovich was caught violating traffic rules in the center of Moscow. The official admitted his guilt and announced that the driver had already written an explanatory note, and he himself drew conclusions from this.
In May 2013 A curious incident happened at the entrance to the Bocharov Ruchey . The security did not want to let the car with A. Dvorkovich through, because the official was not on the list. The Deputy Prime Minister had to call his immediate superior, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and after a short conversation with A. Dvorkovich’s security, they still let him through.
In May 2013 The media caught A. Dvorkovich opposing the adoption of a law dedicated to strengthening state control over the circulation of precious metals. Journalists saw the hand of his wife Z. Rustamova in the lobby of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Statements
At the beginning of 2020, giving an interview to Bloomberg TV, Dvorkovich said that he does not believe that there are oligarchs in Russia. In his opinion, now in the Russian Federation businessmen are hard-working and completely socially responsible, they show their concern for the state and earn money.
On January 28, 2020, while at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the statesman made comments regarding the likelihood of Russia being disconnected from the SWIFT system. He said that it is quite possible to work without it, although it may complicate financial transactions somewhat.
Biography
Born on March 26, 1972 in Moscow in the family of international chess arbiter Vladimir Yakovlevich Dvorkovich (1937-2005) and Galina Lvovna Dvorkovich. Brother Mikhail is the founder of the association of entrepreneurs “New Business”[5][6].
He graduated from secondary school No. 444 in Moscow with in-depth study of mathematics and applied mathematics, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov (1994) with a degree in economic cybernetics and at the same time the Russian School of Economics with a master's degree in economics (1994), Duke University (North Carolina, USA) with a master's degree in economics (1997)[7]. He studied at Moscow State University with the future businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov[8], with whom he lived in the same room in the DAS dormitory.
Expert work
Since 1994 - consultant, senior expert, general director, scientific director of CJSC Economic Expert Group, which united a number of persons associated with the department of macroeconomic policy of the Ministry of Finance of Russia.[9]. He was involved in forecasting budget revenues and took part in negotiations with the IMF.
Since 2000, he has been an expert at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR) under the leadership of German Gref[10]. At the Center for Social Development he was involved in the development of budget and tax policies[10]. In March 2000, he co-authored the “Economic Strategy of Russia in the First Decade of the 21st Century” (together with Evgeny Yasin, Sergey Aleksashenko and Evgeny Gavrilenkov), prepared by the Liberal Mission Foundation of Yegor Gaidar and Evgeny Yasin[10][11]. Some provisions of this work were transferred to the government program prepared at the Center for Strategic Research[10]. The Kommersant newspaper wrote that the program, in which Dvorkovich took part, was prepared in “conditions of strict secrecy” by Alexei Ulyukaev, Sergei Sinelnikov (Gaidar’s deputies at his institute), Mikhail Dmitriev, Oleg Vyugin, Mikhail Krasnov[12]. IMF officials supervised the writing of the program using the “Chicago School” methods[12]. Dvorkovich was responsible for the tax part of the program[12].
Civil service
Arkady Dvorkovich among the participants of the Congress of Railway Workers November 29, 2017
Since August 2000, he has been an adviser to the Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation, German Gref.
On March 26, 2001, on his 29th birthday, by order of the head of government, Mikhail Kasyanov, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation[10]. He was one of the developers of tax reform with the introduction of a flat scale of 13 percent income tax[13].
Since September 2, 2004 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OJSC Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending.
Since April 2004 - Head of the Expert Directorate of the President of Russia.
Since May 13, 2008 - assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
On May 19, 2008, he was also appointed as the representative of the Russian President for affairs of the group of leading industrial states and relations with representatives of the countries included in the G8, Russian Sherpa.
On December 31, 2009, by order of President Medvedev, he was included in the working group to develop a project to create a territorially separate complex for the development of research and development and the commercialization of their results.
Since 2010, Dvorkovich has been a member of the board of trustees of the Skolkovo Foundation[14].
In September 2011, he spoke negatively on his Twitter about Putin’s decision to participate in the presidential elections[15][16]. A year earlier, Dvorkovich, in an interview with the BBC, expressed the opinion that Medvedev “wants to stay for a second term”[15][17].
Secretary of the Commission for Modernization and Technological Development of the Russian Economy.
On May 21, 2012, Dvorkovich was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation (oversees the fuel and energy complex[18]).
On July 4, 2012, he was appointed chairman of the government commission for monitoring food markets[19].
On June 22, 2020, Dvorkovich was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways OJSC; he left his position in June 2020 due to the loss of his post in the Russian government. His supervision of the railway industry, in which Dvorkovich was never an expert and did not have the appropriate educational training, was assessed by experts as insufficiently competent and effective. They criticized, in particular, the chronic long-term shortage of cars for transporting goods throughout Russia, including strategic ones, and the disruption of state plans for the construction of a high-speed railway from Moscow to Kazan[20].
On January 24, 2020, on Bloomberg TV, he said: “I don’t think we have oligarchs, that was a concept from the 1990s. Now we have good, hard-working, socially responsible businessmen who care about the country and earn money by doing responsible business.”[21]
On January 25, 2020, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, commenting on the possibility of Russia disconnecting from the SWIFT interbank system, Dvorkovich said that “you can work without SWIFT, once there was no SWIFT. It is clear that all this is a little slower and not as effective, but it can work”[22].
After Putin’s presidential inauguration in May 2020, Dvorkovich did not join the new government for a fourth term; he also left many of the posts he held as deputy prime minister. Having ceased to be the chairman of the board of directors of JSC Russian Railways, Dvorkovich, however, remained a member of the board of directors and chairman of the personnel and remuneration committee[1].
Posts in other organizations
Since 2006, Dvorkovich has been a member of the board of the Russian Football Union, head of Russian football development programs.
Since 2007, he has been the first vice-president of the Russian Chess Federation (RCF), overseeing the development of children's chess at the RCF, propaganda and improvement of financial support for the development of chess in Russia. In 2009, when Dmitry Medvedev opposed the combination of government positions and positions in sports federations, he resigned[23]. In 2010, he was elected chairman of the supervisory board of the Russian Chess Federation[24].
In 2010-2014 - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation[25].
Since July 2020, Dvorkovich has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Russian Economic School[26].
From September 1, 2020, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rosselkhozbank JSC, replacing Alexander Tkachev in this post[27].
Scandals
In 2010, Anatoly Karpov wrote an open letter in which he accused the hero of the article of a raider takeover of the Russian Chess Federation. The former world champion explained that in the spring of 2010 he was nominated for the post of president of the Russian Chess Federation, but Dvorkovich blocked this proposal. To this, the politician replied that this decision was made without his participation, and therefore he considered it completely illegal.
In January 2012, a community called “Blue Buckets” discovered an official’s special vehicle driving through the center of Moscow in flagrant violation of traffic rules. The organization’s website posted a video showing a government employee’s car driving along the Garden Ring without special lights on. Arkady Vladimirovich admitted the violations and said that the guilty driver was punished.
“Strokes to the Portrait” by Arkady Dvorkovich
Alexey Mukhin, who is the general director of the Center for Political Information, speaks of Arkady Vladimirovich as an intellectually developed and comfortable person, a person with a good education.
The rector of the Russian Economic School, Sergei Guriev, said that Dvorkovich is that rare representative of power who can explain to foreigners in a language they understand what is really happening in Russia.
Arkady Dvorkovich Family clan of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Anatoly Karpov in 2010 made a statement in an open letter that, in his opinion, Dvorkovich carried out a raider takeover of the Russian Chess Federation. He explained that the Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation in May 2010 decided to nominate Karpov for the post of President of the Russian Chess Federation. It turns out that Dvorkovich opposed this decision. Arkady Vladimirovich himself explained this by saying that such a decision was made without his participation, so he considered it illegal.
Dvorkovich, speaking about the business of his brother Mikhail and the business in which his wife Zumrud Rustamova works, explained a possible conflict of interest. According to him, if such a conflict arises, he will be forced to contact the conflict of interest commission, and as a result, a specific decision will be made. Arkady Vladimirovich explained that he tries to avoid even the possibility of any conflict of interest in his work, trying not to deal with issues that are in any way related to those areas of business in which his wife works, holding senior positions in large corporations.
When asked whether his brother Mikhail would be in the position he occupies if not for the high position of Arkady Dvorkovich himself, he replied that he considers his brother a very energetic and talented person, which many see. Dvorkovich said that his brother, without his participation and influence, is able to achieve high results in his work and career.
Personal life
What is Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich like outside of politics? His biography and family have been under the radar of journalists and society for a long time. The official is married to Rustamova Zumrud Khandadashevna. He married his wife in 2001. She is an experienced leader and businesswoman. She has worked in one of the country's coal energy companies, as well as at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, and even as a Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation. Together the couple is raising three sons - Pavel, Vladimir and Denis.
Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich also has a younger brother named Mikhail, who is well known to society for his shocking actions in public. In addition, the politician is the founder of an association of entrepreneurs called “New Business”.
Dvorkovich Arkady Vladimirovich is also actively interested in skiing, hockey and football. He speaks fluently in German and English, which allows him to easily communicate with his Western colleagues without the help of translators.
For 2020, the official declared 24,780,090 rubles, a residential building, two apartments and two cars. The statesman is also an active user of the social networks Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. The politician’s best friend is the famous Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov.
Property and income
Over the years of work in the field of economics, Arkady Vladimirovich Dvorkovich, whose biography and nationality is of interest to the public, managed to earn good capital. Thanks to his ability to distribute finances, predict the dollar exchange rate and analyze the market situation, he brought his income to the maximum level. Currently, the politician’s earnings amount to more than 4 million rubles a year, since most of the enterprises are registered in the name of his legal spouse.
Rustamova Zumrud Khandadashevna owns shares of industrial giants and other companies. And earnings exceed 50 million rubles a year. The spouses jointly own a decent residential building, two multi-room apartments, a parking garage and two Lexus cars.
Dvorkovich with his wife Zumrud
A wealthy husband and wife, they constantly appear in the press and lead a public lifestyle. Nevertheless, they try to leave personal things outside the threshold of their home. Arkady and Zumrud have three sons - Pavel, Vladimir and Denis. The third child was born in 2020. Parents, trying to protect their children from the curiosity of the press and the public, try not to mention their personal data and not post family photos on the Internet.
