Businessman Anton Petrov: brief biography, activities and personal life. Anton Petrov - singer Maxim's husband

Childhood and youth

Maxim Petrov was born in Barnaul in November 1979. There was no one in the family from the world of art, but he grew up as an athletic and flexible child. From childhood, the boy danced beautifully, although he took his first professional dance steps quite late - at 14. Life in motion accompanied by beautiful music captivated Petrov so much that he decided to connect his further biography with dancing.

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In 2000, Petrov graduated from the Altai State Institute of Culture and Arts. The chosen specialty is choreographer-teacher of ballroom choreography. After graduating from university, Maxim realized that it was difficult to make a good career as a dancer in the provinces, and set off to conquer Moscow.

In the capital, Maxim almost immediately managed to find himself and show his considerable talent as a choreographer. For 4 years he managed to work and study, improving his professional level. In 2004, Petrov went to England. Here at the London Dance School he learned the secrets of plastic arts for 2 years.

Arrest and trial

The police did not release a sketch of the suspect, thinking that he would be caught soon. However, the investigation lasted until 2000 before investigators understood the principle of victim selection. All victims were included in the list of patients who underwent fluorography, which Petrov found at a local clinic. Using this list, police identified 72 possible future victims. During Operation Nurse, which involved 700 operatives, Petrov was detained on July 17, 2000 while visiting one of the patients.

Maxim Petrov was convicted only at the end of 2003. In his last word, he renounced all testimony, saying that everything he said was said under pressure from operatives, pleading guilty only to using fake documents to travel on public transport. However, the court, based on the testimony of witnesses and evidence from the investigation, sentenced Petrov to life imprisonment. Petrov was sent to the White Swan special regime colony to serve his sentence. According to the authors of the documentary series “Criminal Russia. Denouement,” Petrov died in 2007 from a heart attack caused by brain cancer. However, since 2014, he has sent numerous complaints to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation[4], which refutes the version of his death.

In 2012, Petrov received from the Russian Federation, by decision of the European Court of Human Rights, 16,350 euros as compensation for poor conditions of detention in the detention center[5]

Career

Maxim Petrov returned to Russia in 2006, but now as an international class dancer. When he returned to the capital, the choreographer had many achievements in his baggage. During his stay in the UK, Maxim managed to become a finalist in several prestigious tournaments that were held in England.

Maxim Petrov and Valeria Gai Germanika

Not only Foggy Albion saw the success of the Russian choreographer. Maxim Petrov was also remembered in Iceland. Here he became the leading teacher of the country's ballroom dancing team. In this capacity, Max appeared at the World and European Championships.

The choreographer is sure that there is no limit to perfection, and also that one must study endlessly, because life changes, and with it changes occur in choreography. New dance movements and styles are emerging. Therefore, in 2012–2013, Maxim Petrov visited America. In the USA, he learned everything new that his American colleagues could offer. Returning to his homeland, Petrov becomes a participant in dance projects and shows.

Maxim Petrov and Irina Bezrukova

In 2020, he accepted the invitation of the organizers of the popular television competition “Dancing with the Stars.” He came across a very bright and famous partner - the director of scandalous films Valeria Gai Germanika. The woman agreed to participate in the show, although before that, as she claimed, she did not know how to dance at all. Maxim had the opportunity to teach Valeria the basics. But the teacher and student showed diligence, and the result was quite decent.

In the new season of the show “Dancing with the Stars,” Maxim Petrov appeared again. Now actress Irina Bezrukova has paired up with him. Choreographer Maxim Petrov visits Russia, albeit regularly, but on short visits: he mainly lives and works in Europe, where he has hundreds of students. He often comes to his small homeland - he also has followers in Barnaul. He is also known internationally as a judge of dance tournaments.

Ballroom choreographer

Maxim Petrov was born in Barnaul in November 1979. There was no one in his family from the world of art. But Maxim grew up as a very athletic and flexible child. From childhood he danced beautifully. Although he took his first professional dance steps quite late - at the age of 14. Life in motion accompanied by beautiful music captivated Maxim Petrov so much that he decided to connect his future career with dancing.

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In 2000, Petrov graduated from the Altai State Institute of Culture and Arts.
The chosen specialty is choreographer-teacher of ballroom choreography. After graduating from university, Maxim realized that it was difficult to make a good career as a dancer in the provinces. He set off to conquer Moscow. Advertising:
In the capital, Maxim almost immediately managed to find himself and show his considerable talent as a choreographer. For 4 years he managed to work and study, raising his level.

Maxim Petrov photography

In 2004, Petrov went to England. Here, at the London Dance School, he studied for 2 years.

Career

Maxim Petrov photography

Maxim Petrov returned to Russia in 2006. But now - in the rank of an international class dancer. When he returned to the capital, the choreographer had many achievements in his baggage. During his stay in the UK, Maxim managed to become a finalist in several prestigious tournaments that were held in England.

But not only Britain saw the success of the Russian choreographer. Maxim Petrov was also remembered in Iceland. Here he became the leading teacher of the country's ballroom dancing team. In this capacity, Max appeared at the World and European Championships.

Maxim Petrov photography

The choreographer is sure that there is no limit to perfection. And also - that you need to study endlessly, because life changes, and with it changes occur in choreography. New dance movements and styles are emerging. Therefore, in 2012-2013, Maxim Petrov visited America. In the USA, he learned everything new that American choreographers could offer him.

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Returning to his homeland, Petrov becomes a participant in dance projects and shows. In 2020, he took part in the popular television project “Dancing with the Stars.” He came across a very bright and famous student: the director of many sensational films, Valeria Gai Germanika, accepted the invitation to take part in the show, although before that, she claims, she did not know how to dance at all. Maxim had the opportunity to teach Valeria the basics. But the teacher and student showed diligence, and the result turned out to be quite good.

Choreographer Maxim Petrov visits Russia, albeit regularly, but on short visits: he mainly lives and works in Europe, where he has many students. Petrov often comes to his small homeland - he also has students in Barnaul.

In the new season of the show “Dancing with the Stars,” Maxim Petrov appeared again. Now actress Irina Bezrukova became his student.

Recently, Max Petrov is also known as an international judge.

Personal life

The choreographer was introduced to his future wife by his partner in “Dancing with the Stars” Valeria Gai Germanika. But first, Valeria introduced the couple “in absentia”: she told Max a lot about her closest friend, actress Agnia Kuznetsova. Viewers know the artist for her roles in the films “Cargo 200”, “And the dawns here are quiet...” and “Everyone will die, but I will stay.” Maxim was interested and intrigued by Valeria's story. And after watching films with Kuznetsova’s participation, he decided to ask Gai Germanika to meet and get to know Agnia.

The meeting took place and the proverbial spark immediately flared up between the couple. The whirlwind romance soon ended in marriage. The couple signed in one of the capital's registry offices. This is the first marriage for both stars.

Before meeting Maxim Petrov, Agnia Kuznetsova dated the artist Leonid Bechevin for a long time. The couple met at drama school. But the expected marriage never happened. Agnia dreamed of getting married in a church, but her chosen one turned out to be unbaptized and had no intention of changing this circumstance.

As for Maxim, his busy work schedule before meeting Agnia did not allow him to be distracted by his personal life and start serious affairs. But the meeting with Kuznetsova turned the choreographer’s whole life upside down. Now the personal life of Maxim Petrov is his beloved wife. Rumor has it that the couple is already expecting a new addition to their small family.

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Personal life

The choreographer was introduced to his future wife by his partner in “Dancing with the Stars” Valeria Gai Germanika. But first in absentia: she told Max a lot about her closest friend Agnia Kuznetsova. Viewers know the artist for her roles in the films “Cargo 200”, “And the dawns here are quiet...” and “Everyone will die, but I will stay.” Maxim was interested and intrigued by Valeria's story. And after watching films with Kuznetsova’s participation, I decided to ask Gai Germanika to meet and get to know the girl.

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Maxim Petrov and Agniya Kuznetsova
The date took place, and the spark described in the literature immediately ran between the young people. A whirlwind romance ended in a wedding 6 months later. Petrov proposed marriage on Agnia’s birthday, during a horseback ride. The couple signed in one of the capital's registry offices. This is the first marriage for both stars.

“I already had a clear understanding that I wanted a family, clear criteria for what kind of woman I wanted to see next to me. You can work all your life, generations of dancers whom I train change, and the thought creeps in: “When will you arrange your destiny? " Agnia and I had time to talk to understand how she envisions her future family life. I want it to be like my parents – together once and for all.”

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Wedding of Maxim Petrov and Agnia Kuznetsova
The happy groom published photos from the ceremony on Instagram. The celebration was celebrated three times: first they gathered friends in Moscow, then they got married among relatives in Altai, and for their honeymoon they flew just the two of them to the Maldives.

Before meeting Maxim Petrov, Kuznetsova dated the artist Leonid Bechevin for a long time. The colleagues met at drama school. But the expected union never materialized. Agnia dreamed of getting married in a church, but the chosen one turned out to be unbaptized and had no intention of changing this circumstance.

As for Maxim, his busy work schedule before meeting his wife did not allow him to be distracted by his personal life and start serious affairs. In addition, while living abroad, next to him he saw only a girl from Russia and preferably a blonde. However, the meeting with Kuznetsova turned the choreographer’s whole life upside down.

Journalists covering the events of the Kinotavr 2019 festival suspected that Agnia was pregnant, but she herself refrained from commenting. However, soon the suspicions were confirmed: it became known that the actress was really expecting a child. In December of the same year, Maxim and Agnia became parents. The son was named Andron.

The actress turned out to be a wonderful housewife, treating her husband to all sorts of goodies. And Kuznetsova admitted that she found in Maxim the ideal man - older, more sensible, and also a creative person. True, sometimes he shows the tediousness of a teacher - he forces him to maintain his posture at the table or pump up his muscles in the gym.

Maxim Petrov: “I like to choreograph dance in any form and under any circumstances”

At first I didn’t fully understand where I was going . However, they didn’t force me to study - I went on my own: in my city of Tosno, near St. Petersburg, I studied in a ballet club, and I liked dancing. Of course, a conscious sense of movement came in high school - in the first grades I was not included much in the educational repertoire because I was too tall. But I didn’t treat it as a tragedy - I just continued to study and work.

The sooner you start dancing different choreography, the better. Even in adolescence, you need to learn to break your body, move faster and slower. In high school, Nacho Duato’s ballet “Madrigal” became such a new experience for me. At that time, the choreographer worked in St. Petersburg and donated this production to the Academy. Back then I had no idea how famous Duato was and how cool it was to work with him. Maybe this is good - there was no enslavement. It was very interesting: at the Academy we had never done anything like this in terms of plasticity. It must be said that a professional troupe simply needs to regularly dance modern choreography. The ballets of Balanchine and Forsythe, Lander’s “Etudes” are a challenge, a test of strength, a necessity for artists. Like musical scales for a pianist, it keeps you on your toes.

The narrative does not have to accompany the ballet. It is enough that there is a man and a woman on stage - that is the plot, as Balanchine said. Then watch the dance, admire it . Pure dance is close to me. Of course, the perception of plotless productions is greatly influenced by life and artistic experience. For example, if we talk about “Ballet No. 2,” I did not devote it to a specific Soviet period. I just noticed that many people now reflecting on the topic of the recent and, it seems, bright past, and I just wanted to show the atmosphere of that era. Probably, plotless forms, like traditional narrative ones, will soon exhaust themselves, and now we need to start looking for new approaches .

As a child, I studied at a music school. True, only a few years, but it was music that became primary for me , because it is the basis of choreography. I listen to music and see movement. When I was just thinking about the “Russian Overture,” I settled on this particular composition by Prokofiev, when I was just riding on a bus with a player.

I like to choreograph movement in any form and under any circumstances. Once, even in New York, I staged a small performance with a local artist. I worked with opera directors as a choreographer three times. When my ballet Cinéma first premiered, I was invited to choreograph a waltz, polonaise and mazurka for Graham Vick's War and Peace.

I prepared in advance, and then they brought forty artists into my hall, some of whom were much older than me. We started talking, and then it became clear: they weren’t even listening to me. It was very difficult, but I found a way out of the situation: I came to the ballet director’s office and said that I didn’t have any weight yet and I needed a tutor. They sent an employee who had been working in the theater for a very long time, and everything went as it should - I choreographed the dances in four days.

The “Russian Overture” happened in a very interesting way. I found out that Anton Pimonov had an idea to stage a ballet for Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, and I suggested that we together organize an evening dedicated to the composer - the 125th anniversary of Prokofiev’s birth was being vigorously celebrated at the theater. I started looking for an essay that was close at that time. At first, “Russian Overture” seemed strange to me - not at all ballet - but after the tenth time of auditioning I decided: I have to take it . From a choreographic point of view, this is my most difficult ballet: it is very fast and there is a lot of movement in it. Some artists say that they have never danced anything more difficult in the theater.

In 2020, I staged a ballet on a Baroque theme, “The King’s Divertissement,” for Igor Kolb’s recital. We listened to many dance numbers from the operas of Jean-Philippe Rameau and compiled a suite from them according to all the rules of baroque suites. The main character of the half-hour play is the king, who appears in the guise of a drunken sailor, the sorceress Armida and himself. All exits are announced by the master of ceremonies, who speaks artificially aged French: the text was translated from Russian, and its libretto author Bogdan Korolek wrote it. When I was preparing for the production, I watched a lot of how dances from the times of the two Louis, the Sun King and his father were restored. But in the choreography there are almost no real elements of ancient dance, it is stylization , and at the core is the same neoclassical vocabulary I love .

Two years ago, on tour in New York, I met the director of the Atlanta Ballet, and after watching “The King’s Divertissement,” he offered me collaboration. We chose the music of Alexander Tcherepnin - Concerto for harmonica and orchestra, a very impressive virtuoso piece, but few people know it. In August 2017, I came to the West Coast and began choreographing ballet. I must say, no one paid attention to my English or the fact that I was a young choreographer from Russia - everyone just worked six hours a day, even the second cast. What is the ballet about? There is no constant active movement or everyday plot in it. Of course, the first association with the sound of a harmonica is the Wild West and westerns, and in my head I add night views, episodes from Ray Bradbury’s book “Dandelion Wine” and poplar fluff in the yard in July.

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Education

In 1997, Anton Petrov graduated from St. Petersburg high school and went to Madrid to enroll at the International University. Schiller (Schiller International University) at the Faculty of International Business. Having received a diploma and a bachelor's degree, he returned from Spain to Russia and at the age of 22 became a member of the founding council (St. Petersburg), which was engaged in the design and construction of residential buildings and business centers - real estate, in a word. Within a few months, thanks to his excellent abilities and knowledge acquired in Madrid, he was able to prove himself in the best possible way, and the company management considered it necessary to appoint a promising young man as executive director of the company. In parallel with his work at the “Baltic Monolith”, Anton Petrov (see photo in the article) is receiving a 2nd higher education at the Faculty of Law of the St. Petersburg North-Western Academy of Public Administration. In 2004, after passing state exams and defending his master's thesis, he was awarded the degree of Master of Legal Sciences.

“Kostolevsky’s grandson” who played in “Trigger” revealed the secret of Maxim Matveev

24-year-old actor from “Trigger” Vladislav Tiron gave an interview to Sobesednik.ru. There are rumors that he is the grandson of actor Igor Kostolevsky. At first glance, they really look alike - with thick hair, tall stature and facial features. We found out the whole truth from Vladislav.

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“Father works for Garik Sukachev”

– Vladislav, just before the interview I watched the next episode of “Trigger” on “First”. Do you watch the series yourself?

- Yes, I watched it just now too. In the editing room with everyone, I saw a couple of episodes, and I didn’t go that far (in terms of episodes - Ed.). I really love everything that we did, but now I’m trying to abstract myself, I look at this material from the outside, and I like everything that was invented there.

– Are you really the grandson of Igor Kostolevsky, is he your relative?

– (Laughs.) No, we only met on the set and did not become close enough for him to become my grandfather.

Igor Kostolevsky // photo: Global Look Press

– Tell us about your parents. Did they contribute to your entering the acting profession?

– My father Vladimir Tiron is a multi-instrumentalist, plays almost all musical instruments. He works in the orchestra of Garik Sukachev. Mom is a piano teacher. When I was three or four years old, I was taken to a music school, there was a theater studio there, and I practiced and developed in this until I was 16–17 years old. At the age of 18, I realized that I liked it, and without hesitation I went to enroll in drama school. Three years ago I graduated from the Shchepkinsky School. Now I work at the Maly Theater and act in films. Every year I have some kind of film work.

“I had to work not only with my hair”

– How did you get into Trigger?

– In my fourth year, I got an agent, and she sent me samples (a fragment of the text that needs to be played at the tests. - Ed.). I read it and went. I didn’t even expect that anything would come of it. Three weeks later I get a call and they tell me that they have approved for the role. I was delighted: “Wow!” Based on the script, I realized that the project would be strong. I thought then that they hired me because of my texture. I had hair then (a large head of hair - Ed.), which helped me a lot. But it wasn’t just hair that had to be worked on on set.

– Your hero Matvey – a mama’s boy, a modest and shy guy – is he like you?

– Of course, in every role I play there is me. I also lived with my mother almost until I graduated from college. And when I graduated, I realized that something needed to change. And he separated from his parents.

“Matveev was rocking even in the dressing room”

– How did you like working with actor Maxim Matveev?

“We met, and I immediately realized that I had to live up to Maxim. He is an unreal professional. The man is 150% concentrated on what he is doing, there is nothing superfluous in his game. I learned a lot from him. Before the joint scene, we came up with something together...

Still from the series “Trigger” // photo: screenshot from YouTube

– Are there any young actors in the Russian film industry whom you want to emulate?

– I have a lot of respect for Yura Borisov (he played in the film “Bull”, which won at Kinotavr. - Ed.). He studied in our workshop, but is one year older than me. I see what he does, how he works, how he develops - it’s great.

- Who else?

– Maxim Matveev is an excellent actor and person. Talented. Young?

– Another generation, but definitely not old.

– When we were filming on the pavilion at the studio, I went into his dressing room and saw his rocking chair. In the series he is thin, dry, all his muscles are visible. He went to the gym, constantly ate something of his own from the box, and even worked out in the dressing room. I then thought: a person works on himself constantly.

- But maybe this is normal? Otherwise it turns out like in the joke about Alexander Petrov. Actor Christian Bale gains or loses 30 kg for a new role, learns to ride a motorcycle, swim, etc. What is Alexander Petrov doing for the new role? He's putting on a new suit!

– We constantly compare our cinema with what is happening in Hollywood. But there people are obsessed with their work and the competition is a thousand times higher than in Russia. And here, watching the actors, I notice: they learned the text, they acted - already quite well. We have very few such responsible actors as Maxim Matveev.

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The material was published in the publication “Light Up” No. 08-2020 under the title “Kostolevsky’s grandson revealed the secret of Maxim Matveev”

Maxim Petrov: biography

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In 2000, Petrov graduated from the Altai State Institute of Culture and Arts. The chosen specialty is choreographer-teacher of ballroom choreography. After graduating from university, Maxim realized that it was difficult to make a good career as a dancer in the provinces. He set off to conquer Moscow.

In the capital, Maxim almost immediately managed to find himself and show his considerable talent as a choreographer. For 4 years he managed to work and study, raising his level.

In 2004, Petrov went to England. Here, at the London Dance School, he studied for 2 years.

“Coup” in Rostechnadzor: Boris Petrov will be replaced by a “VIP rescuer”

As BUSINESS Online learned, high-profile personnel changes are expected in the Volga region department of Rostechnadzor. On May 22, the head of the department, Boris Petrov, will leave his post Photo: technadzor.tatarstan.ru

“I’ve been trying to leave for a year and a half now.”

As BUSINESS Online learned, high-profile personnel changes are expected in the Volga region department of Rostekhnadzor (the federal service for environmental, technological and nuclear supervision). On May 22, the permanent head of the department responsible for technological safety in the Volga region, Boris Petrov, will leave his post.
Boris Germanovich himself, who turned 64 on April 25, confirmed to our publication the information about his resignation. “That's right, I'm leaving. I’ve been trying to leave for a year and a half now, there are a lot of other interesting things to focus on just this. I know what I’ll do, but why talk ahead of time? The most important thing is that this is interesting for me,” he told our correspondent.

So far, the head of Rostekhnadzor also said that he is pleased with the work he has done over the years. “With a feeling of satisfaction from what I have accomplished today, [I leave this position]. Let others repeat it if they can,” he suggested to his successor. As for the likely replacements, Petrov said that he is aware of all the candidates being considered, but did not comment on their professional and personal qualities.

As we learned, on May 23, a departmental order should be issued on the appointment of 51-year-old Oleg Stepushenko (right) as the new head of the Volga region department of Rostechnadzor (right) Photo: mchs.tatarstan.ru

Meanwhile, the candidacy of the most likely successor, according to sources close to the government of the Republic of Tajikistan, has already been determined. As we learned, on May 23, a departmental order should be issued on the appointment of 51-year-old Oleg Stepushenko . Now he holds the position of Deputy Minister for Civil Defense and Emergency Situations of Tatarstan.

The candidacy, according to a number of our interlocutors, is quite unexpected. Rumors about Petrov’s retirement had been circulating for a long time, and his deputies invariably appeared among the successors. Our sources called the most obvious candidate Almaz Nasybullin , the son of the ex-head of the Pestrechinsky district of the Republic of Tatarstan Shaykhulla Nasybullin , but something did not work out.

Stepushenko is a graduate of the Kazan Higher Military Command and Engineering School of Missile Forces, where he received a degree in electrical engineering. In 1998 he graduated from KYI, receiving a law degree. Since 2002, he served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, started as an ordinary forensic expert, and was deputy head of the Vysokogorsk District Department of Internal Affairs. For another 6 years he commanded the forensic center of the Tatarstan Ministry of Internal Affairs. Later he moved to administrative work, from 2009 to 2011 he headed the headquarters of the Minister of Internal Affairs for the Republic of Tatarstan, at that time Asgat Safarov , then for two years he served as deputy chief of the republican police, and in 2012 he transferred to the position of deputy in the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Tatarstan .

The Volga region department of Rostekhnadzor in its current form has existed for more than 15 years Photo: Danil Zainullin

the threat of industrial giants and mega-constructions

The Volga region department of Rostechnadzor has existed in its current form for more than 15 years. In 2004, the structure - the predecessor of the department - came under the authority of the Federal Service for Environmental, Technological and Nuclear Supervision and was named the “Volga District Office for Technological and Environmental Supervision of Rostechnadzor”. Five years later, nuclear supervision also came under the authority of the department.

Behind the complex name lies a voluminous task - control over all production and construction activities in one of the most industrialized macro-regions of the country. In addition to Tatarstan, the department, headquartered in Kazan, also oversees industry and construction in the neighboring republics of Chuvashia and Mari El.

The scope of powers and influence of Rostechnadzor on the economy of the three republics is difficult to overestimate. Just look at the department’s website for a list of the main facilities that were built under its strict supervision. The list, for example, includes all the industrial giants TAIF and Tatneft, as well as the largest construction projects in the modern history of Tatarstan: the Ak Bars Arena stadium (formerly Kazan Arena), facilities built for the Universiade, the Kazan metro and many more major projects.

Behind the complex name lies a voluminous task - control over all production and construction activities in one of the most industrialized macro-regions of the country Photo: technadzor.tatarstan.ru

The inspection team of the department even took part in inspections of Olympic facilities in Sochi. In total, the Volga region Rostechnadzor controls more than 4.5 thousand organizations, and also supervises approximately 400 capital construction projects in three republics. To put it quite simply: without this federal service it is impossible to launch virtually any construction and production in the country. And even after going through all the bureaucratic procedures and starting the activities of a new enterprise, Rostechnadzor may come with an unscheduled inspection. It’s not worth talking about planned ones.

All this in the Volga region administration has been managed by one person for 15 years now. Petrov manages a team of 230 employees. A native of Kazan graduated from Kazan University in the late 70s with a degree in geography teacher, but he managed to climb the career ladder without working near the teaching board. Immediately after graduation, he connected his activities with the environmental industry. The peak of Petrov’s career came in the 2000s. In 2001, he became the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan. He remained in this position for four years, and in 2005 he became head of Rostekhnadzor.

The activities of Petrov’s team caused many problems for many enterprises of the three republics. “One day, the general director of Khimprom came to me from Novocheboksarsk and complained: “Your inspector convinced the judge that it was necessary to suspend the work of the entire production. How could he behave like that?!“ I immediately wrote out a bonus to this employee! Convince the judge that it is necessary to close the city-forming enterprise... and the latter was not afraid to do it!” — he recalled in an interview with BUSINESS Online.

Every year its employees identify tens of thousands of violations. According to the permanent leader of the department, over the past 10 years there have been about 300 suspensions of individual enterprise facilities. Petrov himself has always clearly stated that he abstracts himself from friendship and any other relationships with the owners of enterprises. “If the general director starts praising me, it means we are doing something wrong,” said the head of Rostekhnadzor.

Over all the years of work, as the official admitted, he did not feel pressure from the leadership of Tatarstan, even when it was necessary to critically walk through the largest facilities of the republic. Perhaps the most striking example of this happened last summer. A tragic accident at one of the production facilities of Nizhnekamskneftekhim (NKNK) killed four workers. Petrov publicly, despite the fact that he opposed the titan of Tatarstan industry, announced shortcomings in industrial safety at NKNK. He first made a detailed analysis and criticism at a closed meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of Tatarstan and in an interview with our publication. For example, he named a large amount of expired equipment found at the enterprise as one of the reasons for the tragedy.

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Was the head of the Volga region Rostekhnadzor framed by his subordinates?

But nothing lasts forever. According to one of our sources familiar with Petrov, Boris Germanovich’s positions were seriously shaken in 2020. Svetlana Radionova left the federal leadership of Rostekhnadzor ; she had been deputy head of the department since 2010. The source claims that Radionova and Petrov have an “extremely effective working relationship.” The interlocutor does not specify what is meant by these words, but assures that Radionova supported Petrov more than once or twice in conflict situations that reached the federal department. By the way, the official left as head of Rosprirodnadzor, where she replaced another Tatarstan resident, ex-Minister of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan Artem Sidorov .

Petrov was also pushed towards resignation, so to speak, by his subordinates. Natalya Orel , Rostechnadzor inspector for the industrial center of the Republic of Tatarstan - Nizhnekamsk, of bribes . But, according to our data, the recent bribery case brought against an employee of the central office of the Volga region department of Rostechnadzor Nazi and Zaripova , the head of the department that issues permitting licenses for the operation of explosive and fire-hazardous production facilities, had a much greater effect. She was detained during a joint operation between the UBEP and the Investigative Committee and was later released on her own recognizance.

According to one of our sources familiar with Petrov, Boris Germanovich’s positions were seriously shaken in 2020. Then Svetlana Radionova (right) left the federal leadership of Rostechnadzor Photo: technadzor.tatarstan.ru

The episode that investigators studied in the winter seemed very minor - a suspicion of a bribe of 25 thousand rubles for the provision of a license. But even then our sources reported that behind such trifles lie larger matters.

By the way, Petrov himself noted that it is impossible to completely rule out bribes among the employees of his department. “Probably, there is a black sheep in a family, corruption is possible, although I absolutely don’t think that this is the rule,” argued Boris Germanovich.

Alexander Molochnikov and Anastasia Melnikova

Alexander Molochnikov and Anastasia Melnikova.
Photo: press service of the Rossiya channel Alexander Molochnikov is a young theater and film director, actor, master of sports in ballroom dancing, winner of international tournaments. Anastasia Melnikova is the Danish champion in the Latin American program. The couple performed the Cha-Cha-Cha dance, receiving a score of 30 points.

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