Where Luzhkov Yuri Mikhailovich lives now: a house in the village for the former mayor

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1. At the same time, this lawsuit gave rise to an amusing paradox. If Limonov were found not guilty of libel, this would mean that Luzhkov does NOT control the Moscow courts. This, in turn, would mean that Limonov's statement is slander and he is guilty.

Daughters: from Moscow State University to UCL

In Russia, Elena and Olga Luzhkov studied at the most prestigious gymnasiums and language schools in the capital. So, after the disgrace of their father, they clearly did not have problems with a quick transfer from Moscow State University to UCL, University College London, and later with admission to the university.

However, according to Luzhkov Sr., he does not intend to control the life and study of his daughters. As well as understanding the sad fact that his wife is often forced to visit and even live in London, and not next to it.

Today Moscow is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. This is not only a city with a long history, but also a modern financial and business center. For several decades, he has changed so much that he makes former Soviet emigrants open their mouths in surprise. But where is Luzhkov now, the man largely thanks to whom this miracle happened?

Carier start

In 1958, Yuri Luzhkov was hired by one of the Moscow research institutes. He started his career from the position Thanks to his perseverance and strong character, he managed to get the position of the head of the laboratory. And in 1964, he completely headed this department.

When did his political career begin? It happened in 1968, after joining the Communist Party. A few years later, Luzhkov was elected to the council from the Babushkinsky district. He showed himself from the best side, and all thanks to a good education and the ability to gather people around him. In 1977, Yuri Mikhailovich was elected a deputy of the Moscow Council.

Then Boris Yeltsin noticed the purposeful and ambitious politician and invited him to his team. After that, Luzhkov's life changed dramatically. In a short time, he went from the chairman of the City Executive Committee to the vice-mayor of Moscow.

The rise and fall of a political career

After studying, Luzhkov did not stay long as a simple researcher. Soon he became the deputy head of the laboratory.

A young specialist with administrative talent was noticed by more serious officials from the chemical industry. Already in the 80s, Yuri took an important post in the Ministry of Chemical Industry.

In the difficult year of 1991, Luzhkov was entrusted with the powers of the mayor, and a year after the collapse of the USSR, Yeltsin officially appointed him mayor of the capital.

Since then, for 18 years, Yuri has held this post. During this time, Luzhkov did a lot for Moscow:

1. Supported small businesses. After the August putsch, the situation in Moscow was, to put it mildly, difficult. There were problems with food, on the main streets there were stalls where fruits and vegetables lay in dirty boxes. But five years later, the appearance of the capital has changed for the better. Moscow has become much cleaner, business has acquired forms of civility, retail space has grown one and a half times. Luzhkov used a competent systematic approach, making a painless transition from a socialist economy to a market economy within the framework of one city;
2. Saved and then increased the number of jobs. Even during the severe crisis of the 90s, Luzhkov ensured the operation of almost all significant industrial facilities in the capital. This made it possible to avoid mass unemployment and a social explosion. Luzhkov made a serious bet on the construction market. In just a few years, this allowed an increase in the number of hotels.Ordinary Muscovites could also afford to buy housing on credit thanks to the Social Mortgage project;
3. He made a significant contribution to scientific and educational activities. Luzhkov paid a lot of attention to the financing of Moscow State University. The buildings of the main metropolitan university were equipped with the best scientific equipment;
4. Helped to revive significant cultural sites. The Kazan Cathedral was reconstructed and the beautiful appearance of the Iberian Gates was restored.

However, not a single politician managed to avoid negative opinions about his person. Opponents accused Luzhkov of the following:

• Under his control of the capital's courts. In almost any dispute related to the financial or other activities of the mayor and his associates, the judges took the side of the Moscow authorities;
• Agreement to place large posters of Stalin on the streets on Victory Day;
• The increased level of corruption in the capital's ruling circles. In documentary investigations broadcast on TV in 2010, it was said that the Luzhkov family had seriously enriched itself over the past few years.

It was corruption scandals that shook Luzhkov's credibility. Therefore, in 2010, Medvedev dismissed him.

Mayor of Moscow

On June 6, 1992, Moscow Mayor Gavriil Popov resigned due to interruptions in the supply of food to the population, some of which had to be distributed by coupons. By decree of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin, Luzhkov was appointed mayor of Moscow and combined the posts of mayor and prime minister of the Moscow government. The Moscow City Council unsuccessfully tried to challenge the legality of such a combination of posts.Subsequently, he was elected three times to the post of mayor (in 1996 he scored 87.5%, in 1999 69.89%, in 2003 74.81% of the vote; together with Luzhkov, V.P. Shantsev was elected vice-mayor for the first two times, then the post ceased to be elective).

• In September-October 1993, during the constitutional crisis, he sided with Yeltsin. As a measure of pressure on the deputies who did not want to leave the Supreme Council, he ordered to turn off the electricity and hot water in the parliament, and telephones in the entire surrounding area. September 24, 1993 and. about. President of Russia Alexander Rutskoi issued a decree that had no practical consequences on the release of Yu. M. Luzhkov from the post of mayor of Moscow. In fact, Luzhkov continued to fulfill his duties until the 1996 mayoral election, in which he won.
• In December 1994, Luzhkov established the first commercial television company in Russia, Teleexpo.
• Luzhkov has repeatedly expressed support for the policies of Yeltsin and the government in Chechnya.
• In 1995, he took part in the creation of the Our Home is Russia movement and supported it in the Duma elections at the end of that year. However, he did not join the NDR.
• In 1996, he took an active part in the presidential campaign, supporting Boris Yeltsin.
• In December 1996, at the initiative of Luzhkov, the Federation Council recognized Sevastopol as part of the territory of Russia and qualified the actions of the Ukrainian leadership to reject it as contrary to international law.
• In the elections in 1999, together with E. M. Primakov, he headed the Fatherland-All Russia electoral bloc, which criticized the policies of President Yeltsin and advocated his early resignation.
• Member of the Federation Council, was a member of its committee on the budget, tax policy, currency regulation, banking (1996-2001). He held the position of a member of the Federation Council in accordance with the procedure in force at that time as the head of the subject of the federation, the representative of the Russian Federation in the Chamber of Regions of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe.
• Since November 1998, Yu. Luzhkov has been the leader of the All-Russian political public organization "Fatherland". In 2001, at the founding congress of United Russia, he was elected co-chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party.
• Since 2000, he has been a member of the State Council of the Russian Federation.
• In August 2001, the post of prime minister of the Moscow government was abolished. The mayor of Moscow became the head of the capital's government (until that moment there were two positions: the mayor and the prime minister of the government, and both were held by Yuri Luzhkov).
• In 2002, he came up with the idea to return the Dzerzhinsky monument to Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, but this initiative did not receive support from the authorities.
• In June 2007, on the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, deputies of the Moscow City Duma, Yuri Luzhkov, was again vested with the powers of the mayor of Moscow for a four-year term.

"The Politician of His Time"

Luzhkov was a "politician of his time", an energetic and cheerful person, said State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, expressing deep condolences to the relatives and friends of the deceased.

“Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov was an energetic, cheerful person. He was a politician of his time, his active work fell on the difficult post-Soviet period in the life of the country, ”the press service of the lower house of the Russian parliament quotes the speaker.“Yuri Mikhailovich was the mayor of Moscow for many years, with his name at that difficult time, many Muscovites associated changes in their lives for the better. I offer my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov," Volodin concluded.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu expressed his condolences to the relatives and friends of Luzhkov. “I learned with regret about the death of Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov. He was an outstanding and purposeful leader with versatile knowledge, an active politician and a strong business executive <…> I express my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Yuri Mikhailovich. May his memory be blessed!” the minister said.

Shoigu noted that Yuri Luzhkov will remain in the memory of those who knew him and worked with him, an energetic and cheerful person.

Boris Gryzlov, head of the Supreme Council of United Russia, noted the unique contribution that the former mayor of Moscow made to the creation of the party, the solution of state tasks and the development of the Russian capital.

“The departure from the life of Yuri Mikhailovich is a loss for all of us. He was a bright person, an outstanding political figure,” Gryzlov told TASS. According to him, Luzhkov "made a unique contribution to the creation and strengthening of the United Russia party, to the solution of state tasks and, of course, to the development of Moscow."

Gryzlov expressed deep condolences to Luzhkov's family and friends.

Luzhkov, who stood at the origins of the creation of United Russia, was for many years co-chairman of the party's supreme council.

The head of the Russian Ministry of Construction, Vladimir Yakushev, called Luzhkov a professional of the highest level, whose life was devoted to serving the Fatherland. “A unique, energetic and versatile person, a professional of the highest level, whose whole life was dedicated to serving the Fatherland, is gone.

Yuri Mikhailovich served as mayor of Moscow for 18 years, implemented many urban development programs, paying special attention to construction and housing and communal services, ”the press service of the Ministry of Construction quoted Yakushev as saying.

Luzhkov was one of the main creators of the Fatherland-All Russia electoral bloc, which became the prototype of the current United Russia party. This was stated in an interview with TASS by the ex-governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev, who, together with Luzhkov and Yevgeny Primakov, was also one of the leaders of this bloc in the elections to the State Duma in 1999.

“It was such an interesting phase of our lives. When there were no political parties at all, with the exception of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and Zhirinovsky's party. We created the prototype of today's party ("United Russia - TASS note"). "Fatherland - All Russia" - that's how it was called, - said the interlocutor of the agency. “Evgeny Maksimovich Primakov, Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov, Shaimiev are people who have done a lot for the state.”

Yakovlev noted that he knew Luzhkov from the first days of joint work in the Federation Council (second half of the 1990s). “He clearly defended his position in relation to Moscow in the Federation Council. We had an agreement with Moscow, we met and exchanged views. It was beneficial for the cause, for our subjects,” he said.

According to Yakovlev, Luzhkov was a very active person who "did a lot for Moscow and Muscovites." So, being the mayor of the capital, on one of his trips to St. Petersburg, Luzhkov got acquainted with the project to create pedestrian streets in the city and initiated their imminent appearance in Moscow. “Even in those days, Yuri Mikhailovich already gave instructions to deal with pedestrian streets, and Sobyanin actively developed this direction,” he added.

Luzhkov and real estate

The ex-mayor is now actively engaged in business. In 2010, he lost his position. The disgraced official was dismissed due to "loss of confidence in the President." Once he was one of the richest Muscovites. After the incident, it was decided to leave. But where?

Open sources say that Luzhkov has:

• residence permit in Latvia;
• real estate in England (wife's residence);
• facilities in Austria.

Media representatives indicate that Luzhkov first lived in Austria, then in the UK. After that, he moved to the Kaluga region. Since 2016, Yuri Mikhailovich has been spending almost all his time on his own farm in the Kaliningrad region.

Failed to escape

- The business executive Luzhkov was created by the previous wife - the daughter of the First Deputy Minister of the Chemical Industry of the USSR Marina Bashilova. Elena Baturina is to blame for everything that happened to him afterwards. For example, I was personally present when Luzhkov bought up land in Sochi for a pittance ... - said Yuri Gekht, a former friend of the mayor, a member of the Supreme Economic Council under the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation.

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Be that as it may, in the ranking of world billionaires compiled by Forbes magazine in 2019, Elena Baturina, with a fortune of $ 1.2 billion, retains the title of the richest woman in Russia for the 14th year in a row.

However, no money allowed then the family of the disgraced Moscow mayor to change citizenship. Apparently, Baturina and Luzhkov were afraid that some kind of corruption revelations would follow the “loss of trust”, and were preparing for a full-fledged evacuation from the country.Just in case, they spent the first months after their resignation in London. There were indeed bad calls. Mikhail, the eldest son of Yuri Mikhailovich from his first marriage, was then fired from the post of deputy general director of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz. The youngest son Alexander was squeezed out of the advertising business, depriving him of his license to install advertising billboards and reconstructions on rooftops in Moscow.

... and then he became interested in breeding bees in the Kaluga province. Moreover, his beehives were made in the form of Moscow architectural sights. Photos of hives: Ruslan Voronoi

Baturina and Luzhkov applied for a residence permit in Latvia, immediately depositing 400 thousand euros in Rietumu Banka, but they were refused. Then there was an attempt to move to live in Austria, but it also failed.

Over time, realizing that there would be no persecution, but the administrative resource of her husband was lost forever, Elena Baturina sold the Inteko investment and construction corporation and transferred her entire business abroad. Now she conducts most of her business in the West, and considers her most successful investment to be a private jet, where she spends half of her working time.

Billions did not help Elena Nikolaevna and Yuri Mikhailovich change their citizenship. Higher forces obviously intervened in the process. But they still bought Cypriot passports for their children. In 2016, Baturina's company acquired a plot on the Mediterranean coast in Limassol, Cyprus, the declared investment is $40 million. These investments became the basis for Olya and Lena Luzhkov to find a new homeland.

Like all the offspring of today's high-ranking officials, the girls were educated in the UK, and their parents did everything they could to stay in the West.

After the resignation, Yuri and Elena flew around the world in their private jet. In the photo they are on Komodo Island.

Now 25-year-old Olga lives in Manhattan, New York, in an apartment once owned by iconic American abstract artist Jackson Pollock. The approximate cost of housing is $3 million.

27-year-old Elena did not want to leave London and stayed with her mother in the family mansion. The British capital is generally Baturina's favorite place. While Yuri Mikhailovich, in the company of cows and milkmaids, was growing buckwheat in the Kaliningrad region, she told local journalists that she considers the air of London to be the main guarantee of her blooming appearance - more precisely, that in the British capital there is “less stress” compared to Russia.

In recent years, the couple practically did not see each other. Yuri Mikhailovich explained his hermitage in the Weedern estate by a special creative upsurge that he experiences away from the hustle and bustle. He wrote well there. Just a month ago, in the Moscow House of Books on Novy Arbat, he presented to the general public his next book, “The Rulers Who Destroyed a Great Country. Russia. XX century. In a conversation with readers, Luzhkov hinted that he would write about how and who destroyed Russia in the 21st century next year. They say that not only is everything fine with his memory, but there are enough documents left. The question is where are they now and what will Elena Baturina do with the papers. Save for a rainy day as a guarantee of his financial security, or still in exchange for the citizenship of his beloved Great Britain will publish them in some "Times".

The mayor of the capital built and restored dozens of churches. "Express Newspaper"

Resignation

The first criticism of Luzhkov’s activities was the films “The Case in the Cap” and “Lawlessness”, which aired on NTV and Russia-24 in early September 2010. The accusations concerned the increased level of corruption and exorbitant enrichment of members of the Luzhkov family.

Yuri Luzhkov and Vladimir Putin / President of Russia

Yuri Mikhailovich tried to protest the flow of negativity pouring from blue screens. Through Sergei Naryshkin, he sent a personal letter of appeal to President Dmitry Medvedev. However, the answer was the decree "On the termination of powers due to the loss of presidential confidence." On October 1, Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov left the walls of his office and handed over the badge of the mayor. Sergei Semenovich Sobyanin was elected in his place.

After his resignation, Luzhkov moved his family to London, where his daughters continued their studies at Moscow State University, and his wife continued to develop a business. Later, the Luzhkov family chose Austria as their place of residence.

In 2012, it became known that the former mayor of the capital is a member of the board of directors of Ufaorgsintez, and in 2013 he bought out 87% of the shares of Weedern (buckwheat production, mushroom cultivation). Yuri Luzhkov, who has long been interested in agriculture, created his own farm in the Kaliningrad region in 2015, where, in addition to livestock, he grew winter crops and corn.

The “end of disgrace” happened on September 21, 2016, when, by decree of Vladimir Putin, Luzhkov was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland. The award, according to Yuri Mikhailovich himself, was a real gift for the 80th anniversary. After the solemn event, Luzhkov and Putin had a long conversation, the former mayor of Moscow thanked the president for getting out of the “timelessness in which he was immersed” since 2010.

Yuri Luzhkov

The authorship of Yuri Luzhkov belongs to a number of works on the history of Russia, chemistry, agriculture, and political science. Luzhkov's latest books include Transcapitalism and Russia, Art That Can't Be Lost, Homo? Sapiens? "Occupy the Universe", "Socrates is always Socrates", "Leadership Algorithms".

In 2016, Yuri Luzhkov published the book Russia at the Crossroads: Deng Xiaoping and the old maids of "monetarism", and a year later Yuri Mikhailovich presented his autobiography "Moscow and Life" to readers.

In 2018, Yuri Luzhkov attended Putin's inauguration.

Business wife and children

According to Forbes magazine, the capital of the wife of the former mayor of Moscow is $ 1.2 billion. Previously, the main source of income for a woman was the Inteko holding, which specialized in the production of plastic products in the early 90s, and then became one of the largest developers in Moscow. After the resignation, Baturin's wife sold Inteko and moved abroad for permanent residence.

Figure 3. Married couple Luzhkov and Baturin

Now the businesswoman is engaged in the hotel business and invests in promising start-ups and development funds. Financial analysts note that now the size of Baturina's transactions is much more modest than in the days of Inteko: the entrepreneur's income record was recorded in 2008 - Baturina's earnings amounted to $ 4.2 billion rubles.

The common children of Luzhkov and Baturina - two daughters - live abroad, but often visit Russia. Both are also associated with the hospitality business - one works in one of the structures of the parent business, and the other is engaged in interior design.

The couple were often accused that Luzhkov was helping his wife get land for construction.In an interview, Baturina sharply denied this version, saying that ties with the Moscow government only impose additional obligations on her.

Interview with Yury Luzhkov to Dozhd TV channel in 2017

Criticism on politics

The liberal media and the business community often seriously criticized the urban development and economic policy of the capital's government under Luzhkov.

Ex-Mayor

Patronage over such creative people as artist A. M. Shilov, sculptor Z. K

Tsereteli, as well as the low artistic taste of the former mayor of Moscow, embodying itself in the architecture of the city's new buildings, attracted the attention of cultural figures and art historians and was condemned

Luzhkov was accused by the opposition that all the capital's courts are under his control, since they most often made their decisions in a way that was convenient at that moment for the mayor, his entourage and supporters.

In 2009, there was an attempt to introduce a program that contributed to a significant reduction in the cost of cleaning Moscow streets. But the leadership of the Moscow region and environmentalists criticized the idea of ​​redistributing rainfall in the capital and the region, as they feared that this could harm the environment.

Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov

Representatives of sexual minorities accused Yuri Luzhkov of constant discrimination, since all public demonstrations were strictly prohibited. In one interview, the politician called homosexuals "fags" and gay parades - "satanic actions."

The United Russia party criticized not only Luzhkov, but also some human rights organizations, for allowing ten portraits of Stalin to be placed on the streets of the capital before the celebration of the 65th anniversary of Victory Day.

Former Mayor of Moscow Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov

YES.Medvedev shared with Russian journalists: “It is the duty of any leader of our country to monitor the territory itself. We all know and love Moscow. There are a lot of problems in this city. Corruption - unprecedented scale, traffic jams, transport collapse, and not only because the president or the prime minister passed by car. Buildings were thoughtlessly poked. Competitive environment: who won all the contracts and tenders until recently? I know how such decisions were made, all this must end.”

Yuri Luzhkov withdrew from United Russia

But despite numerous criticisms from the opposition, cultural figures, liberals, and the authorities regarding Yury Mikhailovich, the Vedomosti newspaper indicated that the level of trust on the part of Muscovites remains high: in 2010, more than 56% of the population of the Moscow region believed that it was Luzhkov needed for the post of mayor of the capital.

Income

According to the Central Election Commission, Luzhkov's income in 2002 amounted to 9 million 148 thousand 150 rubles. He owned a land plot of 25 acres in the Kaluga region and a residential building with an area of ​​62 sq. meters in the same place, a GAZ-69 car and a car trailer.

The annual income for 2004, declared by Luzhkov as a candidate for the Moscow City Duma in the elections in 2005, amounted to 2 million 438 rubles.

At the end of October 2007, data on Luzhkov's property and income were made public. He owned four land plots in the Kaluga region, one of which was 798 thousand 528 square meters. He also had a residential building with an area of ​​​​62 square meters in the Kaluga region. meters and an apartment in Moscow with an area of ​​150.3 sq. meters. Luzhkov's total income in 2006 amounted to 31 million 906 thousand 922 rubles. A 1964 GAZ-69E passenger car and a 2000 trailer were registered to him.He also owned 1.11 million bonds in OAO KB MIA.

In February 2008, the magazine "Finance" published the next rating of billionaires. Baturina remained the richest woman in Russia. Its capital for the year increased from $6 billion to $7 billion.

In February 2009, the Finance magazine published a new rating of Russian billionaires, according to which the Luzhkov-Baturin family became very poor. The wife of Yuri Mikhailovich took 45th place in it: the magazine estimated her fortune at $ 1 billion, that is, according to Finance estimates, she lost about 6 billion in a year.

According to Forbes, in 2009 the wife of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov "froze" part of development projects in Moscow and Ukraine. However, many residential complexes continue to be built: it is cheaper to complete than to abandon.

In July 2009, Elena Baturina published a declaration of income and property for 2008. According to the official newspaper of the Moscow government "Tverskaya, 13", the total income of the wife of the mayor of Moscow amounted to more than 7 billion rubles, which is about 1183 times more than the income of the mayor himself, the Kommersant newspaper calculated.

According to data published on July 4, 2009, Baturina received more than 15 million rubles as a salary at her official place of work - Inteko CJSC. This year, Baturina also managed to make money on development projects (about 440 million rubles) and receive interest on deposits (a little less than 1.5 million rubles). The main source of income for it was the results of transactions for the sale of securities (more than 6.5 billion rubles).

In addition to money, the wife of the mayor of Moscow owned shares in two Moscow apartments with an area of ​​​​150 and 159 square meters.m (1/4 and 1/3 shares, respectively), and also has a land plot of agricultural use with an area of ​​2.85 hectares in the Kursk region. Baturina owns six cars: a 2005 PorscheTurbo S, a 2007 Mercedes-Benz S600 and a 2007 Mercedes-Benz ML63AMG, a 1995 Audi 80, a 1957 Mercedes-Benz S220, and a rare 1934 Talbot-95.

Information about the income of Elena Baturina was made public in accordance with the anti-corruption decree of the President of the Russian Federation of May 18, 2009, according to which officials and members of their families are required to annually provide data on their income for publication in the media. Yuri Luzhkov himself published data on his income and property also in the newspaper Tverskaya 13, the day after the presidential decree appeared. At the same time, the newspaper noted that the wife of the mayor, Elena Baturina, filed a declaration of income at the place of residence. The publication also reported that the mayor's daughters Elena (a student) and Olga (a student) own only 1/4 shares of a Moscow apartment with a total area of ​​150 square meters. m.

The mayor himself, according to published data, is the owner of 6 million rubles, a 1/4 share in a Moscow apartment of 150 square meters. m and four land plots in the Kaluga region for beekeeping with a total area of ​​just over 1.1 million square meters. m, a GAZ-69-E car and a trailer for transporting beehives.

The last time Luzhkov made public his earnings was in 2007, on the eve of the last Duma elections, in which he topped United Russia's list for Moscow. Then the mayor of the capital had a much larger amount in his accounts - 31 million rubles. In addition, in 2006, Luzhkov owned shares in Norilsk Nickel, LUKOIL, MTS, RAO UES of Russia, Gazprom, Tatneft, Sberbank and others.Whether the shares of leading Russian companies remained in the mayor's ownership is unknown, but he now owns a dacha in the Moscow Region with a total area of ​​2,531.2 sq. m. m. Even if we proceed from a modest assessment of elite housing in Moscow, $ 6,000/sq. m, approximately, the market value of Luzhkov's dacha is about $15 million.