Governor of the Kostroma region Sergey Sitnikov: biography, interesting facts, photo

Sergei Sitnikov, the governor of the Kostroma region, is a well-known person. He worked for many years in administrative positions, he is supported by many Kostroma people, he did a lot for his region. But little is known about the private life of an official, while the general public is always interested in how their leader lives. Let's talk about how Sergei Sitnikov came to the governor's post and how his life was shaping up.

early years

The future governor Sergei Sitnikov was born on January 18, 1963 in Kostroma. He never publicly talks about his origin, parents and childhood. Kostroma, an ancient Russian city, stretched on two banks of the Volga, during his childhood was a typical Soviet city. And we can assume that Sergei's childhood was exactly the same as that of millions of Soviet boys.

After school, Sitnikov entered the Pedagogical Institute. NA Nekrasov, at the Faculty of History. And in 1986 he received a diploma in the specialty "teacher of history and social science". Even in his student years, he began to engage in public work and proved himself well. However, after the institute he did not go to work in the school, as required by the distribution, but went to serve in the Armed Forces of the USSR.

The beginning of a professional career

After demobilization, Sergei Sitnikov decided to continue his Komsomol activities and came to work in the regional district committee of the Komsomol. First he took the position of an instructor, and then headed the ideological department, eventually rose to the secretary of the regional Komsomol committee for the Kostroma region. In 1991, the Communist Youth League was dissolved, and Sitnikov changed the field of activity. He goes to work at the editorial office of the newspaper Molodoy Lenenets, which was almost immediately renamed the Youth Line. In fact, Sitnikov continued his already well-known work with young people, only in a new perspective. Working in the Komsomol and in the newspaper enabled Sergei to develop many useful links that will be useful to him later.

Work in administration

In 1992, the Kostroma regional administration created a committee on youth, family and childhood. The governor was then Valery Arbuzov, he was familiar with Sitnikov on the party line. Therefore, when there was a need to find a "person" for the management of the new structure, he remembered acquaintance. Sergei headed the Committee, at that time he was only 29 years old, this was a significant position for such a young man. The work was familiar and familiar to him. In this post Sergei remembered that he organized a large festival of the author's song in honor of the 20th anniversary of the amateur song club. At this point Sitnikov worked for 6 years, he retained his post even after the governor was replaced in the region.

Television and radio

In 1998, Sergei Sitnikov (Kostroma) continued to work on the "ideological front", he headed the local television and radio company "Kostroma." At this point, he worked for 4 years. Sitnikov did not remember anything special on this post, but obviously he did his job well. Because in 2002 he became the head of the broadcaster in Kaliningrad. This was Sitnikov's first "departure" outside the Kostroma region. This appointment meant that he grew up to be a top manager of Russian significance. Two years later, this new qualification was confirmed by a new appointment, this time to St. Petersburg, he was appointed deputy general director of the radio station Baltika. But in 2005 Sitnikov again returns to Kostroma. This time he again returns to his office and becomes the director of VGTRK "Kostroma". But Sergei Sitnikov has clearly outgrown this position, he needed to move on and up.

Work in the Government

In 2005 Sitnikov took part in the elections to the regional Duma of the 4th convocation on the lists of the party "United Russia". In the Duma, he worked in the Committee on Rules and Ethics. But he did not work in the Duma until the end of his term. In 2007, he went to Moscow, where he holds the post of deputy head of the Federal Service responsible for the supervision of the media and the protection of cultural heritage. Sitnikov said that he could not refuse this appointment. In 2008, this structure is being reformed, resulting in two new committees. Sitnikov becomes deputy head of Rossvyaznadzor, which controls the activities of the media. In December 2008, Sergei took the chair of his boss and headed Rossvyaznadzor. Working in this capacity, he is included in a large number of various commissions, including the competitive commission for television and radio and the commission on radio frequencies.

Governor

April 13, 2012 the life of Sergei instantly and radically changed. President D. Medvedev early resigned at his own request the then head of the Kostroma region, Igor Slyunyaeva. And Sergei Sitnikov receives a new appointment. The governor left Sergei with a not very good legacy, the region needed a strong leader who knows the region well. Sitnikov knew the region well, he had good relations with the elites, and the people perceived him as their own. Already on April 28 he was appointed governor. In 2015 Sitnikov submits a petition to the president asking for early termination of his powers. But that did not mean that he did not want to be governor anymore. It was just a move that allegedly allowed to save pre-election budgets, but actually allowed him to get this high post for another 4 years as a result of the elections. In September 2015, Sitnikov won in the elections, gaining more than 65% of the vote. Governor Sitnikov rarely appears in the materials of the federal media. He is trying to solve local problems, although everything that has been conceived can not be done. The region today has problems with the implementation of the local budget, but the governor still confidently retains the confidence of the voters and the President.

Attitude of the electorate

The head of the region is such a position, which almost always becomes an object of criticism and not always justified. A rare exception is the indigenous kostromich Sergei Sitnikov (governor), whose local responses are mostly positive. At the end of 2016, a sociological survey of local residents in Kostroma showed that the majority of voters positively assess his activities. He was not seen in any major corruption scandals, he is able to establish relations with the Kremlin and with the local elite. Kostromichi believes that now Sitnikov is the best choice for the region.

Initiatives and statements

Sergei Sitnikov (Kostroma), whose biography has been linked to the work of the media for many years, made a resonant statement in 2009. He said that the responsibility for the readers' comments is borne by the owners of Internet publications, that they should moderate the sites themselves or be answerable before the law. And six months later, this requirement was fixed by the order of Roskomnadzor.

Awards

During his career, Sergei Sitnikov received several state awards, including the Order of Friendship and "For Services to the Fatherland", several thanks and Credentials.

Personal life

Kostroma Governor Sergei Sitnikov (Kostroma), whose personal life is so interested in the general public, has been married for a long time. His wife works in the healthcare system in Kostroma. The couple have a son Constantine, who graduated from the biological faculty of Kostroma University. In the same place, Kostya found a wife for Olga. In 2012, Governor Sitnikov became a grandfather, he had a grandson.

Interesting Facts

Sergei Sitnikov (Kostroma), whose family is a taboo subject for the media, always carefully protects his private life from extraneous views. However, in 2014, the Transparency International Center for Anti-Corruption Investigations became interested in the governor's activity and submitted a statement to the prosecutor's office asking him to assess the legality of appointing Sitnikov's son Constantine as director of the Kostroma Nature Museum and allocating budgetary funds to him. Human rights activists suspect that the governor helped his son hide the inefficient spending of funds. The prosecutor's examination lasted a long time, but in the end it was recognized that the governor did not violate any laws and did not exceed his powers.

Once again, in the field of view of human rights defenders, Sitnikov got involved in the investigation of his relations with his neighbors. The governor's family lives next to the family Shuvarin and Andrei Kobozev, who are suspected of receiving major state contracts from the Kostroma Duma and financial frauds. But the evidence was not collected again.

In 2015, the governor said that in order to save, he would reduce his wages, as well as his deputies and some subordinates. This was supposed to help save about 2 million rubles. And when he filed a declaration of income, it turned out that in fact in 2015 he earned 4.5% less than in the previous one. From the expensive property of the governor's family there is an apartment, a garage, a house, two cars and a motor boat.

Sergei Konstantinovich Sitnikov is a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia. He has the rank of a public official of the Russian Federation. In his free time, the governor is fond of fishing and hunting, as well as cars.