Recently, information appeared in the media that the deputy head of the Presidential Administration, in charge of domestic policy, Radiy Faritovich Khabirov announced his resignation. According to some reports, it is planned to transfer it to the executive authorities.
Mediakorset suggested that his next job could be a legal department headed by former Bashkir prosecutor Alexander Konovalov.
Career steps
Some political observers have noted that each step of Khabirov corresponds to some dramatic event in the political history of Bashkortostan.
Radiy Faritovich Khabirov took up the post of head of the administration of the Bashkir "White House" at a time when the republic was shaken by a deep political crisis. The regime of M. Rakhimov suffered serious blows from political opponents and Ralif Safin. During the 2003 election race, there were many different accusations against the incumbent president.
The real affairs of an official
In 2005, Radiy Khabirov came out to give explanations to a crowd of demonstrators who had gathered on the square near the House of the Republic to demand the abolition of the monetization of benefits and express dissatisfaction with the current political regime.
At the same time, Khabirov managed to prevent a parliamentary putsch, which the supporters of Rakhimov Ural tried to carry out. They failed to seize power in the Republican State Assembly.
Later, R. Khabirov repelled several attempts on the part of BashTEK senior managers to control the actions of the Ufa city council, depriving him of influence from the elder Rakhimov.
Radiy Khabirov, presidential administration
In mid-2008, President Rakhimov agreed to the transfer of Khabirov to the office of the Administration of the Russian President. This circumstance served as a pretext for intensifying the persecution of him by law enforcement agencies, which were under the control of the regional authorities.
The signal to discredit Khabirov was given by the article "Murtaza's successor", which was published by Gazeta.Ru on July 16, 2008, which was received very negatively and with pain by the environment of the Bashkir president.
To disrupt the new appointment to the office of the Russian president (the invitation was made by certain opposition forces, a number of steps were taken. In particular, they contributed to the direction of the local Chamber of Control and Accounts and law enforcement agencies to search for compromising evidence against Khabirov.
Attempts to discredit an official
He was charged with failing to pay tax for the use of the garden plot.
The local cell of the party "United Russia" attempted to deprive him of his membership card, while the reason was clearly far-fetched.
A corresponding discrediting campaign was launched in the local media. The most striking article of a negative nature was published in Ufimskiye Vedomosti. Subsequently, charges of libel were brought against this publication, which were recognized in court. As a result, Ufimsky Vedomosti had to publish a refutation.
Khabirov's opinion
Radiy Khabirov, whose biography is distinguished by such extreme events, commented on 07/22/2008 in an interview on this roll on the part of the Bashkir authorities as follows.
In his opinion, it was a purely political order, but "the chances of the supporters of Rakhimov Ural to take the presidency in Bashkortostan are equal to zero."
According to him, his family gave him great support in difficult times. Radiy Khabirov is married and has two daughters.
Khabirov took the post of deputy head of the Office of the President of Russia for Domestic Policy in January 2009.
His functions included overseeing the interaction of the presidential apparatus with representatives of parliamentary factions and various parties.
Biographical information
Radiy Khabirov, whose biography is inextricably linked with Bashkiria, was born on March 20, 1964 in the Ishimbay region of this republic. His small homeland is the village of Sayranovo.
After graduating from high school in 1981, he got a job as a milling machine apprentice at the Ishimbay Transport Engineering Plant.
In 1982, he was called up for military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR.
After demobilization in 1984, he continued his education at the Bashkir State University at the Faculty of Law.
After graduation, he remained at the Department of State Law as an assistant.
From 1992 to 1994 he was in Turkey, where he was a postgraduate student at Bilkent University in Ankara.
From 1994 to 1998 he worked as a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Bashkir State University.
In the period from 1998 to 2002, he defended his Ph.D. thesis, became an associate professor and received the position of deputy dean of the law faculty of the Bashkir State University.
In 2002, he was first director, and then headed the Institute of Law at the same university.
In September 2003, Radiy Khabirov was invited to the post of head of the Administration of the Bashkir President.
From August 27, 2008 to December 2008, he was appointed to the director's position in the Department for Interaction with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, which is structurally part of the Office of the Russian President.
From January 2009 until September 19, 2016, the post of deputy head in the Office of the President of Russia, whose tasks included domestic politics, was occupied by Radiy Khabirov. His resignation occurred with the motivation "own desire." This, of course, raised many questions. Opinions on this matter were very different.
Publications in the media
Any public figure has to be constantly under the gun of the media. Radiy Khabirov, whose personal life has always been of interest to correspondents, did not escape this fate.
During his work in the Kremlin, the press talked about his financing of the Bashkir cell of A Just Russia. He is considered one of the founders of the Ufa branch of this party, which is headed by his classmate Shagimuratov.
Khabirov is also credited with funding the Ufa branch of Right Cause and some provocative websites.
Information was received from the media that the Khabirovs were given instructions on the need to allocate housing to some people, while providing for the possibility of receiving state subsidies.
Khabirov approved prices for commercial real estate well below market prices.
Despite the assumption expressed in the press by the journalistic Elina Bilevskaya that at the end of the first decade of this century, Radiy Khabirov could have replaced Murtaza Rakhimov, he himself never made any statements of this kind. He preferred to serve the country instead of realizing personal ambitions and starting political intrigues.
This approach allowed him to remain in his position, even when his patron V. Surkov left the presidential administration.
Article by Ivan Pereverzev
In 2008, a sensational article was published where Khabirov was credited with trading in some positions. It was about the positions of city and district heads, a justice of the peace, a notary.
The author of the publication suggested that the reason for the dismissal of the head of his own administration by the president of Bashkortostan was information about fraud on the part of this high-ranking official in the sale of housing and commercial real estate. In addition, when filling out the declaration, he allegedly concealed some of his property.
The article said that the mechanism of trade in positions was so perfect that the republican leadership did not suspect anything, since there were no direct appeals from Khabirov with demands for money.
He managed to arrange it in such a way that intractable candidates lost all chances for a successful completion of the case. For example, on the eve of registration it was discovered that the documentation was "lost". As soon as the registration ended, the documents were found.
Correspondent's Assumptions
The author of the article suggested that the main argument pushing for cooperation with Khabirov was the promotion of support for "certain persons belonging to the administration of the President of Russia."
Such "support" made it possible not to be afraid of a negative reaction from higher authorities.
The unofficial price list for obtaining positions "with the help of Khabirov", according to Pereverzev, was as follows.
The position of a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation cost up to thirty million rubles, a deputy to the local parliament - the Kurultai of Bashkortostan - about six million, the head of the presidential administration department - 5 million, and a specialist in it - one and a half million.
Often such a "purchase" was imposed, and in case of disagreement of the candidate, he could forget about his career.
It should be noted that all the allegations against the official made in the press were not confirmed, and he continued to work in the public service.
18:25 - REGNUM
In Bashkiria, they are discussing the possible appointment of a native of the region, the former deputy head of the internal policy department of the presidential administration of Russia Radia Khabirova to the leadership of one of the key urban districts of the Moscow region. According to media reports, Khabirov may take the post of head of the Krasnogorsk urban district, which was formed in early 2017 on the site of the Krasnogorsk municipal district. The likely appointment of Khabirov as mayor of the capital of the Moscow region will become an impetus for a new round of publications about the personnel policy of the Kremlin in the regions, but in reality this has no basis, the respondents believe IA REGNUM experts.
“In Ufa, they always closely follow the careers of people from the republic. Names of Radiy Khabirov, Hamita Mavliyarova, Timerbulat Karimov appear regularly in the regional press. In 2016, they were included in the so-called shortlist of potential successors. Rustem Khamitov. The search for candidates for the post of head of Bashkiria has long turned into a special republican sport. None of the candidates says anything about plans, calmly works in his position, but we continue to “appoint” them with enviable persistence,” the political scientist notes. Dmitry Mikhailichenko.
“Radiy Khabirov is an ambitious and strong manager who is able to achieve his goals. Perhaps the appointment to the Krasnogorsk city district is not exactly what Khabirov wanted, but he is now in such a position that he practically does not have to choose. It must be understood that Radiy Faritovich for the Kremlin is a person from the team Murtaza Rakhimov, and no one is going to send him to the region, especially to Bashkiria, ”the political scientist is sure.
According to the political scientist Dmitry Kazantsev, information about the possible appointment of Radiy Khabirov to various leadership positions at the federal and regional levels has appeared before. It especially intensified during the period of the election campaign to the State Duma of the seventh convocation, which coincided with his departure from the presidential administration of Russia. “Given that since 2009, Radiy Khabirov has firmly established himself in the administrative and power vertical of the federal center, his relocation, or equidistance from the Russian capital to any region, including Bashkortostan, seems unlikely,” Dmitry Kazantsev comments on the situation.
“I think the appointment of Mr. Khabirov as the head of the Krasnogorsk district of the Moscow region is optimal and expected. Governor's team Andrey Vorobyov just according to his rank, ”the political scientist is sure. “It is unlikely that the possible appointment of Khabirov will somehow affect the state of affairs in Bashkiria. Some opponents of Rustem Khamitov continue to see Khabirov as a potential head of the Republic of Belarus. Moreover, the ex-official himself does not confirm or refute these conjectures. However, it is obvious that he has not been an active player in republican politics for a long time and is not associated with local political elites,” concludes Dmitry Kazantsev.
“The appointment of Radiy Khabirov to the Krasnogorsk city district, if it takes place, will temporarily remove questions about his return to Bashkiria. However, in our republic they will continue to look for a potential successor, ”the political scientist is sure. Konstantin Safronov. “The story of the privatization of Bashneft has recently ended, and everyone immediately paid attention to Igor Sechin, who, as events have shown, is a very influential figure. I admit that now, instead of Khabirov, local oppositionists will use Sechin as an ill-wisher of the head of Bashkiria, and regardless of the position of the head of Rosneft himself, Safronov believes.
Residents of Krasnogorsk learned the name of the son of their mayor: on the official Youtube channel the administration of the city district appeared a video where Radiy Khabirov, answering a question from a channel employee, confirmed the news of the birth of his son, whom he named after his father - Farit Barievich Khabirov, director of the Sayranovsky secondary school of the Ishimbay district of Bashkortostan, Honored Worker of Vocational Education of the BASSR.
This is the first son of Radiy Khabirov, he has two adult daughters and a granddaughter - “The heir is a special joy, a special pride,” Radiy Faritovich shared his feelings. - I have not yet thought about how I will educate him - I want him to be a happy, good person. And if everything is in order in our Motherland, in our country, then everything will depend only on him.”
Unofficially, the news of the birth of a son appeared in Bashkiria on July 4, 2017 and caused a flood of congratulations on behalf of representatives of the Bashkir elites, directed to an outstanding countryman.
Earlier, on the same channel, Radiy Khabirov told the story of how he took over this city near Moscow in early 2017, leaving an important political post in the Internal Policy Department of the President of the Russian Federation.
Radiy Khabirov spoke about how he accepted the offer to head Krasnogorsk Video
“The previous place of work was the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation - a political bloc, said Radiy Khabirov. I worked there for almost nine years. At some point, I realized that I used my ambitions, which I wanted to realize, the skills that I wanted to apply for our country.
At some point, I began to realize that I was professionally skidding. And when a person "slips" professionally, he becomes not so effective. Yes, I knew everything, yes, I understood how to carry out the assigned tasks, and in principle, it seems to me, I succeeded in all this. When some kind of inner longing began to appear, I began to look for where I could go to another job. I consulted with my leader - Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin, with other colleagues, and when I received an offer from Andrei Yuryevich Vorobyov, whom I have known for a long time from my work in the State Duma, to join his team - I did not even think about it.
And when we talked with Andrei Yuryevich about where I could apply my capabilities, I asked that this be a specific direction, maybe not so large-scale. So that I can get up in the morning, work during the day and say in the evening - that's what I did for the past day. So that the result can be seen, not after some years, they say, here, I built a political system, worked with political parties, but so that this was concrete work. And when Andrey Yuryevich offered to work at the head of the city of Krasnogorsk, I didn’t think about it - I was very interested.
It is clear that for me it was a leap into the unknown, because I had absolutely no experience of this kind. But it seems to me that every person should learn while he can still learn. I am a student, I frankly admit that when I started working with colleagues, discussing housing and communal services or construction issues, I simply did not understand them. I did not understand many questions, many abbreviations, many names, names. Therefore, he asked his colleagues “translate, what is this?” . I am still learning, I still do not know much and do not understand. The task of the head of the city is not necessarily to know everything himself - this is impossible! I can't graduate from the academy of housing and communal services, become a builder, organizer of cultural events. My task is to organize the work - to find a team of passionate, enterprising people, honest, conscientious, keeping their word, which is very important, and, of course, to organize control over this work ", - said Radiy Khabirov.
Acting Head of Bashkortostan (2018-2019).
Head of the city district of Krasnogorsk (from March 28, 2017 to October 11, 2018).
Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Russia (2009-2016).
Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan (2003-2008).
Acting State Councilor of the Russian Federation of the second class.
Radiy Khabirov was born on March 20, 1964 in the village of Sairanovo, Republic of Bashkortostan. After graduating from high school, he served in the Armed Forces. In 1984 he entered the Bashkir State University in Ufa. Later, he studied at the graduate school of the Turkish Bilkent University in Ankara. He is a candidate of legal sciences.
In 1989, he got a job as an assistant at the Department of State Law and Soviet Construction of the Law Faculty of the Bashkir State University. Since 1994, for nine years, he held the positions of senior lecturer, associate professor, deputy dean of the Faculty of Law, director of the Institute of Law of the Bashkir State University.
From September 2003 to June 2008 he headed the administration of the President of the Republic of Bashkortostan Murtaza Rakhimov. He took an active part on the side of the president in a conflict with his son Ural over the shares of the Bashkir fuel and energy complex.
In August 2008, Radiy Khabirov was appointed head of the department for interaction with the Federal Assembly and political parties of the Internal Policy Department of the Presidential Administration. A year later, he became deputy head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Domestic Policy.
In 2016, he took over as mayor of Krasnogorsk, the de facto capital of the Moscow Region.
Decree of the President of Russia dated October 11, 2018 Radiy Khabirov has been appointed Acting Head of the Republic of Bashkortostan until the 2019 elections.
President of Russia August 26, 2019 held a working meeting with Radiy Khabirov. The socio-economic situation in the region was discussed. Khabirov informed the president about plans to create a special economic zone in the region. In particular, he spoke about the decrease in the unemployment rate and the growth of investments in fixed capital in the republic.
On the day of the unified vote September 8, 2019 Radiy Faritovich Khabirov won, becoming the Governor of the Republic of Bashkortostan, gaining 82.02% of the vote after processing 100% of the protocols. Communist Party candidate Yunir Kutluguzhin gained 6.89% of the vote, Ivan Sukharev from the Liberal Democratic Party 4.53%, Zulfiya Gaysina "Yabloko" 1.53%. Yuri Ignatiev from "Fair Russia" 1.23%, Rafis Kadyrov "Patriots of Russia" 1.1%, Vladimir Barabash "Civil Force" - 0.97%, Vladimir Kobzev Party of Pensioners 0.81%.
The winner of the election of the head of Bashkiria Radiy Khabirov September 19, 2019 officially assumed the position of head of the region. The inauguration took place in the hall of the State Assembly of the Republic.
Awards for Radiy Khabirov
The upcoming appointment of a native of Bashkiria to the post of mayor of the capital of the Moscow region was commented on by a political scientist and deputies.
Earlier we reported that the former head of the administration of the President of Bashkiria (2003-2008), the former deputy head of the internal policy department of the presidential administration of Russia (2009 - 2016) Radiy Khabirov may soon head the administration of the city of Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region
Our source, who knows the situation in the Moscow region from the inside, said that a reform of the administrative-territorial division is currently underway in this region. Within its framework, a new large city will appear in Russia, which will include a dozen settlements. This city is Krasnogorsk, which will become the capital of the Moscow region. The population of the new city will be more than 300,000 people, which exceeds the number of Russian regions and national republics. Krasnogorsk's budget is expected to exceed 15 billion rubles. Thus, Radiy Khabirov will possibly become the mayor of the capital of the Moscow region.
Radiy Khabirov is a system politician and always chooses not a specific job, but a team that solves any large-scale tasks. Here is just such a case, - political scientist Rostislav Murzagulov noted, commenting for the Mediacorset about the possible appointment of a native of Bashkiria. - The leader of the Moscow Region, Andrey Vorobyov, is an ambitious and promising person, his name often appears in the lists of candidates for certain new appointments in the Russian government. It is certainly interesting for Khabirov to work in his team. In addition, here, being engaged in the creation of a new, large city at the country level, the capital of one of the core regions of the country, Radiy Faritovich will also gain experience in independent economic activity. As far as I know, he had numerous other options for continuing his career, including less hectic ones than the work of the mayor of the city, but he reasoned that it was too early to look for safe havens at 50, the expert noted.
State Duma Deputy Alexander Sidyakin believes that this is a new challenge for Radiy Khabirov.
Becoming the mayor of one of the major cities of the capital region, which already has a budget of more than 7 billion rubles, is much cooler than sitting in an office and shifting papers on the table, Alexander Sidyakin is sure. - Not every capital of the region of the country can boast of such a budget. For example, the budget of Vladimir is 5 billion, and Pskov and Smolensk are 4 billion each. The mayor of the city can solve more voluminous tasks than the deputy minister. I believe that such administrative and economic work, live work with people will add points to the career biography of any person in the country. Plus, another important factor is the work in the team of one of the most successful governors of the country, Vorobyov. I think that if you now offer this post to any State Duma deputy or member of the Federation Council, he will gladly refuse the mandate. I support Radiy Faritovich, unless, of course, he himself agrees to take this position.
Rustem Akhmadinurov, deputy of the State Assembly of Bashkiria, director of the Ufa branch of the RSSU, agrees with his federal colleague. - I positively assess the possible appointment of Radiy Khabirov as head of the new capital of the Moscow region. Taking into account the unification of neighboring settlements and the synergistic effect, the budget of the Krasnogorsk city district, in the future, can be comparable to the budget of Ufa. In addition, the experience of economic activity is just the gap that Khabirov lacked for a further political career, Rustem Akhmadinurov believes. - In the event that he manages to help the young and ambitious governor Vorobyov to carry out a rather complex and publicly resonant municipal reform in the Moscow region (and it must be said that Radiy Faritovich has effective experience in carrying out a similar reform of local self-government in Bashkortostan in this regard), he new perspectives may open up.