List of new composition of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation. Putin has significantly updated the composition of the Russian Public Chamber. Putin approved the new composition of the Russian Public Chamber

TASS DOSSIER. On June 19, 2017, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation of the new, sixth convocation, at its first plenary meeting, elected journalist Valery Fadeev as its secretary.

Valery Aleksandrovich Fadeev was born on October 10, 1960 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR (now the Republic of Uzbekistan).

In 1983 he graduated from the Faculty of Management and Applied Mathematics of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology(MIPT) in Dolgoprudny, Moscow region.

From 1983 to 1984 he worked at the Almaz Central Design Bureau (now the Almaz Research and Production Association named after Academician A. A. Raspletin).

In 1984-1986 served in the Strategic Missile Forces of the USSR Armed Forces.

From 1986 to 1988 - researcher at the Computing Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences (USSR Academy of Sciences; now - the A. A. Dorodnitsyn Computing Center Russian Academy sciences). Worked on issues of macroeconomics.

In 1988-1990 worked at the Institute of Energy Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1990-1992 - Senior Researcher at the Institute of Market Problems of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1993, he moved to the Expert Institute of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs ("Exin"; now the Scientific and Educational Foundation "Expert Institute"). In 1993-1995 was deputy director of Eksin Yevgeny Yasin.

At the same time, in 1992-1995. - expert, scientific editor of the Kommersant-Weekly magazine of the Kommersant publishing house. In 1995, he left the editorial office along with a number of employees, including the founder of Kommersant-Weekly JSC Mikhail Rogozhnikov. He took part in the creation of a new analytical publication - the Expert magazine.

From 1995 to 1998 he was scientific editor, first deputy editor-in-chief of the Expert magazine Mikhail Rogozhnikov, and since 1996 Nikita Kirichenko.

In 1998, he worked part-time as first deputy editor-in-chief of the Izvestia newspaper Ivan Laptev.

Since November 1998 - editor-in-chief of the Expert magazine.

In 2001-2004 - one of the co-founders, co-chairman of the All-Russian public organization"Business Russia".

Since July 2006 - General Director, co-owner of Expert Media Holding CJSC. Creator of the Expert-TV TV channel.

In 2006-2014 was a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation of the first - fourth compositions (OP RF). He was a member of the OP under the presidential quota. In 2006-2008 served as deputy chairman of the commission on globalism and national development strategy. In 2008-2014 headed the commission for economic development and support of entrepreneurship, was a member of the Council of the OP. He was one of the developers of the law "On the Public Chamber Russian Federation".

In 2008, he was elected president of the All-Russian organization of media workers "Media Union". Head of the guild of business journalism at Media Union.

Since October 20, 2011 - member of the supervisory board - chairman of the expert council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.

Since 2011 - member of the Central Headquarters of the All-Russian Popular Front. Head of the ONF working group "Quality of Everyday Life".

In 2012, he became one of the trusted representatives of Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.

Since October 2014 - host of the socio-political talk show "Structure of the Moment" on Channel One. In September 2016, he became the host of the Sunday edition of the TV program “Time” instead of Irada Zeynalova. On December 15, 2016, he participated in the annual program “Conversation with Dmitry Medvedev” as a representative of Channel One.

In 2015, he joined the interdepartmental group on housing and communal services of the Russian government.

In May 2016, he took part in the preliminary voting of the United Russia party to select candidates for deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Komi Republic. According to the voting results, he took sixth place, in final list no candidates included.

On March 20, 2017, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was approved as a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation of the sixth composition.

Director of the autonomous non-profit organization "Institute of Public Design".

Member of the Council of Elders of the All-Russian public organization "Business Russia".

Included in High Council All-Russian political party "United Russia". Co-coordinator of the party's Liberal platform.

Member of the board of trustees of Oleg Deripaska's Volnoe Delo Foundation. Member of the Coordination Committee for the promotion of social, educational, informational, cultural and other initiatives under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Married. Wife - Tatyana Igorevna Gurova (born 1963), co-owner of the Expert media holding, first deputy editor-in-chief of the Expert magazine.

09:32 — REGNUM The head of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, approved the composition of the Public Chamber of Russia. The corresponding document was published on Monday, March 20, on the official legal information portal.

The list, in particular, included:

President of the All-Russian public youth organization “All-Russian Student Rescue Corps” A. Avetisov;
Honored Trainer of Russia V. Alekno;
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences B. Aleshin;
permanent representative of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia in Moscow A. Balzhirov;
Academician L. Bockeria; President of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia A. Boroda;
President of the charitable foundation “Soldiers of the 21st Century Against Wars” A. Bocharov;
head of the All-Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics I. Viner-Usmanova;
President of the International Association of Veterans of the Alpha Anti-Terror Unit S. Goncharov;
singer Diana Gurtskaya;
Deputy Chairman of the Scientific Council of OJSC All-Russian Center for the Study public opinion I. Diskin;
Chairman of the Coordination Council of the All-Russian public organization “Association of Teachers of Literature and Russian Language” L. Dudova;
General Director of the Charitable Support Fund musical art“Elena Obraztsova Foundation” N. Ignatenko;
chess player Sergei Karyakin;
sculptor A. Kovalchuk;
chief physician of the state budgetary institution Healthcare of Moscow "Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after. A. Alekseev of the Moscow Department of Health” G. Kostyuk;
Mufti A. Krganov; Chairman of the Synodal Department for Relations of the Church with Society and the Media V. Legoyda;
Chairman of the Expert Council of the Union of Russian Cities organization A. Maksimov;
co-chairman of the board of the Association of Volunteer Centers A. Metelev;
Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution “Research Center for Private Law named after S. Alekseev under the President of the Russian Federation” L. Mikheev;
First Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation D. Muzhetdinov;
President of the Foundation for the Study of Historical Perspective N. Narochnitskaya;
First Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Union “Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia” S. Nekrasov;
Chairman of the Russian Public Council for International Cooperation and Public Diplomacy at the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation S. Ordzhonikidze;
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences M. Pogosyan; member of the board of the All-Russian organization “Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs” N. Pochinok;
General Director of the autonomous non-profit organization for supporting humanitarian programs “Russian Humanitarian Mission” E. Primakov;
President of the organization “Union of Entrepreneurs of Textile and Light Industry” A. Razbrodin;
Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V. Skulachev;
First Deputy Chairman of the Board of the International Public Fund "Russian Peace Fund" E. Sutormina;
General Director of the autonomous non-profit organization "Children's Hospice" A. Tkachenko;
Director of the Social Information Agency E. Topoleva-Soldunova;
President of the organization “Center for Applied Research and Programs” A. Tochenov;
member of the board of the organization “National Union of Milk Producers” E. Uvarkina;
journalist V. Fadeev;
film director V. Khotinenko;
executive secretary of the All-Russian social movement to perpetuate the memory of those killed in defense of the Fatherland “Search Movement of Russia” by E. Tsunaev;
President of the Association for Economic Cooperation “Union of Cities of the Arctic and Far North” I. Shpector;
Vice President for Corporate Relations of the Yandex Limited Liability Company M. Yanina.

“To invite the members of the Public Chamber of Russia, approved by this decree, together with the members of the Public Chamber of Russia, delegated from the public chambers of the constituent entities of Russia, to begin forming the Public Chamber of Russia in full,” the text of the decree says.

It is noted that the decree of the President of the Russian Federation comes into force from the date of its signing.

On February 21, the press service of the Russian President reported that Head of State Vladimir Putin has identified the candidacies of Russian citizens who will be invited to join the Public Chamber of Russia (PC). We are talking about 40 citizens who have special services to the country.

“In accordance with Article VIII of the Federal Law of April 4, 2005 No. 32-F3 “On the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation,” Vladimir Putin identified the candidacies of 40 citizens of the Russian Federation who have special merits to the state and society, and sent them an offer to join the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation ", the message noted.

The majority of independent experts interviewed by the publication “Actual Comments” admit that the role and place of EP in political system extremely vague, and the main functions overlap with other structures, both state and public - the State Duma, the Human Rights Council, public councils under ministries, the All-Russian Popular Front, etc.

Behind Lately a serious devaluation of the functions of the public organization has become noticeable, the creation of which ten years ago was perceived by many social activists with a certain optimism. “When the Public Chamber was created, it was quite interesting idea, and there were bright and independent people there,” notes the famous journalist, member of the Council on Human Peaks under the President of the Russian Federation Nikolai Svanidze.

According to him, everything has changed not in better side. “Most of the bright people have left. As a result, the OP was built into the general power vertical, and she was also told not to show any independence. In fact, this has become a division of the Presidential Administration, and the division is far from the most important, not the most influential,” Svanidze said.

The leader of the movement “For Human Rights”, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lev Ponomarev also emphasizes that the role of the OP has decreased. “The Chamber changed a lot under Brechalov, but this was not connected with him personally, the approaches simply changed, there was almost not a single person left there with whom human rights activists could interact. The Public Chamber has changed a lot in composition, moving away from human rights issues,” he says.

Almost all respondents admit that there is almost no serious interest in the work of the Chamber in society and in government. And even more so, there is almost no interest in the meaning and functions of the Chamber as a whole.

For one reason or another, the Chamber faces more and more criticism every day. True, they are all more likely related to various media scandals that arose around the OP. The media are increasingly referring to social activists with an “unkind word.” Moreover, each time the Chamber came under attack due to problems in organizing the work of the apparatus or an inadequate response to challenges.

The last time such a situation arose, for example, after the Moscow Yabloko members, led by Sergei Mitrokhin, presented claims to the OP for the presence of “price collusion during electronic auctions.” It was about preparing an annual report on the state of civil society. It remains unclear who prepared the document this time. The tender for preparation was won by a company created less than a year before the competition, its main activity is tailoring, but it was the company that received 4.5 million rubles for the report.

They tried to hush up the scandal, since Sergei Smirnov, close to Vyacheslav Volodin, who was appointed deputy head of the Department in September, could have been involved in it domestic policy president. In the end, the official was considered unsuitable for his position in the Administration and is now being prepared for transfer to a position in the apparatus not related to politics. It is possible that this very scandal also played a role.

However, perhaps, in this regard, we should talk not only and not so much about specific people. There is a point of view that the opposition has begun to put pressure on the government in its weakest areas, which includes the OP. For example, a member of the Chamber, political scientist Sergei Markov, believes that there is a systematic attack on the OP. According to him, the structure is deliberately discredited by opposition forces.

“The OP works absolutely normally on social issues. And the opposition is trying to seize influence on NGOs, believing that such organizations should work against the authorities,” Markov said. He emphasized that one of the methods of influencing the authorities is the non-governmental sector, so the opposition is trying to establish a monopoly in this area.

Despite this, the Chamber's defense seemed rather helpless. Instead of trying to satisfy the journalists' requests, representatives of the Chamber simply brushed them aside. Enough strange behavior for social activists. Even traditional tricks didn’t save us; rather, they even got in the way. So, in order to “kill” the scandal, a “leak” appeared from the mentioned report, in which another “high-profile initiative” was announced. The OP proposed nothing less than to gain control over the activities of State Duma deputies and provide assessments of the effectiveness of the work of parliament. The effect was exactly the opposite of what was expected - the OP “earned” a new portion of criticism.

The problems for the House were not limited to one report. Some even started talking about a “black streak”. At the last meeting of the Human Rights Council under the President, one of the most authoritative human rights activists, Lyudmila Alekseeva, sharply criticized the OP for the formation of the composition of public monitoring commissions (POC) for the observance of human rights in places of deprivation of liberty. The head of the MHG was supported by Andrey Babushkin and Elena Masyuk. The head of the OP again chose a defensive strategy, did not go into details and simply assessed the claims as “strange.”

Another scandal arose as a result of the preliminary discussion of the already mentioned report, which took place in the Chamber on December 13. A series of critical articles and comments have appeared in the media and the Internet due to the fact that social activists are more concerned about the lack of control of social networks and the fight against Russian media abroad, but do not see a problem in the law on NGOs-foreign agents.

For example, a member of the Chamber, the famous priest Vsevolod Chaplin, said that at the plenum of the OP he voted against the annual report on the state of civil society, since he actually proposed to drive religious and ethnic associations into a ghetto social problems and cultural activities. That is, to hospices, hospitals and folklore performances. “Religious and ethnic communities can and should influence politics, economics, and law. In this they are no different from other citizens' associations. And there is no need to refer to norms that require the non-participation of religious associations in elections or a ban on the creation of parties on religious grounds. The second is completely wrong, and this norm must be reconsidered,” Chaplin emphasized.

However, experts assess this scandal, like all the absurdities with the report, rather as “elite.” The majority of citizens are not interested in them. “Ordinary people know little about the OP, except for the latest scandal related to the report, which it is completely unclear who ended up with and in fact it is not entirely clear how this happened. This is the only informational occasion from which we learned and remembered that the OP still exists and exists,” said Vyacheslav Smirnov, director of the Institute of Political Sociology.

Recently, the anti-corruption unit of the Yabloko party released new facts indicating suspicious purchases by the Public Chamber. Yabloko identified violations of the antimonopoly legislation of the OP and cases of contracts being received by non-core organizations with insufficient qualifications.

Politicians and experts predict changes in the work of the Chamber. Perhaps in a year it will be headed by a new person more suited to the tasks of the government. Recently, Brechalov said that he does not plan to apply for this post after the expiration of his term in 2017. True, he made a reservation that the decision remains with President Putin.

In any case, the composition of the Chamber will be changed. Experts see two possible scenarios for the development of the Chamber: either a further “slide” of the OP into the image of a structure with vague tasks, or its transformation into a “civil parliament” performing part of the functions of the Duma, which requires attracting new people and clearly defining tasks.

“If we look at parliament, we see how narrow the representation of different social groups is. There is no representation of either entrepreneurs as a social group or farmers, because we have a specific composition of parliament, rich people close to officials, and so on. As a result, virtually no social interests are represented. These people could have their representation in the Public Chamber,” noted Lev Ponomarev.

With this principle of formation, the OP, as planned, could engage in the examination of bills. Similar structures operate abroad and experience shows that in the event of political confrontation, it is these organizations that can act as a stabilizing factor, since they put first place not the specific interests of individual political groups, but national interests.

Ponomarev also notes that despite the fact that formally the OP has the right to conduct an examination, she is not very keen on this. “In addition, the composition there is approximately similar to parliament – again, people close to the authorities,” notes the human rights activist.

Perhaps the only way to somehow revive the Chamber is to abandon the conservative scenario for the formation of its future composition. In this case, the OP should include not only systemic and pro-government social activists, and not only those who are at the forefront of the struggle to preserve the existing order of things.

"There is only one option to breathe new life in the OP, taking into account the fact that with us everything is always very personalized - this is the appearance in the role of chairman of a person who is not politically engaged, a person of authority among a wide range of NGOs, not only those who receive grants from the state,” says political scientist Konstantin Kalachev.

Smirnov believes that the fate of the OP will become clear once the name of the new head of the OP becomes known. “It all depends on who will head the OP - this will determine what layer of work they will be assigned. In fact, there is a lot of work, including within the framework of the presidential campaign,” he sums up.

It is interesting that none of the experts named possible candidates for the post of head of the OP, arguing that the decision in any case will be made by the OP.

The new composition of the OP will most likely become known in February, writes “Current Comments”. Its current composition was approved by presidential decree on February 18, 2014. In the same year, the Internet voting model was used for the first time, which they now intend to abandon.

The corresponding initiative was made by State Duma deputies Sergei Gavrilov and Dmitry Vyatkin. Let us remind you that now the Public Chamber consists of 168 members and is formed from three groups: 40 members of the chamber are approved by the president by decree, 85 members are delegated from regional public chambers and 43 representatives of public associations are determined by online voting. According to the law “On the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation”, the OP is elected every three years.

Deputies propose that the 43 members of the Public Chamber, who are currently elected by online voting, be chosen by a working group. It should include seven members of the current Public Chamber, seven new members of the chamber who passed through the presidential quota, and seven more people who were included in new line-up according to the regional quota.

The new election system is proposed due to the fact that last time online voting was accompanied by a serious scandal, as cheating was recorded for some candidates - as a result, mostly only pro-government social activists got into the Chamber.

Brechalov has already told reporters that the chamber supports the bill to abolish online voting.

Experts do not rule out that the new chamber will include more representatives of the so-called liberal public in order to balance the current imbalance. It is noted that the Duma is very conservative and a powerful majority of United Russia has formed there, therefore it is proposed to diversify the political landscape at the expense of the United Russia and somehow balance it with the arrival of well-known representatives of the liberal establishment. They directly name, for example, representatives of Kudrin’s Committee of Civil Initiatives. Such candidates may appear both on the presidential list and in regional proposals.

The Chamber itself claims that it is formed not at all on the principle of representation of political views and affiliation with one or another structure, but on the basis of the weight of the delegating organizations, although they do not deny the struggle of ideological groups for seats. “The OP’s job is to represent different points of view. If someone wants the OP to be dominated by representatives of liberal circles, this is a natural desire of liberals. Just like representatives of conservative circles, they would like their point of view to be represented more broadly in the OP,” noted OP member Maxim Grigoriev.

By the way, many representatives of the liberal camp, especially those who are skeptical about cooperation with the authorities, say that they do not aspire to join the OP. Lev Ponomarev noted that he has never been a member of the OP and does not want to be there.

However, the most interesting is yet to come. The formation of a significant part of the new composition of the Chamber will go in parallel with the presidential campaign, and it can be predicted that the authorities and interested social activists will not fail to use the intensified political struggle to fight for seats. Indeed, despite the lack of special instrumental weight, membership in the Chamber still represents a good media platform for those who know how to use it.

Today it became known who will join the new composition of the Public Chamber. The first 40 people are those proposed by Vladimir Putin under the so-called presidential quota. Heart surgeon - Leo Bockeria, coach - Irina Vinner-Usmanova, chess player - Sergey Karyakin, journalist - Valery Fadeev. People whom the whole country knows. But not only them. Still active youth. The remaining candidates for the Public Chamber, which is now formed according to the new rules, will be nominated by regions and non-profit organizations.

Activist and volunteer Artem Metelev recently received a letter from President Vladimir Putin. At the age of 24, he was offered to become a member of the Public Chamber. In addition to responsibility, this is a sign for Artem: volunteering in Russia is reaching a new level.

“The president spoke about this in his address to the Federal Assembly, calling for the removal of barriers that prevent volunteer organizations from working. As a matter of fact, this is the work we are currently doing,” says Artem.

The renewed Public Chamber of the 6th convocation has become much younger. There are many new faces, and therefore new ideas and proposals, which, however, without the support of famous and experienced public figures not enough. One of the candidates for the post of head of the Public Chamber is journalist and TV presenter Valery Fadeev.

“The country is now experiencing a boom in volunteerism, a boom in the movement of activists, civil activists on the ground. Very often, unfortunately, local authorities do not support such activists and such projects. There is an alienation of power from activists. And I believe that the chamber should work very closely on this,” says Valery Fadeev.

From volunteers and singers to academicians and rectors. The Public Chamber is being formed for the first time according to new rules: 40 members are appointed by the head of state directly, 85 from the regions and another 43 people are representatives of public associations and non-profit organizations. The famous chess player Sergei Karyakin admits that he was flattered by the president’s offer. I felt what it was like to be in the Public Chamber immediately after the decree on its composition was issued.

“I can joke that even if I don’t communicate with the population, the population itself will find me, because as soon as this information about the Public Chamber appeared, I immediately received calls and emails asking me to help somewhere , somewhere there money was allocated for repairs, somewhere else something else, that is, in fact, it will always be some kind of information about pressing problems,” notes Sergei Karyakin.

Young activists and famous people are the best in their field. All with experience in public and political activity, which means they have an idea of the aspirations ordinary people. From Baba Mani from the third entrance, who is seeking renovations in her house, to a brilliant scientist who wants to bring her invention to the market. This is not the first time the president has trusted cardiologist Leo Bokeria. The surgeon was at the forefront of open-heart surgery, the first to try minimally invasive intervention - when the heart is operated on through tiny incisions.

“The extent to which you can attract people to the idea that you have in mind, the extent to which it will be acceptable, the extent to which it will be exciting, so will the result. Somehow, you know, we’re still used to the fact that many things often turn into slogans. So they said it, reported it and forgot about it. I do not consider myself to be in this category of people,” notes Leo Bokeria.

He is called the healer of hearts. And the trainer rhythmic gymnastics Irina Viner-Usmanova is called the “mother” of the athletes whom she makes champions. The grandson of Yevgeny Primakov also received a letter from Vladimir Putin with an offer to join the Public Chamber.

“I am absolutely convinced that the Public Chamber is necessary. As I already said, this is a channel for communication between government and society. Yes, there is a more institutional channel, this is parliament, but the advantage of the Public Chamber is that it is not so regulated, not so formalized. This is a more lively dialogue, which is necessary,” says Evgeny Primakov.

And sometimes you just can’t do without it. There are known cases when an outside view is not enough. Often such stories are related to child protection. It was the social activists who organized inspections at the notorious boarding school in Yekaterinburg. The teachers beat the children. Now the boarding school is under police control, the director has been fired. And just a couple of months ago, the ward monitored the fate of a boy who was kidnapped from the maternity hospital and raised in someone else’s family. According to the law, he was taken to a shelter until the end of the proceedings. Social activists ensured that the rights of the child were not violated.

“Always, even without malicious intent, the law is like a tracing paper, it is applied in a variety of cases, and it is impossible to always apply it in the same way. Here we need attention, if cases of, for example, some kind of harm, say, from the literal execution of the law, become more frequent, then the law is imperfect. All this helps to present the authorities and the Public Chamber,” says historian and political scientist Natalya Narochnitskaya.

Control over the work of guardianship authorities, free legal assistance to injured children and adults. Finding a compromise. Public expertise and a lot of things that are often hidden in the dry formulation of “dialogue between the state and civil society.” Future participants and mediators of this dialogue aim to discuss less and work more. The first meeting of the updated public chamber will take place in June.

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“If a person wants to show his power, he will show it”

Who will be included in the new composition of the Public Chamber of Yekaterinburg

The current head of the OP Yakov Spektor will probably not be included in the new composition Yaromir Romanov

In Yekaterinburg, the formation of the fifth composition of the city’s Public Chamber has begun - the main body responsible for communication between civil society and the mayor’s office. Over the first three convocations, a strong opinion has been formed that the Public Chamber can change little, because it has practically no instruments of influence, and decisions are advisory in nature for the mayor's office. However, the last convocation of the chamber, which included well-known opposition activists, proved the opposite - there are still levers of influence in this body, and real results can be achieved if you want..

January 20 commission on local government The City Duma will consider candidates from deputies to the chamber. Among them are five current members of the Public Chamber of Yekaterinburg. The fourth team included the director of the Yekaterinburg Guide Center Konstantin Brylyakov, manager of the United Museum of Writers of the Urals Olga Gaponets, which was put forward by the Women's Union Sverdlovsk region, and chairman of the Yekaterinburg organization of disabled people (veterans) of war, labor, combat, civil service Fedor Lederer. In addition, the list includes two members of the OP who worked during all convocations: the head of the organization of wheelchair users “Free Movement” Elena Leontyeva and Director for Development and Innovation at Urbanization LLC Vladimir Kardashin.

The new member of the OP, if elected, may become the director of gymnasium No. 2 Svetlana Trenikhina, which the site's sources call "literate modern man who knows everything about education." The list also included the president of the Association of Citizens and Organizations for Helping People with Developmental Disabilities and Mental Disabilities “Special People” Tatiana Fleganova, who was an assistant to the children's ombudsman Pavel Astakhov. Another candidate is the director of the UrFU volunteer center Anton Belov— manages all volunteers in Yekaterinburg for the 2018 World Cup. The list also included a famous ecologist, head of the Ural Environmental Initiative organization. Olga Startseva, which is also a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and Ecology of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation.

The Duma included two businessmen on the list - the general director of Star Alliance Ekaterinburg LLC Alexandra Golikova and entrepreneur Vladimir Okunkov. The first, according to the SPARK database, allows city residents to take the IELTS exam, which is necessary to work abroad. The second is the president of the Association of Small Hotels and Hostels and is also preparing Yekaterinburg in this area for the 2018 World Cup.

The site’s interlocutor in the Yekaterinburg Duma noted that the Duma’s list does not include real human rights activists, for example, representatives of the Public Monitoring Commission, which inspects colonies and is very active in the Sverdlovsk region. “Perhaps they will be on the list of the mayor of the city or among those from whom the public chamber will choose,” says our interlocutor.

According to the rules, the city's public chamber is formed from three parts. 11 members are selected from candidates proposed by the Duma, 11 - from among candidates proposed by the head of the city - chairman of the Duma. Another 11 members are elected by the 22 already approved members of the public chamber.

Jaromir Romanov

As the site learned, the head of Yekaterinburg, Evgeny Roizman, has almost completed the formation of his part of the list. It will include famous public figures Alexey Bezzub and Ekaterina Petrova, who will work in the new composition of the chamber. Yevgeny Roizman’s list, according to him, will also include the chairman of the Federation athletics Rafail Karmanov, oncologist Olga Dzerzhinskaya, “one of the best historians of Yekaterinburg” Semyon Korepanov and representative of the Roizman Foundation Leila Huseynova.

. The current head of the OP Yakov Spektor will not join the new composition due to health reasons.

It is not yet known who may become the new head of the body. The source site drew attention to the candidacy of the acting director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science of the Institute of Economics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yulia Lavrikova - previously the post of director of this institute was held by Alexander Tatarkin, who headed the OP for three convocations.

The Public Chamber of Yekaterinburg, if desired, can be a real instrument of influence, says deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma Konstantin Kiselev. It all depends on the personality of the members of the chamber. For example, with the arrival of active opposition activists Alexey Bezzub and Ekaterina Petrova to the OP, the chamber began to appear on the news agenda more often.

“If you want, you can do quite a lot through the ward. It is no coincidence that the city administration has always treated it carefully; it was headed by Tatarkin and Spektor - not the last people in Yekaterinburg. Naturally, the voice of the chamber can and should be heard, especially attention has been paid to this recently, when there were hearings on improvement and Alexey Bezzub actually proved that the chamber can, knows how and should work, they react to it, they take it into account,” says the deputy .

Daria Shelekhova

At the last meeting of the OP transport commission, Alexey Bezzub raised the issue of the inflated cost of curbs purchased by the Yekaterinburg mayor’s office. After he drew attention to this, the prosecutor's office became interested in the issue. Bezzub has a twofold attitude towards the influence of the public chamber. On the one hand, he believes that since the decisions of the OP are purely advisory in nature, if they are inconvenient, the mayor’s office does not listen to them. According to him, in two years the commission he heads has managed to lobby for only one issue - to increase the guarantee for road repairs from 3 years to 4 years for the top layer and 5 years for the bottom layer. On the other hand, he is confident that over the next three years, with the help of the chamber, it will be possible to solve the three main issues that concern citizens: road repair, dirt and transport.

“2017 was the most productive year, but I was already feeling irritated by the administration. In general, the Public Chamber is a useful body, no matter what anyone says. The question is in people, if a person wants to show his power, he will show it. If not, he may be a minister and still be useless. It all depends on who will be part of the new lineup. In my social work I see the meaning of being in the ward. For me it's a pressure tool. When I broadcast from commissions, 300 people watch them. My broadcasts from Navalny’s rallies were watched by 800 people, but here it was a boring meeting,” says Bezzub.

But urbanist Vladimir Zlokazov decided not to take part in the new composition of the Public Chamber. According to him, he failed to do anything useful in this body for three years. However, he admits that he simply did not use all the opportunities as well as he could.

“The only thing that was beneficial for me and for society was that at meetings it was possible to ask uncomfortable questions to officials, and they were forced to answer them; this is rarely possible to do.

Usually questions have to be asked in in writing and receive unsubscribes. But I don’t see much point in going to the OP again. Maybe another person will use this space more effectively,” says Zlokazov.