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Sergey Anatolyevich Storchak (61 years old) born in the city of Olevsk, Zhitomir region, Ukrainian SSR. After school, he worked as a transporter at the Krasnodar oil and fat plant, and served in the army in 1972-1974. After the army, he worked for a year as a transport worker of the second category of the Construction Department No. 207 of the Mosstroy-29 Trust, after which he entered MGIMO University of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs to major in International Economic Relations. Graduated from the institute in July 1981
In 1981 - 1988, he worked first as a junior researcher and then as a senior researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
From 1988 to 1994 he worked at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the second secretary, then the senior assistant of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN Office and other international organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to unofficial data, since 1988 he was an employee of the First Main Directorate of the KGB of the USSR (foreign intelligence).
In 1992-1994, he held the position of second secretary and then senior assistant at the Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the Office of the United Nations and other international organizations of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
From August 1994 to April 1998, he held the position of Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Credits and External Debt of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
In 1998, he became deputy chairman and then director of the Directorate of Interstate Debt Obligations of the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR (Vnesheconombank).
Since September 2004 - Director of the Department of International Financial Relations, Public Debt and State Financial Assets of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. In November of the same year, he was appointed head of the Russian delegation to the Councils of the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC) and the International Investment Bank (IIB).
Since November 2005, he held the position of Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation - Director of the Department of International Financial Relations, Public Debt and State Financial Assets of the Ministry of Finance.
From November 2007 to January 2011, he was under investigation on charges of attempted theft of funds from the state budget of the Russian Federation on an especially large scale. After the termination of the criminal prosecution in March 2011, he returned from leave, which he had been on since November 2007 after his arrest. Storchak was entrusted with overseeing the department of international financial relations, as well as issues of state policy on international development, integration into the CIS and Eurasian Economic Community.
In May 2011, he was appointed to the position of deputy manager from Russia at the EBRD and to the position of deputy plenipotentiary representative of Russia on the board of the Interstate Bank.
In May 2012, after the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the formation of a new government, Storchak was reconfirmed in his position.
Married, has two children.
Sergey Storchak
What is he famous for?
Sergei Storchak is perhaps the most famous deputy minister. The campaign to accuse Storchak of fraud caused a lot of noise. On November 15, 2007, he was detained on charges of attempted theft of budget funds. A criminal case was initiated against him, as well as the general director of Sodexim CJSC Viktor Zakharov and the head of the board of directors of the Interregional Investment Bank Vadim Volkov under articles 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “attempted fraud on an especially large scale.”
Five days later, the Basmanny Court of Moscow authorized the arrest of all suspects. It was officially announced that they were accused of creating an organized group for the purpose of stealing funds from the federal budget under the pretext of covering the costs incurred by the Sodexim company in the amount of $43.4 million in settling the debt of the Republic of Algeria. Storchak faced imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.
Back in 1996, CJSC Sodexim was among those who participated as a representative of the Russian Federation in repaying the debts of foreign countries to Russia. Algeria, which owed Russia as the successor to the USSR more than a billion dollars, repaid its debts with commodity supplies - dates, flavors, local wine. Sodexim contributed twenty-four million US dollars to the state budget for the right to receive and sell goods from Algerian companies. However, on March 10, 2006, an agreement was signed with Algeria on debt forgiveness, according to which Algeria received the opportunity not to repay Soviet loans. Sodexim appealed to the Russian government with a request to return the money and agree on the issue of losses.
Storchak, on behalf of his leadership, developed a draft federal law amending the Federal Budget for 2007 with the allocation of the corresponding amount to Sodexim. The project was studied by government experts, the legal department of the State Duma, and the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. It was then adopted by the State Duma, approved by the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and, finally, signed by the President of Russia.
Storchak was taken into custody a week before the president signed the law.
It should be noted that perhaps this story would not have received such wide publicity if Storchak’s immediate superior, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who then held the post of Deputy Prime Minister, had not immediately come to the defense of his subordinate. He clearly stated his position that he did not doubt his honesty and immediately began to petition for Storchak’s release from custody and his transfer to house arrest under his personal guarantee.
“I don’t understand the preventive measure against a person who worked for many years and fought for every penny, for every cent, defending the interests of Russia in all negotiations on debts, and these are large financial resources,” Kudrin stated, emphasizing that “Sergei Storchak was scrupulous about every comma.”
But the court did not listen to the Deputy Prime Minister's arguments.
Storchak spent 11 months in pre-trial detention and was only released on October 21, 2008 on his own recognizance.
On January 31, 2011, the criminal prosecution against Storchak was terminated “for lack of evidence of a crime.”
According to Storchak’s wife Lyudmila, Alexei Kudrin was the only member of the Russian government who spoke out in defense of her husband. In her opinion, his arrest was aimed at putting the Minister of Finance under the control of the “security forces.” It should be noted that, commenting on the progress of the investigation into the Storchak case, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, A. Bastrykin, then said that “the country is being plundered by the best minds.”
What you need to know
In 2006, just a year after being appointed deputy minister, Sergei Storchak made an unprecedented early payment of Russia's debt to the Paris Club of creditors.
After a sleepless night in Paris, telephone consultations with Moscow and lengthy calculations, Storchak decided to repay the entire debt - $22.3 billion. The operation was carried out on August 21, 2006 and at that time became the largest in its field in the entire modern history of Russia.
Direct speech:
On the possibility of the collapse of the Eurozone: “No, that won’t happen. The euro appeared at one time under the influence of the interests of big business. Due to large fluctuations in exchange rates, huge costs arose and the need to insure currency risks. And during the transition to the euro, the main argument was saving enormous amounts. If it were unprofitable for big business, they would never have switched to the euro. And since there are such interested parties, the euro will certainly survive.”
About consumer lending: « I became a supporter of the golden rule: only capital investments are made through borrowing. Loans should not be used to finance consumption. This applies to both the commercial sector and private consumers. In principle, I believe that a person who cannot save up for a washing machine or TV should not be given a loan. How can you not save up for such equipment? Save money. In principle, a person must earn money for small household appliances. Why does he need to feed so many middlemen? And so, in addition to the manufacturer, there is a wholesaler and a retailer, and here the bank will be the third spoon. If he is so poor, how can he give so much in interest? Buy the same equipment on sale, when the assortment changes. You don’t have to be a top model.”
About bureaucratic fears:“After my criminal case, officials prefer to say: “If you have complaints against the authorities, go to court, and whatever it decides, so it will be.” In this case, I ask: “What about court decisions that increase the settlement amounts by two or three times?” I get the answer: “So what, it’s not our money, but the budget.” And this position began to dominate after well-known events. People believe that personal risks have increased too much to protect the interests of the budget on their own.”
3 facts about Sergei Storchak:
- He professes Orthodox Christianity: even while in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center, he regularly attended services and received communion.
- While in jail, Anatoly Storchak wrote lectures and a book, and also read the Bible from beginning to end.
- During a search of Storchak's apartment, one million dollars was seized. The money was subsequently recognized as legal and returned. They were intended for the purchase of a country house and were earned when Storchak held the position of deputy head of Vnesheconombank and received “comparable amounts.”
Storchak Sergey Anatolyevich - Russian statesman, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
Property
The amount of declared annual income for 2011 amounted to 14.254 million rubles.
Property:
- Apartment (common property) - area 136 sq.m., Russia.
- Apartment (common property) - area 110 sq.m., Russia.
Biography
Military service
November 1972 - November 1974 - service in the Soviet Army.
Education
1981 - graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a degree in International Economic Relations.
Science degree
Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Career
September 1971 - October 1972 - transporter at the Krasnodar oil and fat plant.
January 1975 - August 1976 - transport worker, 2nd category, Construction Department - 207 of the Mosstroy-29 trust of Glavmospromstroy.
August 1981 - November 1988 - junior researcher, senior researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Social and political activities
December 1988 - February 1992 - Second Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the USSR to the UN Office and other international organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR.
February 1992 - August 1994 - Second Secretary, Senior Assistant at the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN Office and other international organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
August 1994 - April 1998 - Deputy Head of the Department - Head of the Department of Foreign Credits and External Debt, Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Credits and External Debt, Ministry of Finance of Russia.
April 1998 - September 2004 - Deputy Chairman of the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR.
September 2004 - October 2005 - Director of the Department of International Financial Relations, Public Debt and State Financial Assets of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
Since November 2004, he has been the head of the Russian delegation to the Councils of the International Bank for Economic Cooperation (IBEC) and the International Investment Bank (IIB).
Since December 2004 - member of the Supervisory Board of Vneshtorgbank.
March 2005 - April 2008 - Deputy Manager from Russia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Since November 2005 - Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
Since May 2011 - Deputy Governor from Russia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of Russia on the Board of the Interstate Bank.
Since May 2011 - manager of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) from Russia.
Since November 2011, he has been the plenipotentiary representative of Russia on the board of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
February 2012 - participant in the international project “Open Lectures” at the MUBiNT Academy.
Member of the MGIMO Board of Trustees.
Sergei Storchak: from prison to Gorbachev
Criminal case
November 13, 2007 - was invited for a conversation with the Investigative Committee at the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation (SKP RF) regarding the criminal case initiated under Articles 30 and 159 of the Criminal Code “Attempted theft of funds or property by fraudulent means.”
November 15, 2007 - was detained as part of a criminal case of attempted theft of budget funds.
From November 2007 to January 2011 - was under investigation on charges of attempted theft of funds from the state budget of the Russian Federation on an especially large scale.
November 23, 2007 - the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office charged Sergei Storchak under Articles 30 and 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale).
December 3, 2007 - the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation officially confirmed that another criminal case was opened against Sergei Storchak on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
January 10, 2008 - The Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the detention of Sergei Storchak until April 9, 2008.
October 6, 2008 - the investigation brought charges against Sergei Storchak in the final version, additionally accusing him of abuse of power.
During the investigation, Sergei Storchak spent 11 months in a pre-trial detention center - first in Lefortovo, then in Matrosskaya Tishina, then again in Lefortovo - but in October 2008 he was released on his own recognizance.
January 31, 2011 - Sergei Storchak’s lawyer announced that the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation dropped the case against his client.
Awards, titles, certificates
2000 - awarded the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, II degree.
2006 - gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation was announced.
2007 - awarded the Order of Friendship.
Publications
Book "Catch Commitments II".
Fluent in English and French.
Family status
Married, two children.
Notes
- Information on income, property and property-related obligations of state civil servants of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, as well as information on income, property and property-related obligations of their spouses and minor children for the period from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011.
- Management of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation
- Interview: Sergey Storchak, Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia
- Storchak became deputy manager from Russia at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Storchak replaced Pankin as the head of the BSTDB from Russia
- Storchak replaced Kudrin as the representative of the Russian Federation to the EDB
- Open lectures at the MUBiNT Academy
- 8.0 8.1 MGIMO Board of Trustees
- Storchak was charged with attempting to steal $43 million from the budget
- "The Storchak Case": investigation and charges brought. Reference
- The case of Deputy Finance Minister Storchak was returned to the investigation
- The Russian Investigative Committee dropped the case against Deputy Finance Minister Storchak
- Journalism. Biographies. Memoirs
- The Ministry of Finance is changing its skin
Ministry or department: Ministry of Finance
Job title: Deputy Minister
Age: 65
Place of birth: Ukraine
Income for 2018: RUB 16,554,424.
Biography
Born on June 8, 1954 in Olevsk (Zhitomir region, Ukraine). Graduated from MGIMO with a degree in international economic relations (1981).
In his youth he worked as a transporter and transport worker, and served in the army. After graduation, he was a research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. Since 1988, he worked in the permanent mission to the UN office and other international organizations in Switzerland. Since 1994 - Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Loans and External Debt of the Ministry of Finance. Since 1998 - Deputy Chairman of VEB. In 2004, he headed the department of international financial relations, public debt and public financial assets of the Ministry of Finance. In November 2005, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation. In November 2007, he was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft from the budget of $43.4 million. He spent 11 months in a pre-trial detention center; in 2011, the case was closed due to the absence of a crime.
Awarded the Order of Friendship, medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree. Candidate of Economic Sciences. Married, three sons.
Sergey Storchak has served as Deputy Minister of Finance of Russia since 2005.
Education
In 1981 he graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs with a degree in international economic relations. Fluent in English and French.
Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Labor activity
He began his career in 1971 as a transporter at the Krasnodar oil and fat plant, then, in 1972-1974, he served in the army.
After demobilization in 1975, he got a job as a transport worker of the 2nd category in the construction department No. 207 of the Mosstroy-29 trust of Glavmospromstroy. A year later he entered MGIMO, where he received a higher education in economics for five years.
After graduating from high school, in 1981 he became a junior researcher at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences. During the years of work here until 1988, he became a senior researcher.
From December 1988 he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR and then Russia. He was the second secretary, then the second secretary and senior assistant of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the UN Office and other international organizations.
In August 1994, he became deputy head of the department - head of the department, and later - deputy head of the department of foreign loans and external debt in the Russian Ministry of Finance.
Since April 1998, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of the USSR.
In September 2004, he headed the department of international financial relations, public debt and public financial assets of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
From November 2005 to the present - Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation.
Awards
In 2000, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, and in 2007, the Order of Friendship.
In 2006, he was thanked by the President of Russia.
Family status
Married, has two children.
Sergei Anatolyevich Storchak is a well-known Russian politician who has served as the Minister of Finance of our country since 2005. He is one of the best minds in the Russian Federation, a man who graduated from MGIMO, speaks fluent English and French, and has dedicated many years of his life to serving Russia.
Storchak Sergey Anatolyevich: biography
The politician was born in 1954, on June 8, on the territory of modern Ukraine, to be more precise, in a small regional center - the city of Olevsk, which is located in
Before entering a prestigious Moscow university, the then young guy tried to work at the Krasnodar Oil and Fat Plant as a transporter from September 1971 to October 1972. But already in November he was drafted into the army, where he served for three years. After completing his service in the Soviet army, Sergei Storchak goes to work at Mosstroy-29, where he works as a second-class transport worker.
In September 1976, he began studying at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he successfully completed his education for five years.
From 1981 to 1988, Strochak worked at the USSR Institute of World Economy as first a junior and then a chief researcher.
Beginning of a political career
From December 1988 to February 1992, Sergei Anatolyevich Storchak (whose contacts are confidential information) held a position at the UN Office and other international organizations. He also works at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
For two years (1992 - 1994), the same positions, but already in the Russian Federation, were occupied by Sergey Anatolyevich Storchak. The Ministry of Finance became a place of work for the politician for a period of four years. Sergei Anatolyevich also works as deputy and head of department of the Department of External Credit and Foreign Debt.
- For six years (1998-2004) he was Deputy Chairman of the Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Russia.
- In September 2004, Sergey Storchak became director of the MFO Department.
- In November 2005 - Deputy
- In June 2006, he became a representative of the Russian Federation on the board of the Russian-Kazakh Eurasian Development Bank (EDB).
Criminal case against Storchak
The politician was detained in 2007 in mid-November by employees of the Investigative Committee under the Prosecutor's Office and the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.
A search of Storchak’s apartment was conducted, as a result of which one million dollars was found and seized. These funds were later recognized as legally obtained and returned to the rightful owner.
According to Storchak’s lawyer, this amount was earned by him while occupying a position at Vnesheconombank and was intended to buy a house outside the city.
After a week, Storchak was charged under Articles 30 and 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia “Attempted fraud committed on a very large scale by an organized group.”
Simply put, Storchak, together with Viktor Zakharov and Vadim Volkov, was suspected of creating a group to steal large amounts of money from the budget of the Russian Federation under the guise of settling the debt of the Republic of Algeria, which was owed to Sodexim in the amount of 43.4 million US dollars.
From November 2007 to October 2008, Storchak was detained and then he and other defendants in the case were released under arrest. During the investigation, the politician was fired from his post as deputy governor of the European Bank. One person who vouched for and supported the politician was the Minister of Finance - A. Kudrin.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation decided to change the preventive measure for all accused, since the investigation has been completed and those involved in the case cannot influence its results.
And at the end of January 2011, the criminal prosecution was stopped because there were no crime events. At the end of April 2008, Storchak was fired from his post as deputy manager for Russia at the EBRD.
The politician did not receive material compensation for moral damage and unjustified detention for a long time, since he did not demand it.
Career continuation
After his release, Storchak went on vacation, and in March 2011 he became Minister of Finance, he was appointed by A. Kudrin to the post of overseeing the department of international financial relations, integration into the CIS and Eurasian Economic Community.
A couple of months later, Storchak replaced D. Pankin as deputy manager in the Russian Federation; the politician became deputy representative on the board of the International Bank from the Russian Federation. In May 2012, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin re-appointed Storchak to his position.
Awards and merits
For his many years of diligent political activity, Sergei Anatolyevich Storchak received several awards:
- In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second degree.
- In 2006, the biography of Sergei Storchak was supplemented with gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation.
- And the very next year the politician was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Sergei Storchak is a deeply religious person who professes Orthodoxy. Even while serving his sentence in a pre-trial detention center, the politician visited the local church and often took communion.
This man, in addition to active political activities, is engaged in teaching; he is the author of two books on the topic of financial policy.
Personal life
The politician is married to Lyudmila Storchak, who worked in Switzerland as a Russian language teacher at the United Nations. The couple has two children.