Levitin Igor Evgenievich. Biography. Levitin, Igor Evgenievich Igor Levitin assistant

Russian statesman. Assistant to the President of Russia since September 2013. Secretary of the State Council of Russia since 2012. Acting State Councilor of Russia, first class. Advisor to the President of Russia, 2012-2013. Minister of Transport of Russia (2004-2012). Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Table Tennis Federation. Member of the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation. Candidate of Political Sciences. Associate Professor at Moscow State Open Pedagogical University.

Igor Levitin was born on February 21, 1952 in the village of Tsebrikovo, Ukraine. As a child, I played table tennis for ten years at a sports school in Odessa under the guidance of coach Felix Osetinsky. He achieved significant success in this sport, becoming a prize-winner of city and regional championships more than once.

Having reached adulthood, he went to serve in the army, after which he decided to become a military man. To do this, in 1973 he graduated from the St. Petersburg Higher Command School of Railway Troops and Military Communications named after Mikhail Frunze. Having received a diploma of education, he served in the railway troops in the Odessa Military District until 1976. From 1976 to 1980, he served in the military at the Southern Group of Forces in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.

In 1983, Levitin received another education with a degree in Railway Engineering at the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport. After that, for two years he was the military commandant on the territory of the Urgal railway section and at the station of the same name on BAM. Participated in the Golden Link dockings.

From 1985 to 1994, Levitin served in military communications on the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of the section, and then took the post of deputy head of military communications.

At the age of forty-two, Igor Levitin retired from the Armed Forces with the rank of colonel and went to work at the Financial and Industrial Company of Railway Transport, where in 1995 he took the post of vice president. In 1996, he joined the closed joint-stock company Severstaltrans, which was created by businessman Alexei Mordashov as one of the first private companies to compete with Russian Railways OJSC. Actively engaged in scientific work in the field of cargo routing.

In 2003, Levitin met Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting at the Kolomna Diesel Locomotive Plant, where he took part as a representative of the plant’s owner: the Severstaltrans company.

In March 2004, Igor Evgenievich was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications in the Cabinet of Mikhail Fradkov. In May of the same year, the Ministry of Transport and Communications was divided into the Ministry of Transport itself and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications.

Vladimir Putin described Levitin as a good railway and transport worker and set a priority task in this post: to radically reform the staff of the united department, reducing it from 2,300 staff units to 600. The released personnel were planned to be sent to the newly formed subordinate institutions.

In December 2007, Igor Levitin and his Israeli colleague Shaul Mofaz managed to prevent the escalation of the conflict between the two countries caused by disagreements over the issue of granting the Israeli airline KAL a license to operate regular cargo flights from Israel to Moscow. The reason was the deviation of the Israeli airline's charter from the course over Russian territory, which raised the question of a complete cessation of air traffic. However, the departments managed to reach an agreement on streamlining transportation and introducing a single route for several companies, including El Al and Transaero, starting in December.

At the end of October 2008, Levitin was elected chairman of the board of directors of the open joint-stock company Aeroflot: one of the largest Russian air carriers. In this post, he replaced President Putin's former assistant, Viktor Ivanov. At the same time, he was a member of the board of directors of OJSC United Aircraft Corporation.

Under Levitin’s control, the approach to the implementation of the Federal Target Program for the Development of the Transport System in terms of modernizing airfields has been changed: previously, funds were distributed among many airports, which led to an increase in the work period. Following the example of highways, a transition was made to the standard construction period with the concentration of funds on one of the objects. In 2010, for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the reduction in the number of civilian airfields was stopped.

From March to June 2012, Igor Evgenievich held the position of acting head of the Maritime Board of the Russian Federation. In the same year, he became a member of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of physical culture and sports. Since 2012, Igor Evgenievich Levitin has held the position of Secretary of the State Council of Russia.

In the period from May 22, 2012, throughout the year he was an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and with September 2, 2013 became his assistant.

From September 25, 2013, Igor Evgenievich became deputy chairman of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of physical culture and sports.

Levitin joined the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation on October 17, 2013. By decision of the Olympic Assembly in May 2014, he was elected vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations “Russian Olympic Committee”. In October 2014, Igor Levitin joined the supervisory board for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

On the initiative of Levitin, World Table Tennis Day has been celebrated in Russia since 2015. The first event took place on April 6, 2015 at the State Department Store, where the presidential aide himself played several games.

In June 2018, Igor Evgenievich Levitin was again confirmed in his position as assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.

Levitin Igor Evgenievich

Levitin Igor Evgenievich, born 02/21/1952, native of the town. Tsebrikovo, Velikomikhailovsky district, Odessa region, Ukrainian SSR. Jewish by nationality. Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, former adviser to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

Biography

Levitin Igor Evgenievich, born on February 21, 1952 in the village of Tsebrikovo, Odessa region (Ukraine). From 1985 to 1994, Igor Levitin worked at the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of the section, and then was appointed deputy head of military communications. On March 9, 2004, he was appointed head of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation. On May 20, 2004 he became the Minister of Transport of Russia. On May 12, 2008, Levitin was reappointed to the post of Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation in the government of Vladimir Putin. Since May 21, 2012, he held the position of Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation.

Relatives. Wife: Natalya Ivanovna Levitina, born May 21, 1954, housewife. He is the beneficiary of Pan-Press Publishing House LLC, part of Dormashinvest.

Daughter: Zvereva Yulia Igorevna, (maiden name Levitina), born May 25, 1976, Associate Professor of the Department of Sociology and Political Science at Moscow State Humanitarian University named after M. A. Sholokhov. It is also the beneficiary of a number of companies operating in the transport sector.

Brother: Levitin Leonid Evgenievich, born 06/07/1959, entrepreneur. There was information in the media that Levitin L.E. was a beneficiary of a number of companies, including Transtechcenter, which, in turn, was the founder of Passenger Service CJSC, which provides bed linen to passengers of Russian railways. In 2017, Levitin L.E. filed a lawsuit to protect honor, dignity and business reputation in connection with the dissemination of this information. The court partially satisfied this claim, recognizing the information as unreliable.

Awards. Levitin I.E. has state and departmental awards, including the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree, as well as the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow (award of the Moscow Patriarchate).

Hobbies. Table tennis, football, volleyball. Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Russian Table Tennis Federation. Member of the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation.

Education

In 1973 he graduated from the Leningrad School of Railway Troops and Military Communications.

In 1983 he graduated from the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport, receiving the specialty "transport engineer".

Labor activity

From 1973 to 1976 he served in the Odessa Military District on the Transnistrian Railway.

From 1976 to 1980 he served in the Southern Group of Forces.

From 1983 to 1985 he served as military commandant of the railway section and Urgal station on the BAM. Participated in the docking of the Golden Link.

From 1985 to 1994 he worked at the Moscow Railway as a military commandant of a section, head of the military transportation department, and then as Deputy Head of Military Transport.

From 1996 to 2004 he worked at ZAO Severstaltrans.

Since 1998 - Deputy General Director of the Severstaltrans company. Supervised the topic of transport engineering, railway transportation and the work of seaports.

On March 9, 2004, he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications of the Russian Federation.

Since May 20, 2004 – Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.

May 12, 2008 - reappointed Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. Since November 2008 - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aeroflot OJSC.

From May 22, 2012 to September 2, 2013 - Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, from September 2, 2013 - his assistant.

Member of the board of directors of the open joint-stock company United Aircraft Corporation (JSC UAC).

On October 9, 2010, he was included in the list of four candidates for the post of mayor of Moscow proposed to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev by the United Russia party.

President of the Russian Table Tennis Federation.

Member of the Board of Directors of JSC Russian Railways

He was a member of the Public Council under the government commission on railway transport reform.

He received the persistent nickname “Minister of Disasters” in the press.

Igor Evgenievich Levitin(born February 21, 1952, Tsebrikovo village, Odessa region) - Russian statesman. Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation since September 2013. Actual State Advisor of the Russian Federation 1st class (2013).

In the past - Minister of Transport of Russia (March 9, 2004 - May 21, 2012). During his leadership of the ministry, significant infrastructure projects were implemented in Russia, a number of long-term construction projects were completed, some of which were inherited from the USSR.

During the period of Levitin’s activity in the Russian government, a number of high-profile aircraft accidents occurred, as a result of which Levitin received the nickname “Minister of Disasters” in the press.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Table Tennis Federation (in 2006-2008 - president of the federation). Member of the Presidential Council of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

Candidate of Political Sciences, Associate Professor at Moscow State Open Pedagogical University.

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For 10 years he played table tennis at the Odessa sports school under the guidance of coach Felix Osetinsky.

Military career

In 1970, at the age of 18, he was drafted into the army. Received a military education. In 1973 he graduated from the Leningrad Higher Command School of Railway Troops and Military Communications named after M. V. Frunze. The training period for commanders at the school was then 4 years. He began his service as an assistant to the military commandant in the Odessa Military District on the Transnistrian Railway, and from 1976 he was in the Southern Group of Soviet Forces in Budapest (Hungary), where he served until 1980.

Actively engaged in scientific work in the field of cargo routing.

In the Russian government (2004-2012)

On March 9, 2004, he was appointed Minister of Transport and Communications in the Cabinet of Mikhail Fradkov. In May of the same year, the Ministry of Transport and Communications was divided into the Ministry of Transport itself (Igor Levitin) and the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (Leonid Reiman).

Three substructures were formed within the ministry: the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications and the Federal Communications Agency were transferred from Levitin’s department, and the Federal Agency for Information Technologies was re-established.

Vladimir Putin described Levitin as a good railway and transport worker and set a priority task in this post - to radically reform the staff of the united department, reducing it from 2,300 staff units to 600. The released personnel were planned to be sent to the newly formed subordinate institutions.

He was a member of the Public Council under the government commission on railway transport reform.

Dormashinvest CJSC, owned by Levitin, is affiliated with dozens of legal entities throughout Russia working in the transport sector and having economic interests with the Ministry of Transport. CJSC Dormashservice regularly received government contracts from structures subordinate to Levitin as minister. The main revenues through contracts were carried out by the Ministry of Transport for deliveries within the framework of orders of subordinate organizations of the ministry from subsidiaries of Dormashinvest CJSC.

Member of the board of directors of the open joint-stock company United Aircraft Corporation (JSC UAC).

On December 30 of the same year, he headed the Commission to verify the activities of the aviation complex in a critical situation (at that time many flights were canceled due to heavy snowfalls and subsequent icing of aircraft).

Personally supervised the reconstruction of Moskovsky Avenue in Yaroslavl. This road construction project became the largest in the city.

After the explosion at Moscow's Domodedovo airport in January 2011, Levitin did not feel any responsibility, but proposed dismissing the head of Rostransnadzor, Gennady Kurzenkov.

After the Tu-134 plane crashes near Petrozavodsk on June 22 and the Yak-42 near Yaroslavl on September 7, in which the Lokomotiv hockey team died, Levitin gave the President and Parliament of the Russian Federation extremely unclear explanations about the state of the Russian aircraft fleet, however, this time The “Minister of Disasters” was not dismissed.

Activities as Minister of Transport

When I. Levitin took up his post, Vladimir Putin commented on this appointment: “Levitin, of course, gives the impression of such a solid man, strong and qualified.<…>He is a good transport worker, a good railway worker, and professional.”

Upon taking office, in pursuance of the instructions of the country's leadership to reduce officials, I. Levitin reduced the central apparatus of the department by more than 20%. About two thousand people were laid off in territorial bodies, and the apparatus of the ministry itself became four times smaller.

In November 2004, Igor Levitin signed an agreement with his Ukrainian colleague Georgy Kirpa on the operation of the Kerch crossing. The railway and ferry service between the ports of Crimea and the Caucasus ceased after the collapse of the USSR. The signing of the agreement was aimed at its renewal, which actually took place. The document was accompanied by rules for the transportation of goods and a regulation on the council for the joint operation of the crossing.

On August 1, 2005, high-speed traffic between Moscow and Kiev was opened. I. Levitin noted the continuity in the policy of the transport authorities of Ukraine - the decision to open high-speed communication between the capitals of Russia and Ukraine was made under the previous Ukrainian leadership.

To implement the project, 153 km of track were repaired, and 132 switches on reinforced concrete bases were replaced at 50 stations on the high-speed route of the Moscow Railway. I. Levitin presented awards to the Minister of Transport and Communications of Ukraine Evgeniy Chervonenko and the President of Russian Railways OJSC Vladimir Yakunin for their personal contribution to the creation of high-speed traffic between the capitals of Ukraine and Russia, as well as to the development of railway transport in Ukraine and Russia. They were awarded medals “For services to the development of the Russian transport complex.”

In August 2005, Levitin presented the private branded train-hotel “Grand Express” on the route Moscow - St. Petersburg. He recalled that at the second stage of the reform, the Federal Passenger Company will be spun off from Russian Railways OJSC, 100% of the shares of which will belong to the state. “Thus, private operators will also carry out passenger transportation together with the Federal Passenger Company,” he said.

On October 3, 2005, in Brussels, I. Igor Levitin and EU Commissioner for Transport Jacques Barrot signed a joint document defining the general principles, goals and structure of the Russia-EU dialogue in the field of transport and infrastructure.

At the end of 2005, I. Levitin, together with the then head of the Ministry of Economic Development German Gref and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, appealed to the president with a demand to lift the ban on determining high-precision coordinates. It was introduced in the interests of the Ministry of Defense and provided for terrain accuracy of no higher than 30 meters (versus 10 m for GPS). This appeal ensured the launch of the GLONASS system from a legal point of view.

During this period, the media drew attention to I. Levitin’s realistic assessment of the capabilities of railway transport. In particular, in December 2005, he categorically rejected the proposal of the head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway, Viktor Stepov, to build a railway line to the oil loading port of Primorsk in the Leningrad region. “There’s only a pipe there,” Levitin said then.

At a press conference by I. Levitin following the results of the work of the Ministry of Transport of Russia in 2005, he announced an increase in cargo turnover by 3% compared to the previous year - it reached 2197 billion ton-kilometers, and the largest increase in cargo turnover - about 7.7% - was achieved in automobile transport. The reasons for the increase in freight transportation volumes were mainly the revival of activity in the real sector of the economy and an increase in production volumes in the main cargo-generating industries.

The State Duma adopted the law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation on the Creation of the Russian International Register of Ships,” the development of which took six years. The Law “On Transport Security” was adopted by the State Duma in the first reading in November 2005.

In December 2005, I. Levitin and Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev signed a framework agreement, according to which the bank received the status of a strategic partner of the Ministry of Transport. In this role, VEB was able to control the participation of other banks and financial institutions in major projects for the development of transport infrastructure in Russia.

In September 2006, Igor Levitin and the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, Tourism and Maritime Affairs of the French Republic, Domenic Perben, signed a memorandum of intent between the two structures to exchange information on the current legislative, regulatory and technical framework of Russia and France in the field of construction and maintenance of toll roads, and also about methods of attracting funds from private investors within the framework of public-private partnerships in the construction and reconstruction of highways, including the project for creating the Moscow-St. Petersburg expressway.

In the field of railways, the parties agreed to consider proposals for the development of high-speed railways, including the creation of a high-speed line from Moscow to St. Petersburg and a high-speed line from St. Petersburg to Helsinki.

In August 2006, a new accelerated train Moscow – Minsk called “Slavic express” was introduced. His travel time was 7 hours 30 minutes - 2.5 hours less than before. In 2011, the train began operating on an extended Moscow–Brest route.

In Kemerovo, a bridge was opened across the Tom River on the M-53 Baikal federal highway, which made it possible to increase cargo transportation through the Kemerovo region to the regions of Siberia, the Far East and the European part of Russia, as well as the Yubileiny bridge across the Volga in Yaroslavl.

In 2006, with the participation of Levitin, a Russian-German memorandum on cooperation in the field of high-speed transportation was signed within the framework of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. On the Russian side, the document was signed by the Ministry of Transport and Russian Railways, and on the German side by Deutsche Bahn and Siemens. The document involves the exchange of information in the field of high-speed rail communication, including in the field of creating and modernizing the infrastructure of such communication, creating rolling stock, and technical equipment for high-speed lines.

Based on the results of more than 10,000 inspections of airlines and civil aviation organizations, the activities of 20 airlines were suspended, the operation of 12 aircraft, 43 airfields and landing sites was prohibited, and more than 900 inspection orders were issued. 280 thousand violations were identified in the field of motor transport; based on the results of inspections, the department returned 140 million rubles to the state budget.

The department certified 229 employees of shipping companies responsible for the safety of navigation and the prevention of environmental pollution.

At the beginning of 2007, Levitin, as chairman of the intergovernmental commission, held negotiations on cooperation with the Latvian side. As a result, already in the spring of that year, Russia and Latvia signed a border agreement, the fate of which remained uncertain for a long time. Latvia laid claim to the territory of the Pytalovsky district of the Pskov region, but as a result the region remained part of Russia.

In 2007, Levitin announced a number of systemic problems in the organization of control and supervision in transport, identified as a result of a joint inspection of the Ministry of Transport and the Prosecutor General's Office, and his intention to correct them.

In December 2007, Levitin and Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaituhunas signed an agreement on navigation along the Curonian Lagoon and inland waterways of the Kaliningrad region. In accordance with the document, the permitting procedure for navigation in Russian waters for foreign vessels was abolished. Russian vessels received equal rights in these waters with Lithuanian watercraft.

At the end of 2007, the Ministry of Transport signed an agreement with the German branch of the Lloyd Corporation to conduct surveys of ships registered in the Russian International Register of Ships. Delivering a report, Levitin informed the members of the Maritime Board that the agreement was signed in order to implement the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Code in relation to the Russian International Register of Ships on behalf of the Government of the Russian Federation. Thus, Russian ships found themselves under the control of one of the oldest and most representative insurance companies.

In December 2007, Levitin and his Israeli colleague Shaul Mofaz managed to prevent the escalation of the conflict between the two countries, caused by disagreements over the issue of granting the Israeli airline KAL a license to operate regular cargo flights from Israel to Moscow. The reason was the deviation of the Israeli airline's charter from the course over Russian territory, which raised the question of a complete cessation of air traffic. However, the departments managed to reach an agreement on streamlining transportation and introducing a single route for several companies, including El Al and Transaero, starting in December.

In 2008, the Strategy for the Development of Railway Transport in the Russian Federation until 2030 was adopted, developed with the participation of the Ministry of Transport. In accordance with it, by this date it is expected that freight turnover will increase from 1.46 to 1.58 times compared to 2007, passenger turnover - from 1.16 to 1.33 times. This time interval in the Strategy is divided into two parts: until 2015 and until 2030. To implement plans for the first period, the Ministry of Transport then developed the Federal Target Program “Development of the Transport System of Russia (2010-2015)”. The main goal of the first stage is the modernization of the railway network, the second - its dynamic expansion. In total, according to the minimum version of the Strategy, it is planned to build 16 thousand km of railway lines by 2030.

In 2008, a large-scale project was completed on the Yaroslavskoye Highway in the Moscow region - the construction of the Mytishchi interchange, which made it possible to make traffic along the Kholmogory highway without traffic lights. Before this, there were hours-long traffic jams here. Over the course of five years, three overpasses were built: the entry and exit routes for Korolev and the route for entry and exit from Mytishchi. In addition, several overhead pedestrian crossings were built along the route from the Moscow Ring Road to Korolev. Opening traffic along the interchange together with the Governor of the Moscow Region, Boris Gromov, Levitin promised that in five years the Yaroslavl Highway will become one of the most modern highways in the Moscow Region.

In 2008, the 2nd launch complex of the M-27 Dzhubga - Sochi highway was commissioned, construction of which began in 1988, after which funding was curtailed. At the same time, a tunnel was built on the Adler-Krasnaya Polyana highway, 2.5 km long. As a result of the commissioning of this section, the construction of the entire road was completed and the opportunity opened up for the nomination of Sochi as a candidate city to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

In December 2008, at a meeting of the government commission, Levitin proposed supporting not only Russian Railways, but also private companies that occupy about 60% of the transportation market. According to him, private operators need to refinance past loans and obtain additional credit funds for the purchase of new cars. The largest operators, with a fleet of more than 10 thousand cars, submitted applications to the Ministry of Transport to receive state support in the amount of about 30 billion rubles. The same amount is intended for airlines, and only for those that transported at least 1 million people in 11 months of 2008 and at least 50% of whose flights were regular.

At the same time, against the backdrop of rising unemployment in Russia, the Ministry of Transport began to develop a program to employ unemployed Russians for temporary work on road repair and construction. The media noted that the department in this matter took advantage of the experience of the United States during the Great Depression. Levitin also said that the ministry intends to ask the State Duma and the government “to make changes to the legislation so that subsidies can be quickly transferred from our source and from region to region.” The department has prepared a standard that determines the number of people required to carry out work on a particular section of roads.

On October 13, 2009 in Beijing, as part of a meeting of the heads of government of Russia and China, the President of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, I. Levitin and the Minister of Railways of the People's Republic of China, Liu Zhijun, signed a memorandum of understanding in the field of organization and development of high-speed and high-speed rail services in Russia.

Another memorandum of cooperation between the departments was signed in the same month by Levitin and his Chinese counterpart Li Shenlin. In accordance with the document, the parties intend to implement joint projects in the field of road infrastructure, as well as to promote the development of roads included in international transport corridors.

In the field of maritime transport, Russia and China have announced their intention to cooperate in the development of inland water transport and navigation on border rivers, as well as issues of navigation safety and the prevention of environmental pollution.

In 2009, Levitin reported that since 2004 (when he took office), the volume of air traffic has increased annually by 10-15%, and in just five years it has grown one and a half times. Under his supervision, the approach to the implementation of the Federal Target Program for the Development of the Transport System in terms of modernizing airfields was changed: previously, funds were distributed among many airports, which led to an increase in the period of work. Following the example of highways, a transition was made to the standard construction period with the concentration of funds on one of the objects.

In the same year, air transportation of passengers under 23 years of age and over 60 from the Far East to the European part of the country and back began at special rates with appropriate compensation to air transport organizations for lost income from the federal budget.

In order to preserve and develop local and regional air transportation in the Far North, state-owned airlines were created on the basis of socially significant airports. The measure affected those regions where local air transportation is of a social nature and is not the subject of a commercially viable business. In particular, in Yakutia alone, 23 airports became state-owned.

In 2010, the first stage of the Northern Bypass of Novosibirsk was commissioned, which is part of the M-51 federal highway Omsk - Novosibirsk and designed back in the 1990s.

In December 2010, the Ministers of Transport of Belarus and Russia Ivan Shcherbo and Levitin signed an agreement on automobile control at the external border of the Union State. Levitin said that the parties intend to monitor the vehicle control system online. In addition, at the same time the parties prepared a draft plan for the formation of a unified transport system for 2011–2012. “We don’t stop, it’s impossible to stop the transport. The integration of our systems continues,” said I. Levitin in connection with these decisions.

Two sea bridge projects - across the Kola Bay and across the Eastern Bosphorus Strait - were completed in 2005 and 2012, respectively. The bridge across the Kola Bay on the Kola-Pechenga highway in the Murmansk region has become a key link in ensuring road transport connections between the regions of the Murmansk region with the regional center and the Scandinavian countries (Norway, Finland).

The bridge across the Eastern Bosphorus to Russky Island connected it with the central part of Vladivostok. This is one of the largest cable-stayed bridges in the world, the central span of which, 1104 m long, is a record in world bridge building practice.

Another cable-stayed bridge - across the Neva - became the largest of the bridge structures on the Ring Road of St. Petersburg. It was opened in 2004 and connected the northern sections of the ring with the federal road "Russia", leading to Moscow and the center of Russia. The first stage of the bridge was put into operation in a record three years. Construction of the ring road was completed in 2010 - 2 years ahead of schedule.

In 2010, for the first time since the collapse of the USSR, it was possible to stop the reduction in the number of civilian airfields.

At the same time, achievements in the field of operation of maritime transport were noted: the volume of cargo transshipment in Russian seaports amounted to 526 million tons compared to the maximum volume of 420 million tons achieved by the USSR. In addition, for the first time in Russian history, the large-capacity Arctic ice-class tanker SFK Baltika made a commercial voyage along the Northern Sea Route, delivering 117 thousand tons of gas condensate to China. This confirmed the viability and profitability of regular delivery of energy resources from the Barents and Kara Sea basin to the markets of the Asia-Pacific region via the Northern Sea Route.

In 2007, with the participation of Levitin, the Law on Seaports, which was basic for the industry, was adopted, which resolved previously existing contradictions in leasing relations. During the crisis, maritime transport in Russia increased cargo turnover. In particular, the volume of transshipment at seaports increased by 5%. In 2009, 25 billion rubles of federal funds and 100 billion rubles of private funds were invested in the development of sea ports.

In 2010, with the participation of Levitin, an “Agreement of Intent for the implementation of the complex investment project “Ural Industrial - Ural Polar” with the development of the Northern Latitudinal Railway (Obskaya - Salekhard - Nadym - Pangody - Novy Urengoy - Korotchaevo)" was signed between the Federal Agency for Railway Transport, the government of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, JSC Russian Railways, Gazprom, and the Ural Industrial - Ural Polar corporation. The construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway will ensure the access of freight traffic generated by the Salekhard-Nadym railway line to the existing network of public railways of the Northern Railway.

At the beginning of 2011, Levitin headed the Coordination Council for the development of the transport system of Moscow and the Moscow region. After leaving the post of minister and becoming an adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, Levitin remained on the council.

In May of the same year, Levitin opened the multifunctional complex Yanino Logistics Park LLC near St. Petersburg. Its peculiarity is that cargo does not wait for processing, but immediately arrives at the warehouse, where it is accumulated. They may arrive in containers, or they may arrive in covered wagons.

In 2012, an agreement in principle was reached with the Republic of Abkhazia on changing tariffs for the transportation of goods by rail. In accordance with the protocol signed by Levitin and the Minister of Economy of Abkhazia David Iradyan, a single tariff was established along the entire route, in contrast to the differentiated tariff that was in effect previously. The cost of transportation has decreased by 22-25 rubles per ton, or by 40-70%, depending on the type of cargo and the direction of transportation.

In 2011, Levitin said that Ukraine and Russia plan to complete survey work on the Kerch Strait bridge project within 1.5 years. Vnesheconombank of the Russian Federation, which was entrusted with financing the work, began searching for potential investors ready to enter the project along with government ones.

In 2012, by order of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktor Zubkov, a council for the development of the timber industry complex under the government of the Russian Federation was created. It included, in particular, the Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak, the Minister of Transport Levitin, the Minister of Natural Resources Yuri Trutnev, the Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko, and the head of the Federal Customs Service Andrei Belyaninov.

Government activities (2012 - present)

From March to June 2012 - acting head of the Maritime Board of the Russian Federation. After him, the post passed to Dmitry Rogozin.

From May 22, 2012 to September 2, 2013 - Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, from September 2, 2013 - his assistant.

When it became known about the appointment of Igor Levitin as assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, the latter’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said that Levitin would take over the issues for which Yuri Trutnev was previously responsible. In particular, they discussed regional policy in the Far East and issues related to the State Council.

In August 2012, he joined the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the development of physical culture and sports.

In the same month, he took part in the large-scale International Air Transport Forum “IATF” in Ulyanovsk. The number of guests exceeded 2,000, and in total the holiday and air show were attended by more than 100,000 residents and guests of the region. One of the main results of the business program was the signing of a memorandum between the Ulyanovsk Aviation Cluster and the European Aviation Cluster Partnership (EACP).

At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved an agreement with the Russian Federation on measures to ensure the safety of navigation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait, signed by Levitin on behalf of the Russian side in March. The issues of navigation in these waters and the delimitation of the maritime border have long remained one of the most difficult in the relations between Moscow and Kyiv - negotiations on them have been conducted since 1996.

By order of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation dated September 3, 2012, Levitin was appointed Secretary of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

In February 2013, Levitin instructed to delineate the powers of the Ministry of Transport agencies regulating aviation activities. Commenting on this decision, the then Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Valery Okulov said that Rosavitsia certifies aircraft repair and maintenance activities, and Rostransnadzor licenses this activity. The powers of the latter organization were considered redundant.

On September 25, 2013, he became Deputy Chairman of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the Development of Physical Culture and Sports.

On October 17, 2013, Levitin joined the Economic Council under the President of the Russian Federation. By decision of the Olympic Assembly in May 2014, he was elected vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations “Russian Olympic Committee”.

In January 2014, together with Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Anton Vaino, he joined the supervisory board of the Rostec state corporation. By the same decree, the president terminated the powers of members of the supervisory board Alexandra Levitskaya and Lyudmila Tyazhelnikova.

Member of the working group under the President of the Russian Federation on the restoration of cultural heritage sites for religious purposes, other religious buildings and structures.

In September 2014, Levitin held a meeting in the port of Vostochny on the development of port infrastructure in the Primorsky region. For 8 months of this year, the total cargo turnover of 6 ports of the Primorsky Territory amounted to 68.5 million tons, which significantly exceeds the figures for the same period last year. The increase in cargo turnover was mainly due to an increase in the volume of oil and coal transshipment. Levitin noted that recent trends involve the removal of transshipment of dust-generating cargo outside of cities. He also criticized the traffic pattern for heavy vehicles heading to the port. “All roads and junctions built for the APEC summit are cluttered with heavy vehicles, traffic in the city is very difficult, this is wrong.”

Levitin instructed the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport to take control of the delivery of containers to the port of Vladivostok, relieving congestion on city roads. It was instructed, in particular, to resolve the issues of night traffic of container ships and the delivery of containers to the port by rail.

In February 2014, Levitin visited Samara on an inspection trip, where he got acquainted with the work of the new terminal of the Kurumoch airport. He admitted that the airport compares favorably with those being built in other regions. Construction of the terminal began when Levitin was Minister of Transport. Then we had to take a risk, since at first there was no potential investor and we were talking about financing from the regional budget. 12 billion rubles were allocated by the region, and only then 8 billion rubles of third-party investments appeared. He also approved the decision to keep the old terminal, which could be useful to separate fans of different teams.

In 2014, on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3), with the participation of Igor Levitin, the Paralympic Sports Center was opened in Moscow. The six-story building on Turgenevskaya Square houses the offices of the Russian Paralympic Committee, a media center, a museum and a multi-purpose sports hall.

In early December 2014, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered the formation of a committee to prepare Russian athletes for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, chaired by his deputy Arkady Dvorkovich. The committee included Igor Levitin, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov, and First Deputy Defense Minister Arkady Bakhin.

Since 2015, Levitin has been overseeing the modernization project for the light-engine An-2 aircraft ("corner"), developed in. At the first stage, specialists developed a new wing that would almost double the speed characteristics of the vehicle. By 2016, it is planned to complete the creation of a completely updated modification of the aircraft.

In October 2015, Igor Levitin became an honorary citizen of the city of Sochi. Senator from the Krasnodar Territory Vitaly Ignatenko made a proposal about this. According to him, I. Levitin made a huge contribution to the creation of a new infrastructure for the city.

As assistant to the president, Levitin also deals with issues of housing and communal services.

Social activity

He held the positions of member of the supervisory board (2004-2006), president of FNTR (2006-2008), chairman of the supervisory board (2008-2012) and chairman of the board of trustees of FNTR (2012 - present).

The media noted the active development of table tennis in Russia, which began after I. Levitin joined the federation of this sport. In particular, serious emphasis was placed on active participation in the activities of international and continental federations. As a result, Russia hosted the World Ping Pong Championship in 2007 in St. Petersburg. World tours of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF World Tour) have also been held since 2006, the 2009 World Cup, European Super Cups (since 2007), European Championships (2008 and 2015), World Team Championship (2010, the Russian men's team took 6th place). Levitin received a guarantee from the Russian government to hold the 2020 World Team Championship in Yekaterinburg if the application to the ITTF wins. Over the years, the Russian team table tennis championship has become one of the strongest in Europe. Such famous athletes as Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus), Dmitry Ovcharov (Germany), Yun Mizutani (Japan) perform in Russian clubs.

Headed by Igor Levitin, the board of trustees of the FNTR contributed to the creation of specialized table tennis centers created in the cities of Russia - Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg (Olympic Training Center for Russian National Teams and Tatyana Ferdman Table Tennis School in Baltym and Verkhnyaya Pyshma), Kazan, Sorochinsk, Orenburg. Also, the FNTR Board of Trustees organizes coaching and refereeing seminars in the regions of Russia with the invitation of foreign lecturers: Richard Prause, Ferenc Korshay, Dubrovka Skoric. Work is underway to improve the rules of competitions; the proposed innovations are tested during table tennis tournaments held in Russia.

On the initiative of Levitin, World Table Tennis Day has been celebrated in Russia since 2015. The first event took place on April 6, 2015 in GUM, where the presidential aide himself played several games.

In September 2012, he joined the commission on the development of general aviation, created by order of Vladimir Putin. It was headed by Assistant to the President of Russia Yuri Trutnev, and included, in particular, the Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov.

In May 2014, he was elected vice-president of the All-Russian Union of Public Associations "Russian Olympic Committee". By order of the President of the ROC, he was appointed special representative of the Russian Olympic Committee at the first European Games in Baku, which took place from June 12 to 28, 2015. The games program includes competitions in 20 sports, 16 of which are Olympic. 11 of them will qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

In October 2014, Levitin joined the supervisory board for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

He is a member of the board of trustees of the Sirius educational center for gifted children in Sochi, created on the basis of the Olympic infrastructure on the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation. The center is designed to provide free education to 600 children aged 10–17 years, who are accompanied by more than 100 teachers and trainers.

Family

At the end of 2010, he became one of the three richest members of the Government of the Russian Federation, along with Yu. Trutnev and A. Khloponin: according to official data, during this year Levitin earned 22 million 657 thousand rubles.

During Levitin’s work as Minister of Transport of the Russian government, a number of high-profile aircraft accidents occurred in the country with hundreds of casualties. After three consecutive plane crashes of passenger airliners in the Russian sky near Sochi (2006), near Irkutsk (2006) and Donetsk (2006), as well as in Perm (2008), near Yaroslavl (2011) (all with mass deaths of passengers and crew on board) Levitin headed government commissions to investigate the causes and provide assistance to the victims. The frequency and recurrence of disasters, the controversial conclusions of the commissions of inquiry aroused public criticism of Levitin, as a result of which he received the nickname “Minister of Disasters” in the press.

Awards

Anniversary medal “60 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR” (1978)
III degree (February 15, 2012)
Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, IV degree (September 20, 2009)
Order of Honor (Armenia, October 17)
Medal “For the Development of Railways” (January 9, 2008) - For his great contribution to the development of railway transport
Order of the Holy, Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, 1st degree (February 22, 2012)
Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 1st degree (July 18, 2014) - In consideration of the assistance provided to the Trinity-Sergius Lavra

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Being in the upper echelons of power for a long time is a difficult and very responsible matter. Persons holding senior positions in any state in the world are subject to special requirements. One of the Russian officials who has proven himself excellent in the management of key industries of the Russian Federation is Igor Levitin. We will talk about his fate and career in more detail in the article.

general information

The future minister and current right hand of the President of the Russian Federation was born in the village of Tsebrikovo, located in the Odessa region (Ukraine) on February 21, 1952. In his youth, he was actively involved in table tennis at an Odessa sports school for ten years. His mentor was Felix Osetinsky.

In the military field

At the age of eighteen, Igor Levitin went to serve in the army. And in 1973 he became a graduate of the Leningrad Higher Command School of Railway Troops and Military Communications named after. Frunze. He began his officer's service as an assistant commandant on the Transnistrian railway, after which he ended up in the Southern Group of Forces of the USSR in Hungary, where he stayed until 1980. In 1983, Igor Levitin received an engineering degree from the Military Academy of Logistics and Transport. For two years he held the position of commandant at one of the BAM railway sections. From 1985 to 1994, the hero of the article served on the Moscow Railway in various positions. He is a reserve colonel.

Going into business

After leaving the army in 1994, Igor Levitin became an employee of a financial and industrial company for railway transport, where literally a year later he managed to become vice president. In 1996, the former officer moved to the team of Severstaltrans JSC. In this company, Igor Levitin, whose biography contains many interesting facts, quickly rose to the level of deputy general director and was responsible for railway transportation and many other issues. The man was deservedly considered one of the most authoritative figures in this organization, although he did not have his own share in it. At the same time, Igor Evgenievich Levitin, an assistant to the president these days, was a member of the public council under the commission of the Russian Cabinet of Ministers, created to reform the country's railway transport. The native of Ukrainian soil did not forget about his scientific activities and solved problems in the field of cargo routing. During a meeting that took place at the Kolomna Diesel Locomotive Plant in 2003, Levitin met Vladimir Putin.

Government Jobs

In March 2004, Igor Evgenievich became Minister of Transport and Communications. And literally two months later he began to be solely responsible for the transport sector, and communication issues were entrusted to another person. From Putin, Igor Levitin (aide to the president - a post he will occupy a little later) initially received exclusively positive characteristics. Vladimir Vladimirovich called the new head of the transport department a good railway worker and a true master of his craft. Levitin was given a clear task, which was to significantly optimize the staff of the ministry. It was decided to reduce the number of personnel from 2,300 people to 600. In September 2007, a new government was formed under the leadership of Viktor Zubkov, in which Igor Evgenievich managed to retain his position. In the spring of 2008, Levitin again remained in his post when the Cabinet of Ministers once again underwent changes.

Key points of activity

Having taken the ministerial chair, Levitin immediately strictly fulfilled the request of the head of state and reduced the staff of his subordinates by 20%.

In the fall of 2004, the head of the transport department reached an agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart Kirpa on the resumption of the crossing between Crimea and the Caucasus, which was discontinued after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It is worth noting that this contract not only remained on paper, but was also implemented in practice. The document clearly spelled out all the rules and features of transporting goods by ferry.

On the first day of August 2005, Igor Evgenievich solemnly opened high-speed traffic between the capitals of Russia and Ukraine. In order to implement this project, about 150 kilometers of track along the Moscow Railway route were repaired and 132 switches were replaced. In honor of this, Levitin also presented state awards to the head of Russian Railways and the Minister of Transport of Ukraine Chervonenko.

Also in August 2005, the Russian minister showed the public a branded train that connected Moscow and St. Petersburg. And three months later, Levitin went to Brussels, where he signed a joint document with EU Commissioner for Transport Jacques Barrot, which outlined the main principles, structure and purpose of interaction between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the field of infrastructure and transport.

Appeal to Putin

At the end of 2005, Igor Evgenievich, together with Minister of Economic Development Gref and Foreign Minister Lavrov, jointly appealed to the president of the country with a request to lift the ban on high-precision determination of geographical coordinates, which was introduced at the request of the Ministry of Defense. The officials' appeal was satisfied, and this made it possible to launch the GLONASS system in the legal field.

Career advancement

In the period March-June 2012, the hero of the article was the acting head of the Maritime Collegium of the Russian Federation. After this, he worked as an adviser to the head of the Russian Federation, and on September 2, 2013, Igor Levitin was appointed assistant to the president of the country.

Immediately after receiving the new status, the Kremlin commented on his appointment as follows: Levitin will be responsible for those issues that were previously supervised by Yuri Trutnev, and special attention will be paid to regional policy for the development of the Far East.

On September 3, 2012, Igor Evgenievich, by order of the Presidential Administration, also received the position of Secretary of the State Council of the Russian Federation.

In October of the same year, Igor Levitin, an assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, was introduced to the Economic Council under the head of state, and six months later received the post of vice-president of the all-Russian association “Russian Olympic Committee”.

At the beginning of 2014, a civil servant conducted an inspection in Samara, where he became familiar with the work of the newest terminal at the local Kurumoch air terminal. The man admitted that this transport interchange compares very favorably with similar ones being built in other regions of the country. Levitin also approved the option of continuing the operation of the old terminal, which could allow for a significantly larger number of fans planning to come to the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

In September 2014, Igor Evgenievich Levitin, assistant to the President of the Russian Federation, headed a meeting on the territory of the Vostochny port, focused on the development of the infrastructure of the sea gates of the Primorsky Territory. The activist harshly criticized the movement pattern of heavy vehicles entering the port and instructed the relevant federal agency to monitor the delivery of goods to the port of Vladivostok, ensuring the decongestion of city roads.

In 2015, Levitin was involved in overseeing a project to modernize the light-engine An-2 aircraft, popularly known as the “corner”. In the fall of 2015, Igor Evgenievich received the status of an honorary citizen of the city of Sochi based on the proposal of the senator of the Krasnodar region Vitaly Ignatenko.

The president of the country also entrusted Levitin with issues in the field of housing and communal services.

Social work

Igor Evgenievich held different positions in the Russian Table Tennis Federation at different times. Nowadays, since 2012, a man has been the chairman of the board of trustees of this organization.

It is thanks to Levitin’s initiative that World Table Tennis Day has been celebrated annually in Russia for three years now, and at the first event dedicated to this event, in 2015, the government official himself played several games on the territory of Moscow GUM.

In the fall of 2014, Igor Evgenievich became a member of the supervisory board dealing with issues related to the organization and conduct of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Marital status and hobbies

Levitin is married. His only daughter, Yulia Zvereva, is a specialist in law and sociology and works as a teacher at Moscow State University, and also runs her own business.

Levitin is very fond of football and volleyball, supports some writers and authors, helping them publish their works.