Offshores are in sight. "Novaya Gazeta" found foreign offshore companies in the biography of the senator and fighter against the foreign threat Klimov Andrey Arkadyevich Klimov biography

The head of the commission created in June to protect sovereignty and combat foreign interference in the affairs of Russia, Senator from the Perm Territory Andrei Klimov, who proposed blocking foreign media broadcasting to Russia and drawing up a “black book” of interference in the affairs of the Russian Federation, is associated with companies in Cyprus and the Virgin Islands , according to an investigation by Novaya Gazeta.

As the article states, Andrei Klimov was listed as a director of a company from Cyprus when he was a State Duma deputy, which is prohibited by law.

Before becoming a State Duma deputy in 1999, Klimov was a co-owner of the KUB Corporation company from Perm. A share in this corporation also belonged to a company from Cyprus, Bikel Enterprises Ltd, of which, according to extracts from the state register, he was listed as a director from the 1990s until 2004.

According to the documents, in November 2004, Klimov resigned as director, and the vacant position was filled by his wife Olga, who was its director until 2015, when the company was liquidated.

According to the law “On the status of a member of the Federation Council and the status of a deputy of the State Duma,” deputies were prohibited from engaging in entrepreneurial activities and managing commercial organizations, and if this fact had been revealed, Klimov’s powers should have been terminated early.

Klimov claims that he did not manage Bikel Enterprises: “In 1999, I wrote a document stating that I was relinquishing the leadership of any commercial organizations.”

The senator says the company was closed long ago, in the early 2000s or late 1990s, and claims the Cyprus registry is outdated.

Klimov was caught in partnership with an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands

Senator Klimov and his wife Olga also own the MIRI company, one of the founders of the Eurasian Dialogue fund for promoting the development of Eurasian integration, Klimov is the chairman of the fund’s board.

Klimov was found to have a stake in Russian company MIC "Alliance", it has three owners. 25% belongs to Senator Klimov and his wife Olga (through MIRI), the other 25% is owned by Sergei Klimov, the brother of a member of the Federation Council.

Its other co-owner is Vivo Assets Ltd, an offshore company from the British Virgin Islands, a dependent territory of Great Britain, a NATO member.

The Alliance MIC company was the main operator of the international conference on food security in the Asia-Pacific region in Vladivostok in 2016.

Klimov’s brother receives government contracts. The family doesn't see this as a problem

In addition, as stated in the investigation, Klimov participates in organizing many forums and conferences in Russia at the expense of taxpayers, and government contracts for holding these events are won by his brother’s companies.

In 2013 and 2014, public forums “Eurasian Economic Integration: Achievements and Problems” were held in Kazan on the initiative of Klimov’s “Eurasian Dialogue”, and they were financed from the budget by the state agency Rossotrudnichestvo.

In total, both forums cost Russian taxpayers more than 20 million rubles. In both cases, the money went to one company - the Agency for Strategic Communications Praktika. According to the Russian register of legal entities, 28% of Praktika belongs to Senator Klimov’s brother, Sergei.

Klimov himself does not see a problem with this: “Note that he wins not only these forums, he has been organizing forums and fairs around the world for 20 years. What you are talking about is less than 1%, I think, of what he does. And it is not prohibited by law." “My relatives can engage in commercial activities, which is not prohibited by law,” he adds.

Klimov claims that he does not receive any remuneration for participating in these events and goes to them at his own expense. “I don’t hold these competitions. Rossotrudnichestvo has various organizations that hold forums, not just my brother’s companies,” Klimov emphasizes.

Sergei Klimov also claims that the Praktika company wins Rossotrudnichestvo competitions thanks to its experience, and his senator brother has nothing to do with it. According to Sergei Klimov, contracts from Rossotrudnichestvo constitute “an insignificant share, less than 5% of the company’s total turnover.” Klimov owns many companies in Perm and other regions of Russia. These firms mainly specialize in organizing exhibitions and fairs, many of which are financed from the budget.

“There is a doctrine that if you remove Putin, Russia will fall apart.”

The temporary commission of the Federation Council for the protection of state sovereignty and the prevention of interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation, headed by Klimov, was created by a resolution of the Federation Council dated June 14, 2017. It included 10 senators representing various committees of the upper house.

Among her initiatives were a proposal to block foreign media and the creation of a “black book.” Senator Klimov regularly warns Russian citizens against the hostile policies of the West.

“What we call the “West” is waging a massive information war against us, lasting many years,” he explained to the Ura.ru agency in 2016. “This is part of a hybrid war... There is a doctrine according to which, if you remove Putin "Russia will fall apart and they will be able to somehow rule Russia."

“I will not comment on this doctrine, but within its framework, Putin, of course, is the object of such attacks. When these attacks will take place, it is not for me to judge, but the fact that any reason will be used is for sure,” the senator added.

In his opinion, the West “does not like the fact that Putin constantly wins real victories.” In addition, the senator is confident that talk of isolation is “completely untrue.”

Biography of Andrey Klimov

Andrey Klimov is a Russian professional boxer who has been competing in the lightweight category since 2009. Intercontinental champion according to IBF, intercontinental champion according to WBO, champion of the United States according to WBC, champion of Russia, master of sports in boxing.

Born on July 26, 1982 in the city of Klimovsk, Moscow region. He began boxing at about the age of fourteen with coach A. N. Ageev. After school, he entered the Moscow State Mining University, where he studied at the department of physical education.

Amateur career of Andrey Klimov

He achieved his first serious success in the amateur ring in 2001, when in lightweight he won a bronze medal at the Russian Cup - for this achievement he was awarded the title of Master of Sports. A year later, he took third place at the Russian Winter Championship “Olympic Hopes” in Orenburg, after which there was a slight decline in his career. In 2007, he made it to the finalists at the championship of the Central Federal District, a year later he repeated this achievement, but was never able to get into the main team of the country.

Professional career of Andrey Klimov

In 2009, Andrei decided to take up professional boxing, had several successful fights in Russia, and in November 2010 became the champion of Russia in the light weight category.

Then in May 2011 he left for the USA, won the United States champion belt there according to the World Boxing Council WBC United States (USNBC), and defended this title once.

In March 2013, he fought with Argentinean Matias Gomez (29-1-0), after stopping the fight in the seventh round, he won by unanimous decision and received the intercontinental champion belt according to the International Boxing Federation IBF Inter-Continental.

In October 2013, he went up against unbeaten American Terence Crawford (21-0-0) and lost to him by unanimous decision.

In April 2014, he won the title of intercontinental champion according to the World Boxing Organization WBO Inter-Continental, defeating Dominican Francisco Contreras by unanimous decision.

In June 2015, Klimov challenged the vacant world champion title in the second featherweight version of the International Boxing Federation, but lost by unanimous decision to Puerto Rican Jose Pedraza (19-0-0).

Born on November 9, 1954. Born in Molotov (now Perm). Father - Arkady Dmitrievich Klimov, served in the Northern Fleet during the Great Patriotic War, and later received the specialty of radio engineer. Mother - Elena Stepanovna, a chemist by education, graduated from Perm State University.

In 1976 he graduated from Perm State University. A. M. Gorky (now Perm State National Research University) with a degree in economics.

Candidate of Economic Sciences. In 1981, at the Research Institute of Construction Economics (NIIES) of the USSR State Construction Committee, he defended his dissertation “Systemic transformations of the socio-economic space of problem territories.”
Doctor of Economic Sciences. In 2006 at the Institute of System Analysis Russian Academy Sciences defended his dissertation "System transformations of the socio-economic space of problem areas."

From 1976 to 1978 - engineer-economist of the Perm Regional Department of Rural Construction.
Then he was a graduate student, junior researcher at the international cooperation sector of the Research Institute of Electrical Engineering of the USSR State Construction Committee in Moscow.
After defending his dissertation, he returned to Perm.
From 1981 to 1992 he worked at the Faculty of Economics of Perm state university assistant, teacher, head of the department of economics, accounting and analysis of economic activities in construction. He was the chairman of the trade union bureau. He was deputy chairman of the university's artistic council and a member of the board of the student club. In 1988 he became one of the organizers of the consulting and training bureau.
He worked as a freelance correspondent for the regional newspapers Zvezda and Molodaya Gvardiya. His humorous stories and feuilletons, including those written in co-authorship, were published in Literaturnaya Gazeta, the Socialist Industry publication, and the Krokodil magazine. Hosted a program on Perm television.
Until 1991 he was a member of the CPSU.
From 1990 to 1993 - deputy of the Perm Regional Council of People's Deputies, member of the Presidium of the Council, chairman of the standing committee.
In 1992-1999 - Director of the Interindustry Institute of Regional Studies (Perm), General Director of the closed joint-stock company "Association for the Promotion of Entrepreneurship Development "KUB" (since 1995 - KUB Corporation; a share in the corporation belonged to the Cypriot company Bikel Enterprises Ltd.).
Since July 1995, he was also chairman of the board of the Association for Assistance to the Development of the Kama Region.
He was a member of the management bodies of a number of commercial organizations. In 1992, he was deputy chairman of the supervisory board of the joint-stock commercial bank Permcombank. In 1996 - member of the supervisory board of the Komi-Permyak regional commercial bank.
In 1994-1999 - Deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Region of the 1st and 2nd convocations, Chairman of the Committee on Regional Policy and External Relations. He was elected on March 20, 1994 in constituency No. 13 (part of the Sverdlovsk district of Perm), on December 14, 1997 - in constituency No. 39 (Kudymkar, part of the Kudymkar district and Yusvinsky district). He resigned his parliamentary powers early on December 31, 1999 in connection with his election to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
At the beginning of 2000, he became a confidant of the candidate for the post of President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
In 1999-2012 – Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the III, IV, V and VI convocations.
On December 19, 1999, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation in the Komi-Permyak single-mandate electoral district No. 216 (Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug). He was nominated by a group of voters, according to the voting results he received 60.21% of the votes, second place was taken by the head physician of the district hospital Vitaly Kozlovsky (8.93%; nominated by a group of voters). In January 2000, he joined the Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy, and in the spring of 2000 he headed its subcommittee on socio-economic development of regions and interregional relations. He was a member of the deputy group "Regions of Russia (Union of Independent Deputies)", since 2002 - deputy head of Oleg Morozov's group.
On December 7, 2003, he became a deputy of the State Duma of the fourth convocation. He was elected in the Komi-Permyak single-mandate constituency No. 216, gaining 62.74% of the votes (he ran as a self-nominated candidate). Second place was taken by entrepreneur, self-nominated Anatoly Nikitasenko with a result of 10.38%.
In 2004-2005 Andrey Klimov headed the subcommittee on socio-economic development of regions and interregional relations of the Committee on Federation Affairs and Regional Policy. On October 19, 2005, he moved to the Committee on International Affairs and became deputy chairman of the Committee on International Affairs under Konstantin Kosachev (oversaw the European direction). He was deputy head of the deputy group "Regions of Russia". In 2004, he was elected head of the parliamentary group for relations with the Benelux countries (Belgium-Luxembourg-Netherlands).
Member of the All-Russian political party "United Russia" (since 2007).
On December 2, 2007, he was elected to the State Duma of the fifth convocation as part of the federal list of candidates of the United Russia party (he ran as number eight in regional group No. 26, Perm Territory). Since January 16, 2008, he has been Deputy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs. He was co-chairman of the Russia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and head of the permanent Russian parliamentary delegation to the European Parliament. He was a member of the United Russia faction.
On December 4, 2011, he again became a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the sixth convocation on the list of the United Russia party (third number in regional group No. 27, Perm Territory). In the Duma he was first deputy, and from March 13, 2012, first deputy chairman of the committee on international affairs. First Deputy of the United Russia faction. Deputy powers were terminated early on July 10, 2012 due to the transfer to the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
From 2012 to 2016, he was a member of the presidium of the General Council of United Russia and oversaw the international activities of the party. Since February 2016 - Advisor to the Chairman of the Supreme Council of United Russia Boris Gryzlov.
From 2012 to present V. - Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly (SF) of the Russian Federation - representative from the executive body of the Perm Territory.
On July 2, 2012, the governor of the Perm Territory, Viktor Basargin, signed a decree appointing Andrei Klimov as a member of the Federation Council from the region. On October 29, 2012, he became deputy chairman of the Committee on International Affairs (in 2014, the committee was headed by Konstantin Kosachev). Since March 2015, he also headed the subcommittee on interparliamentary cooperation with the BRICS countries.
On November 21, 2012, he headed the permanent delegation of the Federation Council to the European Parliament. He was the head of Russian delegations at meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, etc. Since 2012 - a member of the standing Committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties, since 2014 - a member of the bureau of the Standing Committee on Peace and Security of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Since June 14, 2017 - Chairman of the temporary commission of the Federation Council on protecting state sovereignty and preventing interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation.
After the election of the new head of the Perm region, Maxim Reshetnikov, in 2017, Klimov was again appointed a member of the Federation Council, the corresponding decree was signed on September 18, 2017.
On October 11, 2018, he was approved as the head of the commission of the presidium of the General Council of the United Russia party on international issues. He replaced State Duma deputy Sergei Zheleznyak in this post.

Honorary Professor of Perm State University.
Member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy (since 2004).
Coordinator of the "Eurasian Dialogue" at the Russian Parliamentary European Club (since 2012).

The total amount of declared income for 2016 was 5 million 845 thousand rubles, spouses - 593 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared income for 2017 was 5 million 110 thousand rubles, spouses - 227 thousand rubles.
The total amount of declared income for 2018 was 5 million 91 thousand rubles, spouses - 212 thousand rubles.

Awarded the Order of Honor (2004), Friendship (2017), and the Medal "For Labor Valor" (1986). Commander of the Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (2006). Received gratitude from the Government of the Russian Federation (2016).

Awarded the Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, III degree (Russian Orthodox Church).

Married since 1985. Wife – Olga Klimova (nee Timofeeva), whose specialty is a teacher of foreign languages.
The younger brother is Sergei Klimov, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory from United Russia, an entrepreneur.

In 1972, the parents took their son for permanent residence in the Khabarovsk Territory, settling in the village of Solnechny.

After school in 1986, Andrei Klimov became a student at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Polytechnic Institute, which he graduated in 1993, as he interrupted his studies to serve in the Soviet army (1988-1989). The graduate became a specialist in the profession of “Mechanical Engineer”.

In 2004, Andrei Klimov received another higher education, graduating from the Moscow University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics with a degree in Economist. He also has a PhD in Economics.

LABOR ACTIVITY

He began his career immediately after college, going to work at the Aviation Plant named after. Yuri Gagarin (AZiG) for the position of engineer in the equipment and supplies department. A year later, Andrei Viktorovich was promoted to deputy head of the mentioned department. Since 1996, for 10 years, he headed the equipment and configuration department at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Production Association named after. Yuri Gagarin (KnAAPO).

In 2006-2007, Andrey Klimov worked as Deputy General Director of KnAAPO for construction, repair and reconstruction, in 2007-2014 - for finance and reform.

POLITICAL ACTIVITY

In 2010, Andrei Viktorovich was elected as a deputy of the Legislative Duma of the Khabarovsk Territory of the 5th convocation. He is a member of the All-Russian political party "United Russia" and a member of the faction of the All-Russian political party "United Russia" in the Legislative Duma of the Khabarovsk Territory.

Conversation with the head of the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Andrey Klimov

QUOTES

City manager - about the message of the President of the Russian Federation to the Federal Assembly regarding the development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur through a plan approved by the state government: “We have already begun a detailed study of all points of the state leader’s message that directly or indirectly relate to the Far East, Khabarovsk Territory and Komsomolsk-on-Amur itself. Personally, I paid attention to a sufficient number of points. For example, we talked about infant mortality rates. In our city, there is a positive trend in this regard, even when compared with statistical data for the entire country. No less important, in my opinion, is putting schools in order that were in disrepair. Experts have developed an entire program, for the implementation of which until 2025, 25 billion rubles will be allocated for each year for these purposes.

In addition, the most important direction is the creation of modern children's technology parks in the Russian Federation. We can rightfully be considered leaders in this. We did not limit ourselves to the opening of Quantorium, therefore in the near future we plan to create another technology park as part of the development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur. In addition, I would like to draw attention to the development of agricultural cooperation. Perhaps Komsomolsk-on-Amur can hardly be classified as an agricultural area, but this issue does not leave our field of vision, therefore it is planned to create an agro-industrial cluster as part of the development of the city.”

Andrey Klimov is a well-known businessman, deputy of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus of the 13th convocation, member of the special parliamentary Commission for the legal assessment of violations by the President of the Republic of Belarus A. Lukashenko of the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Belarus. One of the initiators of the impeachment of President Lukashenko in November 1996. Member of the UCP.

For political reasons, Andrei Klimov was arrested three times.

Born on September 17, 1965 in Minsk. Graduated from the Lviv Fire-Technical School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (1986). He served in the internal affairs bodies (1983-1991), was the director of a small enterprise (Minsk), chairman of the board of the Andrey Klimov and Co. joint-stock company (1991-1996).

In the mid-1990s, Andrei Klimov was one of the five most famous Belarusian entrepreneurs. Andrey Klimov headed the joint-stock company Andrey Klimov and Co., which was engaged in construction and carried out large government orders, as well as a bank and a newspaper. He was elected as a deputy of the Supreme Council of the 13th convocation (he was a member of the Commission on Economic Policy and Reforms).

Chronology of persecution
After the 1996 referendum, massive inspections of the company's business activities began. In order to find incriminating evidence, employees of the KGB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus, and the Presidential Administration were involved.

On February 11, 1998, Andrei Klimov was arrested and charged under two criminal articles: 91 part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - “theft in special large sizes" and 151 part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus - “violation of the procedure for carrying out entrepreneurial activities, committed by prior conspiracy." In the pre-trial detention center, Klimov went on a hunger strike to protest against the violation of the 1994 Constitution, according to which he had the right to parliamentary immunity. In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus” dated December 21, 1994, Art. 106, “a deputy of the Supreme Council cannot be prosecuted, arrested, or otherwise deprived of personal freedom without the consent of the Supreme Council, except in cases of detention at the scene of a crime. A criminal case against a deputy of the Supreme Council may be initiated by the Prosecutor General with the consent of the Supreme Council, and in the period between sessions - with the consent of the Presidium of the Supreme Council.” The Supreme Council of the 13th convocation several times demanded, on the contrary, the release of deputy Klimov from illegal arrest.

Shortly before his arrest, Andrei Klimov, as a deputy, wrote and reproduced a letter of appeal to leaders of various ranks with information about violations by President Alexander Lukashenko of the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Belarus. The letter also contains a warning about responsibility and a call not to carry out the decrees of Lukashenko, who carried out a coup in November 1996. In the letter, Klimov recalled the illegitimacy of the 1996 referendum. He was arrested the day after the meeting of the commission, which announced that there were sufficient legal grounds to begin a new impeachment procedure. During the investigation, Klimov refused to testify, citing the illegality of his detention.

After a year and 5 months of investigation, the trial began in August 1999. Two more articles were added to the charges: Art. 171 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus – “official forgery” and Art. 150-2 – “extorting a loan or subsidies.” On December 13, 1999, Klimov was severely beaten and forcibly taken to the Leninsky District Court of Minsk to hear his case. A preliminary medical report from emergency doctors revealed a traumatic brain injury and abdominal trauma. On December 24, the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Belarus refused to initiate a criminal case on this fact.
On March 17, 2000, the court sentenced Andrei Klimov to 6 years in prison. On March 25, 2002, he was released on parole.

He was arrested for the second time in March 2005 for the “Revolution” rally before Freedom Day on October Square in Minsk. After the victory of the “orange” revolution in Ukraine, Andrei Klimov announced that the Belarusian revolution would take place on March 25, 2005. The authorities dispersed the protest rally he organized on March 25 on Oktyabrskaya Square in Minsk. On June 10, 2005, the court found Klimov guilty of organizing group actions that violate public order and sentenced him to restriction of freedom for one year and six months. Released on December 22, 2006.

Klimov was arrested for the third time on April 3, 2007, for “calls for the overthrow of the state system,” which were allegedly contained in his article published on the Charter-97 website (Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which was used for the first time in Belarus). The sentence was secretly passed in August 2007 by the Central Court of Minsk: 2 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony. Journalists only learned about the verdict a month later; until now they were lied to that Klimov’s case was still under investigation. He served his sentence in the Mozyr maximum security colony. Released on February 15, 2008 according to the decree of Alexander Lukashenko.