The vice-governor of St. Petersburg Kirillov Vladimir Vladimirovich is a rather extraordinary person against the background of his colleagues in political career. Many scandals are associated with his name, journalists even came up with a nickname for him, but he continues to hold a fairly high post. Who is he and where is he from? Which of the rumors about him is true and which is the fiction of the press?
The biography of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Kirillov, is often associated with high-profile scandals and even with crime. But none of the charges were proven - neither his membership in one of the criminal communities in the turbulent 90s, nor his involvement in smuggling. So who is he - Vladimir Kirillov? How did you get into politics? Who is his wife, what are the children doing?
Biography of Vladimir Kirillov
Vladimir Vladimirovich was born in August 1955 in Lipetsk, in an ordinary working-class family. He did not dream of a political career, he planned to become a military man. His urgent military service took place in the border troops, in one of the units of the KGB of the USSR.
Vladimir Kirillov devoted almost 20 years of his life to military affairs, part of which was spent in the Transcaucasian district. He resigned from the post of deputy head of the political department of the Nikolsky border detachment.
In parallel with his service in the SA and after his graduation, Vladimir received higher education - first at the Voroshilov Higher Border School, then at the Lenin Military-Political Academy. Kirillov graduated from the Voroshilov Red Banner School in 1978, the Academy in 1987. Then he studied at the Academy of Civil Service of the President of the Russian Federation. In the educational piggy bank of Vladimir Vladimirovich there are two scientific degrees - candidate and doctoral degrees in sociological sciences.
Career of Vladimir Kirillov
Vladimir began his managerial career in 1991 as a manager of the municipal formation of the Vyborgsky district of the Leningrad region. Two years later, he took the "chair" of the first deputy head of the municipality, and in 1994 became the head of the district.
The following milestones in the career of the Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Vladimirovich Kirillov:
- Vice Governor of the Leningrad Region,
- Advisor to the Chairman of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly Mironov,
- the head of the service for supervision of nature management at the federal level.
In 2014, Kirillov was nominated by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg to the post of vice-governor of the city.
Kirillov is involved in the supervision of education, culture, sports, environmental management and environmental safety, the committee of law and order and the rule of law of the city.
He was one of the first politicians and managers in the country to open a line for direct appeal of citizens in order to expand their capabilities and allow residents of the city to leave complaints immediately to the highest instance, bypassing the district administrations.
Scandals around Vice Governor Vladimir Vladimirovich Kirillov
Scandals often flare up around officials, and Kirillov is no exception. In 1996, when he held a post in the Vyborg District Council, he was accused of fraudulent activities with municipal real estate. The regional department of the UBEP initiated proceedings on the fact of the sale of housing to relatives of officials at the book value. The apartments were returned, the charges against the defendants were dropped. Almost everyone who was involved in this economic crime remained in their "places", including Kirillov.
The next high-profile scandal erupted in 1999. At the customs post of the Finnish border, a cargo registered for an official was stopped. It was a snowmobile. A special department of the customs revealed the fact of non-payment of the duty. Kirillov admitted that the cargo belonged to him and paid the duty. This was the end of the scandal.
The media hype was raised by representatives of Greenpeace in 2008. Their discontent was caused by the appointment of Kirillov to the post of head of Rosprirodnadzor. They accused Vladimir of having once illegally transferred the land plot to third parties, bypassing the rules governing such transactions.
Then Kirillov was accused of recruiting unskilled employees for various posts in Rosprirodnadzor. In 2016, the official opposed the assignment of the name of Kadyrov to one of the architectural structures (bridge) in St. Petersburg.
Scandals did not prevent Kirillov from receiving several high awards for his work. In 1983, and then in 1996, Vladimir Vladimirovich was awarded medals for service in the border troops. Kirillov's awards include a medal issued for the 300th anniversary of the Russian fleet, a medal for active participation in the census of the population of St. Petersburg, two Orders of Merit for the patronymic (2006 and 2010).
The condition and personal life of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Kirillov
Vladimir Vladimirovich is married, there was and is one marriage in his life. How many children do a couple have? Some sources indicate that there are four, in others - two. What his wife and children are doing is unknown, since the official prefers not to discuss his personal life with media representatives, and his relatives are non-public people. Kirillov is much more willing to discuss his hobbies - films and books about the war and the military, fishing or hunting, skiing, tennis.
The media likes to discuss the state of the family of the vice-governor of St. Petersburg. According to journalistic sources, the Kirillov family owns several large land plots in the Leningrad Region, apartments in St. Petersburg, a car, a snowmobile, and water transport (a motor boat for fishing). The state of an official, when compared with the assets of colleagues and taking into account the total monthly family income, is not so great.
