Sergei Borisovich Stankevich is a historian and politician, known as the author of three dozen books and articles. He supported perestroika, worked in the team of the first Russian president, and is currently a businessman. A liberal and a democrat who considers peacefulness to be the main property of a politician.
Historian
Sergei Stankevich was born in 1954 in the Moscow region. He graduated from a pedagogical university in Moscow, but began teaching not at school, but at the Institute of Oil and Gas. It was then that the young educational historian developed an interest in the past and present of American society. As a member of the Academy of Sciences and the Institute of History, he learned about the fundamentals of democracy in America. The defense of his Ph. D. thesis on the work of the US Congress took place in 1983.
Politician
In the midst of perestroika, Stankevich, a proponent of reforms, became a member of the CPSU. Moving from theory to practical work, Sergei Borisovich decided to make a political career. He unexpectedly won the election of the head of the Moscow City Council, bypassing Gavriil Popov, but gave him this chair, and he himself took the role of deputy. The young politician explained his act by the lack of managerial experience.
In the late 1980s, Stankevich took part in the creation of a union of informal organizations. Over time, the Popular Front became the Democratic Russia movement. The politician believed very much that a combination of "democratic socialism" and a "mixed economy" was possible in the country.
In Yeltsin's team
For several years Sergei Stankevich worked with Yeltsin's team. He supported Boris Nikolaevich during the putsch and remained with him as a political adviser. Stankevich has always been an opponent of radical decisions, he believed that everything can be achieved in dialogue. He left the Kremlin in 1993; his alternative approach to resolving disputes was not useful. In the same year, Sergei Borisovich was elected to the State Duma from the Party of Unity and Accord. Over the years as a deputy, his name has often appeared in various high-profile stories. One of them was connected with the dismantling of the monument to Dzerzhinsky in the Lubyanka.
Emigration
Two years later, during the next presidential election, the politician fell into disgrace, he was accused of corruption. The reason was the support of Anatoly Sobchak, who was running for office. The secret services could not ignore this fact, because of the charges brought against Stankevich, in order to avoid arrest, he was forced to emigrate to Poland. There is a version that his ancestral roots are connected with this country. He was able to return to Russia only in 1999, when all charges were dropped.
Businessman
In the mid-2000s, Sergei Stankevich started an agricultural business. The production of meat products, and then ketchup and canned vegetables "Baltimore" brought in a good income. At the moment, his concern is engaged in the construction of greenhouse complexes throughout the country.
Two years ago, Sergei Stankevich tried to return to big politics and took part in the parliamentary elections from the Party of Growth. But he was defeated, gaining less than one and a half percent of the vote.
How does he live today
The wife of Sergei Borisovich is also a historian, his daughter Anastasia was educated abroad as a designer.
Recently, Stankevich has become popular again. He is a frequent visitor to social and political television programs, positioning himself as a representative of the Russian democratic forces. On the eve of the elections, he made a proposal to vote in two rounds, believing that this way citizens will be able to choose the direction of development of the state. After summing up the results, he appreciated the high degree of public confidence in the elected president and pointed out the need to fight the raw materials economy. As a supporter of compromises, he is very worried about the current situation in the world. He compares it to the Cuban missile crisis and believes very much in the readiness of the leaders of the countries to take a step forward.
