Alexander Valentinovich Novak- Minister of Energy of Russia. Took office in May 2012. From 2003 to 2007, he served as deputy governor in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. From 2007 to 2008, he took the post of direct deputy governor in the same place. In 2008, he additionally entered the government chamber of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and became one of the chairmen. In the same year, he was promoted to the post of Deputy Finance Minister. He held the latter position for the next 4 years, until 2012.
August 23, 1971 This date marks the birth of Alexander Novak. The place where Alexander first saw the light was the city of Avdeevka on the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1988, young Alexander received his first education, graduating from school. Even in those years, his desire for scientific knowledge was clearly visible, which was rewarded with a silver medal. After graduating from school, the young man went to the Nadezhda metallurgical enterprise. Having received a direction from the director of the plant to obtain higher education, he continued his studies at the Industrial Institute of Norilsk. He had to combine scientific knowledge in a new place with work. At first he had to perform the duties of a metallurgist-operator. Subsequently, he was transferred to the position of technologist.
In 1993, having graduated from university with a degree in economics and engineering, he continued to work in his previous workplace, but now with a new position - economist.
Putting every effort into his work, Alexander Valentinovich Novak rapidly moved up the career ladder. Already in 1995, he was transferred to the position of head of the finance bureau of the Nadezhda plant. In 1997, he was promoted again and served as head of the financial operations department.
In 1999, Novak was transferred from a subsidiary to the mining and metallurgical plant named after A.P. Zavenyagin (OJSC) in Norilsk. He held a senior position in the labor organization department. The plant itself was part of the concern Norilsk Nickel(RAO). In 2000, he additionally took up the post of Deputy Director for Human Resources. Less than a year has passed since Novak was noticed by Alexander Khloponin, the head of the Norilsk Nickel concern (RAO). He interceded for Alexander Vasilyevich and Novak was appointed one of Oleg Budargen’s deputies, who at that time was responsible for financial and economic issues in Norilsk. Soon Oleg himself appointed Alexander Novak as his first deputy.
2002 opened up new opportunities for Alexander. The head of the concern, Alexander Khloponin, was elected to the post of governor in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Immediately after the start of work, Khloponin brought Novak closer to him, who was invited to the regional administration as head of the finance department. Having proven himself well in the new place, Alexander Valentinovich was additionally elevated to the post of deputy governor in 2003. During his work, the regional administration solved the problems of the budget deficit.
Working just as hard, by 2009 Alexander received another higher education in the specialty "". In 2010, he introduced himself to President Dmitry Medvedev as one of the candidates for the post of head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. But this position was not given to him.
Name: Novak Alexander Valentinovich. Date of birth: August 23, 1971. Place of birth: Avdeevka, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.
Childhood
The Russian politician was born in August 1971 in the city of Avdeevka, 6 km from Donetsk, into a simple working-class family.
Father, Valentin Yakovlevich, worked away from the family and participated in the large-scale construction of the Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant in Norilsk.
Mother, Zoya Nikolaevna, worked as an accountant.
When my younger brother turned 8 years old, the whole family moved to Norilsk.
Alexander was the second child in the family. Sister Marina is 4 years older than Alexander. According to available information in 2012, Alexander Valentinovich’s sister worked in one of the expensive Sochi hotels, owned by. According to other sources, Marina Valentinovna is a co-owner of this hotel. Novak's parents lived with his sister in Sochi.
Education
Alexander studied in Norilsk, at school No. 23. It is known that one of Novak’s classmates was Viktor Tomenko (in December 2011, he headed the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory). IN school years Alexander was fond of basketball and was a member of the school team. At the age of 17 he graduated from school with a silver medal.
Then, after graduating from school, Novak, turning to the director of the Nadezhda plant (where his parents worked at that time), was sent to study at the Norilsk Industrial Institute, after which he entered the university. Novak combined his studies at the institute with work as a hydrometallurgist and then as a production technician at a plant.
After 5 years, Novak graduated with honors from the institute with a degree in “engineer-economist” (according to other sources, the specialty was called “economics and management in metallurgy”) and continued to work at the metallurgical plant, changing his work in the workshop to economic calculations.
In 2009, Novak graduated from the Faculty of Public Administration of Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov with a degree in management.
Start of a career
At the age of 24, Novak was appointed head of the plant's financial department. The general director of Norilsk Nickel at that time was Alexander Khloponin (since January 2010 he has been Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation). Apparently, it was not without his help that Novak made such a successful political career.
Three years after his appointment, another climb up the career ladder awaited him. This time he took the post of Deputy Director for Economics - Head of Department joint stock company. In addition to financial issues, he managed personnel movements at the enterprise.
The post of head of the social policy and personnel department at Norilsk Nickel in 1999-2000 was held by Olga Golodets (since May 2012 she has been Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation).
Transition to civil service
In the spring of 2000, Novak, according to media reports, “on the recommendation” of Alexander Khloponin, was approved for the post of deputy head of Norilsk to solve financial and economic problems. In the winter of the same year, Oleg Budargin (the current head of the city) appointed Alexander Novak as his first deputy.
In September 2002, early elections for the post of head of the region were held in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, in which Alexander Khloponin won. Novak after his election former leader moved to Krasnoyarsk for the post of governor and moved to the regional administration to the post of chief financial management administration.
He later took over as deputy governor, retaining leadership of the financial department. He was responsible for overseeing the formation and execution of the regional budget. Novak worked in this position until 2007.
The media noted that during this period the northern region solved the problems of the budget deficit and became one of the first subjects where the local budget began to be approved for three years at once. In June 2007, Novak took the post of deputy governor and began overseeing the economic sectors of the region.
In 2007, by order of the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexei Kudrin, Novak was thanked.
Moving to Moscow
At the age of 37, Novak was invited to Moscow to take the post of Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. At the Ministry of Finance, Novak was involved in the development and implementation of state support measures largest enterprises, affected by the economic crisis of 2008, and later - by assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of federal targeted programs, spending investment fund funds and other capital investments in all sectors (except for the social and defense sectors), participated in the development of infrastructure bonds.
In November 2008, Novak was included in the government commission on the development of the electric power industry, headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko.
In March 2009, Novak became a member of the government council for the development of pharmaceutical and medical industry, the head of which was also Sechin.
Minister of Energy
On May 21, 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Valentinovich Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation in the government headed by Dmitry Medvedev; At the same time, Novak’s former boss Golodets took the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation.
Information appeared in the media that the appointment of Novak, who replaced Sergei Shmatko as head of the department, was a surprise, since he was not associated with the energy sector. His appointment was also spoken of as the choice of an “equidistant figure”, which will allow the Ministry of Energy to “coordinate the often opposing interests of oil, gas and electric power industry workers.”
At various times, Novak served on the boards of directors of OJSC Krastsvetmet, United Aircraft Corporation, supervisory board state company"Russian highways". Colleagues described him as “polite, calm and reasonable”; they also wrote that the official is a “confident, stubborn, thoughtful person, takes the time to work, and is not afraid of authority.”
According to the anti-corruption declaration for 2016, Alexander Novak earned 17.1 million rubles, his wife – 337 thousand rubles. The Novak family's property includes a plot of land with an area of 1000 square meters, an apartment, 2 motorcycles, a Porsche Cayenne and a BMW X5.
Novak was awarded the Order of Honor (2010). He has certificates of honor from the Ministry of Economy (2000) and the Government of the Russian Federation (2009), a certificate from the President of the Russian Federation (2010) and a medal "For Merit in Conducting the All-Russian Agricultural Census of 2006" Federal service state statistics.
Personal life
The current Minister of Energy got married while still an employee of the Norilsk Metallurgical Plant. There he met his future wife, Larisa.
The couple has two daughters. It is known that the politician’s first daughter, Alina, was born in 1997. There is no information in open sources about Novak’s second daughter.
Alina Novak completed an internship at the Russian Embassy in Spain, is graduating from the International Law Faculty of MGIMO, and then plans to go abroad to study under the double degree program of her university.
Alexander Valentinovich Novak- Russian statesman, Minister of Energy since May 21, 2012.
Early years and education
Father - Valentin Yakovlevich Novak- worked on the construction of the Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant in Norilsk. First alone, and when his son Alexander turned 8 years old, he moved the whole family to Norilsk.
Mother - Zoya Nikolaevna - worked as an accountant at the same enterprise.
Alexander graduated from high school in 1988 with a silver medal. He was fond of basketball and played on the local youth basketball team.
After school, Novak entered the Norilsk Industrial Institute, but simultaneously with his studies, Alexander worked at the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant - first as a hydrometallurgical operator, then as a process technician and labor technician. In 1998, Alexander Novak received a diploma with honors as an engineer-economist. True, according to other sources, Novak has a different education, with a degree in economics and management in metallurgy, this is reported in his biography on the Find Out Everything website.
Career of Alexander Novak
While working at the plant, Alexander Novak was able to become the head of the plant’s financial department back in 1995, and then his successful career continued, he headed the accounting department. By the way, at that time the general director of Norilsk Nickel was Alexander Khloponin, who promoted Novak up the career ladder. Khloponin provided Novak with protection in 2000. At his “request,” Alexander Valentinovich Novak was appointed deputy head of Norilsk Oleg Budargin on financial and economic issues in May 2000, and in December Budargin made Alexander Novak his first deputy.
Novak’s biography reports that when Alexander Khloponin was elected head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory 2 years later, he appointed Alexander Valentinovich head of the financial department, and then head of the finance department, as well as deputy governor of the region.
Alexander Valentinovich Novak, in connection with his new appointment, moved to Krasnoyarsk, where he solved the problem of the budget deficit, at least he was given credit for this. The successful activities of the official did not go unnoticed. He was thanked by the then Minister of Finance Alexey Kudrin. In 2008, Alexander Valentinovich was appointed to the post of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance and moved to Moscow.
In the photo: Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Russian Deputy Finance Minister Alexander Novak (from left to right), 2009 (Photo: Stanislav)
At the same time, Novak worked as a member of government coordination commissions on energy issues, on the development and integration of the medical and pharmaceutical industries, headed by Igor Sechin, the head of Rosneft, who at that time was deputy chairman of the government.
Alexander Novak decided to continue his education and entered the Faculty of Public Administration at Moscow State University, specializing in management, from which he graduated in 2009.
At various times, Alexander Valentinovich Novak served on the boards of directors of OJSC Krastsvetmet, the United Aircraft Corporation, and on the supervisory board of the state company Russian Highways.
Alexander Novak as minister
In February 2012, Alexander Valentinovich Novak was included in the working group to prepare proposals for the formation of the Open Government system. On May 21 of the same year, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin appointed Novak Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation in a government headed by Dmitry Medvedev.
As minister, Alexander Novak did not spend the most positive period for the Russian economy, in particular due to the fall in oil prices. In January 2016, Alexander Valentinovich noted that for Russian oil companies the most critical price level is the cost of production, which in the Russian Federation is equal to 5-15 dollars per barrel.
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak noted that the price reduction is critical, first of all, for budget revenues. Speaking about whether the price per barrel could drop to $10, Novak emphasized that this is unlikely, but “the bottom could be anything in the short term.”
In the fall of 2016, the Russian Federation and Saudi Arabia, on the sidelines of the G20 summit, which was held in Hangzhou, China, signed a joint statement in order to stabilize the oil market. The statement was signed by the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and the Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources of Saudi Arabia Khalid Al-Falih. The ministers agreed to continue consultations on the situation on the oil market and create a joint monitoring working group that will monitor fundamental indicators of the oil market and develop recommendations on measures and joint actions to ensure stability and predictability of the market.
In the fall of 2016, Alexander Novak made a positive forecast for oil prices for 2017, noting that this cost per barrel, taking into account current market conditions, can be called investment-attractive for balancing the market. Novak also noted that the Russian Federation supports an exception to the production freeze for Iran, Nigeria and Libya.
Alexander Novak and Minister of Energy and natural resources Turkey Berat Albayrak signed an intergovernmental agreement on the construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline on October 10, 2016 in Istanbul. The agreement provides for the construction of two lines of the main pipeline along the bottom of the Black Sea to the European part of Turkey and further to the border with Greece.
In the photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (from left to right in the background) at the ceremony of signing an intergovernmental agreement on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline project. Left: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak; on the right is Turkey's Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak (Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS)
At the end of 2016, OPEC countries, for the first time in the last 8 years, agreed to reduce oil production by a total of 1.2 million barrels per day - to approximately 32.5 million. The deal was supported by 11 participants in the ministerial meeting, two more were released from it, and one, Indonesia, decided to suspend membership in OPEC. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak also expressed his intention to support the agreement, who, while in Moscow, received a proposal to limit production by 300 thousand barrels.
In March 2017, Alexander Novak said that Russia had reduced oil production as part of an agreement with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) by 200 thousand barrels per day.
At the end of 2017, Alexander Novak announced that Russia intends to build modern nuclear power units. According to him, nuclear energy is one of the key industries in the Russian fuel and energy complex.
In the new government of Dmitry Medvedev, formed after the 2018 presidential elections, Alexander Valentinovich Novak retained the post of head of the Ministry of Energy.
Ukrainian gas issue
As Minister of Energy, Alexander Novak spent a lot of time in difficult negotiations on the Ukrainian issue of gas transit and purchase. “Gas wars” between Russia and Ukraine continued for years, and the situation became especially difficult after Euromaidan, when Kyiv stopped paying for gas. Then Vladimir Putin said that Gazprom would “supply gas only in those volumes that will be paid by the Ukrainian side a month in advance. What they pay is what they get.”
On June 16, due to regular non-payments by Naftogaz of Ukraine, Gazprom introduced a prepayment regime for gas supplies for Ukraine. In addition, Gazprom submitted to the Stockholm arbitration court a claim against the Ukrainian government for a total amount of about $4.5 billion. Dmitry Medvedev, commenting on the news that Russia will supply gas to Ukraine only after advance payment and repayment of all debts, wrote: “The freebie is over.”
On October 31, 2014, gas negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine-EU format ended in Brussels. A tripartite agreement was signed, which fixed the plan for gas supplies during the winter period. The first part was signed by the President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, Vice-President of the European Commission Gunter Oettinger, Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Alexander Novak and Head of the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine Yuri Prodan, the second document was signed by the heads of Gazprom and Naftogaz.
“We, citizens of Europe, can say that gas supplies are secure this winter, we have achieved a breakthrough. Everyone benefited from this, especially EU citizens. The transit function of Ukraine will continue to be implemented. Countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary will receive sufficient volumes of gas,” said Günter Oettinger.
The European Commissioner for Energy also confirmed the points reached earlier, in particular, the $100 discount from the Russian Federation and Ukraine’s obligations to pay $3.1 billion of its debt. At the same time, until March 2015, as reported in the news, Ukraine could buy gas on an advance payment basis at a price of $385 per thousand cubic meters. meters of gas or lower, according to the calculation formula. It was noted that the key issue of the negotiations on October 30 was financial guarantees from the European Commission for payment by Kiev for Russian gas supplies.
In April 2015, Gazprom and Naftogaz signed an agreement on gas supplies in the second quarter of 2015.
In 2015, Gazprom filed a lawsuit against Naftogaz, demanding to recover from the company a fee for the shortfall in contract volumes of gas in 2012-2013, which it had to pay according to the take-or-pay rule (“take or pay”, annual payment minimum annual amount of fuel). Naftogaz, in turn, demanded a review of pricing, which it considered non-market. In September 2015, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak announced on the Rossiya 24 TV channel that Russia was ready to provide Ukraine with a discount on gas in the fourth quarter. In the fall of 2015, Russia again provided Ukraine with a discount on gas.
As the Deputy Head of the European Commission (EC) for Energy Union Affairs said Maros Šefčović, the “winter package” of documents, in addition to the trilateral protocol, included an additional contract between Gazprom and Naftogaz.
At the same time, Alexander Novak discussed complex issues of the energy bridge to Crimea and the situation in Donbass. On December 3, 2015, Novak stated that he was confident in the safety of the energy bridge connecting mainland Russia with Crimea. On December 5, Novak, answering the question whether gas should be cut off to Ukraine “in retaliation” for blowing up power lines for Crimea, emphasized: “In no case should we question the reliability and security of our supplies to our European consumers, first of all.” According to Alexander Novak, Russia will under no circumstances cut off gas to Ukraine, putting its transit to Europe at risk.
In the photo: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuri Prodan (from left to right in the foreground), Chairman of the Board of Gazprom Alexey Miller, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Shefcovic and Chairman of the Board of NJSC Naftogaz Andrey Kobelev (from left to right in the background) after signing an agreement on the supply of Russian gas to Ukraine (Photo: AR/TASS)
On May 31, 2017, the Stockholm Arbitration Court issued an interim decision in the dispute between Gazprom and Naftogaz regarding the contract for gas supplies to Ukraine. On February 28, 2018, the Stockholm Arbitration Court announced a decision on the transit claim of Naftogaz against Gazprom. It was ruled in favor Ukrainian company and ordered the Russian gas giant to pay Naftogaz $2.56 billion.
At the same time, Naftogaz demanded even more - $17 billion. Gazprom does not agree with the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court, accusing it of violating Swedish law governing the contract with Naftogaz. Gazprom promised to protect its rights “by all means” that do not contradict the law. According to Alexander Novak, the Stockholm Arbitration Court made a strange decision, ordering Gazprom to compensate the Ukrainian side for the short supply of gas transit, but at the same time, Naftogaz does not need to compensate for the short order in accordance with the contract.
Family of Alexander Novak
From his biography on Wikipedia it is known that Alexander Valentinovich Novak is married. Together with his wife Larisa, he is raising two daughters.
Income of Alexander Novak
In the photo: Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak and his daughter, debutante of the Tatler magazine ball Alina Novak (left) at the Tatler magazine debutante ball in the column hall of the House of Unions/ Daughter of the Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak, debutant of the Tatler magazine ball Alina Novak (Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofiev/TASS )
In the 2017 declaration, Alexander Novak had an income of 16,303,693.24 rubles. Novak's wife earned 3,268,287.43 rubles. The family's real estate includes a plot of land (1000 sq. m), an apartment, and a dacha. From vehicles— BMW K 1200 LT motorcycle, BMW K 1600 GTL motorcycle, Lexus RX car, BMW X5 car.
Novak Alexander ValentinovichNovak Alexander Valentinovich- Minister of Energy (2012 - present), former deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation (2008-2012), former first deputy governor - Chairman of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory (2008).
Novak Alexander Valentinovich - b. August 23, 1971 in the city of Avdeevka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian SSR.
In 1993 he graduated with honors from the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a degree in economic engineering.
He started working while studying at the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant of JSC Norilsk Combine. After graduating from the institute, he remained to work there as an economist.
February 1, 2010" United Russia"presented to the president a list of candidates for the post of governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, which became vacant after the appointment of A. Khloponin as Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus. It included the chairman of the regional government Edkham Akbulatov and two former first deputies of Khloponin - Lev Kuznetsov and Novak. Medvedev appointed L. Kuznetsov.
Alexander Novak acts as the founder of the following structures:
1. Main Financial Directorate of the Administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory;
Reference: Main Financial Directorate of the Administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, registered on July 10, 1991 at the address: Krasnoyarsk, ave. Mira 103.
INN 2460001014;
OGRN 1022401795250.
The main type of activity declared during registration according to OKVED: Activities of government bodies of the constituent entities (republics, territories, regions), except for the judiciary, representative offices of the constituent entities Russian Federation under the President of the Russian Federation.
The director was Alexander Valentinovich Novak.
Currently, the Main Financial Directorate of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Administration does not conduct actual activities.
2. ROO "ZFB";
Information: The regional public organization "Polar Basketball Federation" of the Krasnoyarsk Territory was registered on 04/03/2000 at the address: Krasnoyarsk Territory, Norilsk, Komsomolskaya st. 4.
INN 2457047259;
OGRN 1022400005760.
The Chairman of the Board spoke Sergey Aleksandrovich Lysenko.
The founders of the RPO “ZFB” were three individuals:
Novak Alexander Valentinovich;
Stepanenko Andrey Alexandrovich;
Yurchenko Yuri Georgievich.
4. KROOO "Volnoye" economic society Russia";
Reference: Krasnoyarsk regional branch of the public organization “Free Economic Society of Russia”, registered on July 28, 2005 at the address: Krasnoyarsk, st. Uritsky 61.
INN 2466130739;
OGRN 1052400033124.
The main type of activity declared during registration under OKVED: Other activities public organizations, not included in other groups.
The chairman was Edkham Shukrievich Akbulatov.
No authorized capital is provided.
The founders of the KROOO “Free Economic Society of Russia”, in addition to A. V. Novak, were thirteen more individuals.
5. « Charitable Foundation revival of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the city of Krasnoyarsk."
Reference: Non-profit organization“The Charitable Foundation for the Revival of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the City of Krasnoyarsk”, registered on December 3, 2007 at the address: Krasnoyarsk, st. Republic 51.
INN 2460085550;
OGRN 1072400004225.
The main type of activity declared during registration under OKVED: Providing social services without accommodation.
The president of the fund was Boris Nikolaevich Zolotarev.
The founders of the “Charity Fund for the Revival of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God in the city of Krasnoyarsk,” in addition to Novak A.V., were the Krasnoyarsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church and fourteen individuals.
Currently, the non-profit organization “Charity Fund for the Revival of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Krasnoyarsk” does not conduct actual activities.
Budargin Oleg Mikhailovich, born November 16, 1960, Chairman of the Board of JSC FGC UES. Novak was his deputy as mayor of Norilsk. At the mayor's office, Novak oversaw financial and economic issues, and was actually responsible for transactions of budget funds, including “gray” ones. Novak's appointment as energy minister reportedly gave Budargin a "feeling of satisfaction."
Golodets Olga Yurievna, born 06/01/1962, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. As his immediate superior, she worked closely with Novak, holding the position of head of the social policy and personnel department of the Norilsk Nickel corporation. Describes Novak as “an intelligent and very talented young man.”
Tomenko Viktor Petrovich, born May 12, 1971, Chairman of the Government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. He was Novak's classmate and classmate. They worked together at the Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant. According to some information, they jointly implemented some “gray” tax evasion schemes. Currently they continue to maintain friendly relations.
Khloponin Alexander Gennadievich, born 03/06/1965, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the North Caucasus Federal District. Novak is his creature. So, he owes all his major posts to Khloponin. Novak is also considered Khloponin’s “personal accountant”.
Alexander Novak lived in Norilsk from early childhood, where his parents moved for the construction of the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant. In this city, Novak graduated from school and the Norilsk Industrial Institute with a silver medal. According to available information, at that time he had no serious ambitions, and did not particularly stand out among his classmates.
After graduating from university, Novak began working in the labor and wages bureau of the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, which became part of the Norilsk Nickel concern. Subsequently, he took part in the implementation of a number of tax evasion schemes, as a result of which he came to the attention of Khloponin. Further, it was thanks to Khloponin that Novak’s career took off.
So, Khloponin initially placed Novak in the administration of the city of Norilsk to Oleg Budargin, and then took him to the administration of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In it, Novak coordinated the provision of financial discipline, and also supervised the formation and execution of the regional budget. As first deputy governor, Novak became responsible for the economy of the region and its socio-economic development. However, he still did not play an independent role, acting exclusively on Khloponin’s instructions and “translating his will.”
Alexander Novak was invited to Moscow for the post of Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Alexey Kudrin, who needed a “neutral person” in the department to oversee the expenditure of federal funds to support the largest manufacturers. Novak, whom Khloponin recommended, practically met these requirements.
In the position of Deputy Minister, Novak established himself exclusively as a technical executive without political ambitions. In February 2010, the issue of appointing him governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory was considered, however, his candidacy was not approved as a result of hardware confrontation between the largest oil and gas players in the Russian market.
At the same time, Novak’s “neutrality” later on, on the contrary, contributed to his appointment to the post of Minister of Energy. Its equidistance from the main players in the energy market suited all interested parties. At the same time, it is known that the energy industry remains under real control Igor Sechin and a few more major players, and the minister plays in it, as a rule, an exclusively “technical” role.
Alexander Valentinovich Novak was born on August 23, 1971 in the city of Avdeevka, Donetsk region, Ukrainian SSR. In 1979, Alexander’s father Valentin Yakovlevich Novak, who worked on the construction of the Nadezhdinsky Metallurgical Plant in Norilsk, moved his family there and subsequently worked at the plant as an electrician, and Alexander’s mother Zoya Nikolaevna got a job at the same enterprise as an accountant.
Novak studied at school No. 23 in Norilsk in the same class with Viktor Tomenko, who later, in December 2011, headed the government of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. While attending school, he played on the local youth basketball team. In 1988, Novak graduated from school with a silver medal.
In 1988, Novak, turning to the director of the Nadezhdinsky plant, Yuri Filippov, was sent to study at the Norilsk Industrial Institute, after which he entered the university. Simultaneously with his studies, Novak worked at the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant in 1988 - first as a hydrometallurgist operator, and later as a process technician and labor technician. Novak graduated from the Institute in 1993, receiving a diploma with honors in the specialty “engineer-economist” (according to other sources, in the specialty “economics and management in metallurgy”), after which he continued to work at the plant - already as an economist.
In 1995, Novak became the head of the financial bureau of the Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant, which at that time belonged to JSC Norilsk Combine, which in turn was part of the RAO Norilsk Nickel concern. In 1997, he received the position of head of the settlement operations department (according to other sources, head of the financial accounting bureau) of Norilsk Combine JSC, and then, in the same year, headed the tax planning department of the JSC management.
In 1999-2000, Novak was deputy director for economics - head of the labor and wage organization department of OJSC Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant named after A.P. Zavenyagin. In 2000, he became deputy director for personnel and head of the labor organization and wages department of OJSC Norilsk Mining and Metallurgical Plant (according to other sources, OJSC Norilsk Mining Company). The post of head of the social policy and personnel department at Norilsk Nickel in 1999-2000 was held by Olga Golodets.
In May 2000, Novak, as the media noted, “at the request” of Alexander Khloponin, who headed Norilsk Nickel OJSC in 1996-2001, was appointed deputy head of Norilsk Oleg Budargin for financial and economic issues. In December 2000, Budargin appointed Novak as his first deputy.
In the fall of 2002, Khloponin was elected governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. In October of the same year, he appointed Novak as acting head of the financial department of the regional administration, and later as head of the department, head of the finance department of the Krasnoyarsk Territory administration. In 2003, Novak, while remaining head of the financial department, received the post of deputy governor. In these positions, Novak coordinated the provision of financial discipline, as well as issues of the formation and execution of the regional budget. The press noted that during this period the Krasnoyarsk Territory solved the problems of the budget deficit and was one of the first to become one of the regions “where they began to approve a local budget for three years at once.” In June 2007, Novak was appointed first deputy governor, in charge of the functioning of sectors of the region's economic complex and issues of economic and social development of the region, instead of Lev Kuznetsov, who had left this post. In the same year, by order of the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, Alexei Kudrin, Novak was thanked.
In July 2008, Novak, while remaining first deputy governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Khloponin, was appointed chairman of the regional government.
In September 2008, it became known that Novak had been invited to become Kudrin's deputy finance minister; he received the position at the end of that month. In October of the same year, Novak joined the ministry board. At the Ministry of Finance, Novak was involved in the development and implementation of state support measures for the largest enterprises affected by the economic crisis of 2008, and later - in assessing the effectiveness of the implementation of federal target programs, spending funds from the investment fund and other capital investments in all sectors (with the exception of the social and defense sectors), participated in the development of infrastructure bonds.
On November 5, 2008, Novak was included in the government commission on the development of the electric power industry, which was headed by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin (chairman of the commission) and Minister of Energy Sergei Shmatko (deputy chairman of the commission). In March 2009, Novak became a member of the government council for the development of the pharmaceutical and medical industry, of which Sechin also became the head.
While working at the Ministry of Finance, in 2009 Novak graduated from Moscow state university, having received a diploma in management.
In February 2010, after Khloponin was appointed deputy prime minister and presidential representative in the North Caucasus district, the chairman of the supreme council of the ruling United Russia party, Boris Gryzlov, proposed to President Dmitry Medvedev the candidacies of Novak, Kuznetsov and the acting governor for the post of head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Edham Akbulatov. As a result, Kuznetsov’s candidacy received presidential approval, and he was confirmed in office the same month.
In February 2012, Novak was included in the working group to prepare proposals for the formation of the Open Government system. On May 21 of the same year, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Novak Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation in the government headed by Dmitry Medvedev; At the same time, Novak’s former boss Golodets took the post of Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. The press reported that the appointment of Novak, who replaced Sergei Shmatko as head of the department, came as a surprise, since he was not associated with the energy sector. His appointment was also spoken of as the choice of an “equidistant figure”, which would allow the Ministry of Energy to “coordinate the often opposing interests of oil, gas and electric power industry workers.”
At various times, Novak served on the boards of directors of OJSC Krastsvetmet, the United Aircraft Corporation, and on the supervisory board of the state company Russian Highways. Colleagues described him as "polite, calm and reasonable"; they also wrote that the official is a “confident, stubborn, thoughtful person, takes the time to work, and is not afraid of authority.”
Novak was awarded the Order of Honor (2010). He has certificates of honor from the Ministry of Economy (2000) and the Government of the Russian Federation (2009), a certificate from the President of the Russian Federation (2010) and a medal "For merits in conducting the All-Russian Agricultural Census 2006" of the Federal State Statistics Service (2006).
Novak is married. He met his wife Larisa at the Nadezhdinsky plant, and in 1997 their daughter Alina was born. The press also mentioned Alexander Novak’s sister Marina, who, as of 2012, worked in one of the most expensive Sochi hotels, RODINA Grand Hotel & SPA, owned by Oleg Deripaska. According to information from 2012, Novak’s parents lived with his sister in Sochi.
Novak's income, according to the declaration for 2011, was 11.8 million rubles, and his wife - 2.8 million rubles.
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Victor Tsvetkov 30.11.2014 07:48:43
They put BARANOV in charge of the industries. Who is the newbie? no one. Stump, who was appointed to destroy the ENERGY SECTOR of Russia, which is already on its last legs. It has nothing to do with the energy sector at all. It has become fashionable to appoint managers who don’t know a damn thing about the business they are assigned to. Poor Russia. How they rape it!!
