(15.03.1949–20.07.2005)
Failed successor to President B. N. Yeltsin. First
Deputy Prime Minister in the government of V.V. Putin (08/19/1999–01/10/2000), Deputy Prime Minister
government during the performance of V.V. Putin’s duties as President of the Russian Federation,
Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation in the first presidential term of V.V. Putin (10.01.
2000– 03.01.2002).
Born in the village. Novoaleksandrovka Bolotninsky district
Novosibirsk region. Educated at the Novosibirsk Institute of Engineers
railway transport (1972) and at the Academy of National Economy under the Council
Ministers of the USSR (1990). During Soviet times, he worked in various positions at
East Siberian and South-Eastern Railways. Since 1984
Deputy Head of the Murmansk Department, 1985–1986 boss
Leningrad-Finland branch of the October Railway. IN
1986–1992 deputy head, chief economist, first
Deputy Head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. Since 1994 Deputy,
in 1996–1997 First Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. Minister
communication routes of the Russian Federation in governments V. S. Chernomyrdina, S. V. Kiriyenko(May – August 1998), E. M. Primakova(September 1998 – May 1999).
Included in the “premier card index” of President B. N. Yeltsin, among others
candidates for the post of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation after the resignation of the government
E. M. Primakov in May 1999. However, B. N. Yeltsin kept him only in the role
a good substitute player: “Aksenenko seems to be suitable in all respects.
Decisive, firm, charming, knows how to talk to people, has been through a long
labor path, rose, as they say, from the ground. A strong leader. However
The Duma initially treats him with hostility and greets him with hostility. this one good
option to anger and irritate the Duma in advance. Prepare her for
confrontation. And then give her a completely different candidate. But who? Stepashina or Putin? Putin or Stepashin? ( Yeltsin B. N. Presidential Marathon.
M., 2000. P. 311). In May 1999, N. E. Aksenenko received the status of the first
Deputy Prime Minister in the government of S.V. Stepashin due to the fact that
President B. N. Yeltsin considered the possibility of using a semi-closed
budget of the Ministry of Railways for the presidential election
campaign of the candidate from the “party in power”. But then the situation changed: V.V.
Putin turned out to be able to win the elections even without large-scale
election spending related to budget populism, and N. E. Aksenenko returned
for a ministerial post. While working in the government of S.V. Stepashin, he demonstrated
your independence. In the interview he emphasized his own special opinion, which
did not coincide with the opinion of S.V. Stepashin. Had the image of a man of the “family” B.N.
Yeltsin, whose representatives V.V. Putin began to feel burdened by. Some
time after V.V. Putin’s victory in the presidential elections continued to lead
railway department, because the new head of state did not have
a person close to him for the role of head of the Ministry of Railways. N. E. Aksenenko tried
to assure V.V. Putin in every possible way of his loyalty, hoping that this move
might work. In September and October 2001, he received calls to the General
prosecutor's office, but did not appear there. At the end of October of the same year he arrived at
The Prosecutor General's Office, where he was charged with abuse of power
powers that brought major damage to the state. Immediately after returning from
The Prosecutor General's Office convened a press conference at which he denied the allegations
accusations against him and promised to appeal to President V.V. Putin. However, V.V. Putin
he was not accepted, and N. E. Aksenenko resigned from the post of Minister of Railways
messages. 01/03/2002 relieved of duty. In October 2003
a criminal case against N.E. approved by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation.
Aksenenko was sent to court. The trial did not take place due to
departure of N. E. Aksenenko for treatment abroad. According to the press, he flew to
Europe by private jet. Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland III
degrees (1999). Spouse - wife's sister G. M. Fadeeva, predecessor and
successor N. E. Aksenenko as Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. N. E. Aksenenko Excellent definition
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I want to dwell on the personality of the Russian statesman, railway transport engineer Nikolai Emelyanovich Aksenenko. In the recent past, he held the posts of First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Railways of Russia.
Many considered him a competitor to V.V. Putin for the favor of the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin in the last months of the latter’s reign. Nikolai Aksenenko was a good railway worker and served as Minister of Railways. But at the same time, he was also a prominent national figure, appointed to the post of First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Government. After V. Putin, a representative of the KGB, a suspicious person who was very afraid of competition, came to power, Aksenenko lost the post of Deputy Prime Minister, remaining the Minister of Railways. But Nikolai Aksenenko’s misadventures did not end there: in 2001, a criminal case was unexpectedly opened against him, and in 2002 he was actually removed from the post of minister. The persecution, behind which the hand of Putin and his KGB gang was clearly visible, continued actively. He did not admit the charges against himself, rightly considering them politically motivated. This affected Nikolai Aksenenko’s health and he became seriously ill. He died in 2005 in Germany, where he was undergoing treatment, and was buried in the Nikolskoye cemetery in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg.
The article provides biographical information about N. E. Aksenenko and information about his grave.
Biography:
AKSENENKO Nikolai Emelyanovich.
Born March 15, 1949 in the village of Novoaleksandrovka, Bolotninsky district, Novosibirsk region. He received his education at the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers (1972) and at the Academy of National Economy under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1990). During Soviet times, he worked in various positions at the East Siberian and South-Eastern Railways. From 1984 - deputy head of the Murmansk branch, in 1985-1986 - head of the Leningrad-Finland branch of the October Railway. In 1986-1992 – deputy head, chief economist, first deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. Since 1994 - Deputy, in 1996-1997 First Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation in the governments of V. S. Chernomyrdin, S. V. Kiriyenko (May - August 1998), E. M. Primakov (September 1998 - May 1999). He was included in President B. N. Yeltsin’s “premier card index” among other candidates for the post of Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation after the resignation of E. M. Primakov in May 1999. However, B. N. Yeltsin kept him only in the role of a good reserve player: “Aksenenko seems to would fit in all respects. Decisive, firm, charming, knows how to talk to people, has gone through a long career, rose from the ground, as they say. A strong leader. However, the Duma initially treats him with hostility and greets him with hostility. This is a good option to anger and irritate the Duma in advance. Prepare her for confrontation. And then give her another candidate. But who? Stepashin or Putin? ( Yeltsin B. N. Presidential marathon. M.: 2000. P. 311). In May 1999, he received the status of first deputy prime minister in the government of S.V. Stepashin due to the fact that President B.N. Yeltsin was considering the possibility of using the semi-closed budget of the Ministry of Railways to conduct the presidential election campaign of the candidate from the “party in power.” But then the situation changed and N. E. Aksenenko returned to his ministerial post. Working in the government of S.V. Stepashin, he demonstrated his independence. In the interview, he emphasized his own special opinion, which did not coincide with the opinion of S.V. Stepashin. The image was of a man of the “family” of B. N. Yeltsin, whose representatives V. V. Putin began to feel burdened by. For some time after V.V. Putin’s victory in the presidential elections, he continued to head the railway department, because the new head of state did not have a person close to him for the role of head of the Ministry of Railways. N. E. Aksenenko tried to assure V. V. Putin of his loyalty, hoping that this move could work. In September and October 2001, he received summonses to the Prosecutor General's Office, but did not appear there. At the end of October of the same year, he arrived before the Prosecutor General, where he was charged with abuse of power, which caused major damage to the state. Immediately after returning from the Prosecutor General's Office, he convened a press conference at which he denied the charges against him and promised to appeal to President V.V. Putin. However, V.V. Putin did not accept him, and N.E. Aksenenko resigned from the post of Minister of Railways. On January 3, 2002, he was relieved of his post. In October 2003, the criminal case against N. E. Aksenenko, approved by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, was sent to court. The trial did not take place due to the departure of N. E. Aksenenko for treatment abroad. Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (1999). The wife is the sister of the wife of G. M. Fadeev, predecessor and successor of N. E. Aksenenko as Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. N. E. Aksenenko did not plead guilty, considering the charges “politically motivated.” Died July 20, 2005 in Munich, at the Gross Hadern University Clinic for blood leukemia. Over the course of two years of treatment, he underwent several operations; he was twice transplanted with internal organs and bone marrow, the donor of which was his son. According to many people who knew N. E. Aksenenko well, the cause of severe cancer was deep experiences that reduced general immunity and weakened the protection of internal organs. He was buried in St. Petersburg, at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, not far from the graves of former mayor A. A. Sobchak and State Duma deputy of the second convocation G. V. Starovoitova.
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Grave:
Nikolai Emelyanovich Aksenenko died on July 20, 2005 in the city of Munich, Germany.
Buried on Nikolskoye Cemetery V Alexander Nevsky Lavra in the city Saint Petersburg. Grave on fourth section.
Izyaslav Tveretsky
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August 2010.
Nikolay Aksenenko photography
Son - Rustam Nikolaevich Aksyonenko (born July 29, 1974) - graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering and Economics and Westber University in Geneva. Economist, shareholder of various transport companies. Founder of the private investment company Finartis. Lives in Switzerland. In 2005, he received Estonian citizenship for special services to the country.
Daughter - Olesya Nikolaevna Aksyonenko (born in 1977) - graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering and Economics and studied in the UK.
Born on March 15, 1949 in the village of Novoaleksandrovka, Bolotninsky district, Novosibirsk region, in the family of an assistant driver. Aksyonenko’s mother took care of the house. Nikolai was the youngest, 13th child. In 1951, the family moved to Moshkovo.
I went to school at the age of six, because by that time I could read and write well. In his youth he was involved in heavyweight boxing and football.
After graduating from school in 1966, he tried to enter the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute, but did not pass the entrance tests. For a year he worked as a fitter at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after Chkalov. In 1967, he entered the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with a degree in “transport engineer for the operation of railways.” At the institute he oversaw sports activities for the masses, and there he met his future wife.
In 1969 he joined the CPSU.
Work on the railway
In 1972, he graduated from the institute and went to work as a duty officer at the Vikhorevka and Nizhneudinsk stations of the East Siberian Railway.
In 1974, he was appointed head of the Azey station of the East Siberian Railway.
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From 1978 to 1979 - deputy head of the Otrozhka station of the South-Eastern Railway.
Since 1979, he worked as deputy head, later as head of the traffic department of the Voronezh branch of the South-Eastern Railway, and deputy head of the traffic service of the same road.
In 1984, he transferred to the Oktyabrskaya Railway, where he held the positions of deputy head of the Murmansk branch (until 1985), head of the Leningrad-Finland branch (until 1986), deputy head of the road (from 1986 to 1991), chief economist, first deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya railway.
in 1990 he graduated from the Academy of National Economy.
Work at the Ministry of Railways
In 1994-1996, he served as Deputy Minister, from 1996 - First Deputy Minister, and from April 15, 1997 - Minister of Railways of Russia. During his work, a commission for regulating tariffs was created, the railway in Chechnya was completed, transit communication through the territory of Russia was established, and the telecommunications company TransTeleCom was created. In 1998, a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation approved the “Concept of structural reform of federal railway transport,” which identified the main tasks and goals of restructuring the industry.
Appointment as Deputy Prime Minister
On May 19, 1999, Aksenenko was appointed First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation as part of the cabinet of Sergei Stepashin. Previously, Boris Yeltsin was considered by Boris Yeltsin as a candidate for the prime minister's post, which Duma Speaker Gennady Seleznev managed to announce publicly, but ultimately Stepashin's candidacy was submitted to the Duma.
Simultaneously with his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Railways was relieved of his post.
On September 16, 1999, he was reappointed Minister of Railways in the cabinet of Vladimir Putin, retaining the position of First Deputy Prime Minister.
From May 31, 1999 to January 18, 2000, he headed the Russian Government Commission on Operational Issues.
In September 1999, he acted as Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation during Vladimir Putin's trip to New Zealand.
On January 10, 2000, 10 days after the resignation of Boris Yeltsin, he left the post of Deputy Prime Minister, remaining only as a minister. According to some sources, he was offered to remain in only one of his positions, and he chose the ministerial one.
Criminal case
On October 19, 2001, Aksyonenko was summoned to the Prosecutor General's Office, where he was charged with abuse of power and misuse of profits from railway enterprises.
Aksyonenko’s case is based on an audit by the Accounts Chamber, the results of which were made public in June 2001. According to auditors, the management of the Ministry of Railways diverted money from the ministry’s investment program in order to buy apartments for themselves at $400-800 thousand. Also, according to the Accounts Chamber, a considerable part of the industry’s balance sheet profits ended up in the accounts of numerous trust funds; Some of the violations were related to the activities of railway state unitary enterprises.
On October 23, the Prosecutor General's Office changed paragraph 2 to paragraph 3 of Article 286 in its indictment, and the new charge also contained paragraph 3 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Two days later, Aksyonenko took leave until December 7.
On October 31, representatives of the Prosecutor General’s Office reported that as a result of Aksyonenko’s illegal actions, the state suffered damage of more than 11 billion rubles.
On January 3, 2002, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, during a meeting with President Putin, made a proposal to relieve Aksyonenko from the post of Minister of Railways. On the same day, the president signed a corresponding decree, and Aksyonenko, in turn, himself submitted his resignation from the post of minister, motivating his actions by the fact that his resignation would create more favorable conditions for the work of the industry. He also stated that he was morally responsible for the problems that arose in his area of responsibility.
On October 6, 2003, Aksyonenko’s lawyer Galina Krylova petitioned the Prosecutor General’s Office to grant her client permission to temporarily leave Russia to undergo examination and treatment in one of the foreign clinics (Aksyonenko suffered from blood leukemia). Three days later, his recognizance order was removed and he was allowed to travel abroad, but “in exchange” he signed a protocol of refusal to further familiarize himself with the case.
On October 13, 2003, the Prosecutor General's Office transferred the case against Aksyonenko to court. However, no legal proceedings were actually carried out.
On April 15, 2005, the Presidium of the Supreme Court ordered the Presidium of the Moscow City Court to “initiate supervisory proceedings.” But this decision was not made.
Death
Nikolai Aksyonenko died on July 20, 2005 at the Gross Hadern Clinic in Munich from leukemia. He was buried in St. Petersburg at the Nikolskoye cemetery of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
Perpetuation of memory
In 2006, the station square of the Moshkovo station on the Trans-Siberian Railway was named after N. E. Aksenenko.
A traffic safety laboratory named after N. E. Aksenenko has been opened at the Siberian University of Transport.
Former Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation (April 1997 - January 2002); born March 15, 1949 in the village. Novoaleksandrovka, Bolotninsky district, Novosibirsk region; graduated from the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with a degree in “transport engineer for the operation of railways” in 1972, the Academy of National Economy under the Council of Ministers of the USSR in 1990; began his career in 1966 as a fitter at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant; 1972-1978 - station duty officer, station manager on the East Siberian Railway; 1978-1984 - deputy head of the station, head of the traffic department, deputy head of the Voronezh branch of the South-Eastern Railway; in 1984 - deputy head of the Murmansk branch, 1985-1986 - head of the Leningrad-Finland branch of the October Railway; 1986-1992 - deputy head, chief economist, first deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway; since 1994 - Deputy, 1996-1997 - First Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation; from April 1997, he served as Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation, was appointed minister in the cabinet of V. Chernomyrdin, and held this post in the cabinets of S. Kiriyenko (May-August 1998) and E. Primakov (September 1998 - May 1999); from May 1999 - First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation, took this post as part of the cabinet of S. Stepashin and retained it during the formation of the cabinet of V. Putin (August 1999); in September 1999, while retaining the post of First Deputy Prime Minister, he was again appointed Minister of Railways; in January 2000, the acting President of the Russian Federation V. Putin was relieved of his duties as First Deputy Prime Minister; January-May 2000 - Minister of Railways, re-appointed to this position in May 2000 as part of the government of M. Kasyanov; resigned and was relieved of his position as minister on January 3, 2002; was a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation from June 1999 to February 2000; since August 1999 - Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Union of Belarus and Russia; awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree; married, has two children.
As Rossiyskaya Gazeta noted (01/04/2002) in connection with the resignation of N. Aksenenko from the post of minister, on the eve of the decision, the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation M. Kasyanov held a meeting with the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation V. Ustinov, at which the preliminary results were discussed inspections of the economic activities of the Ministry of Railways, which since the fall of 2001 were carried out by the Prosecutor General's Office on the recommendation of the Accounts Chamber, during which economic violations were revealed.
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03/15/1949). First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation in the government of S.V. Stepashin from 05/12/1999 to 08/09/1999; First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation in the government of V.V. Putin from 08/19/1999 to 09/16/1999, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation in the government of V.V. Putin from 09/16/1999 until January 10, 2000; Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation in the governments of V. S. Chernomyrdin, S. V. Kiriyenko, E. M. Primakov from 04/14/1997 to 05/12/1999, in the government of M. M. Kasyanov from 01/10/2000 to 01/03/2002 Born in the village of Novoaleksandrovka, Bolotninsky district, Novosibirsk region. He was the thirteenth and youngest child in the family. The difference between him and his older brother was 24 years. My father worked as a locomotive operator on the railway. After graduating from high school in 1966, he went to Novosibirsk and until 1967 worked as a fitter at the aircraft plant named after V.P. Chkalov. He received his education at the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers, specializing as a communications engineer for the operation of railways (1972), and at the Academy of National Economy under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (1990). While studying at the institute, taking an exam in the subject “Organization of train traffic,” the professor doubted whether to give an A or a B. He looked at the student and said: “You can’t give you a B, you’ll become the Minister of Railways.” He was ambitious and always led the way. Almost two meters tall, broad at the shoulders, he was involved in boxing, football and hockey. After graduating from the institute, they stayed in graduate school, but departmental science did not appeal to me. Since 1972 he worked as a duty officer at the Vikharevka station, and since 1974 as a station manager at Azey, Nizhneudinskaya East Siberian Railway (Irkutsk region). Since 1978, deputy head of the Otrozhka station of the South-Eastern Railway (Voronezh region). Since 1979, deputy head of the traffic department, head of the traffic department - deputy head of the Voronezh branch of the South-Eastern Railway. In 1984 he moved to the Oktyabrskaya Railway, where he worked as deputy head of the Murmansk branch, and from 1985 as head of the Leningrad-Finland branch. Since 1986, deputy head, since 1991, chief economist - deputy head, since 1992, first deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. Since 1994, Deputy, since November 13, 1996, First Deputy Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. Oversaw passenger transportation issues. Since April 14, 1997, Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. Nominated for this post on the recommendation of A. B. Chubais and B. E. Nemtsov. He replaced A. A. Zaitsev in this position, who refused to divide the unified railways into several independent sections. Conducted a radical reform of his industry. He removed all railway hospitals, clinics, and sanatoriums from the balance sheet. I gave up offsetting and started working with real money. According to B. E. Nemtsov, N. E. Aksenenko is a talented person in his field, a tough leader. At seven in the morning the meetings began. Resumed work on the Baikal-Amur Mainline. He introduced a modern fiber-optic communication system, which turned Russian railways into one of the safest in the world. 45 thousand kilometers of fiber optic cable laid along the railway track, allowing traffic to be monitored and controlled, are also used by many departments, including the Ministry of Emergency Situations and FAPSI. He hatched the idea of connecting the mainland rail tracks with Sakhalin and further with Japan and South Korea. Outwardly, he liked B. N. Yeltsin, who sympathized with tall, stately people. On March 23, 1998, he was relieved of his post as Minister of Railways due to the resignation of the government of V. S. Chernomyrdin. Considered by B. N. Yeltsin as one of the candidates for the post of Prime Minister to replace V. S. Chernomyrdin, who was dismissed, with subsequent nomination to the post of head of state. On April 28, 1998, he was again appointed Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. On August 24, 1998, in connection with the resignation of the government of S.V. Kiriyenko, he was appointed acting Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. Since September 30, 1998, again Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. After the resignation of the government of S.V. Kiriyenko, B.N. Yeltsin hesitated in choosing a candidate for the post of prime minister between business executive N.E. Aksenenko and security official S.V. Stepashin. According to B.N. Yeltsin, “Aksenenko seems to be suitable in all respects. Decisive, firm, charming, knows how to talk to people, has gone through a long career, rose, as they say, from the ground. A strong leader. However, the Duma initially treats him with hostility and will greet him with hostility. This is a good option to anger and irritate the Duma in advance. Prepare her for confrontation. And then give her a completely different candidate. Just which one? Stepashin or Putin? Putin or Stepashin? (Yeltsin B.N. Presidential Marathon. M., 2000. P. 311). I settled on S.V. Stepashin, although I knew that this candidacy was temporary. The head of the administration, A. S. Voloshin, was instructed to prepare a submission to the Duma for S. V. Stepashin, and in a telephone conversation with the Chairman of the Duma, G. N. Seleznev, he named the candidacy of N. E. Aksenenko. The name of N. E. Aksenenko was named by G. N. Seleznev at a meeting of the Duma. They didn’t believe the speaker. As evidence, he referred to the fact that he had just washed his ears and could hear everything clearly. The ears of G.N. Seleznev entered folklore. The candidacy of S.V. Stepashin passed the first time: “Everyone was waiting for the unpleasant Aksenenko and voted with relief for the pleasant Stepashin” (Ibid. p. 315). Trying to smooth out the reservation made in a conversation with G.N. Seleznev (“Aksenenko is the prime minister”), during a conversation with S.V. Stepashin and N.E. Aksenenko B.N. Yeltsin made a reservation again: “Don’t worry, Nikolai. Today he is the prime minister, and tomorrow it is you. Let’s wait until the fall, we’ll see” (Mikhailov A.G. Portrait of a Minister in the Context of Time of Troubles. M., 2001. P. 343). B. N. Yeltsin told him words that became an advertising slogan: “We need to meet more often.” Since May 12, 1999, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. During the formation of the government, S.V. Stepashina managed, without his knowledge, to break through to President B.N. Yeltsin, who was resting in the Sochi residence, and to secure his consent to his role as the “main” first deputy prime minister in relation to the “second” first deputy prime minister M M. Zadornov. He made an unfavorable impression on the public: he had difficulty formulating his thoughts, he stated that he would deal with all issues, even those that were the responsibility of the head of government. From the first days of his appointment he began to behave independently of S.V. Stepashin. In the interview, he emphasized his own dissenting opinion, which does not coincide with the opinion of the Prime Minister. He did not react to S.V. Stepashin’s comments. Since June 14, 1999, member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. On August 09, 1999, he was relieved of the post of First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation due to the resignation of the government of S.V. Stepashin. Since August 1999, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Union of Belarus and Russia. Since August 19, 1999, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. Since September 16, 1999, First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation - Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation. On January 10, 2000, he was deprived of the post of Deputy Prime Minister, remaining Minister of Railways. On May 18, 2000, he was again appointed Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation in the government of M. M. Kasyanov. 08/04/2000 on Osenny Boulevard in Moscow an Audi official car in which N. was located. E. Aksenenko, drove into a truck crane. At the beginning of October 2001, the Government of the Russian Federation reviewed and considered it expedient to accept its plan to start construction of a railway bridge from the mainland to Sakhalin Island. The 10-kilometer bridge and its accompanying 570-kilometer railway line will take eight years to build and cost $4.5 billion. Construction, according to N. E. Aksenenko’s calculations, should pay off after 2030. On October 19, 2001, at N. E. Aksenenko’s dacha, where his grandson’s birthday was celebrated, at ten o’clock in the evening, accompanied by an FSB employee, a female investigator arrived and presented a summons with a proposal to appear at the prosecutor's office as a witness. On the same day, the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation V. Ustinov held a briefing on the upcoming investigation into the causes of the death of the Kursk nuclear submarine. While communicating with journalists, V.V. Ustinov received a call via speakerphone from an investigator from the Prosecutor General’s Office and reported on the results of the interrogation of the Minister of Railways. The investigator reported that at the end of the interrogation, N. E. Aksenenko was read a resolution to charge him as a defendant under the article “abuse of official position” and a preventive measure was announced - a recognizance not to leave, which the minister refused to sign. After listening to his subordinate, V.V. Ustinov asked the journalists “not to stir up a scandal”: “I can say one thing: not only a criminal case has been opened against the railway, but also against a number of other ministries, in which very high officials are and will be held. And interrogation at the prosecutor’s office does not mean that a person’s guilt has been fully proven. The court puts an end to all matters. We're not going to put a stigma on it. When the situation becomes clearer, we will not hide anything from the public. And the fact that someone refuses to sign the protocol, someone does not refuse... This is his right” (Izvestia. 10/20/2001). The next day, N. E. Aksenenko held a press conference, where he indignantly stated that behind this story there were people “who want to stop the reform of the Ministry of Railways and discredit the government.” Among the violations that the General Prosecutor's Office investigated were the misuse of budget funds in the Ministry of Railways, financing of the ministry's apparatus from the "black cash fund", the provision of preferential tariffs to a number of companies, which resulted in the accumulation of significant funds in favor of private individuals, as well as the purchase of housing at the expense of the Ministry people who had no relation to the Ministry of Railways. N. E. Aksenenko called the actions of the Prosecutor General’s Office illogical, since the Government of the Russian Federation, by resolution “On railway transport” dated 18. 07.1996 allowed the Ministry of Railways to engage in what it is now accused of. According to the minister, the Ministry of Railways is the only ministry that combines regulatory and economic functions, that is, it sets salaries and bonuses for employees, disposing of money at its own discretion. According to confidential information received by the Izvestia newspaper from the General Prosecutor's Office, V.V. Ustinov did not receive clear instructions from the Kremlin regarding N.E. Aksenenko. The Prosecutor General was only asked to “dig in the direction of the Ministry of Railways.” On October 23, 2001, during the second call to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the minister was given a written undertaking not to leave Russia. After waiting for Russian President V.V. Putin to return from a business trip abroad, N.E. Aksenenko tried to get an appointment with him. Was not accepted. In this regard, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration D.N. Kozak stated: “If the minister believes that the decision of an independent body can be changed through the influence of the executive power, then this is absolutely wrong and illegal” (Izvestia. 10/23/2001). On the same day, N. E. Aksenenko urgently went on a “planned” vacation, during which coronary heart disease was supplemented by inflammation of the lacrimal sac, which required surgical intervention. The Prosecutor General's Office charged him with abuse of power and misuse of 70 million rubles, which were spent on salaries, bonuses and travel allowances. According to B. L. Reznik, a member of the Anti-Corruption Commission of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, what was charged against N. E. Aksenenko is trivial: “The main thing is that he created a vicious system in his department. Railway settlements across Russia are dying out, hospitals and schools are falling apart. At the same time, the rolling stock has been sold out. An amazing five-star hotel was built in Sochi for the top members of the Ministry of Railways. Rails were purchased in Japan at a price several times higher than in Russia, although our steel rolling plants are idle. Millions of dollars were spent on the reconstruction of the Rizhsky station in Moscow, where there is one train per day” (Komsomolskaya Pravda. 08/15/2002). He settled and warmed all his 12 brothers and sisters, their daughters and sons. 01/03/2002 dismissed from the post of minister. In October 2003, the criminal case against N. E. Aksenenko, approved by the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, was sent to court. He was charged with Article 286 (exceeding official powers, committed with grave consequences) and Article 160 (embezzlement or embezzlement on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The trial did not take place due to N.’s departure. E. Aksenenko goes abroad for treatment. According to the press, the ex-Deputy Prime Minister flew to Europe on a private plane. Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (1999). Married, has a son and daughter. The wife is the sister of the wife of G. M. Fadeev, predecessor and successor of N. E. Aksenenko as Minister of Railways of the Russian Federation.
March 15, 1949 - July 20, 2005
Russian politician, Minister of Railways in 1997-2002
Family
Was married. Wife - Galina Siyarovna Aksyonenko (born in 1949).
Son - Rustam Nikolaevich Aksyonenko (born July 29, 1974) - graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering and Economics and Westber University in Geneva. Economist, shareholder of various transport companies. Founder of the private investment company Finartis. Lives in Switzerland. He is married to the daughter of the former chairman of the Russian Grain Products Committee, Leonid Cheshinsky. In 2005, he received Estonian citizenship for special services to the country.
Daughter - Olesya Nikolaevna Aksyonenko (born in 1977) - graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Engineering and Economics and studied in the UK.
Biography
Born on March 15, 1949 in the village of Novoaleksandrovka, Bolotninsky district, Novosibirsk region, in a large family of an assistant driver. Aksyonenko’s mother took care of the house. Nikolai was the youngest, 13th child. In 1951 the family moved to Moshkovo.
I went to school at the age of six, because by that time I could read and write well. In his youth he was involved in heavyweight boxing and football.
After graduating from school in 1966, he tried to enter the Novosibirsk Electrotechnical Institute, but did not pass the entrance tests. For a year he worked as a fitter at the Novosibirsk Aviation Plant named after Chkalov. In 1967, he entered the Novosibirsk Institute of Railway Transport Engineers with a degree in “transport engineer for the operation of railways.” At the institute he oversaw sports activities for the masses, and there he met his future wife.
In 1969 he joined the CPSU.
Work on the railway
In 1972, he graduated from the institute and went to work as a duty officer at the Vikhorevka and Nizhneudinsk stations of the East Siberian Railway.
In 1974, he was appointed head of the Azey station of the East Siberian Railway.
From 1978 to 1979 - deputy head of the Otrozhka station of the South-Eastern Railway.
Since 1979, he worked as deputy head, later as head of the traffic department of the Voronezh branch of the South-Eastern Railway, and deputy head of the traffic service of the same road.
In 1984, he transferred to the Oktyabrskaya Railway, where he held the positions of deputy head of the Murmansk branch (until 1985), head of the Leningrad-Finland branch (until 1986), deputy head of the road (from 1986 to 1991), chief economist, first deputy head of the Oktyabrskaya railway.
in 1990 he graduated from the Academy of National Economy.
Work at the Ministry of Railways
In 1994-1996, he served as Deputy Minister, from 1996 - First Deputy Minister, and from April 15, 1997 - Minister of Railways of Russia. During his work, a commission to regulate tariffs was created, the railway in Chechnya was completed, transit communication through the territory of Russia was established, and the telecommunications company TransTeleCom was created. In 1998, a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation approved the “Concept of structural reform of federal railway transport,” which identified the main tasks and goals of restructuring the industry.
