The fact is that when he took office, Tuleev did not take the oath, as required by local law. Kemerovo social activist Maxim Uchvatov drew attention to this.

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The man demanded that the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia look into the situation and deprive Tuleev of his parliamentary mandate, Ura.ru reports. “Aman Gumirovich did not utter the words of the oath throughout the entire session. Based on this, I formed an appeal addressed to the Prosecutor General of Russia Yuri Chaika with a request to take prosecutorial response measures,” Uchvatov explained.

On April 10, the ex-governor of Kuzbass was elected chairman of the Council of People's Deputies of the Kemerovo Region. Aman Tuleev was the head of the region for more than 20 years. He resigned on April 1 in connection with a major fire at the Winter Cherry shopping center in Kemerovo on March 25. The tragedy claimed the lives of 64 people, including 41 children.

As the site wrote, Igor Vostrikov, a resident of Kemerovo, who lost his family in a fire, was indignant at the appointment of the former head of Kuzbass to a new position. He believes that after the tragedy, the ex-governor should have completely left politics.

The head of Kuzbass, Aman Tuleev, who has headed the region since 1997, wrote a letter of resignation of his own free will. This happened after a fire in the shopping and entertainment center "Winter Cherry" in Kemerovo, which claimed the lives of 64 people. Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted the early resignation of Aman Tuleev and appointed vice-governor Sergei Tsivilev as acting head of the region.

The governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleev submitted his resignation. Kommersant was informed about this in the press service of the administration of the Kemerovo region. “Quite right. The governor of the Kemerovo region, Aman Tuleyev, addressed President Vladimir Putin with a letter of resignation of his own free will," Alexei Dorongov, head of the regional administration's main media department, told Kommersant. In his address to local residents, Aman Tuleev said that this was due to the fire that occurred in the Zimnyaya Cherry shopping center in Kemerovo. Vladimir Putin accepted the resignation of Mr. Tuleev, acting. Vice-Governor Sergey Tsivilev was appointed head of Kuzbass. The President also called Aman Tuleev to thank him for his many years of work as Governor of the Kemerovo Region.

“Each of us has already passed this through the heart, through ourselves this horror, the pain of this catastrophe. Well, the whole of Russia and the whole world mourns with us. Dear Kuzbass people, I did everything I could. He met with the families of the victims, tried to resolve issues of assistance. Once again, I offer my deepest condolences, but we must move on. Live to keep the memory of those we have lost. Law enforcement agencies of Russia are investigating the causes of the fire. Dear compatriots, together with you we have come a long, very long way of life. From Kuzbass on strike, sitting on the rails, banging helmets, hunger strikes, strikes ... To Kuzbass that is creating and supporting our state. And all this was done by you, you, and I am immensely grateful to you. Quite honestly, as before an icon, I can tell you that in my work I have always been guided by the interests of our country, Russia, and our region. Once again, thank you all for always being there, in sorrow, in joy. And accept the bow (bowed on the table, sitting at the table in his office.- "b"). Today, now, I want to tell you, I submitted a letter of resignation to the President of the Russian Federation. I think for myself, well, the right, conscious, the only right decision. Because it’s impossible to work as a governor with such a heavy load, it’s morally impossible. Peace and blessings to you and your families! May the Lord keep each of you and our native Kuzbass land,” said Aman Tuleev.

Recall that on March 25, a strong fire broke out in the Kemerovo shopping center "Winter Cherry", as a result of which 64 people died, including 41 children. Seven suspects have been arrested in connection with the fire. The court took into custody the manager of the shopping center Nadezhda Suddenok, the technical director of the center Georgy Sobolev, the security guard Sergei Antyushin, as well as two employees of the company that maintained the fire-fighting system, Igor Polozinenko and Alexander Nikitin, the general director of the Kemerovo Confectionery Plant LLC (the company that owns the burned-out trade -entertainment center "Winter Cherry") Yulia Bogdanova, the former head of the inspection of the state construction supervision of the Kemerovo region Tanzilia Komkova.

Aman Tuleev did not come to the scene of the tragedy. Meanwhile, at a meeting held in Kemerovo on March 27 under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the head of the region asked for forgiveness from the head of state: “I apologize to you personally for what happened on our territory.” Shortly before the start of the meeting, a spontaneous rally began in Kemerovo, which lasted more than 10 hours. People demanded the resignation of the leadership of the city and the region. “Aman Tuleev has long lost authority. The people are asking you to leave. Let's retire!" - shouted the audience and chanted "Let's go!".

The resignation of the head of the region and the mayor of the city, Ilya Seredyuk, was also demanded by the Kemerovo branch of Yabloko. “We believe that in addition to the owners of the building, the control and inspection services that allowed the building of the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping and entertainment center to be used, each bearing their share of responsibility for the deaths of adults and children, responsibility for this tragedy is also authorities of Kemerovo and the Kemerovo region," the party's regional council said in a statement. The appeal was sent to the presidential administration, the presidential embassy in the Siberian Federal District, as well as to the State Duma and the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. The head of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Gennady Zyuganov, said that the tragedy in Kemerovo is a consequence of the incompetence and corruption of the authorities. "We insist on the creation of a parliamentary commission to investigate the circumstances of this disaster and develop effective measures to prevent such events," the party's website says.

73-year-old Aman Tuleev has been the head of the Kemerovo region since October 1997. In September 2015, he was again elected head of Kuzbass, gaining 96.69% of the vote. In 2017, the governor went on a long vacation (more than 1.5 months) due to health problems - he underwent spinal surgery in a German clinic, and then postoperative rehabilitation began. Against the background of this information in the Kemerovo region, the likelihood of Mr. Tuleev's resignation due to health reasons was actively discussed. Last summer, the regional administration issued a statement that the head of the region, Aman Tuleev, intends to fulfill his duties until the end of his term in 2020. A new wave of speculation about the resignation of Aman Tuleev appeared in March of this year after the appointment of Sergey Tsivilev, general director of the Kolmar coal company, to the post of vice-governor of Kuzbass, whom many considered the most likely successor to the current governor.

Aman Tuleev ran for president three times. According to the Foundation for the Development of Civil Society, from 2013 to 2014, Mr. Tuleev was among the ten most successful governors of Russia.

Oksana Pavlova, Ilya Galaguz, Novosibirsk; Julia Matyushchenko, Kemerovo

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The governor of the Kemerovo region Aman Tuleev announced his resignation. This happened a week after a strong fire in the shopping center "Winter Cherry" in Kemerovo, which killed 64 people.

Tuleev recorded a video message in which he expressed condolences in connection with the fire and stated that he "did everything he could."

“I consider it the right, conscious, the only right decision for myself, because with such a heavy burden as governor, well, it’s impossible, it’s morally impossible,” he said.

Appointed as Acting Governor of Kuzbass.

Rumors about the possible resignation of 73-year-old Tuleev appeared last summer, when the governor underwent spinal surgery and did not appear in public for several months.

However, later RBC and Vedomosti, citing sources, wrote that the Kremlin decided to wait with an "honorary pension" for Tuleev until the presidential election, so as not to "disturb the balance of power in the region."

However, after the elections, the situation was complicated by a major fire in Kemerovo.

On Saturday, Kommersant, citing sources, wrote that the time of Tuleyev's resignation depended on how quickly the consequences of the fire in the shopping center could be dealt with - to provide assistance to the families of the victims, to facilitate the investigation and inform the population about the measures taken.

The current vice-governor of the region, general director of the Kolmar coal holding, Sergei Tsivilev, may be appointed interim governor, media reported. It was he who knelt before the residents of the city at a rally after the fire in the Winter Cherry, and later accused the protesters of trying to discredit the authorities.

What is Aman Tuleev known for?

Tuleev is a political old-timer, a former presidential candidate, a former member of the Communist Party. Of the governors who headed the regions under President Boris Yeltsin, only Tuleyev and the head of the Belgorod Region, Yevgeny Savchenko, remained in office by 2017.

Of all the Russian governors, only Tuleev regularly got into the ratings of politicians who are trusted by the Russians (not only the residents of the region). In February 2016, 4% of those polled by the Levada Center called Tuleyev one of the five or six politicians who inspire confidence in them. No other governor was included in this rating.

Two years ago, anonymous sources in the Kremlin told the media that Moscow was trying to persuade Tuleyev to leave his post. But the attempts failed: Tuleev again went to the polls.

In the latest ranking of the political survival of governors, which is compiled by the Petersburg Politics Foundation, Tuleev received three points out of five. Among his strengths, experts noted that he "demonstrated a tough attitude to resist 'anti-corruption' attacks on the regional administration."

The results of the elections in Kemerovo are similar to those of the ruling party in the elections in Chechnya. In 2015, the head of Kuzbass moved to the next governor's term, gaining 94% of the vote. In the Duma elections in September 2016, United Russia received 77% with a turnout of 86%. Only the North Caucasus and Tuva voted more actively.

In the presidential elections, the Kemerovo region became the second in terms of the number of votes cast for Vladimir Putin - he scored 85.42% in the region.

Two days before the elections, the head of the Central Election Commission, Ella Pamfilova, sent a warning to Tuleev about not allowing the use of administrative resources in the voting. The reason was the complaints she received from the Communist Party. As a result, the communists refused to recognize the results of the elections in the region, complaining about numerous stuffing of ballots.

Successor

Even before the Kremlin website announced that Tuleyev's deputy, Sergei Tsivilev, had been formally appointed as interim governor of Kuzbass, Vedomosti reported that the region was thrilled by the news, since Tsivilev did not belong to the local elites.

According to the publication, Sergei Tsivilev is a nominee of Gennady Timchenko, while Tuleev wanted to leave his own successor.

On February 27, Tsivilev met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and reported on the success of Kolmar, a coal holding based on high-quality coal deposits in the Neryungri basin of Yakutia. Tsivilev owns 70% of the company, Vedomosti wrote.

“Kuzbass is not a region where everyone is rushing and where you can send a young man like [the head of the Kaliningrad region Anton] Alikhanov. Mining holdings such as the Siberian Business Union and Evraz have strong positions in the region,” the BBC told the BBC. si last year political scientist Vitaly Ivanov.

The economic model of the Kemerovo region, which took shape under Tuleev, even received the name "Kemerovo socialism": these are numerous benefits, payments, free vouchers, low tariffs. Sometimes Tuleev even generously donated coal to individual families.

Coal and ore are the main source of income for the region. But prices for this raw material are falling, the region receives less and less income. As a result, Kuzbass is now one of the leaders among Russian regions in terms of the share of loans overdue by citizens.

He asked the president to accept his early resignation after the fire at the Winter Cherry shopping center, in which, according to official figures, 64 people died. The "People's Governor of Kuzbass", who led the region for 21 years, was not going to leave his post until the expiration of his term of office - 2020. He did not want to let go of power even when he was no longer able to stand up on his own. But the reason for leaving was not the physical ailment of an elderly person. After the terrible tragedy, Tuleev spoke in such a way that it would be better to mournfully keep silent. tells how long the head of Kuzbass has traveled in power and why the real buzzer is himself.

bowed and left

Aman Tuleev spoke about the reasons for his resignation in a video message and called his decision “correct, conscious, the only true one”: “Because with such a heavy burden as governor, it’s impossible, morally impossible.” And he wanted to join all the inhabitants of Kuzbass: “Each of us has already passed all this through our hearts, all this horror, the pain of this catastrophe ... All of Russia, the whole world is grieving with us.” According to the outgoing governor, he did everything he could: “I met with the families of the victims, tried to resolve issues with the provision of assistance. Once again, I offer my deepest condolences. But we must live, continue to live, ”added Tuleev for some reason.

The permanent head of Kuzbass seems to have found something to say just now. Last week he spoke in such a way that he would have been better off keeping quiet. He did not come to the place of the fire - obviously, he simply physically could not walk even a few meters. In his administration, everything was attributed to safety: they say, the cortege will not be able to drive to the place of emergency and will interfere with fire brigades. “Yes, he should crawl, and not drive up in a motorcade!” - people were indignant. On Tuesday, March 27, when the president appeared in Kemerovo and began a meeting on the aftermath, Tuleyev could neither get up nor sit down without outside help - he was held by the hand by the presidential envoy to the Siberian Federal District.

But Tuleev could speak ... and - he began to apologize to the president. At that moment, the inhabitants of Kuzbass at a spontaneous rally demanded the resignation of the governor and refused to believe in the official data on the death toll. Shouts of “Murderers!” were heard on the square, and Tuleev continued to say strange things: about the opposition, which profits “on human grief”, about the fact that not the relatives of the dead took to the streets, and the buzzers picked up the word for them. A grand gesture also looked completely ridiculous: the head of the Kemerovo region and his deputies transferred one-day earnings to help the families of those who died in the fire.

Photo: Alexander Kryazhev / RIA Novosti

And finally, he found both the right words and the right gestures - he left his post and bowed. In parting, Tuleev recalled: “We have come a long way in life from the Kuzbass on strike, sitting on the rails, to the Kuzbass of creation, the backbone of our state.” Indeed, over the two decades of his permanent reign in the region, a considerable path has been traveled. Behind the shoulders of the 73-year-old Tuleev is still the Soviet apparatus experience.

From Communists to United Russia

The head of the Kemerovo railway in the late 80s, he was nominated as a candidate in the first presidential elections. He supported the State Emergency Committee, which he did not forgive and subsequently appointed another person as the head of Kuzbass. He received this post only in 1997, against the backdrop of the unrest of the miners. And he won an absolute victory - 94.5 percent of the vote. And it is worth noting that 18 years later, the situation has not changed: in 2015, he was re-elected governor with the support of more than 96 percent of voters.

In general, failures in Tuleev's political career were rare. Residents of the Kemerovo region supported him, regardless of what post he aimed for. He ran for the presidency of Russia three times. In the 1996 elections, he withdrew his candidacy on the eve of the first round and called on voters to vote in support. In 1999, he refused to accept the Order of Honor from Yeltsin. He explained his demarche by the general impoverishment of the people: “I simply cannot, in principle, accept awards from the government, which plunged the country into poverty.”

Photo: Anatoly Kuzyarin / Dmitry Sokolov / TASS

At that moment, he was already preparing to create his own movement and carry out his candidates in the parliamentary elections. And the noisy story with the award supported the image of a die-hard fighter against the regime, who cannot be bought with handouts. However, in September 2000, Tuleev accepted this award already from. From the ranks of the Communist Party, he migrated to the lists of United Russia. Subsequently, he sued Zyuganov, and he declared: “Tuleev arranged a plowman in the Kemerovo region!”

Father of Kuzbass

The ability to get along with the miners played such a role in the history of the Kemerovo region and Russia as a whole that the federal center was ready to follow Tuleev's lead. In the summer of 1998, the miners of Kuzbass and Vorkuta, who found themselves in distress due to many months of salary delays, blocked the railways for several weeks. Tuleev introduced an emergency regime, but did not use force against the miners, moreover, he told the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for unblocking the roads that the demands of the strikers were legal and fair. As a result, part of the debts was repaid, the tracks were freed, and Tuleyev ended the so-called rail war.

The politician managed to pacify the miners in subsequent years. He extinguished the protest of the workers after the mine accidents that occurred in the late 2000s, as a result of which hundreds of people died. Tuleev consistently defended the rights of miners and did not hide the fact that he was aware of the danger emanating from them, sometimes resorting to unflattering comparisons. In 2015, for example, he banned any work in the Kuzbass mines during the New Year holidays: “A drunk in a mine, in mining, is the same terrorist.” And in 2016, he defended the interests of workers "", who were threatened with mass layoffs. “It turns out that they are simply planning to kick the workers out with mortgages, loans, all payments, reporting with the beautiful phrase “optimization of non-core structures”,” the head of the Kemerovo region was indignant.

He has established himself in the region as a defender of the rights of the disadvantaged, miners and even as a defender against terrorists. Tuleev repeatedly took part in negotiations with the attackers. In 1991, as a people's deputy of the RSFSR, he helped free Masha Ponomarenko, who was taken hostage near Red Square, from the bus, offering himself in exchange for a girl. Ten years later, he took part in the neutralization of a terrorist who took a taxi driver hostage at the Kemerovo airport. In 2007, after telephone conversations between Tuleev and police ensign Shatalov, who threatened to blow up a residential building and barricaded himself in his apartment, the Novokuznetsk security forces managed to neutralize the terrorist and take him alive.

For a long time, Tuleev was loved, perceived in Kuzbass as a father, grandfather, and did not want to let go. He used it. However, not everyone in the region was supportive of him: local businesses have accumulated many complaints. Large holdings were given an unequivocal message that they need to share money with the region and allocate it to the social sphere. With objectionable entrepreneurs, the authoritarian governor has always had a tough dialogue. Tuleev generally openly entered into conflicts, but positioned himself as a guarantor of stability in the region.

Gotta leave on time

Forecasts about the resignation of Aman Tuleyev have been built for several years. We thought about a possible successor to the oldest Russian governor, including because of corruption scandals in his administration. At the same time, Tuleev himself remained untouchable.

Only health could bring down such a colossus. And it has been bothering me for a long time. Tuleev underwent his first spinal surgery back in 2011. Six years later, German doctors performed a second operation. She developed a complication - pneumonia. Due to a long absence from the public and a prolonged vacation, rumors spread about the imminent departure from the post. But in 2017, the oldest Russian governor made it clear that he is not going to leave his place now, or even in the next couple of years. He intended to keep his post until the expiration of his term, that is, until 2020.