Press event programme

Successful experience of new wave governors

Participants
Anton Alikhanov, Governor of Kaliningrad Region
Aysen Nikolaev, Head of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
Alexander Osipov, Governor of Trans-Baikal Territory
Vladimir Solodov, Governor of Kamchatka Territory
Andrey Chibis, Governor of Murmansk Region

Anton Alikhanov

Governor of Kaliningrad Region

Born September 17, 1986 in Sukhumi, Abkhazia.
Mr. Alikhanov graduated from the All-Russia State Tax Academy under the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, majoring in Law, as well as Finance and Credit, and got a PhD in Economics.
Anton Alikhanov started his career in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation in 2010. In 2013 he got a job in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.
In September 2015 Mr. Alikhanov was appointed the Acting Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast by the President.
Awards:
- 2-nd degree Medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation for outstanding diligence;
- President’s Certificate of Merit.
Married, with two children.

Aysen Nikolaev

Head of Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Born on January 22, 1972 in Leningrad
1994 - graduated from the physics department of Lomonosov Moscow State University
Started his career in finance corporation «SAPI»
1995 – Deputy Chairman of the Board of «Almazergienbank»
1998 – The Chairman of «Almazergienbank»
2004 – Minister of Finance of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
2007 – Chief of the Presidential and Government Administration of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
2011 – First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
2012 - 2017 – Mayor of the city of Yakutsk
May 2018 – appointed as acting Head of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)
The Head of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) since September 2018
He was elected to the State Assembly (Il Tumen) of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia).
Granted title of honor «Honored Worker of National Economy of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)». Decorated with diplomas of the Federation Council, The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
Married, with three children.

Alexander Osipov

Governor of Trans-Baikal Territory

Born on September 28, 1969.
1991 – 1995 worked in the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation
1993 graduated from the Institute of the National Economy majoring in Economics and Management, city of Rostov-on-Don
1996 – 2000 CFO, Chairman of the Board of Directors of a large Russian FMCG holding company
2000 graduated from the Stavropol State University with a degree in Law
2001 – 2009 CFO of a number of Russian holding companies: United Panel Group, wood processing; RAO “UES”, regional power supply; ITERA group, heat and power supply; the head of the regional business and investment projects department of a major Russian state bank.
2005 got his MBA from GSIB with the Academy of National Economy majoring in Financial Management
Since 2009 Vice President, Chairman of the Expert Council of the All-Russian Public Organization “Business Russia”
Since 2010 the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the independent power supply company “Energosberezhenie”
Since 2012 he is a member of the Board of Directors of a number of energy supply companies
Since 2013 Assistant Secretary to the Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East
November 26, 2013 appointed Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East
Took part in the successful implementation of investment projects for the establishment and reconstruction of industrial production and electric grid infrastructure.
Married, has a daughter.

Vladimir Solodov

Governor of Kamchatka Territory

Andrey Chibis

Governor of Murmansk Region

Born 19 March 1979, in Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic.
1996–2001: studied Jurisprudence at the Moscow Consumer Cooperation University. 2001–2004: Lawyer (private law practice) 2004–2005: Advisor to the Governor of the Ryazan Region and later Head of the Expert Department at the Administration of the President of the Chuvash Republic.
2006–2007: Deputy Director of Construction Department, Head of Support Team for the national project Affordable Housing promoted by the Russian Ministry of Regional Development.
2007–2008: Head of the Directorate for Affordable Housing Market Development at the Federal Agency for Construction, Housing and Utilities. 2008–2011: Chairman of the Management Board, member of the Managing Committee, Director for Legal and Corporate Issues, RSS Plc.
From July 2009: Vice-President of the National Union of Water Utility. 2011–2012: Executive Director of the Socioeconomic and Political Research Institute Fund under the All-Russia People’s Front. Since October 2011: Executive Director of NP Development of Housing and Utilities. Since August 2012: member of the Advisory Panel under the Russian Government and Head of the Working Group for Development of Housing and Utilities under the Advisory Panel of the Russian Government. 6 December 2013: appointed to the position of Deputy Minister of Construction, Housing and Utilities, Russian Federation. 1 October 2014: appointed Chief State Housing Inspector of Russia. December 2015: elected Bureau Member of the UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management.
21 March 2019: Acting Governor of Murmansk Region

Moderator
Daria Kislitsyna, Director of the Department of Regional Programs, Social Research Expert Institute (EISI)