5th Governor of the Pskov Region since February 27, 2009 The president Medvedev, Dmitry Anatolyevich,
Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Predecessor Kuznetsov, Mikhail Varfolomeevich
member of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation - representative of the representative body of state power of the Pskov oblast
July 6, 2007 - February 16, 2009
Predecessor unknown Successor Borisov, Alexander Alexandrovich Birth 20th of December(1975-12-20 ) (43 years)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR Father Turchak Anatoly Alexandrovich (1945) Mother Turchak Larisa Pavlovna (1948) Spouse Turchak Kira Evgenievna (1976) Children Anatoly, Olga, Sofia, Philip The consignment United Russia Education Profession economist-manager Awards Website turchak.ru Media at Wikimedia Commons

Andrey Anatolievich Turchak(b. December 20, 1975, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR) - Governor of the Pskov region (since February 27, 2009).

Biography

Father - Anatoly Turchak (born 1945), since 1985 - head of the association, then the Leninets holding company, which specializes in the development of flight and navigation, sighting and navigation systems and radars for heavy aircraft (in this structure and its subsidiaries with At the age of 20, Andrey himself worked in leadership positions). In addition, Anatoly Turchak is the President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg, the President of the Football Federation of St. Petersburg and a member of the Executive Committee of the Russian Football Union, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Energomashbank. Anatoly Turchak in the 1990s was Vladimir Putin's deputy on the St. Petersburg regional council of the Our Home - Russia movement. Turchak Sr. was also mentioned in the press as a former partner of Putin in martial arts.

In 1998 Andrey Turchak graduated from St. Petersburg State University aerospace instrument making.

Graduated with honors from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 2014

Entrepreneurial activity

From 1991 to 1995 - a judo coach at the municipal sports school of the Olympic reserve "Cosmonaut".

Since March 1996 (at the age of 20) - General Director of CJSC Trade and Industrial Company LenNorth (a subsidiary of HC Leninets).

Since 1997 - General Director of OJSC "Plant of Electrical Appliances" (the sole founder of OJSC - the Committee for Management of City Property of St. Petersburg).

In April 2000, he became a member of the board of directors of Energomashbank.

From 2000 to 2002 - director of restructuring, then director of corporate policy of HC "Leninets".

In 2002, he took the position of General Director of LLC Sodruzhestvo North-West.

Since 2003 - Vice-President and Member of the Board of Directors of HC "Leninets", Member of the Board of Directors of the Management Company "Leninets". On May 31, 2005 he was re-elected to the board of directors of HC Leninets.

Political activity

In August 2005, he joined the United Russia party and was appointed coordinator of the party's youth policy. In November 2005, he joined the Coordinating Council (CC) of the "Young Guard United Russia".

On August 30, 2006, the bureau of the Supreme Council of United Russia recommended Turchak for the post of member of the Federation Council from the parliament of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

Since July 6, 2007 - a member of the Federation Council - a representative of the representative body of state power of the Pskov region.

On February 16, 2009, he was appointed Acting Governor of the Pskov Region. Having taken this position at the age of 33, he became one of the youngest governors of Russia.

On February 27, 2009, with a result of 37 out of 40 votes, he was approved by the Pskov Regional Assembly as governor. At the time of his election, he was mainly known for his father Anatoly Turchak, who practiced judo with V.V. Putin.

Until 2012, he was a member of the General Council of the United Russia WFP.

On February 27, 2014, Andrei Turchak's 5-year term as governor expired, but on the same day, President Vladimir Putin appointed him acting governor.

Activities as governor of the Pskov region

Economy and social sphere

Estimates of the activities of A. A. Turchak as governor are ambiguous.

The average monthly salary in the region increased from 12,631 rubles in 2009 to 17,922 rubles in January-December 2012. In 2011-2012, there was a decrease in total mortality by 7% and an increase in the birth rate by 6%. The natural decline in the population decreased from 16.7 to 11.8 thousand people. These results were achieved through the implementation of the Pskov Region Healthcare Modernization program, the total funding of which amounted to more than 3 billion rubles.

The governor himself in an interview Russian newspaper”says that the region is actively developing and he was even able to raise the salaries of teachers to 14 thousand rubles, while the average salary of officials was about 10 thousand rubles. Some media indicated that this statement by Turchak sharply contradicts the official data of Rosstat, according to which the average salary of education workers in May 2010 amounted to 10,776.9 rubles, but the average salary of workers government controlled amounted to 18420.7 rubles.

With the support of the Administration, several large investment projects are being implemented in the region, including the creation of the Moglino industrial park, projects for the construction of hotels and other tourist infrastructure facilities in Pskov as part of the creation of the Pskov tourist and recreational cluster, a number of large agricultural projects, including the construction of Velikoluksky pig-breeding complex The Pskov region was one of the first in Russia to conclude an agreement with OAO Gazprom Mezhregiongaz on the modernization of the region's heat and power complex: 94 boiler houses are to be built and modernized in the region within 5 years; this is one of the largest projects in the thermal power industry.

A number of large agricultural projects have been implemented, including the construction of the Velikoluksky pig-breeding complex for 480 thousand heads, with an investment of over 14 billion rubles.

At present, the regional authorities have announced a competition with a starting amount of 9.4 million rubles for a study on the topic “Development of proposals for draft documents necessary to include the most promising regional investment projects in the field of tourism in the draft federal target program“ Development of domestic and inbound tourism in the Russian Federation (2011-2016)""

In February 2013, Turchak suspended all procedures for the adoption of orphans from social institutions in the region (for both Russians and foreigners) due to the death of a baby from a local orphanage in the United States.

In 2015, as in the previous 2014, the Pskov region was recognized as the poorest region in Russian Federation, according to RIA Rating.

culture

In 2010, work was completed in Pskov to restore the pavilion of the Pokrovskaya Tower of the Pskov Kremlin. She remained without a roof for more than fifteen years - a wooden tent in the mid-nineties burned down during a fire. In 2010, 23 million rubles were allocated from the budget of the Pskov region for the design and construction of the tent.

It is not so easy to find information about the wives of politicians. The fact that public people have a family and children is said in passing. It's no wonder people want to know more about these loving women, faithful companions. Kira Turchak - the heroine of our material - is one of them.

Athlete, activist...

Little is known about the biography of Kira Turchak. Her year of birth is 1976. As a child, she often came to her grandparents in Plyussa (a village in the Pskov region). The girl went in for sports a lot. Diving, synchronized swimming. Workouts in the morning and evening. At that time, it was believed that girls should certainly be able to fend for themselves. Therefore, Kira Turchak broke up with synchronized swimming and ended up in the classroom in the judo section. She was twelve years old.

Children and study

After graduation, she studied at the Academy of Culture and Arts (Department of Management). In her third year, it became difficult to combine study and childcare (there were already two of them and the young mother had to sleep literally on the go), so she had to transfer to extramural. On the second education - the psychologist. The main motive for choosing this specialty was the desire to understand the rules of raising children.

Love at first sight

She met her future husband in training. She remembers that she immediately fell in love with him. From that moment on, all dreams were about this thirteen-year-old boy. She imagined joint walks, going to the cinema, even a future wedding and children. She threw the subject of her adoration with notes, poems.

The emerging relationship between Kira and Andrey was not easy. They began with friendship, joint sports, trips to a sports camp. Young people have matured, and Andrei began to care for the girl. Gradually, friendship gave way to true romantic love. The couple decided to live together. At first, there were some rubbing and quarrels. But once in their life there was an incident after which Kira Turchak (whose photo is given in this article) realized that she would never part with this loved one. Due to severe illness, she ended up in the hospital. Andrei practically did not leave her alone. When the girl was operated on, looking at her, exhausted, pale, he said: "For me, you are the most important thing in life."

Family of Kira Turchak (photo)

There are four children in the family: Anatoly, Olga, Sofia, Philip. After the birth of older children, parents began to bring them to Plyussa in the summer, and they themselves joined them in their free time. Today, on weekends, everyone likes to relax in the Leningrad region. Here the Turchak couple have a dacha. They prefer active activities: walking, cycling, skiing. The family spends the summer in their own house in the Gdovsky district (Pskov region). This is a long-standing tradition, when three generations of this family come together at once.

adhere to proper nutrition and prefer restaurant food homemade. Husband is a good cook. The youngest daughter Sophia also likes taking care of the food at home. Cooking dinner, baking cupcakes for her are not difficult.

Kira Turchak, wife of the governor of the Pskov region , rarely attends events in St. Petersburg with her husband. He gets very tired and considers the best rest to be at home. Kira herself from time to time is selected for events with friends. At significant cultural events in Pskov, Andrei Turchak always appears accompanied by his wife.

Turchak Kira Evgenievna believes that the head of the family should always be a man. He is responsible for making decisions. A woman needs to have flexibility, the ability to adapt, but at the same time retain herself.

The family owns a land plot of 1200 sq. m, three apartments, the total area of ​​which is more than 430 sq. m, and the spouses are the owners of the house and two apartments.

Professional activity

Kira Turchak has very diverse interests. They are mainly concentrated in the business sector. So, the wife of the Pskov governor is the chairman of the board of directors of the Leninets management company (specializes in managing defense industries and other types of business). She also acts as a co-owner of other companies, such as Aeroinvest Plus LLC (engaged in the wholesale trade of electrical goods), Investservice LLC (rents out non-residential real estate), Mechanical Plant OJSC, Labyrinth OJSC (her functions include the management of St. - Petersburg hotel Obuhoff in St. Petersburg). Not without reason, in the material “Top 10 Wives of Russian Officials”, published in the Tatler magazine about social life, Kira Turchak is called “one of the most businesslike” gentlemen. She is also engaged in private psychological practice, is a permanent partner of the public movement "Petersburg Parents".

The official portal of the authorities of the Pskov region provides the following data: in 2015, the earnings of Kira Turchak amounted to 38 million rubles. Her husband's income was much less.

clothing preferences

Kira does not think about buying clothes for a long time. He goes to the store, buys what he needs and goes on about his business. Sometimes, when she sees beautiful clothes, she realizes that she cannot wear such clothes. He may admire some things, but he will never wear them. Due to being very busy, he does not have the opportunity to think about his image for a long time. Therefore, I chose Balmain jeans, an H&M checkered cotton shirt, a Stella McCartney jacket, and pumps as a universal recipe for myself.

From childhood, she was accustomed by her mother to the separation of ceremonial and everyday things. The best ally in business considers harmony within. It is intolerant of everything superfluous: both in the house and in the wardrobe. To relax after a hard day's work, put things in order.

Who is Andrei Turchak and why is he associated with the Kashin case. An interesting biography of Governor Turchak

A new turn in the case of the beating of Oleg Kashin prompted us to better study the biography of Governor Turchak.

Andrey Turchak

Five years ago, journalist Oleg Kashin spoke rudely about the Pskov governor Andrei Turchak, after which he was almost beaten to death with rebar. Then about Andrei Turchak, who became governor at the age of 33, except that he is the son of a St. Petersburg businessman and judoka Anatoly Turchak, practically nothing was known. Sobesednik took a closer look at him five years later...

Beaten out of context

A year ago, a deputy of the Pskov regional assembly, Lev Shlosberg, the publisher of the local newspaper Pskovskaya Guberniya, as well as Kashin, were attacked by several unknown persons. Likewise they hit me in the head.

Only the context was different.

The attack on Shlosberg happened immediately after his “Gubernia” was the first media outlet to write about the closed funeral of Pskov paratroopers, who most likely died in Ukraine. The business interests of the Turchak family are historically connected with the defense industry, so military operations in the Donbass can be beneficial for them not only ideologically, but also financially.

“But I don’t think that Andrei Turchak personally knew about the attack,” the deputy believes. - Most likely it was not even agreed with him. This is my version. Why do I think he's not behind this? Because I don't have proof.

Veselov about the sad

But after the attack on Kashin, the investigation had such evidence. One of those who beat the journalist, Danila Veselov, has already testified that Andrei Turchak was the one who ordered the assassination.

- About the fact that Kashin should be beaten, he (Turchak) already said. They say that he couldn’t write later, ”Veselov’s wife Elena admitted, who assures that she has a dictaphone recording of that conversation.

According to investigators, Veselov was brought together with Turchak by Alexander Gorbunov, the manager of the Zaslon defense plant, where Veselov headed the security service. Until last year, the co-owner of "Barrier" was the management company "Leninets", affiliated with the governor's family. So Gorbunov's barrier is strong - after interrogation he was even released from custody, although a warehouse of weapons and explosives was found in his dacha. And at the same time, the investigator was also released from conducting this case, who set to work too zealously.

Three comrades

It's funny, but the surname of the suspended investigator is Serdyukov. And Gorbunov used to work as an adviser to another - Anatoly, the former defense minister, son-in-law of Putin's friend Viktor Zubkov.

Anatoly Turchak, the father of the governor, is also considered a friend of Putin, alluding to the fact that he was engaged in judo together with Putin. Indeed, he did. But not quite together. True, they had one coach - Anatoly Rakhlin, but the groups are different. Putin is seven years younger, so he did not so much fight with Turchak Sr. as he took an example from him. But yes, they knew each other very well.

At the same time, it was not Turchak who formally patted for Gorbunov, but another one - Sergey Chemezov, the head of the Rostec corporation, which includes Zaslon. And this, as Sobesednik found out, is not the only thing that brings Chemezov closer to Gorbunov. The current CEO of Rostec began his career in the closed association Luch, which he still fondly remembers. Today, Luch, dear to his heart, now part of Rostec, is managed by the same Alexander Gorbunov through Prominvest Management Company. With such a “Ray”, the prison term is unlikely for the suspect.

Turchak's Guards

At the same time, Gorbunov, together with Andrei Turchak, stood at the origins of the Young Guard of United Russia. He was the federal coordinator of its special programs, Turchak was the chairman of the entire coordinating council, and Danila Veselov, who beat Kashin, provided power support to the "guards" in St. Petersburg.

Of course, the Pskov activists of the Minsk Group are also connected with Andrei Turchak. When he first appeared as a governor in Pskov (he was appointed to this post in 2009), the MultiLight company appeared there with him, which received a number of millions of contracts for the creation of “illumination of architectural structures” (and sometimes for one and the same the same job was paid twice). The region is still confident that this company is a family one, but we have learned that the Asadchie brothers are connected with it, who, as previously reported, were on the federal wanted list for fraud with budget money, and today, according to documents, they are co-founders of the Pskov branch " Young Guard. So, formally, "MultiLight" is not so much a family company as an ideological one.

Family matters

And the Turchaks already have enough family firms. One holding "Leninets", owned by senior Turchak, what is worth - factories and institutes, a sports palace and a tourist center, a bunch of companies and tens of thousands of square meters of office and industrial and warehouse real estate (it was reported that in 2014 the turnover amounted to 12 billion rubles, three a quarter of which are military orders). In the early 90s, Anatoly Turchak, being the director of Leninets, somehow managed to privatize all this.

And then he pulled the children to the business. The eldest son Boris today is the general director of the entire holding. The younger Andrei, before the governorship, headed a number of "Lenin's" "daughters", and today his wife Kira is in their leadership.

It seems that Andrey Turchak met his wife in the judo section of the St. Petersburg club "Cosmonaut", but today no one even remembers them in this club. Both of them received management diplomas at the State University of Aerospace Instrumentation, where, according to numerous publications, Turchak Sr. is still the professor of the department of management. At the same time, the representative of the department itself told the Interlocutor that it was the first time she heard such a surname. Almost everyone who somehow intersected with Andrei Turchak is not eager to talk about him. Apparently there are reasons.

Leaves by all means

“Andrey Turchak reacts very painfully to any disagreement with him,” says Lev Shlosberg, a former deputy from Pskov, who was recently deprived of his mandate. - When you start asking him specific questions during the discussion of the governor's report, he immediately bursts into rebuke: “Well, yes, you alone understand the most!” And then it gets personal. After all, he is a temporary worker, lives in St. Petersburg and works on a rotational basis, not respecting local self-government. It readily accepts any optimization of social costs, but supports controversial projects like the environmentally deadly giant pig farm or the already very expensive Special Economic Zone, which few people want to enter. It seems that his main task is the development of funds: a number of companies came to the region with him, which will probably leave with him.

But this will happen, according to the deputy, not very soon:

- In connection with the publicity of the possible involvement of the governor in the beating of Kashin, a serious apparatus struggle is now going on around Turchak. He put Putin in an awkward position, but removing him from office with the wording "loss of confidence" will also turn into a scandal. So most likely after some time he will simply be arranged for “another job”.

It probably will. These are the established rules of political judo: there are no losers among the members of your team.

P.S. Only Shlosberg's "Pskov Governorate" wrote about Turchak's trace in the Kashin case from the local media. A day after the conversation with the deputy, it became known that the Pskov Regional Assembly, the majority of which is United Russia, will consider the issue of depriving him of his mandate.

Two months ago, Vladimir Putin awarded his friend Anatoly Turchak the Order of Friendship.

Turchak Andrei Anatolyevich (born December 20, 1975, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian statesman, former governor of the Pskov region (2009-2017). Vice Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation since November 9, 2017. The son is a close friend of Vladimir Putin and the Rotenberg brothers, with whom he practiced judo together in the 70s at the Trubostroitel club (Leningrad).

From 1991 to 1995, he was a judo coach at the municipal sports school of the Olympic reserve "Cosmonaut". Since March 1996 (at the age of 20) - General Director of CJSC "Commercial and industrial company" LenNort "" (a subsidiary of HC "Leninets"). Since 1997, he has been the General Director of the Plant of Electrical Appliances OJSC (the sole founder of the OJSC is the St. Petersburg City Property Management Committee).

In 1998 Andrey Turchak graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation. In April 2000, he became a member of the board of directors of Energomashbank. From 2000 to 2002 - director of restructuring, then director of corporate policy at HC Leninets. In 2002, he took the position of General Director of LLC Sodruzhestvo North-West.

Since 2003 - Vice-President and Member of the Board of Directors of HC Leninets, Member of the Board of Directors of the Leninets Management Company. On May 31, 2005 he was re-elected to the board of directors of HC Leninets. In August 2005, he joined the United Russia party and was appointed coordinator of the party's youth policy. In November 2005, he joined the Coordinating Council (CC) of the Young Guard of United Russia.

On August 30, 2006, the bureau of the Supreme Council of United Russia recommended Turchak for the post of a member of the Federation Council from the parliament of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. In 2007, he was a deputy of the Pskov regional assembly of deputies from the Pskov regional branch of the United Russia political party.

In 2007-2008 - Chairman of the Coordinating Council of the Youth Movement Young Guard of United Russia. Since July 6, 2007 - a member of the Federation Council - a representative of the representative body of state power of the Pskov region. On February 16, 2009, he was appointed Acting Governor of the Pskov Region.

On February 27, 2009, with a result of 37 out of 40 votes, he was approved by the Pskov Regional Assembly as governor. Until 2012, he was a member of the General Council of the United Russia WFP. In 2014, he graduated with honors from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

On February 27, 2014, Andrei Turchak's 5-year term as governor expired, but on the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed him acting governor. In the elections for the governor of the Pskov region, held on September 14, 2014, Turchak won in the first round - 78.36% of voters voted for his candidacy with a turnout of 37.9%. On October 12, 2017, he left the post of Governor of the Pskov Region for own will. On November 9, 2017, he became Vice Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

His wife, Kira Turchak, heads the board of directors of the Leninets Management Company, is on the boards of directors of a number of other companies, and is the general director of Labyrinth OJSC (manages the Obuhoff hotel). Kira Turchak, with an income of 21.08 million rubles received in 2010, was among the ten richest wives of governors. In 2015, Kira Turchak's income amounted to 38 million rubles.

Scandal with journalist Oleg Kashin

In August 2010, Oleg Kashin, a correspondent for the Kommersant newspaper, insulted Turchak, who at that time was the governor of Pskov, to which he demanded to apologize within 24 hours. There was no apology from Kashin, and three months later he was attacked. The attackers inflicted more than 50 blows, including with a reinforcing bar at the entrance of a house in the center of Moscow.

In 2015, Kashin said that, according to investigators, the perpetrators of the attack turned out to be security personnel of an enterprise partially owned by the Turchak family, which may indicate the possible involvement of Andrei Turchak in the case. The wife of one of the defendants in the case, Danila Veselov, stated that Andrei Turchak personally gave instructions to beat the journalist. However, no charges were brought against Turchak.

The influential and purposeful Andrey Turchak showed himself not only as a good manager, but also as a talented politician. Andrei Anatolyevich can be safely called the eldest of the generation of "children of officials and privatizers", who are gradually replacing their parents.

Childhood and youth

The biography of Andrei Anatolyevich Turchak began on December 20, 1975 in Leningrad. The boy was born under a lucky star: in the family of the chief - the director of the NPO "Leninets", engaged in judo. When Andrei was 17 years old, his father made him the main co-owner of the company.

In the 90s, Anatoly Turchak led party activities, being a deputy on the council of the Our Home is Russia movement.

With such a father, the son's personal abilities developed rapidly, in 1998 the young man graduated from the St. Petersburg GUAP and received a diploma as an economist-manager.

Career and politics

The young man began to work early: at the age of 16, he got a job as a judo coach at the municipal school of the Olympic reserve "Cosmonaut". After spending 4 years in this position, at the age of 20, Andrei Anatolyevich became the general director of his father's subsidiary Leninets.


Until the age of 30, Turchak held senior positions in private enterprises, but nevertheless decided to try his hand at politics. Andrei Anatolyevich joined the United Russia party, where his father was already a member. Having chosen a policy, Turchak did not fail: the man was expected to grow rapidly - after a year, Andrei Anatolyevich was recommended to the Federation Council from the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The option seemed too extreme to the family, so they decided to wait for the next vacancy.

A year later, an offer was received from the Pskov region, this time Andrei Anatolyevich agreed. For about 1.5 years, the politician served as a senator, and in February 2009 he was appointed and. about. governor. In the same month, the regional assembly approved the man as governor for 5 years. Having taken this post at the age of 33, Andrei Anatolyevich became one of the youngest heads of Russia.


When the term of the governor's powers of the politician expired, on the same day the president appointed Andrey Anatolyevich and. about. governor. In the elections held on September 14, 2014, Turchak was initially in the favourites. As a result, he won already in the first round: 78.36% of voters voted for the man.

During the time in this post, ambiguous opinions have developed about politics. Some consider the activities of Andrei Anatolyevich worthy, while others give the man's board an unsatisfactory assessment.


Vice Speaker Andrey Turchak

One way or another, the head of the region tried to form a positive image of the region. He brought to life large investment projects, almost completely modernized the heating system and built a pig-breeding complex. But at the same time, Turchak failed to come close to realizing the tourism potential in the only region bordering three foreign countries.

In 2014, Turchak graduated with honors from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Personal life

Andrei Anatolyevich is officially married to Kira Evgenievna Turchak. The politician's wife holds the post of head of the board of directors of the Leninets Management Company and the general director of Labyrinth OJSC. Acquaintance with the future wife happened in childhood, at a sports training. Young people have been friends for a long time, but romantic feelings have replaced friendly relations.


When Andrei was 20 years old, and Kira was 19, young people tied the knot. And, apparently, personal life The couple worked out perfectly. The politician and businesswoman are raising four children - Anatoly, Olga, Sofia and Philip.

Kira Evgenievna with income received in 2010 in the amount of 21.08 million rubles. ranked among the 10 richest wives of governors. In 2015, the income of the wife of the politician amounted to 38 million rubles.

The Turchakov family owns several apartments and a plot of land. In 2013, Alexei Navalny accused Andrei Anatolyevich of having undeclared property abroad: part of a house in Nice. But the governor was ahead of the oppositionist and even the day before the publication of the “compromising evidence” he included real estate in the document, and soon got rid of it altogether.


The work of Turchak at the head of the region was overshadowed by a loud scandal over the “Kashin case”. In 2010, journalist Oleg Kashin expressed disagreement with the ratings of governors, where Andrei Anatolyevich was listed as a "solid good man." The media worker called the politician a weak leader of the region, using an abusive epithet.

Upon learning of this, Turchak delivered an ultimatum: Kashin was given 24 hours to ask for forgiveness for the insult. There was no apology, and the publicized story was soon forgotten. But a few months later, an unpleasant incident happened to the journalist: Kashin was brutally attacked. According to the victim, the incident could not have happened without Andrei Anatolyevich's orders, but the politician himself called these words a slander.

Andrey Turchak now

In October 2017, at his own request, the man was prematurely removed from the post of governor of the Pskov region, he received a new appointment: now Turchak holds the position of vice speaker of the Federation Council and secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party. During the 2018 presidential election, Turchak was a member of the initiative group that nominated the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.


The question has already been raised more than once about the further advancement of a man in career ladder. Some political analysts suggest that leaving the post of speaker of the Federation Council will be a springboard for Turchak.

Andrey Anatolyevich maintains an unofficial account in social network Instagram, where he regularly publishes pictures and videos of life events.

Some sources report that Turchak is a Belarusian by nationality.