Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov, as befits the head of a state-owned company, disclosed information about his income. It turned out that over the past year he earned more than 170 million rubles. Moreover, his income has doubled compared to the year before last. The corporation said that the increase in remuneration is associated with the company's success. However, if you look closely, the achievements of Russian Railways, and, therefore, Belozerov, leave much to be desired.
Monthly millionaire
Head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov from his predecessor Vladimir Yakunin one circumstance favorably distinguishes. The current top manager has data on his income and property. It is possible that this was one of the conditions for his appointment. Yakunin, as we remember, aroused public anger by refusing to disclose his salary, despite the president's request. Therefore, the successor can be applauded for publicity. Although, as Dartagnan said before the duel with Athos: “But only for that!”, Because there are no other special reasons for praise.
Now for the details. Over the past year, the head of Russian Railways earned almost 173 million rubles. And this is twice as much as in 2015. At the same time, Belozerov, judging by the declaration, is some kind of property unmercenary. He has nothing. No cars, no housing. Is that an apartment of 193 meters, but it is not his, but is in gratuitous perpetual use. Yes, my wife, who has earned some “ridiculous” 22 million rubles, also has two rare Volgas from the 60s and a Land Rover SUV.
However, the salary of the head of the monopoly will be enough to ensure a decent life for the family. So, 173 million rubles per year. By the simplest mathematical operation, that is, dividing by the number of working days, you can find out that Oleg Belozerov earns about 700 thousand rubles a day. For the overwhelming majority of Russians, the amount is simply incredible. In the capital of our Motherland, there are many dreamers who would consider it happiness to receive so much at least a month. In the rest of the country, this is the limit of desires in the form of an annual salary. In remote corners with this money you can buy one or even two-room apartment. By the way, with regard to housing, even in spite of the insane prices for Moscow real estate, Oleg Belozerov can buy himself a good three-ruble note in the capital every month. For 14 million. With that kind of money, you don't have to worry too much about your property.
Mister "efficiency"
However, let's not play on the sense of social justice. Still, Oleg Valentinovich is not just a hard worker, but a person capable of leading such a colossus as Russian Railways. And, judging by the message of the corporation, to lead successfully. The state-owned company noted that the top manager's remuneration is due to the successes over the past year. Russian railways did without government subsidies, balanced financial results, optimized costs, reduced inefficient spending, and increased profits by 20 times. Sounds very nice. True, in fact, this beauty is somewhat blurred.
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The points.
Russian Railways really do without state subsidies, which would have been nonsense for the times of Vladimir Yakunin. But let's remember what happened to the tariffs of the freight transportation monopoly last year. And they grew by 9%. At the same time, inflation in the country was only 5.4%. Railways are the circulatory system of the Russian economy. Freight rates directly affect the cost of goods. By and large, this is an indirect tax paid by Russians, and its beneficiary is Russian Railways. So maybe the reason for the efficiency of the state-owned company is not in Belozerov's amazing managerial abilities, but in the fact that citizens and business have thrown themselves into this efficiency?
Go ahead. Profit. It has really grown significantly in the past year. According to the reporting using the Russian accounting system, the company earned 6 and a half billion rubles. And this is indeed 20 times more profit according to RAS in 2015, when Oleg Valentinovich just came to his post. But there is also an international reporting system, which Russian Railways, as public company, also uses. These data were published almost simultaneously with the information about the salary of the head of Russian Railways. So, the monopoly in 2016 under IFRS earned about 10 billion rubles, and this is only a quarter more than a year earlier. Is the discrepancy too large - 26% and 1900%? Of course, you can count in different ways. But let's not forget about the base effect. If under Yakunin the corporation earned nothing, then any minimal success on a calculator will look very impressive. So before judging the outstanding managerial qualities of Oleg Belozerov and paying him a huge salary, in theory, it is worth waiting at least another year.
Has life gotten better?
However, some conclusions can be drawn even now. First, it is known that this year the monopoly's tariffs have increased by 6%. And this is 2% more than the projected inflation. And, secondly, a top manager, who recently seemed, compared to his predecessor, a rather modest person, is already giving the authorities an ultimatum: either let the state-owned companies prolong tax breaks, or they will raise tariffs. It is about property tax. By the way, ordinary Russians have recently learned its charm by paying tangible levies for real estate. But Russian Railways, as it turns out, pays at a preferential rate, saving huge funds on this. And the operator of railway transportation has a preference for VAT - 10% instead of the traditional 18%. And this indulgence alone brings the corporation an additional 10 billion rubles. It turns out that the state-owned company lives in the most favorable conditions for itself, has the ability to raise tariffs, and attributes the super profits received on this to the merits of the head. Correct if not so.
But perhaps something has changed dramatically for the better for the passengers? Perhaps trains began to run faster, platforms were modernized, traffic jams on countless crossings disappeared thanks to new interchanges, old cars soaked with a nasty smell were removed? Such confidence. Or maybe something has changed in terms of corruption? After all, it was she who was called the main reason for the resignation of Vladimir Yakunin. Recently, one of the world's largest audit firms, KPMG, analyzed the contracts of the passenger subsidiary of the corporation and found out that the schemes created under the former head are still in place. That is, the company still turns to the same suppliers, seriously overpaying for their goods, services and works.
We can say for sure that the life of the head of the state corporation has changed for the better. Over the past year and a half, he made a career breakthrough, began to earn twice as much, one might say, he is confidently walking his life path. But, all the same, for what the President of the Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov receives 700 thousand rubles a day? There is, however, a universal answer: "for that." And, taking into account all of the above, any fact can be substituted here.
Oleg Belozerov was born in the Latvian port town of Ventspils. Oleg Belozerov's childhood passed among the cozy streets of this city, rich in sights and filled with clean sea air. But the clever boy did not see sufficient prospects in his native land and after graduating from school he decided to move to Leningrad, where he entered the Leningrad Institute of Finance and Economics (LFEI).
In those years, Alexey Miller, the future chairman of the board of Gazprom, studied at the Leningrad Institute of Economics and Economics, and the laboratory of regional economic problems headed by the now famous economist Andrei Illarionov. And although Oleg Belozerov could not start a close relationship with them then, both remembered the young student's face, and ten years later he managed to join the so-called "St. Petersburg team". In addition, Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov even had common acquaintances with Dmitry Medvedev's future wife Svetlana Linnik, who also graduated from this educational institution. True, he was not familiar with Svetlana herself.
The most important institute acquaintance for Oleg Belozerov was Andrei Likhachev, who was several years older than him and already had certain connections. After Oleg Belozerov received higher education, Likhachev introduced him to the St. Petersburg businessman Andrei Kadkin. For some time they tried to go into their own business, opening various offices, which, however, could not be called successful.
This was until Likhachev, who had connections in the energy sector, proposed to establish the Lagun construction company, which was supposed to become the Lenenergo contractor. Oleg Belozerov became a co-founder and, at the same time, Deputy General Director for Economics and Finance. The third co-founder was Kadkin.
It should be noted that this Kadkin did not always run his business cleanly. So, for example, received from the defense plant named after Morozov free construction Materials went to fulfill orders for Lenenergo. This style of work for Andrey Olegovich will continue in the future, which will ultimately lead to the initiation of a criminal case on embezzlement of 3 billion rubles from the St. Petersburg budget. In those years, Oleg Belozerov met Kadkin's friend, co-owner of the Yavara-Neva judo sports club.
Oleg Belozerov and career
In 1998, Likhachev managed to secure a good place for Oleg Belozerov in Lenenergo itself, and a year later Andrei Nikolayevich himself became the general director of this company. Under his patron, Oleg Belozerov has grown from deputy commercial director for fuel to commercial director. True, over time he was transferred to the position of head of the department for material and technical supply and transport of Lenenergo.
All these movements took place literally in one year, and already in 2000 Oleg Belozerov left for OJSC Freight Motor Transport Enterprise N 21, where he became Deputy General Director. It is not known what the departure of Oleg Belozerov was connected with, but literally a few months later Likhachev, who managed to be the vice-governor of St. Petersburg and to establish contacts with government officials, offered him a place in the office of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-Western Federal District. But even here Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov did not last long and moved to the LOMO company.
During these years, the first wave of transfers to the Moscow posts of "St. Petersburg's" had already passed, and the second, more massive, began. People were indiscriminately recruited for good positions, guided only by their St. Petersburg origin and their connections “at the top”. It was in this wave that Oleg Belozerov fell. Likhachev and Kadkin discovered that there was a vacancy for the head of OJSC Russian Fuel Company (Rostopprom), more than 70% of whose shares belonged to the state, and they recommended Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov for him.
At that time, Rostoprom was almost the only company that was engaged in the peat industry and also mined coal. Belozerov's patrons have already tried to penetrate this structure through the board of directors, supporting the son of Arkady Rotenberg, Igor. And although the attempt was unsuccessful, Igor Arkadyevich Rotenberg was able to arrange for the deputy head of the property department of the fuel and energy complex. And if Rotenberg Jr., who does not have a higher education, took such a rather large position, then why should Oleg Belozerov not head the entire company?
The candidacy of Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov began to go through the instances of various ministries from the Ministry of Energy to the Ministry of Property. Few imagined who it was and whose frame it was. When the case of Oleg Belozerov got into the personnel apparatus of the Presidential Administration, at first the personnel officers from Staraya Square were embarrassed by the candidate’s frequent job changes, so he was “rejected”. I had to bring the information that this is "my" person and his candidacy needs to be approved. In order to change the management of Rostopprom, an extraordinary meeting of shareholders was even called. As a result, Oleg Belozerov successfully took the desired position.
Oleg Belozerov and FDA
For two years Oleg Belozerov worked at Rostopprom, apparently even showing good results. In 2004, it became known that the post of head of the Federal Road Agency (FDA), headed by Anatoly Nasonov, should soon be vacated. The then Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov decided to remove him from his post on the advice of President Vladimir Putin, who, while still the head of the Main Control Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation, achieved the resignation of Nasonov from the post of head of the Federal Highway Service for numerous cases of misuse of funds.
For the agency at that time, about $ 3 billion was allocated. On the one hand, after Nasonov, it was required to find a person with an unblemished reputation, at the same time capable of rectifying the deplorable situation with the roads, i.e. having sufficient management experience. On the other hand, it was impossible to take a person from the outside with such big money. Oleg Belozerov at that time was firmly established as part of the "St. Petersburg team", and his biography and business qualities gave reason to hope that he would not raise questions from the professional community. In addition, the Rotenberg brothers entered the "road business", to whom Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov was not a stranger at all.
So in November 2004 Oleg Belozerov became the head of the Federal Road Agency. And naturally, Belozerov saw his first task as placing his people in key places. For example, in 2005, Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov set out to appoint his man, Viktor Ivanov, as the head of the Center for International Transport (CMP). At the same time, he acted ahead of schedule, not paying attention to labor legislation. So, Oleg Belozerov dismissed the head of the CMP Viktor Brazhny right from vacation. However, the result of such a personnel decision was deplorable. Ivanov, not knowing anything about the work entrusted to him, sharply worsened the quality of the Center's work.
Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov, despite the fact that he often complained about a chronic lack of money and stood up for toll roads, nevertheless, on the whole, coped well with the tasks set. A number of major road projects were launched under him. True, the statements of Oleg Belozerov himself often contradicted each other. On the one hand, he stated that 60% of the roads are in unsatisfactory condition, and if funding does not change, in 10 years this figure will grow to 80%, on the other hand, he reported that all Russian highways will be brought to a standard condition by 2013 ...
Over time, the head of Rosavtodor began to mercilessly criticize his own department, complaining about the limited organizational capabilities in the face of overgrown bureaucratic red tape and constantly changing legislation. Oleg Belozerov saw the attraction of investments to the agency as the only prospect. He promised that by 2015 funding from external sources will reach 1 trillion. rubles.
Despite all these facts, during the time that Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov was at his post, the length of public roads in Russia increased by 32%. The then President Dmitry Medvedev noticed the successes of the head of Rosavtodor, and in February Oleg Belozerov was included in the so-called "first hundred" reserve of managerial personnel. And already in March 2009 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation.
Oleg Belozerov Minister
In his new position, he continued to support the idea of \u200b\u200btoll roads. The most famous such project, which was launched even when Oleg Belozerov headed Rosavtodor, is the Moscow - St. Petersburg toll road. The Rotenberg brothers naturally won the tender for the execution of the work, as they won many other projects - the construction of the federal highway M-4 "Don", M-11 "Narva" and M9 "Baltia". According to the plan, the road was partially supposed to pass through the massif of the Khimki forest park. It was against this plan that residents of the city of Khimki, led by activist Yevgenia Chirikova, began to protest with protests.
Oleg Belozerov then claimed that the project had passed three environmental assessments and received five positive conclusions from Glavgosexpertiza, which, among others, included sections on environmental protection. In response, Chirikova provided papers from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank, which said that the banks were not going to finance the project, due to the fact that its environmental audit was not completed.
Soon, Oleg Belozerov was demanded to answer for another incident. In 2010, the so-called "dancing bridge" in the Volgograd region made a big splash, when it was possible to observe how the multi-kilometer bridge goes literally in waves. Having flown to the scene, the deputy minister explained everything by aerodynamics. And, it would seem, what is the demand for Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov, he was not the one who built the bridge. But the thing is that the work of engineers on this bridge was taken over by Rosavtodor, even under Oleg Belozerov.
But all these minor failures had little effect on the reputation of Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov. And when in 2010 there were rumors about the imminent resignation of Transport Minister Igor Levitin, all experts unanimously said that his deputy should come to replace him. Then it was believed that a young promising politician would have to strengthen Medvedev's position. Moreover, it was he who headed the Operational Headquarters of the Ministry of Transport of Russia for the elimination of the consequences of the emergency in the Krasnodar Territory after the flood in Krymsk. But, by 2012, the conjuncture had changed, and Maxim Sokolov became the minister.
In 2013, Oleg Belozerov began to lose his position in the apparatus. So the observers demanded to invalidate the results of the tender for the construction of a tunnel at the Sheremetyevo airport. The tender was then won by the Rotenberg-based TPS Avia Group. The competition for this work was called profanity.
To strengthen his influence, Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov decided to carry out a personnel cleaning in his native Rosavtodor. The main task of Belozerov then set himself to replace the director of the organization, Roman Starovoit, with his own man. Such a person was Starovoit's deputy, Andrei Kostyuk, who began by cleaning up lower-level personnel and launched a campaign to discredit his leader, “substituting” him in every possible way. It was assumed that Oleg Belozerov would "punch" Kostyuk's candidacy for the post of director of Rosavtodor. At the same time, there were rumors that Kostyuk would support the interests of the St. Petersburg crime boss Vladimir Golubev, nicknamed "Barmaley". But in the end, the resignation never materialized.
Despite the fact that the prospects for further growth for Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov remained vague, in his place he settled quite firmly. So, it was he who was appointed responsible for the implementation of the presidential decree on doubling the pace of road construction.
Oleg Belozerov is a Russian statesman and manager, President of Russian Railways, Chairman of the Council of NPF Blagosostoyanie.
Education and scientific degree
In 1992 he graduated from the St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance with a degree in economist, industrial planning.
In 2005, at the same university, he defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic "Organization of supply logistics in vertically integrated corporate structures", candidate of economic sciences.
Labor activity
From 1998 to 2000, he worked at JSC Lenenergo. At first, he worked as a Deputy Commercial Director, then became a Commercial Director, then headed the Department of Procurement and Transport.
In 2000, he moved to the post of deputy director at OJSC Freight Motor Transport Enterprise No. 21. In the same year, he became the head of the financial and economic department of the office of the plenipotentiary representative of the president Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District.
In 2001, he continued his career as Deputy Director for Corporate Property Management at LOMO OJSC.
In 2002, he headed OJSC Russian Fuel Company as CEO.
From July to November 2004, he was the deputy head of the Federal Road Agency. From 09.11.2004 to 17.03.2009 - head of the Federal Road Agency.
From March 17, 2009 to May 11, 2015 - Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. In this capacity, he oversaw projects of national importance, in particular the APEC summit in Vladivostok, the Universiade in Kazan.
Since July 2014 - Member of the Board of Directors of Russian Railways.
From May 11 to August 20, 2015 - First Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation. On August 20, 2015, by order of the Government of the Russian Federation, he was appointed President of Russian Railways.
At the moment he is also
member of the Board and the Bureau of the Board of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Chairman of the RSPP Commission on Transport and Transport Infrastructure;
co-chairman of the Russia-France Business Cooperation Council from the Russian side;
chairman of the International Union of Railways, the International Association "Coordination Council for Trans-Siberian Transportation", the Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States for Railway Transport and the Supervisory Board of GEFCO;
member of the conference of general directors (responsible representatives) of the railways of the Organization for Cooperation between Railways (OSJD).
Awards and titles
Active State Councilor of the Russian Federation, 1st class (August 6, 2011).
Among the awards he has medals:
- "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg";
- "In memory of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan";
- Medal of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 1st degree;
- "Council of the Federation. 20 years";
- "Honorary Road Builder of Russia";
- "Honorary Worker of the Fuel and Energy Complex";
- jubilee badge "In memory of the 200th anniversary of the Office of Water and Land Communications";
- distinction "For services in strengthening cooperation with the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation";
- "Honorary Worker of Transport of Russia";
Honor;
- "For services to the Fatherland" IV degree;
Certificates of honor:
RF Government Office;
- the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation;
- the President of the Russian Federation;
And also thanks to the President of Russia.
Family status
Married. Wife - Olga Aleksandrovna Belozerova, son Matvey (born November 18, 1996) and daughter Veronica (born August 10, 2001).
Oleg Belozerov is a Russian statesman and public figure, a real first-class state adviser, a young official and the head of road transport enterprises. For his professionalism, in May 2009 he was appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation, and on August 20, 2015, he was promoted and by the decree of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation was appointed to the post of head of JSC Russian Railways.
Oleg Valentinovich Belozerov was born on September 26, 1969 in the Latvian city of Ventspils. Parents worked as doctors in the local clinic: father - a radiologist, mother - a neurologist. From an early age, athletics became a serious hobby of the boy - long jump and sprint. In the 400 m race, Oleg achieved amazing results. His high school record is still officially unbeaten.
Even as a child, the boy was impressed by the railway. Oleg loved to travel around Latvia with his parents, and then made small voyages on his own. The romantic nature was amazed by medieval castles passing by the train. Such travels left indelible memories in Belozerov's memory.
Oleg was an exemplary student at school, striving to acquire knowledge, which allowed him in 1992 to successfully graduate from the St. Petersburg University of Economics and Finance and receive a diploma in economics in industrial planning. In addition to receiving higher education, Oleg Belozerov paid a debt to the Motherland, having served for a year on the border with Norway, in Murmansk. The service was completed by a young man in a sports company.
After graduating from the university, Belozerov decided to continue his studies, so he entered graduate school to obtain a Ph.D. And here success awaited him: Oleg defended his thesis on "Organization of supply logistics in vertically integrated corporate structures" and became a candidate of economic sciences.
Having received higher education, Oleg Valentinovich first worked in his specialty and gained precious experience in the chosen field of activity. As a result, the biography of Oleg Belozerov reached a different level. Thanks to hard work and perseverance, the future head of Russian Railways entered the world of power engineering, taking a leadership position in JSC Lenenergo.
Career
Since 2000, Oleg Belozerov's career has been continuously associated with the road transport direction. The first position at the new stage of his biography was "Freight motor transport company No. 21", in which he held the position of deputy director. After working a little in his post, Oleg Valentinovich got into the office of the plenipotentiary representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the North-West Federal District, where he headed the financial and economic department.
In 2002, the future head of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov, was invited to OJSC LOMO as head of corporate property management, at the end of the same year he was appointed general director of OJSC Russian Fuel Company. Two years later, Oleg Valentinovich was promoted and became deputy head of the Federal Road Agency, which he headed literally six months later. Over the next five years, until 2009 inclusive, Belozerov headed a road agency and proved his professionalism in this field.
In 2009, he was noticed in the government of the Russian Federation, where he ended up as Deputy Minister of Transport of the country. In the Ministry of Transport, the future head of Russian Railways was engaged in the development of roads and railways, having established himself as a responsible employee who, despite difficulties with the budget and investment, did a lot for the country in this direction.
During his career, the achievements of Oleg Belozerov have been repeatedly noted with honorary titles and awards. In 2004, he was awarded the badge "Honorary Worker of the Fuel and Energy Complex", in 2006 he received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st degree, and in 2014, he became the owner of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 4th degree.
On August 20, 2015, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Oleg Belozerov was appointed head of Russian Railways. The decree on the appointment was signed by the country's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who instructed Oleg Valentinovich to take up his duties in his new position without any “swing”. Belozerov managed to get this post after his predecessor Vladimir Yakunin voluntarily resigned, leaving the chair of the head of the Russian state vertically integrated company, one of the three largest in the world.
The change of leadership took place due to the fact that the former head of Russian Railways was unable to establish the work of the monopoly organization without constant preferences from the state budget. Belozerov was tasked with optimizing the industry's costs.
In the new position of the head of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov was to develop promising projects planned by the former leadership, which included the reconstruction of railways in Serbia, the construction of the Trans-Korean Railway, the continuation of the construction of high-speed highways in Russia in the direction of Moscow-Kazan. At the same time, the new head of Russian Railways was tasked with “uniting approaches” in passenger transportation, reducing the percentage of passenger dissatisfaction with the services provided by the transport company and supporting the economic level of Russian Railways, preventing the enterprise from making a loss.
Belozerov is in high competition with the former head of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, who did a lot to develop the largest infrastructure monopoly, but he immediately took up his duties. The new head of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov, focused on increasing the speed of traffic in Russia, and also made efforts to invest capital in this industry of the Russian Federation.
First of all, the company got rid of unprofitable assets, but at the same time continued to finance railway hospitals, clinics, as well as the football and hockey clubs Lokomotiv. The new head of Russian Railways made personnel changes, increased the flow of container traffic. Russian Railways refused to buy imported rails; instead, contracts were concluded with the Russian metallurgical companies Evraz and Mechel.
The prices for cargo transportation were raised by 9%, some privileges were canceled, which made it possible to increase the profit of Russian Railways. On the one hand, this measure allowed the company to completely dispense with financial injections from the state, on the other hand, it became an indirect tax for Russian citizens, since the prices for transported goods increased. But already in 2016, the corporation, for the first time in recent years, reached the maximum indicators for cargo transportation.
Personal life
Oleg Belozerov's personal life is as stable as his work activity. The head of Russian Railways has been married to Olga Alexandrovna since 1994 and has two children. Son Matvey was born in 1996, receives a journalism diploma. Daughter Veronica, born in 2001, is determined with the choice of the university. Family photos of the head of Russian Railways do not appear in the media.
Oleg Valentinovich did not appear in scandals either on career matters or on personal ones. Friends and relatives consider him an excellent family man, a caring father and a loving husband.
Oleg Belozerov's income in 2014, according to information from official sources, amounted to slightly more than 12 million rubles, and his wife earned the same amount. Also, the head of Russian Railways owns an apartment with an area of \u200b\u200balmost 220 sq. meters, cottage and land.
Oleg Belozerov now
In 2017, the Russian Railways company under the leadership of Belozerov reached record profit indicators, which amounted to 139.7 billion rubles, which influenced the growth of the salary of the head of the holding. If in 2015 Belozerov earned 86.2 million rubles for the year, then in 2016 the amount of annual income was 172.9 million rubles. Unlike his predecessor, Belozerov files his tax return openly. This growth is due to the high efficiency of the work of Oleg Valentinovich.
In the same year, Belozerov turned to the country's leadership with a request to change the name of his position from “president” to “general director”, since the second name is accepted in international practice.
In May 2017, at a meeting with Chinese colleagues in Beijing, Oleg Belozerov felt ill, and the CEO of the Russian company was hospitalized with a diagnosis of Inflammation of appendicitis. In the hospital, Oleg Belozerov was successfully operated on.
Now Belozerov continues to improve the work of the Russian Railways holding, but in 2018 he was unable to increase the tariffs for seats in the reserved seat due to the interference of the antimonopoly service.
Developing cooperation with our media partners in Moscow, the editors of the Kompromat-Ural portal are moving on to highlighting the problems of the state-owned Russian Railways JSC (RZD) under the leadership of not the president, but the general director - chairman of the board, 48-year-old Oleg Belozerov (TIN 781306504007). With the recent renaming of the position, Oleg Valentinovich retained the reputation of the "Rotenberg man" and did not cease to be the top railway top manager (in the opinion of many, although a state-owned, but still a capitalist).
No wonder, after all, Mr. Belozerov the day before yesterday participated in the largest pre-New Year oligarchic gathering in the Kremlin at the invitation Vladimir Putin... And even thanks to the alphabet, he was not too far from the real president. But next to the real (formally - non-state) sharks of capital: Ruslan Baysarov (Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation), Musa Bazhaev ("Group Alliance"), Igor Altushkin ("RCC") and Andrey Bokarev(UMMC, Transmashholding and other assets).
Judging by the information of the analysts of the Kompromat-Ural editorial office, Mr. Belozerov feels quite comfortable in the highest crowd of moneybags. Not life, but a fairy tale! And the atmosphere of the Kremlin hall will, perhaps, be more pleasant than some provincial object on the highway with disgruntled workers in branded uniforms and an emblem of three letters. Plus, in his official opening remarks, the President mentioned "a steady increase in freight turnover in rail transport, which has recently been about six percent." Read - praised. You would think that the country did not see the promised high-speed railways even for the 2018 World Cup! Belozerov and his first deputy Alexandru Misharin and without high-speed rail, life is good. If not for these annoying ordinary railroad workers who are always dissatisfied with their plight ...
While Oleg Belozerov is enjoying presidential compliments and communication in the circle of celestials, the Kompromat-Ural editorial office accepts complaints and messages about the real state of affairs at Russian Railways.
"BROKEN" Russian Railways worker?
The head of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov receives 14 million rubles a month. And how do his subordinates live?
As it became known to the correspondent, the president of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov for 2016 received an income of 170 million rubles. And this means that he has 14 million rubles a month. You can certainly live on that kind of money. And even very good!
Probably Oleg Belozerov, who replaced the head of Russian Railways in 2015 VladimirYakunin, gets them for fixing effective work the company entrusted to him. And his subordinates are rolling like cheese in butter. If the president has such a salary, then he must ensure a comfortable existence for the employees. How else?
Oleg Belozerov skillfully juggles numbers that demonstrate his allegedly successful management of the company. In the first half of the year, Russian Railways' profit increased by 17.8% compared to the previous year, total revenues - by 4.1%, and passenger traffic revenues - by 10.5%. However, does Belozerov have anything to do with these figures and how are they achieved?
It turns out that Russian Railways lives happily ever after only thanks to government support. Last year, the VAT rate on passenger transportation was reduced from 18% to 10%, and this year it was 0%. The Ministry of Transport has estimated the income received by the company from the zeroing of VAT at 15.4 billion rubles.
At the same time, Russian Railways' tariffs increased by 6%, which is 2% more than inflation. And the company continues to insist on indexing them. Otherwise, things will go very badly for her. Russian Railways threatens with losses of 142.4 billion rubles. And this despite the fact that the state poured 25 billion rubles into the company's capital in 2016, and 121 billion rubles in 2015.
Deloitte, an auditing company, considered that cost optimization would save Russian Railways 95-130 billion rubles. However, Russian Railways, apparently, continue to squander budget money.
The average discount on procurement contracts is only 1.8%. And this is the worst indicator of all large state-owned companies. But for it, you can probably get a good "kickback". So 170 million rubles. can only be a visible part of Oleg Belozerov's income.
Reducing the management staff could bring savings of 25-60 billion rubles. However, it seems that Oleg Belozerov is solving the issue of savings and his own well-being at the expense of ordinary employees. RUB 200 billion savings on the salaries of railway workers, the number of which is regularly reduced.
And members of the Russian Railways Board received 2.3 billion rubles in 2016. It got to the point that there are several managers for one employee. And this situation was very well described by one of the company's employees in his review: “For one hard worker there are 3-4 dispatchers, 5-6 inspectors, and 8-10 bosses! And you have to feed this "horde", not forgetting that they also have families !!! Something like this, citizens are job seekers in the company "Russian Railways". All good! "
What do they say about Russian Railways?
If we analyze the reviews about the company, then the result for Oleg Belozerov is disappointing. Most do not recommend getting a job at Russian Railways. The reasons are low wages, nepotism and leadership, without which you cannot solve these problems. And this, apparently, primarily concerns Oleg Belozerov.
Here are a few more reviews from people who actually worked at Russian Railways.
And all this is said by people, some of whom have worked for the company for over 10 years. At the same time, for some reason, there is no talk of a decent salary. Does Oleg Belozerov care? Apparently, yes. The well-fed does not understand the hungry.
How much does Russian Railways pay?
Russian Railways says that by 2025 the average salary at Russian Railways will exceed the national average by 35%. Currently, Russian Railways employs 774 thousand people, the average salary is 46 thousand rubles. Apparently, such data is provided in the media by the PR service of Russian Railways, which is trying to pass off wishful thinking.
If you believe the reviews, then in Russian Railways only managers receive large sums, and ordinary hard workers, of whom the majority, are content with completely different salaries. And there is confirmation of this.
And where are these notorious 46 thousand rubles.? The average salary is the highest for an electric locomotive driver - 34 thousand rubles. As you can see from the table, the rest have even less. And how does 14 million rubles compare with such salaries? a month by Oleg Belozerov? Isn't he paying himself too much? And by what means?
And here is the answer! In 2015 alone, the number of employees of Russian Railways decreased by 7.6%, and the payroll decreased by 106.8 billion rubles. Oleg Belozerov apparently has his own optimization, which allows him to pay himself crazy money. And the fate of the dismissed more than 60 thousand people he probably does not care at all.
How do Russian Railways employees live?
There is no doubt that Oleg Belozerov probably lives well. With the money available to Belozerov, you can live in the most luxurious hotel. But some employees of Russian Railways for many years can only afford trailers.
For 25 years in the Demsky district of Bashkiria, several families have been living in dilapidated construction trailers without heat, gas and running water. Apparently, in this way EP-769 of the Kuibyshev Railway thanked its employees for many years of work.
The enterprise wrote off six trailers from its balance sheet, which made up a small town. And more than one generation has grown up in it. In winter, people sleep in jackets and felt boots, warm themselves with heaters, and in the spring the trailers are flooded. There is no money for housing, no bank loans are given. Residents of the town consider themselves second-class people. And Russian Railways made them so.
Only now people can only present piles of fruitless correspondence with the company and the authorities, because legally the carriages do not exist. Apparently, people were registered here on purpose, realizing that later they would have to settle them at the expense of the enterprise. Why spend money? They live the same 25 years and will live as much, or even more.
Belozerov's "slaves"?
Dozens of workers of the Crimean Railway live in unbearable conditions. They work from early morning until late at night. And even on Saturdays, but no one pays them overtime. The workers are ready to start a strike, but they are only afraid of dismissal.
When they are sent on a business trip, they live in an old decommissioned reserved seat carriage. No electricity, sewerage or power supply. Sometimes water appeared. The workers suffered for several months, and then they complained to their superiors. But they never received money for their work 16 hours a day. There is only one answer to complaints: if you don't like it, leave. It is not surprising that after that people feel like slaves of Russian Railways.
I wonder who Oleg Belozerov feels like? And does he even know anything about the problems of his subordinates? It is possible that the head of Russian Railways considers them only those with whom you can share money, and the rest of the employees do not exist for him at all.
Still, the employees of Russian Railways are probably right, who write in their reviews that without a change in leadership, nothing at Russian Railways will change. But who will leave such a "trough" himself? Certainly not Oleg Belozerov. Apparently, only the Kremlin broom can sweep him out of Russian Railways.