The wife and son of ex-mayor of Nizhny Novgorod Oleg Sorokin, whose arrest was extended by a Nizhny Novgorod court for another two months, hastily emigrated from Russia
The family of ex-mayor of Nizhny Novgorod Oleg Sorokin, whose arrest was extended by a Nizhny Novgorod court until May 18, emigrated from Russia. According to Pravda PFO, his wife Elada Nagornaya is now in Europe, where she is allegedly undergoing treatment. Their common son Nikita, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod Region from the LDPR, also flew out of the country. In 2017, he never attended committees or plenary meetings, and his reception office stopped registering voters. The speaker of the regional parliament, Evgeny Lebedev, throws up his hands: it is impossible to deprive a truant deputy of his mandate, especially since he sent an official letter saying that he is absent due to health problems. Shareholders who bought apartments in future microdistricts are increasingly expressing fear that their housing will become a long-term construction project. Representatives of the developer, meanwhile, assure that they will fulfill their obligations efficiently and on time.
Nikita Sorokin is the most unusual deputy of the Legislative Assembly. In his early twenties, he joined the LDPR and immediately entered the regional parliament on the party list, ahead of his older party comrades who had been working as political missionaries for more than five years. On the other hand, with a dad like Oleg Sorokin, you can safely run for either the State Duma or PACE.
Nikita Sorokin knows a lot about elections. Photo by Georgy Gross, Pravda Volga Federal District
After his father’s arrest, the young deputy abruptly goes into the shadows, and since January he completely stops attending the OZS. The reception of citizens is also frozen: a sign hangs on the door, but there is no person and, it seems, is not expected in the near future.
“There are no appointments available for either February or March. Why, I don’t know anything, not to me,” the head of his reception desk answers sharply on the phone. Irina Chernigina and, judging by the roar, he throws the phone down with force.
Deputies also do not know whether their colleague will return. Although - not for the microphone - they express understanding and do not condemn absenteeism: disgrace can happen to anyone, especially if you are rich, influential and have several procedural episodes.
“Both under federal laws and under the laws of our region, a deputy is accountable only to his voters. As for attendance at committees and meetings of the Legislative Assembly, a deputy is supposed to do this, although it is not obligatory. Therefore, we cannot make any claims against him, much less deprive him of his mandate,” said the speaker of the OZS of the Nizhny Novgorod region today Evgeny Lebedev. “In this situation, we are just waiting for developments and hope that he will attend the meetings.”
Evgeny Lebedev hopes that Nikita Sorokin will recover and return. Photo by Georgy Gross, Pravda Volga Federal District
The Chairman of Parliament confirmed that on the eve of the February plenum he received from Nikita Sorokin a letter in which he reports that he cannot take part in the work of the community health organization due to illness. This form of notification is a generally accepted practice and fits the definition of “good cause.” Even if the reason given is not true.
“Even if he is abroad today, I can only reproach him for the fact that he wrote about illness, and not about absence from the country, but the presence of a deputy abroad is also not a crime, it is his decision. What can I show him? Say: “You are misleading me. Come and be present with us"? And he will tell me: “I can’t.” In general, this is a sensitive issue, and I would like deputies to be required to attend meetings,” noted Evgeny Lebedev.
According to Pravda Volga Federal District, Nikita Sorokin’s mother also went to Europe. Elada Nagornaya- with his second son. The businesswoman’s mother is also abroad Elena Nagornaya, who at the last court hearing, where the issue of extending the arrest period for her son-in-law was considered, petitioned in absentia for a bail of 50 million rubles to mitigate the preventive measure. The court did not cooperate and extended Oleg Sorokin’s stay in the pre-trial detention center until May 18.
The once prosperous business empire was virtually abandoned by its owners, not counting, of course, the other shareholders of this company. The shareholders who made an advance payment and took out a mortgage, of course, became nervous. After all, we are talking about the construction of two gigantic residential areas, and if construction is stopped, the problem could affect, according to various estimates, about 3 thousand families. However, Stolitsa Nizhny, which actually includes subsidiaries of the development companies, reassures that the situation is under control and Nizhny Novgorod residents have no reason to worry.
“We would like to remind you that Start-Stroy LLC is one of the few Nizhny Novgorod companies that did not suspend their activities and continued construction even during the serious financial crisis of 2008,” representatives of the developer recalled. – One of the founders of Start-Stroy LLC is indeed Elada Nagornaya, but she is not the only founder. In addition, she is not the head of the company, therefore, by law, she is not authorized to make decisions on the operational management of the company. The absence of one of the founders of the company or his family members in the city cannot in any way affect the progress of construction of the residential complex, since the financing of the construction does not depend on the founder. They cannot “abandon the construction”, since construction is not the responsibility of individuals, but of legal entities whose activities are controlled by supervisory authorities.”
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First money. Once, when I was still at school, I saw earrings in a store - gold, with cubic zirconia. They cost a lot of money - as much as a hundred rubles. I asked my grandmother to buy them for me, and she said: “And you earn money.” For a whole month I collected crops in the garden, took them to the market... But with what joy I then wore those gold earrings! I only got new ones a few years later - my future husband gave them to me.
My universities. From the age of seven, I was trusted with housework - cleaning, cooking, washing, because mom and dad were at work from morning to evening. They will give me three rubles, and I need to calculate them so that there is enough for everything. Sometimes it was even possible to save money, and then there was money left over for personal expenses: first for ice cream, soda, then for the first stockings and lipstick.
First business. I opened my first independent business, a representative office of the Valentin Yudashkin Fashion House in Nizhny Novgorod, when I was only twenty-four years old. Later I asked Valentin how he was not afraid to entrust such a responsible job to a young girl. And he replied: “You were so confident in yourself that I didn’t even doubt that you could handle it.”
Woman in business. Every morning I transform from an ordinary woman into a businessman. When I leave the house, I’m still a woman, when I get into the car, I’m a woman, when I come to work, I’m a woman, but as soon as I cross the threshold of my office, I immediately become a businessman. And exactly the opposite happens in the evening. There is no other way: male colleagues will respect you only if they see you as a tough professional. And by the way, I noticed that women are much better than men at saying “No.”
Hard temper. I feel how my character has changed: I have become tougher, more categorical, but this is a business requirement - you won’t get far on female charm alone. With experience you understand that success requires a strict management system. Unfortunately, when you want to be soft and flexible, the result immediately suffers. But, of course, it is not easy for a woman to be a stern leader, because if a man shows character, then he is a real man, and if a woman, then she is immediately a bitch.
Success rate. How successful a person is can only be judged over time. If something worked out a couple of times, this is not yet an indicator of success, because you need to constantly move forward. In one word, success for me is stability.
Family and business. I couldn't separate my business and personal life. Almost always, my husband and I ran a business together, and since we were sorely short of time at work, we had to resolve work issues at home. But, you know, it’s even more productive: why wait a week for a solution to the issue when everything can be discussed in the evening over dinner.
The shift is growing. My eldest son wanted to open his own business, he even drew up a business plan, calculated the efficiency... My husband and I were pleasantly surprised at how professionally he did it. But, as adults and experienced people, we understand that it is too early for him to sail independently. Therefore, Nikita is now working in our company, and he has already had positive results.
First lady. When my husband became the head of the city, the only thing that changed in my life was that now I have to take part in official events. This is quite difficult for me, because I am not a protocol person; it is more important for me to be in harmony with myself, and not with the protocol.
About friends. I easily let new people into my life, I like to communicate and make interesting acquaintances. But still, my main and closest friends are those who have been with me almost since childhood. We've been through so much together, I trust them one hundred percent.
Beautiful business. Now my business is related to fashion and beauty - we open and develop shopping centers, promote the world's best fashion brands, organize charity events, publish a magazine and television program Bellissimo, support talented children, young Nizhny Novgorod designers and models... This is not by chance. Firstly, unfortunately, there are not many similar projects in our city yet. And also, probably, this is nostalgia for my work with Valentin Yudashkin, because even then I realized that fashion is exactly what I want to do all my life.
To the world level. When I travel abroad, I am always upset that the name of our city is still little known to foreigners. But we have something to be proud of - traditions, culture, people! Now my candidacy has been nominated for the post of Honorary Consul of Hungary in Nizhny Novgorod. I hope that with my work I will be able to make our city even more open to the world.
Don't imitate anyone. I have no role models - neither in life nor in business. Even in the way I dress, I don’t want to be like anyone else. Certainly,
I look at fashion magazines, but I will never copy a picture. Even if I buy a trendy item, I will still wear it in my own way.
Nagornaya is the daughter of the director of the Central Department Store, according to official information. Her mother, Elena Nagornaya- CEO of a company that manages a shopping center"Floors". Elada Nagornayamarried Sorokin in 1990, immediately after graduating from school. In the same year, Nagornaya entered the economics department of the Moscow Commercial Institute. Now it is called the Russian Economic University named after. G. V. Plekhanov.
The website “Encyclopedia of Nizhny Novgorod” reports:that Nagornaya began her career in 1990 as an accountantInformation and computing center of the trade department of the Gorky executive committee. Thus, she combined her studies in Moscow with work in the region.
In 1996, according to the official biography, Sorokin and Nagornaya created the Broster commercial enterprise. There is no data about such a company in the Spark Interfax service. In 1998, Sorokin became director of a large plant"Start". ABOUT n was listed on the board of directors at the time of inclusion as an individual entrepreneur. The Mediazona publication writes that the future deputy chairman of the Legislative Assembly bought several stalls in Nizhny Novgorod, where he sold cigarettes. Before that, he worked in a cooperative, the name of which is not disclosed in Sorokin’s official biography.
From 1999 to 2001, Sorokin first held the position of deputy director for finance of the State Institution “Road Fund of the Nizhny Novgorod Region”, and then was promoted. According to The Moscow Post, Sorokin received the position of finance director after his boss Victor Erikov drowned while on vacation. In 2000, the first deputy director of the Dorfond died in a traffic accident Nikolay Kuznetsov, and then the head of the organization - Alexander Glazov. At that time, Nagornaya opened a representative office of the fashion house Valentina Yudashkina.
In 2003, Sorokin founded the largest construction company in the region, Stolitsa Nizhny. After the bankruptcy of Start, the Etazhi shopping center appeared on the territory of the plant. And in the workshops of the enterprise there were trading hangars for “Sportmaster” and “M-Video”. The developer of "Floors" is "Capital Nizhny".
Same year Sorokin's car was shot at by unknown assailants, the businessman was injured. The brothers were found guilty of organizing the assassination attempt Dikins - Mikhail And Alexandra. The first is a former deputy chairman of the Legislative Assembly, the second is a police lieutenant colonel.
According to Sorokin and the investigation, Mikhail Dikin decided to appropriate the share of the future deputy chairman of the Legislative Assembly in the assets of Start. The victim stated that Deakin became a co-owner of the assets through the board of directors of Ellipse Bank. Mikhail Gurevich. In 2006, Gurevich reported that he had never been the owner of Start, and therefore did not resell the assets to Dikin.
The Dikins' lawyers presented Start's charter. According to the data in them, in the event of Sorokin’s death, his share would pass to the heirs, regardless of the consent of the Start co-owners. Sorokin replied that he did not have a will at the time of the assassination attempt, so Dikin would have been appointed to manage the assets.
In 2004, the Central Internal Affairs Directorate of the Nizhny Novgorod Region opened a case of theft of funds from the Dorfon. After an inspection by the Ministry of Finance, overpricing during procurement was discovered. A case was opened against Sorokin “for the theft of budget funds in the amount of over 500 million rubles with subsequent legalization,” media reports. The results of the case are unknown.
Nagornaya and Sorokin have three children. The eldest son was elected as a deputy of the Nizhny Novgorod Legislative Assembly in 2016. Former children's ombudsman became godfather of Elizabeth's youngest daughter Pavel Astakhov.
In 2012, an honorary consulate of Hungary was opened in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Nagornaya became its representative. According to her, she had known representatives of the Hungarian embassy for a long time. At the time of her appointment, Nagornaya had ideas for developing cooperation with Hungary.
During the event, a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Nizhny Novgorod Sergey Malov said that Nagornaya was given an order to work on the issue of opening a direct flight from Nizhny to Budapest. After 5 years, the flight has not been launched.
“The work of an honorary consul is, in essence, public diplomacy. Its results are difficult to express in numbers. Moreover, we do not have specific tasks to increase, for example, trade turnover or tourist flow between the two countries,” Nagornaya said in an interview with MK in Nizhny Novgorod.
Nagornaya chose intercultural cooperation as the main area of her work. So in 2015, near the shopping center “Seventh Heaven” and the residential complex of the same name, the sculpture “Breakthrough” appeared. Its author is a Hungarian artist Erwin Hervé-Laurent. Hungary made an expensive gift to Nizhny Novgorod.
The huge sculpture depicts a man crawling out of the ground. Some saw in her similarities with the ex-governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Valery Shantsev, Sorokin's opponent. Shantsev did not come to the opening of the monument. “For the first time in many years, a work of art has become the subject of general discussion in Nizhny Novgorod, and this is wonderful, it shows that our city is a living, active and intellectual space,” Nagornaya commented on the Hungarian gift. The sculpture was discussed not only by regional, but also by federal media - including because it recalls the conflict between Shantsev and Sorokin. People dubbed the Hungarian gift the “Nizhny Novgorod troll.”
In 2014, a stainless steel sculpture of a deer was created with funds from the honorary consulate. Its author is a Hungarian sculptor Gabor Joke. Nizhny Novgorod residents took this gift for granted, because at the end of 2013, Nagornaya was recognized as the richest among the wives of Russian officials. Her income amounted to 1.7 billion rubles.
Federal media and activists became interested in the activities of Nagornaya and Sorokin. In 2013, politician Dmitry Gudkov I found out that Nagornaya has two villas in Cannes.
In 2011, Sorokin sold his stake in the development company and his other companies to Nagornaya. This happened after Sorokin was appointed mayor of Nizhny Novgorod. According to the anonymous list of “110 companies by Oleg Sorokin,” Nagornaya is associated with a third of the companies. The remaining shares belong to the current general director of Stolitsa Nizhny Oleg Golovko, family Akatovs, Andrey Taig and other entrepreneurs.
Now, according to the Spark Interfax service, Nagornaya is affiliated with 29 Nizhny Novgorod companies. In November 2014, the regional Investigative Committee organized an investigation into Sorokin’s illegal participation in business activities. According to the department, in 2011-2012, the Nizhny Novgorod administration held auctions for the development of territory in the Nizhny Novgorod region and the lease of 14 plots. Then contracts were concluded with RegionInvest52 and Ingradstroy LLC.
In March 2013, a criminal case was initiated under Article 165 Part 2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Causing damage by deception or abuse of trust.” At the same time, searches were carried out at the companies “Stolitsa Nizhny” and “Start-Stroy”. In February 2014, the case was closed for lack of evidence of a crime.
In 2010, the developer Zhilstroy-NN won a competition to develop a site in the Sovetsky district. After this, Start-Stroy contacted the Nizhny Novgorod OFAS. Antimonopoly officers found violations during the competition. The Zhilstroy site went to Start-Stroy. The infrastructure at the site was built at the expense of the city budget. Experts estimated the damage to the city at 1.6 billion rubles.
Two years later, Ingradstroy received 453 hectares for development in the Sovetsky district on a lease basis. The results of the competition were challenged by the OFAS by two Moscow companies - ZhBK-Stroy LLC and Vektron CJSC. A businessman came to Vectron with an offer of a 30 million bribe for withdrawing an appeal. Mansur Sadekov. When he was arrested, Sadekov publicly stated: for a crime under Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation followed Sorokin’s orders. He was interrogated as a witness, and Sadekov went to prison. The site remained with the Ingradstroy company.
Initially, this territory was provided for the development of an IT park. But the Ankudinovka technology park turned from a major federal project into a regional scandal involving the Nagornaya company. As a result, Ankudinovka was left with only a business incubator.
Nagornaya companies were also seen in the development of historical areas of the city. This, for example, happened with the triangle bounded by Gorky, Novaya and Ilyinskaya streets. It was built up with ancient merchant estates. A writer lived in one of the houses in 1879 Maksim Gorky. Initially, the entire block came under protection, but gradually the protection zone was reduced to one house. The government of the Nizhny Novgorod region spent 370 million rubles on the resettlement of residential buildings and the demolition of dilapidated housing in this triangle. Then officials sold the cleared area to Regioninvest52 LLC for 84.3 million rubles. In 2012, the prosecutor's office conducted an inspection, but no criminal or administrative cases were opened.
In the summer of 2017, it became known that 25-story buildings would be built within Krasnoselskaya, Barminskaya, Maxim Gorky and Malaya Yamskaya streets (this area is historical). The developer is Stroyinvest-52. In the area of these streets there is a restriction on the number of storeys of houses. It was established by the “Land Use and Development Rules in Nizhny Novgorod” and approved by a resolution of the City Duma. However, the Nizhny Novgorod administration made an exception for the Stroyinvest-52 company.
On December 22, 2016, information appeared that Nagornaya and the deputy of the Legislative Assembly Felix Verkhovodov The Shatford restaurant will be built in the Alexander Garden. In January, 18 linden trees were cut down there. Nizhny Novgorod residents were outraged by what was happening. “The construction of a restaurant in the Alexander Garden will not harm anyone,” Sorokin told NewsNN then.
Then the regional prosecutor's office opened an administrative case over the construction of Shatford. The developer was accused of non-compliance with legislation on cultural heritage sites. Department employees discovered that land leveling work was being carried out on the site using construction equipment. In addition, the developer did not previously agree on sections of the project documentation for the preservation of cultural heritage sites “Cultural layer of Nizhny Novgorod” and “Nizhny Novgorod slope”. The prosecutor's office made a representation to the developer.
Thanks to Nagornaya, the market on Sovetskaya Square was closed in 2013 due to the construction of a shopping center. By decision of the investment council under Shantsev, back in 2009, a land plot of 8.45 hectares, including the market area, was provided for construction by a company affiliated with Nagornaya.
Another market that may be closed due to its construction is Karpovsky. The private sector “Karpovka” located next to it in the Leninsky district of Nizhny Novgorod can also be demolished. At this site they plan to build a block of 17-story buildings and a shopping and entertainment complex. The Global Estate company, affiliated with Nagornaya, is planning to develop 33 hectares of land.
Sorokin's wife is trying to increase production at one of the leading enterprises of folk art in the region - JSC Khokhloma Painting. In April 2015, Nagornaya acquired a controlling stake in this enterprise. Now “Khokhloma Painting” is a closed joint-stock company. At the end of 2015, the company's net profit decreased from 11.081 million rubles to 1.114 million rubles.
Residential buildings built by Nagornaya companies, according to Nizhny Novgorod residents, do not correspond to the declared indicators. We are especially dissatisfied with the quality of the houses in the Tsvety and Seventh Heaven residential complexes. The Arbitration Court of the Nizhny Novgorod Region is considering the case of the developer of the Tsvety residential complex - Start-Stroy. The shareholders are demanding a penalty from the company for the delay in transferring the apartment. While the clients asked to correct the builders' mistakes, they had to live in a rented apartment.
In addition, in “Flowers” the flights of stairs were destroyed, tiles on the rings were falling off, and metal fences were rusting. After several letters from residents to the developer, these defects were partially eliminated.
Residents of this residential complex also complain about cracks in the walls and problems with elevators. In April 2017, a woman living in house No. 12 on Volzhskaya Naberezhnaya Street said that she flew down two floors in an elevator with a 3-month-old child.
A 6-lane asphalt road was built to the Seventh Heaven microdistrict (Start-Stroy LLC built 150 thousand square meters of housing and a shopping center there) at the expense of the federal budget. Each kilometer cost the budget 136 million rubles.
“You can only judge how successful a person is over time. If something worked out a couple of times, this is not yet an indicator of success, because you need to constantly move forward. In one word, success for me is stability,” Nagornaya explained in an interview with her own magazine Bellissimo.
This week an honorary consulate of Hungary opened in Nizhny Novgorod. Elada Nagornaya, a top manager of the Stolitsa Nizhny group of companies, and also the wife of the city mayor Oleg Sorokin, became the honorary consul.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to the Russian Federation Jstvan Idyarto, Governor Valery Shantsev, the mayor of the city Oleg Sorokin and the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Malov.
Upon arrival at the event, Valery Pavlinovich immediately presented Elada Lvovna with a luxurious bouquet of flowers and wished her success.
We will promote this direction because we want Nizhny Novgorod and the Nizhny Novgorod region to be known throughout the world. This will contribute to the development of business ties, as well as ties in the humanitarian sectors,” noted the governor, who was in excellent spirits.
By the way, a Swedish consulate will soon be opened in Nizhny Novgorod; this will be the ninth such institution in the city. According to the head of the region, a consular patent has already been signed on the appointment of the General Director of the GAZ Group, Bo Inge Andersson, to the post of Honorary Consul of Sweden in Nizhny Novgorod.
Fashion houses
and visa-free regime
Ambassador of Hungary Jstvan Idyarto expressed his joy at the opening of the consulate.
My colleagues and I are very glad that Elada Nagornaya is helping us restore very important connections that have been missing for too long. Now it is very important to establish bilateral cultural relations, we very much support this process. It is very important to establish tourist connections.
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Sergei Malov, drew the public’s attention to the fact that Elada Lvovna is generally the only woman in such a responsible position.
Elada! “You will definitely become a consul of goodness and beauty,” said Sergei Geraldovich, addressing the hero of the occasion. After which he was happy for the Nizhny Novgorod fashionistas and fashionistas:
Now fashion houses with new European trends will appear in our city. Good luck with that.
At the end of his emotional speech, Mr. Malov confirmed that a direct flight Nizhny Novgorod - Budapest will soon appear.
In connection with the opening of the consulate, it will be easier to obtain a visa to this country, and in the future everything will come down to a visa-free regime.
Elada Lvovna Nagornaya greeted the guests
at the Honorary Consulate of Hungary at all times
popular among men as a Barbie doll
The rhinestones on the first lady's heels spoke
almost more about his mistress,
than official speeches of guests
“All so airy...”
Elada Lvovna herself, as befits a socialite, was mostly silent, smiling charmingly at her guests. The guests certainly noticed how carefully the toilet of the first lady of Nizhny was thought out.
The pink dress I’m wearing right now is from the Valentino collection,” Elada Lvovna told reporters from “Cities and Citizens.” - Shoes with rhinestones on heels - from the Prada collection.
The look was complemented by beautiful accessories in the form of small diamond earrings and a watch that matched the color of her dress.
When the men's conversations became completely boring, Oleg Sorokin's wife barely
with noticeable sadness she looked at the expensive, but probably disgusting, gold jewelry
Bonuses and preferences
Recently, the institution of an honorary consulate has become more and more in demand. Moreover, just as the Russian Federation appoints its honorary consuls in foreign countries, it also hosts them. According to Chapter III According to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963, an honorary consul has a number of bonuses and preferences. Here are just a few of them:
Russia, as the receiving state, is obliged to provide the honorary consul with such protection as may be required in connection with his official position.
The Honorary Consul enjoys immunity from criminal, civil and administrative jurisdiction of the Russian Federation with regard to his official activities.
The honorary consul cannot be detained or arrested except in the case of prosecution for committing a serious crime or the execution of a court verdict that has entered into legal force.
The Honorary Consul shall be exempt from all taxes, duties and duties on remuneration and wages which he receives from the sending State for the performance of consular functions.
Since the vehicle of the honorary consul, in accordance with international practice, is considered to be the territory of the consular post, the flag of the sending state can be installed on it, and the use of special registration numbers is also provided (red color, 900 series, special letter series).
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