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As the governor, he plans different infrastructural and transport innovations in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and ]. Among the projects is the creation of so-called ] — special economic zone and industrial park which will make products for the aircraft, automotive, shipbuilding and medical industries<ref>http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/titanium-valley-emerges-in-the-mountains/423833.html</ref> — and the project of high-speed railway route from Moscow to Yekaterinburg to serve ] which is expected to be partially held in Yekaterinburg. He is also one of the organizers of the international industrial exhibit ] and a key member of the campaign for Yekaterinburg to host ] World Fair. As the governor, he plans different infrastructural and transport innovations in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and ]. Among the projects is the creation of so-called ] — special economic zone and industrial park which will make products for the aircraft, automotive, shipbuilding and medical industries<ref>http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/titanium-valley-emerges-in-the-mountains/423833.html</ref> — and the project of high-speed railway route from Moscow to Yekaterinburg to serve ] which is expected to be partially held in Yekaterinburg. He is also one of the organizers of the international industrial exhibit ] and a key member of the campaign for Yekaterinburg to host ] World Fair.

==Controversies==
{{POV|date=September 2011}}
During his two years in the office, A.S.Misharin was involved in numerous scandals and controversies, being regularly accused of mismanagement and corruption. In particular:
* A.S.Misharin lobbies<ref>"Мишарин построит скоростную магистраль к ЧМ-2018", ''Деловой Квартал'', 4 Feb 2011, http://dkvartal.ru/ekb/news/145660517</ref><ref>"Дорога имени Мишарина" (Road named after Misharin), ], 2010-05-28, http://www.ng.ru/regions/2010-05-28/100_road.html</ref> a highly controversial<ref>"Скоростная магистраль Екатеринбург-Москва: Проект пока в тумане" (Hispeed highway Ekaterinburg-Moscow: the project is still in fog), УралБизнесКонсалтинг, http://urbc.ru/1067975419-skorostnaya-magistral-ekaterinburg-moskva-proekt-poka-v-tumane.html</ref> project of high-speed train line from Ekaterinburg to Moscow.<ref>http://trainclub.ru/view/misharin_poobeschal_skorostnoj_poezd_do_moskvy_k_chm_2018/</ref> The length of the railway line is expected at ~2000km, thus such a train will travel for at least 7 hours,<ref>http://top.rbc.ru/economics/06/09/2011/614111.shtml</ref> but most likely 10-12 hours.<ref>http://veved.ru/press/9997-petr-korotkevich-vyshel-k-presse.html</ref> Cost estimates for the dedicated train infrastructure start at 50 billion USD ($350 per every Russian), not counting maintenance.<ref>http://www.66.ru/news/business/64360/</ref> 80 billion USD is another official estimation.<ref>http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Ural/main.asp?id=158357</ref> Many commentators express doubts that the project will ever break even, mostly because of low traffic, high costs and unability to compete with air travel at greater distances.<ref>"Губернатор Мишарин и золотая дорога в Кремль" (Gov.Misharin and his golden road to Kremlin), RusBusinessNews, 05.08.2010, http://www.rusbiznews.ru/news/n856.html</ref><ref>"Железные дороги пошли на ускорение" (Railroads are accelerating), ], http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1552450</ref><ref>"Альтернатива дальнему следованию" (Alternative to lang haul), «Kommersant» (Ekb), №126 (4664), 13.07.2011, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1677630/print</ref><ref>"Черная дыра любого бюджета" (Black hole for any budget), ] №28 (713) /19 Jul 2010, http://expert.ru/expert/2010/28/chernaya_dyra_budgeta/</ref>
* A.S.Misharin ran a campaign for cancellation of city mayor elections in all cities of the region.<ref>"Александр Мишарин выбирает за мэров // Свердловскому губернатору ближе назначенцы или наемные сити-менеджеры" (A.Misharin is electing mayors // governor of Sverdlovsk prefers appointed or hired officials), ], №32 (4332), 25.02.2010, http://kommersant.ru/doc/1327716</ref> After some political perturbations, the campaign eventually succeeded, with some minor compromises (i.e. in Ekaterinburg, a "ceremonial" mayor is still elected, but the actual power belongs to an appointed official).
* In March 2011, even the luxury Mercedes-Benz car A.S.Misharin is riding was found to be bought in a dubious way.<ref>"Губернатору купили Mercedes по-русски" (Governor bought a Mercedes the Russian way), ], 14.04.11, http://www.gazeta.ru/auto/2011/04/14_a_3584453.shtml</ref><ref>"Мишарин позвал «Мерседес-Бенц РУС» на «ИННОПРОМ» в качестве компенсации?", ''Клуб Регионов'', 26 апреля 2011 г, http://club-rf.ru/r66/news/21055/</ref><ref>"Губернатор Мишарин мог предвидеть аварию своего Mercedes" (Gov.Misharin foresaw road accident of his Mercedes), УралИнформБюро, 14 апреля, http://www.uralinform.ru/news/politics/133291-gubernator-misharin-mog-predvidet-avariyu-svoego-mercedes/</ref> The regional prosecutor's office sued the regional government on that (unsuccessfully), while Mercedes-Benz RUS fined their local dealer for procedure violations.<ref>http://dkvartal.ru/ekb/news/213155771</ref>
* In April 2011, A.S.Misharin's PR person attempted to remove all controversial information from the ]. As a result, the article was edit-protected.<ref>"Вики-войны Александра Мишарина" (Wiki wars of Alexander Misharin), ], 13 Apr 2011, http://www.ng.ru/regions/2011-04-13/2_wiki.html</ref>
* The ] exhibition of 2011 was highly controversial, mostly because of its ballooned non-transparent budget. The total cost of construction is estimated to be in the range of 200 to 300mln euro, much more than the initially planned budget of 50mln euro.<ref>"Сгорит ли «ИННОПРОМ-2011»?" (Will Innoprom-2011 burn?), ''Вечерние Ведомости'', 15 Jun 2011, http://veved.ru/press/7736-sgorit-li-innoprom-2011.html</ref> The difference is mostly attributed to the bad choice of site (it was a swamp).<ref>http://www.ural.aif.ru/society/article/18381</ref> While the regional budget bore construction costs, proceeds from the exhibition went to a private entity.<ref>"Арендные платежи "ИННОПРОМа-2011" получит фирма-призрак" (Innoprom proceeds go to a ghost company), УралИнформБюро, http://ur4.ru/news/economy/137170-arendnye-plateji-innoproma-2011-poluchit-phirma-prizrak/</ref><ref>http://www.uralinform.ru/analytics/economy/137781-raspil-innoproma-2011-innovacionnye-dengi-uvyazli-v-misharinskoi-petle/</ref><ref>"Вокруг выставки «Иннопром-2011» может разгореться еще один скандал" (Yet another scandal is possible around Innoprom-2011), ], 30 Aug 2011, http://www.echoekb.ru/news/2011/8/30/2/15506/</ref> Regarding the exhibition itself, many commentators noticed it was quite light on the innovation side.<ref>"Свердловские депутаты считают, что на "Иннопроме" мало инноваций" (Sverdlovsk MPs say Innoprom has few innovations), The Regnum news agency, http://www.regnum.ru/news/1305414.html</ref>
* Local and regional opposition figures claim A.S.Misharin embezzles funds from the regional budget using offshore companies.<ref>"Губернатора подозревают в афере на 2 млрд" (Governor is a suspect in a RUR2bln fraud), LifeNews, http://lifenews.ru/news/60026</ref> Namely, the Foratec group of companies (registered at Luxembourg) was previously known as a supplier of telecommunication equipment to RZD, later it became a railway construction contractor (thus closely following A.S.Misharin's career path). Once he became a governor, virtually overnight the company became a major regional road construction contractor. A high-profile Russian magazine published claims<ref>Владимир Антипин: "Дорожная мафия изнутри" (Road construction mafia from inside), ], 17 May 2011, №19 (197), http://rusrep.ru/article/2011/05/17/maphia</ref><ref>"Семейный бизнес Мишариных покидает Свердловскую область" (Misharins' family business is leaving Sverdlovsk region // Russian Reporter is not backing off, ready to be sued), ''Uralweb'', http://www.uralweb.ru/news/n376442.html</ref> that the company simply withholds 20% of the budget, subcontracting the actual work to specialized companies. The scandal was amplified by the fact that Foratec is headed by a personal friend of A.Misharin<ref>"В Свердловской области мы очень многих знаем" (We know many people in Sverdlovsk region), Коммерсантъ(Екатеринбург), №66 (4604), 15.04.2011, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1621556/print</ref> who was previously found guilty of embezzling $16mln from ] and sentenced to 3 years in jail.<ref>Леонид Волков: "Незначительная сумма в 16 миллионов баксов, и немного Люксембурга" (L.Volkov: On an insignificant amount of $16mln and a little bit on Luxembourg), ''Gosljudi'', http://www.goslyudi.ru/blog/ovolkov/39408/</ref><ref>"Суд рассмотрит жалобу экс-главы департамента МПС" (The court will consider a complaint by Railway Ministry ex department head), ], 08/09/2008, http://ria.ru/society/20080908/151051867.html</ref><ref>"Чиновнику разгрузили состав преступления // $16 млн не сочли крупным ущербом для железных дорог", Газета "Коммерсантъ", №127 (3944), 23.07.2008, http://www.kommersant.ru/Doc/915044</ref>


==References== ==References==

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Alexander Misharin

Alexander Sergeevich Misharin (born January 21, 1959, Sverdlovsk, USSR) is the current governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, a region in Russia. He was appointed in 2009 after resignation of the previous governor, Eduard Rossel.

Biography

Alexander Misharin was born in the family of railway employees. He went to school in small town of Artemovsky, Sverdlovsk Oblast. He worked in the Power Supply departments of Sverdlovsk Railway from 1981 to 1989, first as electrician, then rose to Chief Enginieer of Ishim distance of power supply. In 1989-1991 Misharin worked at the construction of Yekaterinburg Metro as the Chief Engineer of Power Supply. After the Metro was put in use Misharin returned to Sverdlovsk Railway to be deputy head and then the head of the Department of Power Supply. In 1996—1998 he was chief engineer of Sverdlovsk Railway.

In 1998 Alexander Misharin was appointed the Deputy Minister of Railways, in 2000 he become the First Deputy Minister of Railways. After resignation of Minister Nikolai Akseneko who was blamed for corruption Misharin was downgraded to “regular” Deputy Minister in 2002.

In 2002 he was appointed the Head of Sverdlovsk Railway. During this period he was actively involved in the politics as member of United Russia party and participated in regional election of the Legistature.

In 2004 Misharin returned to Moscow becoming the director of Department of Complex Development of Infrastructure of Ministry of Transport. Soon he became Deputy Minister of Transport of Russia. Shorty after brief service in the Department of Industry and Infrastructure of Government of Russia in 2009, he was selected as one of three candidates to Governor of Sverdlovsk oblast by the regional organization of United Russia.

The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev selected Alexander Misharin and proposed his candidacy to the regional legislature. He was supported by 47 of 49 members of the Legislative Assembly of Sverdlovsk oblast who voted for him on November 17, 2009. The only party opposed was LDPR.

Education

He graduated Ural State University of Railway Transport in 1981. He got secondary diploma in economics in the same University in 1997. Misharin has scientific degrees in economy and engineering.

Governor of Sverdlovsk oblast

As the governor, he plans different infrastructural and transport innovations in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and Ural Federal District. Among the projects is the creation of so-called Titanium Valley — special economic zone and industrial park which will make products for the aircraft, automotive, shipbuilding and medical industries — and the project of high-speed railway route from Moscow to Yekaterinburg to serve 2018 FIFA World Cup which is expected to be partially held in Yekaterinburg. He is also one of the organizers of the international industrial exhibit Innoprom and a key member of the campaign for Yekaterinburg to host Expo 2020 World Fair.

Controversies

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During his two years in the office, A.S.Misharin was involved in numerous scandals and controversies, being regularly accused of mismanagement and corruption. In particular:

  • A.S.Misharin lobbies a highly controversial project of high-speed train line from Ekaterinburg to Moscow. The length of the railway line is expected at ~2000km, thus such a train will travel for at least 7 hours, but most likely 10-12 hours. Cost estimates for the dedicated train infrastructure start at 50 billion USD ($350 per every Russian), not counting maintenance. 80 billion USD is another official estimation. Many commentators express doubts that the project will ever break even, mostly because of low traffic, high costs and unability to compete with air travel at greater distances.
  • A.S.Misharin ran a campaign for cancellation of city mayor elections in all cities of the region. After some political perturbations, the campaign eventually succeeded, with some minor compromises (i.e. in Ekaterinburg, a "ceremonial" mayor is still elected, but the actual power belongs to an appointed official).
  • In March 2011, even the luxury Mercedes-Benz car A.S.Misharin is riding was found to be bought in a dubious way. The regional prosecutor's office sued the regional government on that (unsuccessfully), while Mercedes-Benz RUS fined their local dealer for procedure violations.
  • In April 2011, A.S.Misharin's PR person attempted to remove all controversial information from the Russian Misplaced Pages article for A.Misharin. As a result, the article was edit-protected.
  • The Innoprom exhibition of 2011 was highly controversial, mostly because of its ballooned non-transparent budget. The total cost of construction is estimated to be in the range of 200 to 300mln euro, much more than the initially planned budget of 50mln euro. The difference is mostly attributed to the bad choice of site (it was a swamp). While the regional budget bore construction costs, proceeds from the exhibition went to a private entity. Regarding the exhibition itself, many commentators noticed it was quite light on the innovation side.
  • Local and regional opposition figures claim A.S.Misharin embezzles funds from the regional budget using offshore companies. Namely, the Foratec group of companies (registered at Luxembourg) was previously known as a supplier of telecommunication equipment to RZD, later it became a railway construction contractor (thus closely following A.S.Misharin's career path). Once he became a governor, virtually overnight the company became a major regional road construction contractor. A high-profile Russian magazine published claims that the company simply withholds 20% of the budget, subcontracting the actual work to specialized companies. The scandal was amplified by the fact that Foratec is headed by a personal friend of A.Misharin who was previously found guilty of embezzling $16mln from RZD and sentenced to 3 years in jail.

References

  1. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/titanium-valley-emerges-in-the-mountains/423833.html
  2. "Мишарин построит скоростную магистраль к ЧМ-2018", Деловой Квартал, 4 Feb 2011, http://dkvartal.ru/ekb/news/145660517
  3. "Дорога имени Мишарина" (Road named after Misharin), Nezavisimaya gazeta, 2010-05-28, http://www.ng.ru/regions/2010-05-28/100_road.html
  4. "Скоростная магистраль Екатеринбург-Москва: Проект пока в тумане" (Hispeed highway Ekaterinburg-Moscow: the project is still in fog), УралБизнесКонсалтинг, http://urbc.ru/1067975419-skorostnaya-magistral-ekaterinburg-moskva-proekt-poka-v-tumane.html
  5. http://trainclub.ru/view/misharin_poobeschal_skorostnoj_poezd_do_moskvy_k_chm_2018/
  6. http://top.rbc.ru/economics/06/09/2011/614111.shtml
  7. http://veved.ru/press/9997-petr-korotkevich-vyshel-k-presse.html
  8. http://www.66.ru/news/business/64360/
  9. http://www.interfax-russia.ru/Ural/main.asp?id=158357
  10. "Губернатор Мишарин и золотая дорога в Кремль" (Gov.Misharin and his golden road to Kremlin), RusBusinessNews, 05.08.2010, http://www.rusbiznews.ru/news/n856.html
  11. "Железные дороги пошли на ускорение" (Railroads are accelerating), «Kommersant» (The Businessman), http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1552450
  12. "Альтернатива дальнему следованию" (Alternative to lang haul), «Kommersant» (Ekb), №126 (4664), 13.07.2011, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1677630/print
  13. "Черная дыра любого бюджета" (Black hole for any budget), «Expert» №28 (713) /19 Jul 2010, http://expert.ru/expert/2010/28/chernaya_dyra_budgeta/
  14. "Александр Мишарин выбирает за мэров // Свердловскому губернатору ближе назначенцы или наемные сити-менеджеры" (A.Misharin is electing mayors // governor of Sverdlovsk prefers appointed or hired officials), Газета "Коммерсантъ", №32 (4332), 25.02.2010, http://kommersant.ru/doc/1327716
  15. "Губернатору купили Mercedes по-русски" (Governor bought a Mercedes the Russian way), Газета.RU, 14.04.11, http://www.gazeta.ru/auto/2011/04/14_a_3584453.shtml
  16. "Мишарин позвал «Мерседес-Бенц РУС» на «ИННОПРОМ» в качестве компенсации?", Клуб Регионов, 26 апреля 2011 г, http://club-rf.ru/r66/news/21055/
  17. "Губернатор Мишарин мог предвидеть аварию своего Mercedes" (Gov.Misharin foresaw road accident of his Mercedes), УралИнформБюро, 14 апреля, http://www.uralinform.ru/news/politics/133291-gubernator-misharin-mog-predvidet-avariyu-svoego-mercedes/
  18. http://dkvartal.ru/ekb/news/213155771
  19. "Вики-войны Александра Мишарина" (Wiki wars of Alexander Misharin), Nezavisimaya gazeta, 13 Apr 2011, http://www.ng.ru/regions/2011-04-13/2_wiki.html
  20. "Сгорит ли «ИННОПРОМ-2011»?" (Will Innoprom-2011 burn?), Вечерние Ведомости, 15 Jun 2011, http://veved.ru/press/7736-sgorit-li-innoprom-2011.html
  21. http://www.ural.aif.ru/society/article/18381
  22. "Арендные платежи "ИННОПРОМа-2011" получит фирма-призрак" (Innoprom proceeds go to a ghost company), УралИнформБюро, http://ur4.ru/news/economy/137170-arendnye-plateji-innoproma-2011-poluchit-phirma-prizrak/
  23. http://www.uralinform.ru/analytics/economy/137781-raspil-innoproma-2011-innovacionnye-dengi-uvyazli-v-misharinskoi-petle/
  24. "Вокруг выставки «Иннопром-2011» может разгореться еще один скандал" (Yet another scandal is possible around Innoprom-2011), Echo of Moscow-Ekaterinburg, 30 Aug 2011, http://www.echoekb.ru/news/2011/8/30/2/15506/
  25. "Свердловские депутаты считают, что на "Иннопроме" мало инноваций" (Sverdlovsk MPs say Innoprom has few innovations), The Regnum news agency, http://www.regnum.ru/news/1305414.html
  26. "Губернатора подозревают в афере на 2 млрд" (Governor is a suspect in a RUR2bln fraud), LifeNews, http://lifenews.ru/news/60026
  27. Владимир Антипин: "Дорожная мафия изнутри" (Road construction mafia from inside), Russian Reporter, 17 May 2011, №19 (197), http://rusrep.ru/article/2011/05/17/maphia
  28. "Семейный бизнес Мишариных покидает Свердловскую область" (Misharins' family business is leaving Sverdlovsk region // Russian Reporter is not backing off, ready to be sued), Uralweb, http://www.uralweb.ru/news/n376442.html
  29. "В Свердловской области мы очень многих знаем" (We know many people in Sverdlovsk region), Коммерсантъ(Екатеринбург), №66 (4604), 15.04.2011, http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1621556/print
  30. Леонид Волков: "Незначительная сумма в 16 миллионов баксов, и немного Люксембурга" (L.Volkov: On an insignificant amount of $16mln and a little bit on Luxembourg), Gosljudi, http://www.goslyudi.ru/blog/ovolkov/39408/
  31. "Суд рассмотрит жалобу экс-главы департамента МПС" (The court will consider a complaint by Railway Ministry ex department head), RIA Novosti, 08/09/2008, http://ria.ru/society/20080908/151051867.html
  32. "Чиновнику разгрузили состав преступления // $16 млн не сочли крупным ущербом для железных дорог", Газета "Коммерсантъ", №127 (3944), 23.07.2008, http://www.kommersant.ru/Doc/915044

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