Warm chair by Anatoly Serdyukov
During his tenure as head of the country's defense department, Mr. Serdyukov made such a number of miscalculations and outright blunders, even for a tenth of which in a number of other cases the minister could be dismissed without shame. We list only some of the actions or inactions of Anatoly Eduardovich in the recent period of his time at such a responsible government post.
The 1 scandal.
Identifying extortion of funds from the servicemen of the Lipetsk center of combat use and retraining. The system of extortion built in the military unit could be considered an ideal corruption scheme, the light on which was shed by those military personnel who decided not to cover their bribe commanders. It would seem that the Ministry of Defense in the person of its head, Mr. Serdyukov, should have done everything to clean up its ranks from vicious military personnel. But it was not there: criminal cases were instituted against those who spoke about the corruption mechanism in Lipetsk. Moreover, the law enforcement agencies helped the "fathers-commanders" of the garrison to obtain exhaustive information about who "allowed" themselves to disclose the terrible Lipetsk military secret. The “troublemaker” of Senior Lieutenant Sulim was fired from the ranks of the Armed Forces ... Minister Serdyukov remained in place ...
The 2 scandal.
The Accounts Chamber of Russia revealed that last year from more than 700 billions of budget money spent, as stated in the document, not for the intended purpose, a larger percentage falls on the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. As a result of inspections, more than 70 criminal cases were initiated, one of which concerns the theft of 90 million rubles allocated for the modernization of the military department website. Things are going on, the site is working as before, Mr. Seryukov remains in his place ...
The 3 scandal.
Last summer, President Medvedev in a strict form demanded that Anatoly Serdyukov deal with the lands of the Ministry of Defense, located in the Primorsky Territory. This status of the land could not allow to conduct a systematic preparation for the APEC summit, to be held on the Russian island in September 2012. However, no loud decisions on this issue then followed. The areas necessary for the construction, if they were reissued, so that it did not become public property. A situation that resembles the option "sewn - covered." Representatives of the maritime community have repeatedly made reports that the corruption mechanism for the use of these lands was in one way or another connected with the activities of ex-Governor Darkin in his post. But Darkin, as we know, was later decided to be removed from the governor’s seat, but Mr. Seryukov, who “reported”, for some reason, not at all to the President, but to the head of the Government, remains in his place ...
The 4 scandal.
Last year, the Government of the Russian Federation had to finally decide on the allocation of apartments for waiting-for-servicemen. However, the waiting list is nowhere, for some reason did not disappear. The corresponding question was asked to Vladimir Putin during his communication with the Russians. The Head of Government stated that the issue would be resolved at 2012 or at 2013, and the delay was due to the fact that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation received inaccurate information about the number of servicemen in need of housing. In other words, Anatoly Serdyukov was not even able to count in a timely manner (or was simply not going to do this) how many officers are in the housing queue at the moment. But even after that Anatoly Eduardovich did not break up with his post ...
The 5 scandal.
Explosive disposal of ammunition in various regions of the country, which is detrimental to agriculture and damage to the housing and communal sector. After the letters with the requirements to stop the disposal, carried out in such ways, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, it would seem, went to meet the people, but as recently as March 10, such recycling was resumed again. Whether the results of the presidential election had a beneficial effect on Mr. Serdyukov, or whether the economic issue again played its decisive role, but the “aspirations of the people” again remained behind the brackets of the work of the Minister of Defense.
The 6 scandal.
The delay in payments to the military, which is the place to be even now. The salary for February in some military units located on the territory of various military districts is promised to be paid no earlier than the second decade of April. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense respond to this by associating delays with the “running in” of a new mechanism of control over the funds allocated. Allegedly, now the cash flow will be transparent to the limit. However, the transparency of the State Defense Order of the Russian Defense Ministry is not in a hurry to worry. The Secretary of Defense continues to sit in the chair ...
The 7 scandal.
Systematic flaws and even frank failures of the state defense order. The funds allocated over the recent period were often simply not used, and remained lying dead weight in the accounts of the Ministry of Defense. In this regard, they even had to appoint a special deputy prime minister who would have pushed Mr. Serdyukov to conclude agreements with manufacturing enterprises on the supply of new military equipment to the troops. It turns out that the minister himself and his inner circle without additional support can not spend the allocated funds in the right direction. The grand seat of Anatoly Eduardovich continues ...
The coverage of such scandals can be continued for a very long time. However, after each of them, Minister of Defense AE Serdyukov continued and continues to feel quite calm.
In connection with the possible reshuffle in the new Russian government, Serdyukov’s resignation suggests itself. But here Vladimir Putin’s words come to mind that ministers, like horses, do not change at the crossing. Let us hope that this crossing is over, which means that it’s time to look at one of the “trotters” of the national government impartially, and to give a person a chance to take a break from his “impossible mission”. Apparently, the minister himself will never mature the decision to submit his resignation.
- Alexei Volodin
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