Russian President Vladimir Putin introduced Candidacy of the Federation Council to the post of head of the Ministry of Emergencies Alexander Kurenkov. The relevant post will be reviewed this Wednesday. On Monday, May 23, reports TASS citing sources in the upper house.
“In the President’s presentation to the post of Minister of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters, the candidacy of Kurenkov AV is listed,” the source said.
In response, a source in the upper house of parliament said, “The Federation Council will consider Kurenkov’s candidacy at a meeting on Wednesday, May 25.”
Recall that the previous head of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Russian Federation, Evgeny Zinichev, died on September 8, 2021 during the Arctic exercises in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Since then, First Deputy Minister Alexander Chupriyan has been acting head of the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia.
What is known about the candidate
Kurenkov is a native of the special services. According to TASS sources, he served in the Federal Security Service (FSO) and the National Guard, and until recently was an adviser to the head of the department, Viktor Zolotov.
RBC It writes that Kurenkov previously “worked as Putin’s senior adjutant.”
There is almost no information about him in open sources.
The 2008-2009 releases featured Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Kurenkov, who served in one of the military units of the Space Force’s space control unit. It is reported that on the evening of 29 November 2008, he came from work in his spare time to check the garden plot and found a man in the house. similar to the one the previous day, the murder of a child.
Kurenkov detained an armed criminal, and later for successful achievement he was awarded the state award of the Russian Federation “Order of Courage”. He also received the medal “For Help” from England (the order was signed by the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin). The officer’s action was also commented on by the Commander of the Space Forces, Major General Oleg Ostapenko. However, there is no official confirmation of information whether these data refer to a candidate for the post of head of the Ministry of Emergencies.
Source: Gazeta
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