Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich - a famous Russian politician. For several years, he led the Democratic Choice political party. In the early 2000s, he worked at the Ministry of Energy.
Biography Politician
Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich was born in Kemerovo in 1972. After school, he moved to Moscow, entered the Mining University. Received a diploma in engineering technology. Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich, whose family moved from India, received a good education, which allowed him to be realized at the highest level.
The first place of work was the Institute of Coal Engineering, in the mid-90s Milov worked in the private company Sidanko. In 1997 he transferred to government structures. His activity was related to the development of the energy sector, in particular, Vladimir Stanislavovich worked in the Federal Energy Commission, which oversaw such major players as Gazprom, Transneft and some other monopolies.
In 2001, Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich became the head of the expert group of the Center for Strategic Research. This proposal was made to him by German Gref, who at that time held the post of Minister of Economic Development of Russia. A little later, Milov was appointed adviser to Igor Yusufov, Minister of Energy.
Young Deputy Minister
In May 2002, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov signed a decree appointing Milov as deputy energy minister. At that time he was only 29 years old. His sphere of influence included issues of energy strategy, reforms and privatization of facilities. In particular, Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich was developing a draft energy strategy for the country, calculated until 2020. Just five months after the appointment, he resigned of his own free will.
Social work
Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich, whose nationality is Russian, since 2002 has concentrated on social activities and political work. He created and himself headed the research fund of the Institute for Strategic Development of the Fuel and Energy Complex. Later it was called the Institute for Energy Policy. For several years, it was the main independent center in the country, which studied the problems of energy.
Basically, Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich, whose biography was related to the energy industry, created analytical materials, reports and publications on the development of infrastructure and energy policy. For example, he created a draft reform of Gazprom, which was not accepted by President Vladimir Putin.
At the same time, in the mid-2000s, Milov began to actively criticize the Russian authorities. The main accusation was related to the departure of power from the democratic path of development of the country, as well as the rejection of major economic reforms.
Report "Putin. Results"
In 2007, the popular All-Russian publication "Vedomosti" published a series of materials on the negative assessment of the activities of Vladimir Putin as head of state. These articles laid the foundation for the report "Putin. Results", which was published in 2008. This was the largest educational project of the Russian opposition for its entire existence.
Milov published the final report with politician Boris Nemtsov. Regarding the energy complex, Milov noted that during the period of high oil prices, the state did not use the wide opportunities that existed at that time.
Political career
In 2008, Milov became one of the organizers of the popular opposition association Solidarity. He was elected to the federal political council. In this post, he participated in the development of the 300 Steps to Freedom program.
In 2009, Milov was elected to the Moscow City Duma as an independent candidate. According to preliminary polls, he had a good chance of success. Especially considering the fact that Vladimir lived in the south-west of Moscow for about 30 years, he was well known to voters. However, he was not allowed to vote, according to Milov himself, for far-fetched reasons. The electoral commission recognized many signatures in the candidate’s documents as invalid.
In 2010, Milov disagreed with the Solidarity movement and became the leader of Democratic Choice. In May 2012, he became the elected chairman of the Democratic Choice Party. He took part in writing the program "Let's make Russia a modern country."
The party did not achieve much success in the political field. And in December 2015, Milov resigned as chairman. Vladimir quarreled with his party colleagues, including his deputy Sergei Zhavoronkov, who was elected at the congress.
The main complaints against Milov himself from his colleagues were that in the three years he spent at the head of Democratic Russia, the movement did not achieve any positive results. Milov himself could not even organize the collection of signatures in the elections to the city Duma. Although Vladimir himself noted that the removal of his candidacy was the result of the machinations of opponents. Due to Milov’s scandalous nature, the party ranks regularly. Activists and sponsors with enviable regularity left Democratic Russia.
At the next party congress, Milov accused colleagues of the fact that some of them work for the FSB. The conflict became widespread, as a result, Milov had to leave a leadership position.
Personal life
Milov Vladimir Stanislavovich spent his childhood in India. The parents of the future politician worked at one of the largest enterprises in this country. My father was a mechanical engineer, led projects.
People who personally know politics, note his administrative experience, knowledge of how power structures are structured. At the same time they say that he is integrated into the world political elite, a supporter of the democratic paths of development of the state.
Little is known about Milov’s personal life. There are persistent rumors among people who know him that he is an active gay. On the Internet, the wife of prominent opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, Anastasia, claimed that Milov had close relations with his party deputy, Sergei Zhavoronkov, with whom he later had ideological differences.