A candidate for the post of the ambassador in Kiev became the presidential envoy in the Volga region, Mikhail Babich. In response to the Supreme Rada has already been calls not to take not only Babic, and in general any ambassador from Moscow. Experts expect that Babic, has great management and entrepreneurial experience, able to find common ground, even with the current Ukrainian leadership.
The State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs on Friday recommended that the presidential envoy in the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich at post of the ambassador in Kiev.
«Mikhail Babich – an experienced gosupravlenets experienced political manager who worked deputy»
Earlier, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has asked Ukraine agrement ( prior consent) to Babic. In Kiev has already expressed the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada – they were against the appointment of any general emissary. “In the absence of normal relations with Moscow can not appoint a new Russian ambassador to Kiev”, – said the deputy of the “Block Petro Poroshenko,” a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Aryev. The MP urged not to give anyone the agrement of Russian representatives.
Let’s remind, on the eve of Vladimir Putin dismissed the Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, appoint a temporary attorney Sergey Toropov. Thus, the level of bilateral relations declined even formally.
The first reports that the post of the Russian ambassador in Kiev will take Babic appeared nakanune.Pervy State Duma Deputy Speaker Ivan Melnikov confirmed that Babic’s candidacy represented by Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin. The meeting of the State Duma and the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs took place in closed session with the participation of Babic. In another situation, his candidacy would be discussed by the State Duma CIS affairs committee headed by Leonid Slutsky, but because of the departure of the Crimea for a meeting with French MPs and the urgency of the matter, this task was transferred to another committee.
However, later it became known Slutsky opinion. “Babic – very strong candidacy … There is no doubt that he will be an effective leader of our embassy in Ukraine and will do much to today’s extremely difficult relations between our countries gradually and in accordance with common sense began to improve,” – he said he.
Slutsky has urged not to take seriously the criticism has sounded from the Verkhovna Rada. “With regard to the vote marginally anti-Russian political parties in Parliament, they will not accept any candidate that comes from Moscow. They create their own on this PR among voters and the electorate, “- said the head of the committee. According to Slutsky, today “to work in Ukraine is extremely difficult.” “We will maintain our ambassador” – he promised.
By the way, if Kiev will Babic, he will automatically leave his post in the Volga region and will be the fifth envoy, to change jobs in the last days. On the eve of retirement due to age envoy was sent to Siberia, Nikolai Rogozhkin, which took place Sergey Menyailo. Also he left the post in the Northwest District Vladimir Bulavin, who immediately led the Federal Customs Service. The next left envoy in the North Caucasus Sergey Melikov – transferred to Rosgvardiyu), who was replaced by the envoy of Crimea Oleg Belavenets. Post occupied previously Belaventsevym was abolished together with the very RPO.A native of business
Position envoy in the Volga region, Mikhail Babich has held since 2011. On civil service entered in 1999, long before that, he was a businessman. Thus, in 1995-1998 Babic headed JSC “Corporation” Antey “in Moscow. From 1998 to 1999 – the first vice-president of the company “Rosmyasomoltorg”, at the same time – Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OJSC “Shuiskys chintz”. After the transition to the civil service working in the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the government of the Moscow region, and later – the Ivanovo region, also served as chairman of the Chechen government. In 2003, Babic was appointed Assistant Minister for Economic Development and Trade of Russia, also served as the Assistant Director of the Border Service of the FSB.
At the end of the same year was elected to the State Duma from the party “United Russia”, was deputy chairman of the Defense Committee, a member of the Committee for the Review of the federal budget, aimed at ensuring defense and security. Following the appointment of 5 years ago on post envoy also became chairman of the State Commission on Chemical Disarmament. In 2012 he received the status of the state adviser of 1st class.
In general, Babich is not considered a public politician, he did not make any loud statements and still not supervised international activities. Nevertheless, experts have called Babic powerful political player. He holds a PhD in Economics. It is expected that the experience in the business world, communication skills, knowledge in the economic sphere Babich can effectively use when working in Kiev.
The head of the Civil Society Development Foundation Konstantin Kostin believes that the experience Babic enough. “Mikhail Babich – gosupravlenets an experienced, skilled political manager, who worked as a deputy. This is a man who is able to solve the serious problems to concentrate, to attract specialists to the team. I think all these qualities in diplomacy will achieve significant success “, – quotes Kostin Life.
«Anyone will be accepted in bayonets»The deputy director of the CIS Institute Vladimir Zharikhin notes that the work of the Ambassador of Ukraine – today is not very diplomatic. “In the current situation, the ambassador in Ukraine should be not so much the person of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the system as a trusted person of the president. That is more likely to go to the presidential administration than on the traditional structure of the foreign ministry, “- said the newspaper VIEW Zharihin.
In addition, the expert said, the appointee must be a man of politics. “But there are some limitations. That policy, which, as it were lit up in the Ukrainian direction, it is practically impossible to get agrement. In this sense, Babic, that this topic is not lit up, but at the same time a political figure, is quite suitable, “- said Zharihin. However, experts say, Kiev and so will delay the issuance of agrement, since no interest to the Russian Embassy to work in full force.
Ukrainian political scientist, director of the Center for Eurasian Studies, Vladimir Kornilov said VIEW newspaper: “Now any ambassador, whoever is appointed will be accepted in bayonets significant part of radically-minded society.” And if Ukraine agrement will depend on how Babic present in the Ukrainian media, the expert added.
The future Ambassador to Ukraine a lot of work. “There’s kind of the theme take, it is very often the problem to the Russian Ambassador and the Embassy”, – said the analyst, adding that “the main task of any ambassador in Ukraine – it is to do the alignment of ideology relations with Ukraine, and the economy should only serve Russia these national interests, and not vice versa”.
«Let agrement will not give, but the ambassador is needed»«The candidacy of this for Ukraine unknown, – said Babic in an interview with the newspaper LOOK director of the Ukrainian Institute of Analysis and Management Policy, political scientist Ruslan Bortnik. Even if Russia will send Babich, “he can not take the place of Ambassador in connection with the rejection of Ukraine,” the expert added. He recalled that the appointment of an ambassador – a “huge political trading and speculation in the current environment.” According to him, the Ukrainian-Russian relations, representation of Russian interests in Kiev “is more like the devastation.”
«There is a question of building a new policy, a new relationship between Ukraine and Russia, new ways to represent Russia’s position in Ukraine from scratch, I would say, with the minus level”, – said Bortnik. Since “the new ambassador will not begin with a plus and a huge minus point, his main task will be to achieve at least a point zero” – the expert said.
«I believe that the Russian ambassador should be appointed. And let agrement will not give. This Ukrainian side will show that she does not want formal relations, – he told the newspaper LOOK director of the Kiev Center for Political and Conflict Studies Mikhail Pogrebinsky. – And then she comes to ask: “Give the coal and so on, do not require long … – And then does not want to!”.
With regard to Zurabov, Pogrebinsky said that he is a very high opinion of his intellectual data. “Zurabov led line that has been dictated by the Kremlin. If the Kremlin believed that Zurabov does not solve the problems that are put in front of him, they would have changed it for a long time “, – said the expert
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