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The Ministry of Education and Science spent 5 million rubles on holding a “fake” event of the Social Initiatives Fund, the president of which is the wife of the Prime Minister
The name of the wife of the Russian Prime Minister served as a screen. At the end of 2014, the federal ministry allocated 5 million for the development of the Social Initiatives Fund project, whose president is Svetlana Medvedeva. Fontanka was looking for traces of this money, spent on a press conference without press and on top bloggers without an audience. The amount was paid to an invisible company whose telephone number was installed in the office of the Ministry of Education and Science.
Fontanka wanted to write about good things. About how the state cares about the Russian language and its development in Finland: in the fall of 2014, the Ministry of Education and Science spent 847,725 rubles on the development of educational materials for teaching Russian as a foreign language specifically for this country. Thus, the subject of journalists’ attention was Capital Education LLC, which fulfilled the state order.
It was not possible to tell our readers in more detail about the undertaking, since traces of the methodology were lost. The Ministry of Education and Science, having heard the question, asked to send it in writing - there is no answer yet. An attempt to contact Capital Education led to confusion: the contact phone number of the contractor indicated in the government contract card on the official website, as it turned out, was installed in the Ministry of Education. The organization does not have its own website.
Lightning-fast technique
Surprised by the mystery scientific organization, Fontanka took a closer look at the terms of the government contract and was even more surprised. According to the assignment, the result should have been a work of 12 printed sheets, which approximately corresponds to a hundred A4 pages. It had to include at least five sets of information and methodological educational, didactic and methodological materials and manuals aimed at solving the problems of teaching the Russian language in Finland, taking into account different levels of education and years of study. The contract was concluded on December 17, after Capital Education won the competition against two competitors with a minimal advantage. The work execution certificate was signed on December 22, 2014. That is, scientific and methodological work of 100 pages was completed by specialists from Capital Education in 2 working days. It doesn't happen that way.
The skepticism of journalists was shaken by the impressive package of government contracts successfully completed by the company. According to the official government procurement website, in 2013-2014, Capital Education entered into 12 contracts, receiving about 22 million rubles from the Ministry of Education and Science and budgetary funds. educational institutions Moscow. To finally be convinced of the groundlessness of skepticism, we looked at how “Capital Education” coped with the previous major task. The result made us think about the courage of businessmen and officials who, it seems, wrote off several million under Svetlana Medvedeva’s foundation. The relatively modest hundreds of thousands for a method of studying the Russian language in Finland (which the Finnish professors had not heard of) seemed like a prank.
5 million to promote goodness
The Social Initiatives Foundation is an organization founded in December 2008 under the patronage of Svetlana Medvedeva, the wife of then President and now Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. Among the foundation’s projects is the public-state initiative “Warm Heart,” which is designed to “find, support, express recognition and gratitude to caring people, children’s and youth public associations and organizations that are ready to unselfishly come to the aid of people in need, have shown examples of courageous and courageous actions, and have implemented socially significant initiatives and projects.” Those found to be caring are gathered annually in Moscow, where they are honored in the presence of government officials and pop stars, and are also awarded a special badge.
The fund’s initiative is actively supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights. The Ministry of Science and Education also supports. So much so that in the fall of 2014 it announced a competition for concluding a government contract, promising to pay 5 million rubles for “organizational support of the All-Russian public-state initiative “Warm Heart”. Having reduced the price by 75 thousand, the competition was won by Capital Education. Judging by the signed certificate of completion of work, the contractor completed the task. To clear their conscience, Fontanka journalists familiarized themselves with the conditions. Read the list necessary work, compared them with reality. And we wondered why the director of the department of state policy in the field of education of children and youth of the Ministry of Education and Science, Alexander Stradze, signed an act on the completion of work, no traces of which could be found.
Money for air
In accordance with the state contract, during the period from October 1 to October 15, 2014, Capital Education had to accomplish a lot to popularize the Warm Heart initiative. According to the act, it was in time. A quick comparison of the work execution document with reality causes dissonance.
Even basic requirements have not been met, as any Internet user can see. In the contract, the performer is obliged to create three accounts on social networks (Facebook, Twitter and VKontakte) “with content for 10,000 people.” Searches for these accounts on social networks were unsuccessful. It is possible (and paid for) to order publications from top bloggers. It would be interesting to see examples. We didn't find them.
But we found the VKontakte community. According to the terms of the paid contract, the group must contain 10,000 unique members. In January 2015, the group had 3 (three) participants and 2 (two) entries - the emblem of the initiative and the unanswered question: “Which of us is proud of what he has accomplished?”
Further in the conditions - writing scripts and filming “viral videos”. Plural implies that there must be more than one video. Fontanka was able to find one video of “Warm Heart” on the Internet, which appeared in the fall of 2014. The question remains whether the video, which was viewed by 12 people (including two journalists), can be called “viral.”
Virtual characters of social networks are pennies compared to the money that was released and spent on the implementation (or non-operation) mass events. AT 9 federal districts(including Northwestern) seminars were allegedly held, each of which was supposed to be attended by 4 candidates of sciences as speakers, and 150 students as participants. We do not know whether these seminars were held. If they were carried out, they were carried out so secretly that even the specialized committee on youth policy of the St. Petersburg administration did not find out about the important public and state event. There they assured Fontanka that, of course, they knew about “Warm Heart,” but they had not heard about any seminars in October.
Lost Conference
The culmination is the All-Russian conference “Warm Heart”, which, judging by the contract and the certificate of completion, was successfully held in Moscow. The event, according to documents, was attended by at least 250 people responsible for youth policy in the regions. All those present were provided with bags, diplomas, plastic envelopes and notepads. Ballpoint pens and pencils to write in notebooks, and erasers to erase if you wrote incorrectly. The conference room was equipped with all kinds of technology, and two banners hung on the walls. The meeting lasted two days, the cloakroom and buffet were open.
Based on the results of a simple conference, recorded in the work completion report, a press conference was held, about which releases were sent out in advance to print and electronic media, to TV channels and radio stations.
Fontanka journalists searched for a long time and unsuccessfully for traces of a large-scale event. The forum and subsequent press conference passed without leaving anything in the information field. No remedies found mass media, which mentioned him. Moreover, nothing is said about the All-Russian conference of the “Warm Heart” even on the official website of the “Warm Heart”.
Stunned by the new format of the event - a secret press conference kept secret from the press, the correspondent turned to the Social Initiatives Foundation. The head of the foundation’s public relations department, Alexander Pashkin, assured that the foundation did not hold any conferences or press conferences in the fall.
When the journalist asked how the foundation could comment on the contents and results of the government contract, Alexander Pashkin suggested that this could be an event of the Ministry of Education and Science, conducted without the knowledge of the foundation. And the press conference could have been closed, so the press would not know about it.
Even if, in fact, the specialists of “Capital Education” carried out a daring innovative project, managing to hold a conference of the movement without the organizer of the movement and a press conference without the media, it is not clear why the customer in the person of the Ministry of Education and Science did not have any questions: nevertheless, according to the task, journalists should were present at the event. If Fontanka is wrong, it will not be difficult for Capital Education to refute the unworthy insinuations, because after the conferences, according to the same contract, 1.5 thousand photographs and a two-hour video should remain.
At Alexander Stradze’s reception they refused to connect the correspondent with the director of the department, redirecting him to the press service of the ministry. The press service asked for a written request, which was sent immediately.
Invisible Performer
Interested in a new approach to the advertising process, the main distinctive feature which is invisibility, journalists continued trying to contact the management of Capital Education LLC. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the general director of the LLC is Andrey Andrianov, and the sole founder is Irina Knyazeva. The phone was discovered using the SPARK-Interfax system general director. Handset mobile phone was taken by Ekaterina Emelyanova, who, according to SPARK, headed the company until May 2014.
Ekaterina Emelyanova assured that for more than a year she has not had anything to do with Capital Education, she does not know the address or telephone number, and there is no point in calling the founder, since she also has nothing to do with the activities of the society. But still asked to send the question to email. She will try to contact “whoever is doing this now.” The question has been sent, but no response has yet been received. The conversation left a strange impression, especially since the government contract card for “Warm Heart” indicated Emelyanova’s mobile phone number as a contact number.
With this, the search for “Capital Education” ended before it began. Trying to locate a company by place of registration would be naive - in office 19, building 44 on Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya Street in Moscow, 4,658 companies are registered (data from SPARK). The persons responsible for concluding government contracts with Capital Education at the Ministry of Education and Science listened politely and promised to call back. Haven't called back yet.
As for the general director Andrei Andrianov and the founder Irina Knyazeva, information about them is scarce. Knyazeva, according to Fontanka, previously worked at the Academy of Management and Market (which, before moving to the Moscow and then the federal government, was headed by Deputy Minister of Education and Science Veniamin Kaganov).
High patrons
Patrons top level"Warm Heart" has enough. Starting from Svetlana Medvedeva, who heads the organizing committee, and continuing with Deputy Minister of Education and Science Veniamin Kaganov, State Secretary of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vladimir Artamonov, Children's Rights Commissioner Pavel Astakhov and other serious people.
Fontanka is interested in their reaction to our publication.
Denis Korotkov
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Principles:
Creativity and personal involvement in charity are an effective method of raising children who find themselves in difficult life situations.
Continuity of generations, love for native land- the foundation of a prosperous nation.
Foundation mission
Organization of social and cultural projects aimed at education and upbringing of the younger generation, introducing wider sections of the population to culture, and instilling love for the Motherland
Geography of activity
Activities
Support for low-income families and citizens, support for culture and art, preservation of cultural and historical heritage
Types of assistance
Financial, informational, organization and holding of events, educational, social work
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Media (TV, radio, newspapers), website, social media, holding events (concerts, evenings, charity events, etc.), cooperation with corporate donors, grants and subsidies from the state, grants from NGOs, commercial organizations, personal appeals to private donors
Registration data:
Registration date: 10/09/2002
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OGRN: 1027401865193
The Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives was founded in December 2008. The President of the Foundation is Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva, a trustee of the National Program “Spiritual and Moral Culture of the Younger Generation of Russia.” On her initiative and with her personal participation, a number of important social, cultural and educational projects. These include the All-Russian holiday “Day of Family, Love and Fidelity”, celebrated since 2008, and the “Give Me Life” campaign, which is based on the child’s right to life and concern for women’s reproductive health. With the participation of the Foundation, charitable diagnostic centers for women's health "White Rose" were opened in St. Petersburg and Vladivostok. Their main task is the prevention of cancer of the reproductive system and mammary glands. Soon such centers will be opened in other regions of Russia.
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Maiden name - Linnik
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Wife of the third President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. First Lady from 2008 to 2012.
Head of the board of trustees “Spiritual and moral culture of the younger generation of the Russian Federation.”
President of the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives.
Svetlana Medvedeva was born on March 15, 1965 in the city of Kronstadt, Leningrad region. The girl was born into the family of military sailor Vladimir Alekseevich Linnik and economist Larisa Ivanovna Linnik. At the age of five, the family moved to St. Petersburg, where they soon went to school.
She met her future husband, Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, in 1972 at school. The guy studied in a parallel class. We started dating in seventh grade high school No. 305 in Kupchino. Svetlana constantly participated in performances, KVN and other amateur performances. After receiving a certificate of secondary education, the girl graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, Faculty of Statistics, accounting And economic analysis. From her first year, Svetlana immediately transferred to the evening department.
The wedding of Svetlana Linnik and Dmitry Medvedev took place on December 24, 1993. Two years later, the couple had a son, Ilya. After the birth of the child, Svetlana did not work, but took care of the house. At the time of the wedding, the husband worked as a teacher in St. Petersburg state university. At the same time, he was an adviser to Anatoly Sobchak in the St. Petersburg City Hall. Later appointed as an expert of the Committee on External Relations of the St. Petersburg City Hall, headed by Vladimir Putin.
In November 1999, the Medvedev family moved to Moscow. Dmitry Anatolyevich was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Nikolaevich Kozak. Svetlana Vladimirovna became involved in the social life of the capital. She can often be seen at social events and modeling shows.
The work of Svetlana Medvedeva, her social activity, is connected with both Moscow and St. Petersburg. With the participation of Svetlana Vladimirovna, a number of programs have been developed, the purpose of which is to increase the social, cultural level of Russians, and education. In 2007, Medvedeva became the head of the board of trustees of the program “Spiritual and moral culture of the younger generation of Russia.” The goal of the program was “to introduce the country’s younger generation to domestic cultural, historical, spiritual and moral traditions.”
In 2008, Medvedev was elected president of the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives. Activities are related to programs to promote a healthy spiritual climate in Russian families and the adaptation of children without parental care. The foundation's mission is to develop and advance gifted children in life. Among the Foundation’s initiatives: the all-Russian holiday “Day of Family, Love and Fidelity”, the symbol of which is the chamomile flower. As part of the protection of motherhood and childhood, and care for the reproductive health of women in Russia, the “Give Me Life” campaign was organized. The action was highly appreciated by the Moscow Patriarchate and the Slavic Fund of Russia.
In 2010, Svetlana Vladimirovna co-founded the Russian Ballet competition for young talents. At the same time, he is the head of the board of trustees of the target comprehensive program“Spiritual and moral culture of the younger generation of Russia,” created with the blessing of Patriarch Alexy II. He also does a lot of charity work: he patronizes the St. Petersburg boarding school No. 1, where 316 pupils live from 4 to 25 years old.
Svetlana Medvedeva has received many prizes and awards. Among them: “Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, II degree,” “International Cyril and Methodius Award,” “Order of Glory and Honor, I degree,” “ Certificate of honor President of the Russian Federation." He is an “Honorary Citizen of the City of Cannes.”
Awards and Recognition of Svetlana Medvedeva
2007 - Patriarch Alexy II awarded her the Order of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Princess Olga, II degree
2008 - Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Alexy II presented her with a public award from the Regional Charitable Public Foundation named after. Grand Duchess Evdokia of Moscow - Patriarchal sign of Grand Duchess Evdokia of Moscow
2008 - the mayor of Milan (Italy) Letizia Moratti presented her with the city's highest award - "Ambrogino D'Oro" ("Golden Ambrose", Italian. Ambrogino d "Oro)
2008 - Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad presented her with the Patriarchal Certificate for preparing and holding the first Day of Family, Love and Fidelity in Russia
2010 - International Cyril and Methodius Prize (Slavic Foundation of Russia and Moscow Patriarchate)
2010 - Honorary Citizen of the City of Cannes (France)
2012 - Order of Glory and Honor, 1st degree (ROC)
2012 - Order “Rukhubelent” (Turkmenistan) - for great personal contribution to the development of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Russian Federation in the fields of science and education, cultural and humanitarian fields, for services in strengthening friendly relations between the two countries, in educating young people of high spiritual and moral principles, as well as taking into account the large-scale public work carried out by them
Maiden name - Linnik
Father - Vladimir Alekseevich Linnik, military sailor.
Mother - Larisa Ivanovna Linnik, economist.
The Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives was founded in December 2008. The President of the Foundation is Svetlana Vladimirovna Medvedeva, a trustee of the National Program “Spiritual and Moral Culture of the Younger Generation of Russia.” On her initiative and with her personal participation, a number of important social, cultural and educational projects were developed. These include the All-Russian holiday “Day of Family, Love and Fidelity”, celebrated since 2008, and the “Give Me Life” campaign, which is based on the child’s right to life and concern for women’s reproductive health. With the participation of the Foundation, charitable diagnostic centers for women's health "White Rose" were opened in St. Petersburg and Vladivostok. Their main task is the prevention of cancer of the reproductive system and mammary glands. Soon such centers will be opened in other regions of Russia.
A number of the Foundation’s projects are aimed at providing assistance to talented and gifted children, at implementing programs for the social adaptation of orphans and children without parental care, at promoting the comprehensive development and formation of the civic position of the new generation. Thanks to the effective participation of the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives and personally Svetlana Medvedeva new impulse received the International Charity Film Festival "Radiant Angel", which is held annually in Moscow during the November school holidays.
The Foundation's projects in the field of culture and art are aimed at expanding and strengthening interregional cultural ties, restoring a single cultural space in Russia and the CIS countries, conducting cultural dialogue between near and far abroad countries in a language that has no national, geographical and political boundaries - in the language art.
The Fund for Socio-Cultural Initiatives is designed to support state and public initiatives and serve for the benefit of cultural development and social well-being of Russia.
