Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko (nee Tyutin) is a Russian politician and diplomat. Since September 21, 2011 she has been the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. The name of a woman politician is regularly circulated throughout the country, because the interest is not only her professional activity, but also her family life. Valentina Ivanovna's only son is a successful businessman, which many associate with her direct support. In this regard, the financial position of the official is of particular importance.
The financial position of Russian officials is reflected in their income declarations, which are published on official websites. Therefore, it is not a secret for anyone that in 2018 V. I. Matvienko earned 15.3 million rubles, which is 33.6% less than her income in 2017 (23 million rubles). According to information taken from the same source, it is clear that the main item of cash receipts from the head of the Federation Council of the country is precisely her wages.
If we compare her economic condition with other colleagues of equal status at work, it becomes clear that the income of a woman politician is not large at all. However, for the sake of completeness, the movable and immovable property owned should also be taken into account. So, Valentina Ivanovna owns a Chevrolet Niva car, a city apartment, a summer residence and several land plots. In addition, after the death of her husband in 2018, she acquired a country house, a land plot and an apartment in St. Petersburg.
But the wealthiest in the family of a domestic official is her son Sergei, whose fortune is estimated by the relevant rating agencies at several billion US dollars. Interestingly, the businessman himself claims that he owes his commercial success not to the assistance of an influential mother, but exclusively to his own excellent abilities as a business leader.
A few words about the main thing
For our country, Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko is not just a bright politician, but the first woman in history to take the post of Chairman of the Federation Council. She is rightfully recognized as the most influential woman in Russia, and the top officials of the state listen to her opinion. In this regard, due to the initiatives of a strong-willed woman with an iron character, who stands up for the prosperity of our country, important bills were passed to reform the tax service, the activities of collectors, the rules for the export of natural resources, the level of remuneration of civil servants, etc.
At the suggestion of Valentina Ivanovna, a study was carried out of the dependence of the level of happiness of citizens, depending on the specific decisions of the country's leadership. However, the Russians themselves consider this initiative not entirely adequate to the concept of "patriotism", because the level of salary of the official herself is almost 50 times higher than the national average. And over the past decade, it has grown 10 times for her, which most of the country's population cannot boast of.
How much does V. I. Matvienko
The official website in the Kremlin publishes, inter alia, annual data concerning the income of the Chairman of the Federation Council. Interestingly, the salary of an official has undergone significant changes over the past decade. Moreover, the peak fell in 2014, when the capital's apartment was sold for more than 150 million rubles. But even when this payment is deducted, it turns out that the growth of wages in that year was quite significant relative to the previous period (by about 150%).
In subsequent years, there was also a significant increase in the remuneration of the Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia. If you do not take the one-time decline in this indicator in 2018, the overall trend is simply impressive. In this regard, the authorities' regular attempts to reduce the costs of the state for maintaining the apparatus of officials seem completely formal. Indeed, a specific comparative analysis of Valentina Ivanovna's income over the past decade suggests the opposite picture.
If we take into account the period as a senator from 2012 to 2017, then Matvienko's income increased by 761%. But not only these facts pay close attention of the public. It turns out that the spouse of the official, Colonel of the Medical Service Vladimir Matvienko, who until 2011 worked as a teacher at the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg and received a modest pension of 19 thousand rubles, indicated, for example, in the income statement for 2017 an amount exceeding 17 million rubles. Moreover, the source of income was simply not specified.
In addition, many citizens of our country are perplexed about the results of the financial activities of V. I. Matvienko, who has been a successful investor and commercial leader since 1992. The owner of a decent block of shares in several domestic banks and the Imperia company is engaged in construction, transport logistics, cleaning services and even promising media projects.
Many are interested in the connection between the commercial success of their son and the enormous opportunities of the mother as a statesman. Especially many questions arise about the reconstruction of old mansions located within the city on the Neva, the contract for which was issued to the companies "Axioma" and "Business Invest", owned by Sergei Matvienko. The magazine "Finance" in 2011 published a thematic rating of domestic businessmen, according to which he was included in the list of "500 richest Russians" with a fortune of 4.9 billion rubles.
The property of an official
In addition to V. I. Matvienko declared the following movable and immovable property as property: an apartment, a summer house, a car and several land plots. As the heir to the property of the deceased spouse in 2018, she can take possession of other material assets.
But all these types of property simply fade away next to those mansions, land plots, hotel complexes and other construction projects owned by the senator's son. According to the most conservative estimates, the value of this property is estimated at 8, 4 billion rubles.
