According to the results of the 2019 elections, the composition of the Ulan-Ude City Council has greatly changed and rejuvenated. Rich children of wealthy parents became part of the city parliament.
33-year-old deputy Mikhail Gergenov is a construction businessman, the son of a wealthy political mastodon, and also the owner of immodest bins, which the time has come for Babr to dismantle.
It is believed that Gergenov Jr. owes his victory in the elections to his father, the richest deputy of the People’s Khural, Mikhail Denisovich Gergenov, one of the most prominent figures of United Russia in Buryatia, the general director of JSC Torgodezhda (OGRN 1020300979786) and PJSC Buryatbyttekhnika (OGRN 1020300971790), President of the Ski Racing Federation of the Republic of Buryatia and a large individual entrepreneur.
In an interview on the Opinion program of the Ekho Moskvy radio station, Mikhail Gergenov noted: “It’s no secret that I have a politician in my family – this is my father, a Khural deputy. I have always seen this example in front of me – he always works for a long time, without receiving any salaries in the Khural, and without occupying any posts and cabinets. Apparently, with age comes the fact that helping people, feeling needed by society, being useful is a certain vocation”
However, Mikhail Mikhailovich learned from his father not only “helping people” and “be useful to society.” The desire for wealth and a comfortable life, as it turned out, is a family trait of the Gergenovs. And the deputy is much better at working in this direction.
Deputy Mikhail Gergenov is a successful individual entrepreneur in the construction industry. Judging by the official declaration, the business brings a decent income to the people’s choice, which in 2020 amounted to 17.7 million rubles. In 2019, the people’s choice earned almost 61 million rubles, but the coronavirus crisis hit the businessman’s wallet noticeably.
At the same time, our hero’s list of real estate is not as impressive as that of the same Gergenov Sr., about whom Babr wrote earlier.
Modest land plot of 1750 sq. meters, two apartments of 47 and 48 sq. meters and three non-residential premises 1098, 218 and 127 sq. meters. In a word, not much for the owner of such a solid capital. Mercedes Benz C230 (price – from 5.5 million rubles, depending on the configuration) and Lexus ES250 (from 3.7 million rubles) do not even have their own garage.
Mikhail Gergenov Sr. and Mikhail Gergenov Jr.
Despite his prosperity, Gergenov Jr. does not really like to repay debts. So, in 2019, the insurance company had to go to court to collect accident insurance from a businessman.
The election campaign of Mikhail Gergenov was not without scandals. On August 1, 2019, he attacked journalist Vasily Tararuev, accusing him of critical publications in the media and social networks, but the very next day, Gergenov Sr. announced the reconciliation of the parties. They stated that the conflict was purely domestic and did not relate to the elections to the Ulan-Ude City Council.
Vasily Tararuev
Many assumed that the case was quickly hushed up after Tararuev forced the Gergenovs to pay him a fee in exchange for relinquishing claims and stopping critical publications.
It is significant that Gergenov Jr. stepped into politics under the banner of the Liberal Democratic Party, and not from the ruling party, like his father. His electoral district No. 9 was completely included in the district of Gergenov Sr., whose face was used without hesitation in his son’s campaign materials, counting on the stupidity of voters who would vote for a familiar surname.