Monosov Leonid Anatolyevich: biography, personal life, career

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Vice President of AFK Sistema Leonid Monosov is from Belarus. There is very little information about his biography in open sources, which is strange - in different years this person held a number of responsible posts in the capital. But in the press, his name often appears - for the most part as a defendant in another corruption scandal.

Childhood and youth of Leonid Anatolyevich

It is known that Monosov Leonid Anatolyevich was born in a quiet town called Mozyr. This is a small settlement in the Gomel region. The town is famous for its rich history, which began with its foundation in 1155.

Locals call it "Belarusian Switzerland". Transport interchanges are located aside, it is almost impossible to get here by chance. Cozy streets, "sleeping" quarters of high-rise buildings, old buildings - give the city a special charm and rhythm of life. No one is in a hurry here.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the city experienced a building boom. provoked himoil refinery that was built nearby. Even today, however, little has changed since then. The city seems to be half asleep…

It was in such an environment that Leonid's childhood passed. There is only one Pedagogical University in the city, so I had to go to Moscow to study.

From that moment on, the life of Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov has changed dramatically. Moscow is not Mozyr, here the pace and rhythm of life is completely different - we had to adapt, as the oligarch himself says.

Higher education was not easy for Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov. With difficulty, he entered the Moscow Institute of Railway Engineers - not the most prestigious educational institution in the capital.

However, at that time the institute had a good reputation and trained most of the personnel to work on the country's railways and not only. In 1980, Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov received a diploma in Industrial and Civil Engineering.

Leonid Monosov's professional path

There are many "dark" spots in the biography of Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov - he several times held responsible positions in the country's construction complex, suddenly resigning. And his former colleagues a little later became defendants in high-profile criminal cases. But first things first.

A young university graduate came to work not just anywhere, but at Glavmospromstroy (today Mospromstroy).

This company was founded on July 27, 1972. The best forces were united in the new head office and placed beforeorganization of large-scale tasks: the reconstruction of the circus building on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the construction of the central puppet theater, the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Zhitnaya and other large and unique projects. 72,000 people worked there - the best specialists from all over the country, and it is unlikely that Monosov would have got there without patronage.

Although Leonid Monosov was hired as a simple master, but it was already a good starting point. And my career took off. Having gained experience, Monosov began to rapidly move up until he took the position of Deputy General Director. It seems to be nothing remarkable, everything is like everyone else.

Career is rapidly "gaining momentum"

The most interesting events in the career of Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov began to occur after the 1998 default. They are closely connected with the name of Vladimir Resin. It was this person who played a key role in the fate of Leonid Anatolyevich.

The construction industry is a special world with its own laws. Moreover, all the key figures are somehow familiar with each other. And Leonid Monosov had already become such a figure by this time.

The role of Vladimir Resin in Monosov's career

There is no reliable information about what connected these two people. Perhaps the fact that both of them are from Belarus played a role. True, Vladimir Resin is much older - he was born in 1938 in Minsk. But, like Monosov, he comes from the provinces.

In 2001, Resin took the post of First Deputy Mayor of Moscow. At the same time, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the companyGlavmosstroy.

Just at the suggestion of Vladimir Resin, Monosov in 1986 headed one of the construction departments of this organization. And later, in 1999, he was appointed General Director of Moskapstroy.

Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov was lucky - Resin just needed "his" person in this post, and he did not forget about the young and talented leader, who, moreover, was indebted to him. It was a significant career leap that gave Monosov access to budget money. At that time, Moskapstroy was the technical customer for half of Moscow's construction projects.

A number of corruption scandals and high-profile criminal cases are associated with this period of his activity. Thanks to revealing publications in the media, his surname became known to the general public.

Suffice it to recall the check of Moskapstroy by the antimonopoly service. Then the officials came to the conclusion that there was a price conspiracy of builders, and Mr. Monosov controls half of Moscow's construction projects. And this is only according to official statistics. However, no drastic measures were taken.

At the post of head of the Department of City Order of Capital Construction of Moscow

In August 2007, Leonid Monosov already controlled all Moscow construction projects, which were carried out with budget money. This became possible after he headed the Department of City Orders for Capital Construction in Moscow.

Some media at that time claimed that this department was created specifically "for him" in order to "free his hands", so to speak. The journalists unearthedthat Monosov still remains the main shareholder of Moskapstroy, only through affiliates.

At the same time, Leonid Monosov is the main manager of budget money, which was directed to the construction of various facilities by the Moscow government. It is not surprising that the main contracts were received by Moskapstroy, which acted as a technical customer, and structures close to Inteko by Elena Baturina, the wife of the mayor of the capital, Yuri Luzhkov.

Naturally, the estimates were overestimated by 2-3 times. We are talking about hundreds of billions of rubles that were “cut up” in such projects as the reconstruction of the Petrovsky Travel Palace, where only the facade was reconstructed, and all internal buildings were replaced with a remake, and even in violation of building codes (based on the investigation of Dmitry Vasilchuk, published in October 2009).

What does Leonid Anatolyevich himself say about these rumors?

In this regard, I recall the interview that Monosov gave to the Vedomosti newspaper on November 30, 2006. There, Leonid Anatolyevich admitted that there were practically no people in the construction complex of Moscow who had not worked with Resin. Thus, he indirectly recognized the role that this person played in his fate.

In addition, he stated that he strongly disagreed with the accusations against him. In his opinion, Moskapstroy wins tenders only because few people take on such complex and responsible projects. Profit is small - only 1.5% of capital investments. For comparison, builders receive 80%. However, recently the competition has become tougher and the company is no longer alwayswins.

Why did Leonid Monosov leave the post: intuition or a hint from friends?

Nevertheless, for some of Monosov's subordinates, the “cutting” of budget money and holding fake tenders turned into real criminal cases. Suffice it to recall the deputy chairman of the city auction commission, Sergei Tatintsyan, who spent 18 months in jail and received 4 years in prison.

But Leonid Monosov himself, apparently, knows how to remain the "right" person under any leadership. At least the investigation had no complaints against him. This can easily be explained by his close acquaintance with Vladimir Pronin, the then head of the Moscow police department, and later an adviser to Vladimir Resin.

This is confirmed by Ekaterina Shashenkova, the ex-wife of Alexander Pronin, the son of Vladimir, in an interview with Novaya Gazeta dated 2017-15-11. According to her, she often heard the name of Monosov in the house, Vladimir and Alexander did business with him and were intimately acquainted.

Sochi "voyage" of a Moscow official

The next "level" in Monosov's career was the Sochi Olympiad. Leonid Anatolyevich took the post of vice president of the Olimpstroy corporation in June 2010. If in Moscow his department was mastering 190-240 billion rubles a year, then there was an opportunity for 1.3 trillion rubles by 2014.

It was planned that after the Olympiad, Monosov would return to work in Moscow. He performed his duties diligently and remained at his post until 2012.

Later Leonid Monosov entered thecomposition of the Board of Directors of AFK Sistema. There he served as vice president and managed the company's investment portfolio. On March 31, by decision of the board of directors, Monosov left this post.

According to rusprofile, today Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov, as an individual, one way or another participates in the companies: Stroy West LLC, Re alteks-Development LLC, Bolero LLC, Lot LLC, LLC and ZAO EESS, OOO Rublevskoye-83.

In addition, Leonid Monosov is the chairman of the Dynamo basketball club. Significant assets also belong to his son, Andrey Monosov.

Leonid Monosov's family

For some reason, there is no information about the oligarch's wife in open access. It is almost impossible to find even her photo on the Web.

It is known that Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov has children: son Andrey and daughter Alina. Both are already adults.

The son followed in the footsteps of his father: he made a career in a large construction company, held responsible positions in the construction complex of Moscow, and is actively engaged in business.

Like his father, Andrei managed to become famous all over the country for scandals related to his business. Suffice it to recall the acquisition of a stake in the Monarch construction company, where he previously worked as a financial director.

And the daughter of the former "co-owner" of Moscow (as some media call Monosov) became famous throughout the country for her wedding, for which dad spent 60 million rubles. The guests were entertained by the Leningrad band and Polina Gagarina.

True, and myselfthe groom is not from a poor family. Pavel K alturin is the son of Vladimir K alturin, the owner of the Professional and Vending Machines company, and he himself is used to living in a big way. Therefore, it is not yet known whose dad spent more on the wedding.

Summarize

Leonid Monosov felt the impending changes in time and was able to take advantage of the opportunity. There were a lot of them in the 90s. Young and ambitious leaders shared the "pie" of state property.

One can only guess how the personal life of Leonid Anatolyevich Monosov developed. For some reason, the press does not write about it. It is known that he managed to raise and raise two children. Moreover, he also gave them a great start in life - the oligarch spent 60 million rubles on his daughter's wedding alone.

The career that he built speaks of the extraordinary abilities of a leader, communicator and businessman. He was able to see an opportunity before anyone else and he turned it into a successful business. And later he just used the administrative resource competently.