Since parliamentarians and their close relatives were obliged to file declarations annually, information on the income of the servants of the people has attracted close attention of the public. Naturally, the senators themselves do not own a business that brings in millions of income, which cannot be said about wives, children and other family members.
Forbes published Top 10 richest wives of Russian parliamentarians according to the results of the past 2012. We offer it to your attention. By the way, in aggregate, government officials and their spouses earned about a billion US dollars over the year.
10. Wife of Vladimir Petrov
The senator’s wife from the Tver region over the past year earned $ 2.9 million. This is 45 times the income of her spouse. The official’s wife owns 2 land plots, a residential building, as well as a production building.
9. Diana Gindin
The wife of the first deputy chairman of the Duma committee on the financial market Vladislav Reznik earned $ 3.5 million for the year. Diana is chairman of the Russian subsidiary of Credit Suisse.
8. Olga Zabolotnea
The wife of Nikolai Vlasenko, a senator from the Kaliningrad region, earned $ 3.5 million per year. In the past, Zabolotneya was a ballerina, now she is engaged in the hotel business.
7. Wife of Sergei Petrov
The wife of the founder of “SVP Group” and the current deputy chairman of the committee on land relations and construction earned $ 3.9 million. The wife of Petrov, whose name Forbes does not name, owns 4 large agricultural land plots, a canning shop and 2 apartments.
6. Naida Magomedova
The wife of Umakhan Umakhanov, a member of the CIS affairs committee, earned $ 3.9 million in 2012. Naida is the sister of the founders of the large Summa group of companies Ziyavudin and Magomed Magomedov. Magomedova owns several significant construction companies.
5. Nina Bortsova
The wife of a member of the State Duma’s commission on parliamentary ethics, Nikolai Bortsov, has a share in the business for the production of baby food FrutoNanya and Babies, as well as the mineral water Lipetsk pump room. For the year, Nina Bortsova earned $ 5.9 million.
4. Olga Bogomaz
The wife of a member of the committee on science and high technology earned $ 13.8 million in 2012. Olga manages the Bogomaz farm and holds the honorary title of Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
3. Alla Sablina
One of the richest wives of Russian parliamentarians earned $ 17.1 million in a year. The wife of Dmitry Sablin, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma for CIS affairs, is the president of the Our Children charitable foundation, created to help children with cerebral palsy. Alla is a co-owner of CJSC Territory Group of Companies, Nadina LLC, and MDK OJSC.
2. Irina Petrova
The wife of the founder of the largest Russian dealer car network "Rolf" deputy Sergei Petrov in 2012 earned $ 20.7 million. Irina is the beneficiary of The SAP Family Trust, as well as Es Invest B.V, which owns 100% of the capital-Moscow bank. By the way, none of the spouses has a car in their property.
1. Evgenia Guryeva
The wife of Andrei Guriev, a senator from the Murmansk region, became the richest among the spouses of parliamentarians, earning $ 22.7 million. Evgenia owns a 61.6% stake in the chemical company Fosagro, one of the world's largest producers of phosphate fertilizers. Gurieva is actively involved in charity work, for which she became a laureate of the Open Heart Award.
