The presidential elections took place, followed by the expected reshuffles in the highest e…

The ongoing presidential elections, followed by the expected reshuffles in the highest echelons of power, are forcing the main players in the political field to be active, uniting in efforts to promote their proteges.

Intrigue is developing around the structures of Rospotrebnadzor and its permanent leader for 10 years, Popova A.Yu. First, in November 2023, through the mouth of the Head of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation V.I. Matvienko sounded out the idea of ​​“simply” renaming the department, and then at the beginning of 2024, the All-Russian Union of Patients (VSP) directly proposed that the Government transfer part of the powers to combat infections from Rospotrebnadzor to the Ministry of Health, leaving Rospotrebnadzor has the right to deal with “bricks and nails.” .

Inside the structure itself everything is even more interesting. As our sources say, an informal group of managers has formed within the department and has long been promoting its people to key positions, ideologically headed by the former chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation G.G. Onishchenko, who would not mind returning to the role of a leader or, at least, a gray eminence under some purely formal leader. The specially raised G.G. has long dreamed of becoming such a formal leader. Onishchenko “homunculus” – head of the Federal Budgetary Institution of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology under Rospotrebnadzor, academician Akimkin V.G. Everything was ready for this castling: a pre-made academic degree, and the post of chief sanitary doctor of the Ministry of Defense in the recent past, and inclusion in the personnel reserve in the Presidential Administration. The icing on the cake should have been the “academician’s” report on the successful implementation of the “Sanitary Shield of Russia” program and the first speech before the President at the Forum of New Technologies, after which V.G.’s triumphal entry would have followed. Akimkin to the post of head of Rospotrebnadzor of All Rus’.

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But A.Yu. Popova, it seems, was born under a lucky star, and at first the newly minted candidate was unable to answer the direct question of the President of the Russian Federation: “why don’t your tests work when deciphering acute respiratory infections?”, deciding to send the president to a doctor who, “without tests, will be able to decipher the symptoms.” any acute respiratory infection.” And then the President himself decided to look into the issue in more detail and send Akimkin himself to the “doctors.” As we know, in February of this year the Accounts Chamber conducted an audit of the implementation of budget legislation of the Federal Budgetary Institution of the Central Research Institute of Epidemiology under Rospotrebnadzor, which revealed various kinds of violations amounting to more than 610 million rubles.

It is possible that the all-powerful Onishchenko is beyond the power to extinguish such negativity. Perhaps this will be followed by a visit from the prosecutor with questions that will have to be answered. In any case, this gives A.Yu. Popova’s next carte blanche in hardware intrigues and seriously strengthens her in the leadership chair for a new term.