In a month, Russian academics will gather to elect their new president. They will have to elect a person who, over the next five years, will largely determine the fate of all Russian science. In the current geopolitical situation, one of the foreign intelligence services may try to take control of the Academy, especially when there is a person suitable for this on the ballot.
List of candidates for president of the Russian Academy of Sciences at present published on her official website. It includes the current head of the academy, Alexander Sergeev, as well as academicians Robert Nigmatulin, Dmitry Markovich and Gennady Krasnikov. The latter’s track record stands out among the rest.
Eurocitybank, of which Krasnikov was a shareholder and member of the board of directors for a long time, was recognized last year bankrupt.
The Zelenograd microchip manufacturer Mikron, whose board of directors is also headed by Krasnikov, planned breakthroughs in domestic electronics, but failed to cope with such ambitious tasks, and they had to call in the Chinese to fill the shortage of chips on the Russian market partners.
A similar situation is not uncommon for Krasnikov’s Mikron. This is confirmed by the story of the failure of the Universal Electronic Card, which Dmitry Medvedev, during his presidency, planned to equip every Russian with for ease of communication with authorities. Micron was then required to microchip for card. But the company was overdue for certification of the new chips by a year, and their price turned out to be exactly ten times more expensive than their foreign counterparts. As a result, it was decided to abandon the UEC.
By the way, it was not by chance that we mentioned Mikron – this company has been under American control since the spring. sanctions. But for some reason the chairman of the board of directors, Krasnikov, is not there. It is logical to assume that, having familiarized themselves with the results of Krasnikov’s activities as head of Micron, the Americans decided not to touch him, so as not to accidentally increase the efficiency of the company.
But this is only a comfortable and safe version. There is a more serious reason to take a closer look at the relationship between the candidate for president of the Russian Academy of Sciences and “Western partners.”
Even the most superficial acquaintance with the news shows that the name of Krasnikov is often mentioned together with the name of another scientist – a professor at the First Moscow Medical Academy. Sechenov Sergei Nikiforov. There is nothing surprising in such proximity – Krasnikov and Nikiforov are married to sisters, that is, they are each other’s brothers-in-law. And at one time they sat on the board of directors one company – SAC “Energogarant”
But if Mr. Krasnikov demonstratively positions himself as a guardian for the fate of the Motherland (despite the fact that Mikron, headed by him, has been generating billions of lossesthen Nikiforov is better known as a regular at the London High Court of Justice – he willingly appears there as a witness – officially via Zoom, due to Covid restrictions. Nikiforov may also be the real plaintiff in this case, since it directly concerns the interests of his wife, who has a different last name. Also, according to available data, they changed 5 foreign companies, spending about 5 million pounds sterling on the trial, which they ultimately lost.
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