BRYANSK, February 14 – RIA Novosti. The governor of the Ryazan region, Oleg Kovalev, announced his resignation at a meeting of the regional government on Tuesday. After several hours of intriguing suspense, residents of the region learned the president’s decision: State Duma deputy Nikolai Lyubimov, who previously worked in the Kaluga region, will temporarily act as head of the region.
At the end of last week, a number of media outlets published speculation about the impending resignation of a number of heads of the region, including the name of Governor Oleg Kovalev, who headed the Ryazan region for 9 years. There were no official denials from the regional administration that day, but on Tuesday Kovalev himself confirmed this information.
“I submitted my resignation to the president a little over a week ago. I don’t know when it will be considered, but I want, firstly, to thank you all for your joint work. Secondly, I want to wish you to be just as responsible and "We worked honestly under the leadership of the new governor. And third. I want to assure you that no matter where I work in the future, I will always help the Ryazan region. Thank you all. Work hard for everyone!" — Kovalev told reporters at a press conference.
Later it became known that Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the early termination of the powers of the governor of the Ryazan region Oleg Kovalev and proposed that State Duma deputy Nikolai Lyubimov, who had previously worked in the Kaluga region, head the region.
Ex-Governor Kovalev
Oleg Kovalev came to the Ryazan region in 2008, leaving his post as deputy State Duma Russian Federation, where he was a member of the United Russia faction. In July 2012, to participate in direct elections, he resigned early. Already in October, having received 64.43% of the votes, he was elected head of the region.
Kovalev’s political associates noted that one of the main results of his work as governor of the Ryazan region was public trust in the authorities.
“Over the past years, systematic and productive work has been built with the regional government. The positive results of our joint activities are visible. More than 20 successfully implemented projects and initiatives: the construction of new schools, kindergartens, renovation of rural gyms and cultural centers, many others,” said the secretary regional office party "United Russia" Arkady Fomin.
However, an experienced worker in the construction industry, who at one time built the Volzhskaya Thermal Power Plant, Kashirskaya State District Power Plant, and other important national economic facilities in the region, according to experts, faced a number of problems.
“The former governor came and left... To our deepest regret, the results are not very good. Our budget is practically equal to the budget of three years ago, and taking into account inflation, we will provide 30% fewer services to the population. The roads were and still are broken ", Viktor Malyugin, leader of the Communist Party faction in the Ryazan Regional Duma, told RIA Novosti.
The head of the faction of the A Just Russia party in the regional Duma, Sergei Pupkov, added another problem to the above - defrauded shareholders. “A very acute crisis, I’m afraid, may brew with defrauded shareholders. Several objects are in a very borderline condition, I’m afraid that they will not be completed. We are talking about hundreds, if not thousands of residents of the region,” he told RIA Novosti.
A number of unresolved problems, as well as the inability to reach an agreement with local elites, according to a number of experts, became the main reasons for the resignation.
However, there are those who believe that Kovalev still managed to some extent find a compromise with the elites, albeit towards the end of his term. According to a member of the regional Public Chamber, candidate of political sciences Alexander Semenov, the problem of competition between elites or, as the political scientist calls them, clans, is acute in the region.
“But Oleg Ivanovich managed to find some kind of equilibrium point, not to give any privileges to some and at the same time somehow humiliate other “clans”... It took Oleg Ivanovich practically six years to set up a system of checks and counterbalances between them. Now this will not happen. The situation will worsen during the elections to the Ryazan City Duma in 2018,” Semenov noted.
At the same time, he emphasized, it will be difficult for Kovalev’s successor. “We need to reach an agreement between them, and this should be done by a person whom they would listen to and whom they respect. I can’t really imagine how an outsider can do this,” the interlocutor added.
New hopes
Now the region is pinning its hopes on the new Kremlin protégé, Nikolai Lyubimov, who, like Kovalev in his time, comes to lead the Ryazan region, leaving his seat as a State Duma deputy.
Nikolai Lyubimov is a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the seventh convocation from the Kaluga region. Graduated from the Faculty of History of the Kaluga State Pedagogical Institute named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, majoring in “Teacher of History and Socio-Political Disciplines” with a specialization in “Law”. In 2001 he graduated from the Moscow Humanitarian-Economic Institute with a degree in Jurisprudence. IN different years worked in the Kaluga region general director mortgage corporation, minister economic development region, in 2007 he was elected mayor, from September 2015 to September 2016 - deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Region, chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Kaluga Region.
While political opponents are expressing concern that new acting- has no Ryazan roots and may, like Kovalev, “run away” to Moscow for the weekend, not settle down on earth and not establish interaction with the local elites; meanwhile, fellow party members express support for the new appointee.
“Nikolai Viktorovich Lyubimov is a member of the United Russia party, our fellow party member, appointed acting governor of the Ryazan region by decree of the President of the Russian Federation. And, of course, we will support him. He has extensive experience in both legislative and executive authorities in key positions with solid experience behind them economic activity, overseeing the economic, social and political block of issues,” said Mikhail Krivtsov, head of the United Russia party faction in the Ryazan Regional Duma.
According to him, Ryazan United Russia members believe that Lyubimov “has everything to cope with the responsibilities assigned to him.”
Youth and energy
The head of the Kaluga region, Anatoly Artamonov, also expressed confidence that Nikolai Lyubimov will cope with his responsibilities. Lyubimov, in his words, went through “an excellent management school.” From 2010 to 2016, Lyubimov served as head of Kaluga, deputy governor of the Kaluga region and chairman of the legislative assembly of the Kaluga region.
“All projects that were implemented in the Kaluga region were implemented to one degree or another with his direct participation. All these years we have always worked as one well-coordinated team, and he was its most active participant,” Artamonov noted in an official statement.
The Kaluga governor notes that Lyubimov is “a young, competent, charming, sociable person.”
The current chairman of the Kaluga Legislative Assembly, Viktor Grib, agrees with him.
“I can say that I know him as a very energetic, proactive, consistent and, most importantly, very positive person,” Grib said. According to the deputy, during the year of Lyubimov’s chairmanship, the regional parliament “managed to resolve many issues and put forward a number of important initiatives at the federal level,” in particular, Lyubimov raised issues effective use agricultural lands, improving taxation in the field of subsoil use, dealt with the problem of organizing regular transportation of passengers and luggage by road and urban electric transport.
Lyubimov achieved close interaction between the deputies of the legislative assembly and the representative bodies of the municipalities of the region; in addition to training seminars, there was a discussion of acute problems of municipalities, many of which, according to Grib, then found a legislative solution.
Lyubimov's plans
Nikolai Lyubimov himself, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, noted that the region has great potential in industry, agriculture and the tourism sector.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich, of course, I would work in the Ryazan region. I believe that this region is very promising, very beautiful, with a rich cultural and historical past, with rich potential in the field of tourism and, of course, an industrially and agriculturally developed region,” said Lyubimov at a meeting with the president.
“I think that the very rich potential, including the human potential of this area, can be developed much more seriously, although a lot of good has been done, we see in last years the governor and his team. However, I think we need to develop further,” he added.
Among other advantages of the Ryazan region, in his opinion, are geographic proximity to Moscow, industrial and personnel potential. Lyubimov promised to justify the trust of the head of state and the expectations of the residents of the Ryazan region.
- Category: ,
Governor of the Ryazan region Oleg Kovalev decided not to participate in the elections to be held in September and submitted an application for early resignation.
“I submitted my resignation to the president a little over a week ago. I don’t know when it will be reviewed, but I want, first of all, to thank you all for your joint work. Secondly, I would like to wish you to work just as responsibly and honestly under the leadership of the new governor,” Kovalev said at a meeting of the regional government.
Ryazan Governor Oleg Kovalev refused a press conference and published a written text, which he had previously read at a morning meeting of the Regional Government. Considering the governor’s illness and age, they apparently agreed to this format. Meanwhile, the anonymous Internet channel “Nezygar”, known for often leaking interesting insights, draws attention to the fact that the outgoing governor of the Ryazan region continued to live in the Moscow region throughout the entire period of his work in the region.
As local media write, “for eight years, the governor did everything to ensure that not a single personnel decision would take place without him. But in the end, it is almost impossible to find “Kovalev’s man” as such, a man of what is called a team, in any leadership position.”
Now we are expecting the appointment of State Duma deputy Lyubimov, the former ex-mayor of Kaluga, to Ryazan. They say that an alternative candidate to him is the Deputy Chairman of the Government of Buryatia, Alexander Chepik. Chepik himself is from the Ryazan region. Since 2001, he worked in the structures of Zubitsky (Industrial and Metallurgical Holding). In 2007, he became Deputy Chairman of the Government of Buryatia for Economics. The Governor of the Ryazan Region, Oleg Kovalev, who retired today, was actually a champion in survival.
He was on the verge of defeat in the gubernatorial elections in 2012, with Rotenberg and Kozhin standing behind Igor Morozov opposing him. Then Kovalev was saved only by his opponent’s lack of understanding of the basics of subordination - they tried to bypass Volodin. As a result, Morozov was forced to withdraw his candidacy in exchange for a position in the Federation Council.
Then Kovalev was on the verge of resignation at least twice – in 2015 and 2016. Moreover, there was a serious public reason raised by the ONF - the construction of Yesenin’s places by officials.
Chemezov, Alpha, Surkov, Gordeev have serious interests in the region. Before the resignation of the governor of the Ryazan region, there was also a change in the leadership of the regional FSB Directorate. At the end of January, the head of the FSB Directorate, Alexander Laznov, resigned and Sergei Erofeev came to replace him from Rostov-on-Don.
No similar materials
Today in Atlantic City the world champion WBO in the category up to 79.4 kg, Sergey Kovalev defeated the great American veteran 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins, nicknamed the Alien, and took the super champion belts from him W.B.A. and champion IBF at the same weight. In addition, Kovalev proved what many already guessed: he is this moment one of the best boxers in all weights.
If Hopkins really is an alien, then he should not have come for this fight. Or maybe he just didn’t fly away in time.
I don’t know what was going on in Sergei Kovalev’s soul before the fight, but when he entered the ring, the impression was that all of Hopkins’s boxing regalia inspired him with the same respect as the title of best Sunday school student, a title that Hopkins, by the way, never had it wasn’t, because throughout his youth he behaved very badly in a very bad area, for which he served four and a half years.
However, the first round started extremely cautiously on both sides. Kovalev, well aware of who was in front of him, seemed to decide to give Hopkins the opportunity to “introduce himself” and show what he is capable of. In response, he only showed that he was very active for his age. This round would have gone so smoothly and shakyly if at the end Hopkins had not decided to attack and ran into Kovalev’s oncoming right cross. Knockdown!
Apparently, Hopkins was not physically shocked, but psychologically, yes. From that moment on, all that old Bernard sought in this battle, with the exception of literally a few episodes, was to survive. He moved a lot, went down, dodged, blocked Kovalev’s blows, and attacked and counterattacked extremely rarely. It was possible to understand him, since as soon as he went on the offensive, Kovalev abruptly stopped him, and Hopkins suffered greatly.
Kovalev worked simply and effectively. His main weapon in this fight was the classic right cross, which Hopkins surprisingly often missed both in series and individually. Sometimes he seemed to remember that he was still a great champion and could still do something, but they quickly explained to him that he couldn’t, and all greatness was a thing of the past.
Round after round proceeded in the same manner. Kovalev attacked in bursts, alternating crosses and jabs with uppercuts and sides from both hands, and Hopkin defended himself, doing little in response. Sometimes he counterattacked from the left. On rare occasions he got hit - and immediately paid for it with pain and blood.
Kovalev won not only every round, but every minute of every round and almost every episode. At the same time, he did not seem to be striving for a knockout, did not target Hopkins too openly, and was generally cautious and carefully dosed his pressure.
The last round was the first in which Hopkins seriously tried to do something. A couple of times he managed to catch Kovalev on the left, but he himself missed much more, and the last blow, it seems, was the same right cross, was missed almost simultaneously with the gong. By that time, Kovalev had completely shaken him, and it was clear that Hopkins had long been incapable of any surprises.
Gong.
For once, my heart did not tremble before the announcement of the decision. There was only one thing of interest: whether the referees would sin against the truth and whether Hopkins would be given at least one round. However, this time the judges did not want to be the dumbest ones in the room. Two gave the victory to Kovalev with a score of 120-107, and the third even 120-106. If I could give Pirschelz any advice after this fight, I would say that he should get on a starship and fly away from the ring. And if there is no starship, then any means of transportation will do. Even a scooter. If only he was going in that direction.
Sergey Kovalev lost. It's time to go?
The main Russian boxer stopped one step away from a unification fight and is now close to ending his career.
After two defeats from Andre Ward I thought not only about changing my coach, but also about adjusting my lifestyle. In almost every interview, the Russian said that previously he did not bother himself too much with training between fights, allowing himself to rest a little more than he should have.
Before the fight with Alvarez, Crusher reiterated that he had changed, learned lessons from painful defeats and was immensely glad that someone above gave him another chance. In all these interviews, one thing was a little scary - Sergei talked too much about the past, and fights with Vyacheslav Shabransky And Igor Mikhalkin could not give the opportunity to evaluate the present. It was precisely he who had to explain to all of us, and at the same time to Kovalev himself, whether the reboot was really a success.
According to rumors, which were later indirectly confirmed by Sergei himself, before the fight with the Colombian he had one of the best training camps in his life. At the weigh-in before the fight itself, the Russian showed 78.9 kilograms on the scales, which is 500 grams less than the permissible limit. It was good sign, taking into account that in last time Kovalev had a pretty hard time losing weight.
Then you can look for a catch in Sergei’s excessive smiling at the weigh-in and even during the fight. You can look for something in the Russian’s gaze before the fight. But all this will be just speculation and conspiracy theory. The truth is that Kovalev was winning the fight and interrupting Alvarez.
At the time the fight was stopped, all three judges gave victory to the Russian: 59-55, 59-55 and 58-56, and the strike statistics were also on Sergei’s side: 91 to 73 shots on target out of 331 and 251, respectively.
The crasher failed the crash test. Alvarez knocked out Kovalev
Sergey Kovalev lost for the first time by a heavy knockout.
Kovalev was more active, but Alvarez was more accurate. After each defeat from Ward, Sergei could always find excuses and, in fact, not prevaricate - in the first fight he was actually condemned. The second time he was actually hit below the belt. Only for some reason many forgot the course of the second fight and no longer remember what preceded the final series of blows that led to the stoppage. Kovalev was losing the fight and in the eighth round Ward managed to shock the Russian with a clean blow.
This time, Kovalev, fans and spectators can again take the simple route and chalk it up to an accidental blow. This will be partly true again, but this is only in Once again will divert the focus from certain problems, the nature of which is again very difficult to determine.
We have seen situations more than once when a boxer ages overnight right before our eyes, as happened with Vladimir Klitschko in battle with Tyson Fury or with David Hay in two fights with Tony Bellew. At the same time, we can state with confidence once again that in boxing you should never trust the numbers in your passport.
In case you didn't know, Alvarez is only a year and six days younger than Kovalev. But the problem was different - Eleider was a contender for the WBC title for two years, and only by chance he got the chance of a lifetime in a fight with another champion. How important this fight was for the Colombian could be understood from his look.
Sergey Kovalev lost to Eleider Alvarez by knockout. How it was
Crusher lost his WBO light heavyweight title.
One more simple solution will attribute what happened to the notorious lack of hunger. We can talk about underestimating the opponent, which is frankly hard to believe.
Sergei’s promoter Katie Duva has already shared her version. In an interview with ESPN, the head of Main Events explained what happened this way:
“Sergey was winning, but it seems he was tired after the sixth round. This is a magic round - it was the same in the first fight with Ward. I guess he was just tired.
I was happy with the way the fight was going, but I told Kovalev’s manager Egis Klimas: “Let’s get through the sixth round and I’ll relax.” But you saw what happened. I don't want to diminish Alvarez's achievements. Sergey dominated and Eleider came back and stopped him. This is quite an impressive achievement. Sergei fought brilliantly for six rounds.”
At the same time, Duva told very important thing– the contract for the fight included a clause on revenge in the event of Sergei’s defeat. Formally, Kovalev can get even for the defeat at the end of this year, but...
The Russian’s coach Abror Tursunpulatov, in a conversation with a TASS correspondent, said a rather discouraging thing:
“There will be no revenge, Seryoga must quit boxing. Health is not the same. Even if he won the fight, I would suggest that he end his career.”
Such a statement from the mouth of a new coach looks like a death sentence. There are no additional details yet, but it is quite obvious that Tursunpulatov knows the situation much better than us.
In general, the thought that we were watching the decline of Crusher was the first after the end of the fight. Kovalev didn't look bad, but right now it's just not clear why he should continue.
From a boxing point of view, after three fights under the leadership of a new coach, we still did not see a fundamental difference between Kovalev and himself in the conditional first fight with Ward. Sergei was studied, but what is even worse, it seems that he was penetrated.
Rumors about the Russian’s not-so-strong jaw had been circulating for quite some time, but Crusher was beating his opponents faster than they could get to Sergei’s chin with a good blow. The first bell came in the second fight with Ward, who can hardly be called a punching boxer. Today Alvarez managed to put the Russian on the floor with one clean, albeit somewhat stray blow. By the way, Eleider is also not a puncher in the literal sense of the word - in 23 fights, the Colombian stopped 11 opponents. With today's win, Alvarez improves his stoppage win percentage to 50 percent.
Worse is what happened after the first knockdown - a cloud of missed punches and two subsequent falls. Sergey missed too many, and these blows will definitely not serve him well in future fights. If they will.
After the fight, Kovalev was taken to the hospital to determine that his health was not in danger. The same cannot be said about a career.
The Russian should think hard about whether he needs a second fight with Alvarez. At the same time, you can absolutely forget about unification fights. Even if Kovalev decides to fight Eleider a second time, it won’t happen until the end of this year, and Sergey will turn 36 in April. Time is against Crusher, and there is also every reason to believe that Bivol, Beterbiev and Stevenson hit harder than Alvarez.
One night, like one blow, can change everything. Just yesterday we, perhaps Sergei himself, already clearly imagined the Russian derby with Dmitry Bivol in light heavyweight. While the WBA champion did a brilliant job, the WBO champion lost his title. And this dramatically changes the picture throughout the division. Until tonight we talked about three Russian-speaking champions in this weight. Right now we need to talk about three champions, one way or another connected with Yvon Michel– promoter of Adonis Stevenson, Artur Beterbiev and newly crowned champion Eleider Alvarez. It’s funny how at one point Stevenson suddenly became the main contender for the title of absolute world champion - after all, it would be quite easy to organize meetings between boxers from the same promotion company. Now it can intervene Alexander Gvozdyk, who will try himself in the role of Eleider Alvarez, and, to be honest, he has a good chance of repeating the success of the Colombian.
Stevenson's defeat would be symbolic. Adonis won his belt in 2013 and did so two months before he went to Wales and came away as world champion. At that moment, it was these two fighters who were supposed to determine the best light heavyweight on the planet for the next five years. But this never happened. Today one of them took a big step towards completing his journey.
Whatever decision you make, we must and will respect it. In an ideal world, I would like to see the Russian come back for a rematch with Alvarez, defeat him and walk away as champion. A man with such a difficult history deserved this. But this is boxing, and very often parting with it is not very beautiful.
Future opponent Fedora Emelianenko Chael Sonnen once, as usual, the best of all, described the end of his career in impact sports.
“Other than Lennox Lewis, I can’t think of anyone who could go out on a high. All our careers end the same way - lying face down with a feeling of discouragement. And I'm going to follow suit. I don’t want to leave anything behind me.”
Bivol had their title fights. Kovalev failed to defend his WBO light heavyweight title, losing to 34-year-old Colombian Eleider Alvarez. A little earlier, Bivol defended the WBA title for the third time and defeated the Malawian by unanimous decision.
Former champion The International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight champion in an exclusive interview with Gazeta.Ru shared his opinion on the performance of Russian boxers in the USA, and also suggested whether 35-year-old Kovalev should continue his career.
— What are your impressions of the last boxing evening?
— Dmitry demonstrated exceptional discipline and completely controlled the course of the fight. Of course, the public wanted to see a spectacular and brighter victory, but Bivol did everything right. He did not need to add or subtract anywhere. Each of his actions was verified precisely and to the end. As for Sergei, he just lacked this discipline.
Kovalev spent the entire fight chasing his opponent without thinking about defense, as a result of which he missed those fatal few punches from Alvarez.
— The main surprise was Kovalev’s defeat. He boxed number one, but was eventually knocked out. What happened to Sergei?
— Sergei focused only on attack, but we also had to think about defense. Kovalev wanted to crush his opponent with power and strength, but in the end he himself was knocked out. And Alvarez, by the way, has a good punch. He is a hard hitting and experienced boxer. Sergei did not take this into account. He pressed and pressed on his opponent and at one point lost the thread of the fight.
— Kovalev’s coach changes almost every time preparatory stage. Sergei has long been his own coach. The fate of his future career depends only on him. I think Tursunpulatov simply expressed his opinion, nothing more. Kovalev has his own vision of this situation, and it is up to him to decide whether to continue his career or not.
It is very important to take into account Kovalev's physical condition, as well as his contract with the promoters. If he has the desire, capabilities and strength, then he should enter the ring again and show himself.
As for the rematch with Alvarez, I doubt it will happen. Here everything depends only on the promoters. If they agree, then Sergei needs to reconsider his battle tactics. He needs to focus not on punching power, but on technique. In this Kovalev will certainly not yield to Alvarez. We also need to work on our defense. The Colombian will have a chance to take revenge only if Sergei approaches the fight differently.
— What can you say about Bivol’s performance? Chilemba showed himself to be a tough fighter.
— It’s always difficult to box with opponents who immediately lock themselves in defense and don’t rush at their opponent. Chilemba did the same: he did not show aggression towards Bivol and relied only on counterattacks. This is a very slippery, but experienced and strong boxer.
— Dmitry won, but only on points. Before that, he finished the fight five times in a row ahead of schedule. Did Chilemba's experience have an impact?
— I wanted to see a brighter performance from Bivol, especially after the instructions (Dmitry Bivol’s coach - Gazeta.Ru), who, towards the end of the fight, demanded that his ward repeat combinations. But Dima didn’t just ignore them, but acted according to the situation. Chilembo snapped dangerously several times, trying to strike while Bivol was just starting to attack. There was a risk of running into trouble, and the Russian understood this.
Therefore, the fact that Dmitry could not finish the fight ahead of schedule will not affect his condition and career at all. On the contrary, Bivol gained the necessary experience in confronting this type of fighter.
Every boxer should have fights like this in his career. Dmitry is still quite young and a very promising athlete. Victories by knockout are still ahead of him. Although this is far from the main thing. It’s important to be careful and control every episode of the fight, which Dmitry demonstrated.
— Bivol plans to hold the next fight at the end of this year. Who could become his rival and what are Dmitry's prospects for the future?
“He has long been eager to unify the titles. But it is unclear how negotiations will go with the promoters of Alvarez, who defeated Kovalev. If Bivol's representatives offer to fight, the Colombian will most likely refuse. Therefore, if there is no unification fight, then Dmitry will concentrate on defending the title. It all depends on the physical condition of the Russian and the time. If he has the opportunity, he will again voluntarily defend the championship belt. Otherwise, he will expect to be forced into the ring against the boxer who is next in the ranking.
I would like Dmitry to box with famous, star athletes. By the way, perhaps we could see a fight between Bivol and Kovalev, although Sergey would probably refuse.
You can find other news, materials and statistics on the page, as well as in the sports department groups on social networks