Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko biography. Career and little-known facts from the life of Valentina Matvienko. Work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ARI, where our analysts tried to determine the figure of the most likely successor to Vladimir Vladimirovich, initiated a large flow of correspondence to the editorial office. Mostly, readers ask us questions - they try to clarify something, they ask when the promised continuation of the material will be. However, one of the respondents sent a letter that raised a lot of questions for us. We were completely at a loss, because we were faced with extremely ambiguous and contradictory information - in any case, contrary to the ideas about the past of the governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko. In order not to intrigue the reader, we decided to present this letter to everyone, and then try to somehow comprehend or refute the information contained in it.

Dear editors! Once I accidentally came to your resource through one of the links on the forum of a local electronic newspaper, where the ethnogenesis of the “Ukrainian” people was discussed. Since then I have been reading you regularly. I am Russian, I live in “Ukraine”, I have been living here for decades, and I am sometimes amazed by your ability to correctly recognize the processes taking place here - unlike many of us, “Ukrainians”, so to speak. In particular, at one time I was deeply outraged by your proposal to the Russians in “Ukraine” to vote for our current “president”, and I won’t hide it - I even stopped coming to you for some time. However, life has shown that you were right and now we are entering an interesting time.

At the same time, sometimes you, gentlemen, fall into a puddle, not seeing what is happening right under your diarrhea. We are talking about your recent publication about Putin’s successors, where you suggested that the current governor of St. Petersburg “Matvienko” actually traces his ancestry not from Ukraine, but from Poland. You're a little wrong here. But first I will explain everything in order.

I am a builder by profession, and at one time I traveled all over the country on business trips - then the USSR. At my last place of work (for reasons that are clear below, I would not like to name it, as well as my passport details), fate brought me together with an elderly man who worked part-time as a watchman at our trust. We called him Petrovich, but to my shame I didn’t bother to find out his first and last name. Petrovich was an eccentric old man, and often said things that we could not listen to without laughing. So one day, having come to our department and seeing Matvienko (Deputy Prime Minister of Russia at that time) on TV, Petrovich whistled and exclaimed: “Oh, look - Valka Tyutkay is already in Moscow!” Then we took this remark as another eccentricity of the grandfather, and some time later, I went to Petrovich’s storeroom and over a cup of tea began to tease him, saying, Petrovich - what kind of Valka Ttkay is this? And the old man told the following story.

Immediately after the war, a camp of Slovak gypsies came to their village - at first they lived in Western Ukraine, where they escaped from the Germans, then Bendera pushed them further to the East. The blacksmith Mykhai Tyutkai and his son Vanko also came to the village with the camp. Tabor then left, but Mykhai stayed - he had both documents and a profession - Mykhai forged horses for the gypsies, and at the same time the villagers began to turn to him for their needs: someone to repair a plow, someone to straighten a saw. Mykhai completed his documents back in 1939 - then the NKVD called him and told him: either take your passport or go back to the Germans. The NKVD refused to accept the surname Tyutkai and Mykhai was recorded as Mikhail Tyutkin, and his son Vanko as Ivan. But his people called him Mykhay, and the villagers also called him Mykhay. Vanko first worked with his father in the forge, and then left with one of the camps - there were many of them passing through the village at that time. He was gone for three years, and then he returned – with his wife Radka. This Radka was still in the city, they pulled her to the NKVD - a car came for her. Vanko said that in 1945 Radka helped catch a detachment of Bendera men, and then they took her for identification. They also wanted to present Radka to the order for this, but then they changed their minds. And then Vanko and Radka gave birth to Valka - Valentina Ivanovna Tyutkina, according to documents. Since the late fifties, Petrovich had not seen Valka, but during Gorbachev’s time some party lady came to their village - in a Volga, with guards. The lady gathered people in the club and told something about perestroika. At that time, many of the old people had already died; almost no one recognized Valka in this lady: so many years had passed. And Petrovich just shout, “Great, Valka.” And how can he not shout, he says - before his eyes the brat has grown! So the guards then grabbed him and took him to the city, where they kept him in a bullpen for three days and beat him. And then they told me to shut my mouth, otherwise they would put me in a madhouse.

Then Petrovich was very offended by Valentina Ivanovna Tyutkina. Maybe my grandfather was confused, or maybe he really found out - who knows. Then I didn’t believe Petrovich: I decided that the old man had lost his mind. And now I looked carefully at this Matvienko of yours (after all, she was Tyutkina) - in your profile - like a gypsy. She loves outfits - this is definitely from Radka: Petrovich said that Vanko was completely exhausted with his wife - she spent all the money on rags. So, apparently, it was in vain that I didn’t believe my grandfather then. I don’t know whether you’ll believe me now: it’s crazy how a gypsy woman became the mayor of such a big city, and you say that she’s also being tipped for president. But the gypsies in the Kremlin are already too much for their democracy.

"Ivan Kononenko"

As you can see, there is something to be perplexed about. In addition, the letter asks more questions than it answers. But we, in fact, have nothing to answer it with, since the official data on the biography of Valentina Ivanovna is extremely meager, as if we are talking about some ancient political figure from the time of Pericles. By going to the personal website of any governor of the country, we can easily find out who his father and mother were, what the names of his grandparents were, and how they worked to earn a living. At the same time, in the case of Valentina Ivanovna, there is no information about her relatives anywhere, and if there is, it is a little strange.

For example, in the publication spic-centre.ru (“The First and Only”) we read: Her father, front-line soldier Ivan Tyutin, died of paralysis shortly after the end of the Great Patriotic War - then Valentina was 7 years old. If we add 7 years to 1949 (the official date of birth of Valentina Ivanovna), we get 1956. Is this really “shortly” after the war? The following quote is from the same place: The first and only woman of the Russian government, dubbed “our Thatcher” by her colleagues, was born in a small Ukrainian town, by the way, the birthplace of Pavka Korchagin, Shepetovka. We have never been to Shepetivka - it must be a wonderful city. However, in the official biographies of party functionaries of the CPSU, toponymic names such as Boyarka (Pasha Korchagin worked there), Krasnodon (underground worker Oleg Koshevoy worked there), and Ulyanovsk very often appear. Many party leaders seemed to come from “there” and hid their biography.

We could cite quite a lot of such oddities in the official biography of Valentina Ivanovna - if we set ourselves the task of proving that this biography is a complete fake. But we don’t think so; on the contrary, we would like to prove that the story sent to our editor is a fake. Alas, this is extremely difficult, even almost impossible.

Let's look carefully at the photographs of Valentina Ivanovna from different years: even her enemies note that Mrs. Matvienko is a very flashy woman, who probably broke many men's hearts in her time. But this catchiness is definitely non-Slavic: natural dark skin, high cheekbones, huge, dark, but slightly slanted, clearly non-Slavic eyes, an aquiline nose. In general, the whole type of Mrs. Matvienko’s face reflects something oriental. Valentina Ivanovna's plasticity is clearly unusual for Russian lands - how she holds herself, how she walks, how she knows how to present herself. It seems that put a colorful sundress on her, monisto, and here you have the embodiment of the diva of the Romen Theater or the hand-drawn fortune teller from the old cartoon “The Bremen Town Musicians”.

The same mystical magnetism of the gaze, the same gestures. Even when Valentina Ivanovna was shown at meetings of the country’s Cabinet of Ministers, the cameraman could not resist and kept turning the lens’s gaze to Ms. Matvienko. It is no coincidence that the aristocrats of pre-revolutionary Russia went crazy for beautiful gypsies, which was reflected in Russian (and not only Russian) classics. If this is so, we don’t even understand why Valentina Tyutkai hides her roots, as if she is ashamed of them - the gypsies, in general, are quite good people: they sing great, they tell fortunes, and in general half the country is delighted with the series “Carmelita”.

The assumption that Valentina Ivanovna Tyutina is actually Valentina Vankovna Tyutkay can be confirmed by a number of indirect evidence (which cannot but be considered, since there is no direct or even indirect evidence to refute such an assumption). For example, let’s take almost the only story about the family from Valentina Vankovna’s meager official biography: Valentina Ivanovna’s mother raised three daughters alone; in total there were five children in the family, but two died. The post-war years in Ukraine were, of course, difficult times, but excuse me - two out of five children in Little Russian families did not die after the war. In the families of gypsies and residents of Central Asia in the USSR, this was quite common.

Another example is the well-known proposal of Valentina Vankovna, who recommended that residents of St. Petersburg fill the bathtub with water and take turns bathing there with the whole family. To recommend this to residents of a metropolis in the 21st century, you need to have special personal life experience - an experience in which bathing the whole family in one bathroom is the norm. Such norms existed in Japan in the 10th century, and the gypsies have such norms today. And this does not happen at all due to the uncleanliness of the gypsies - it’s just a tradition among the gypsies: a kind of closure of vital energy within the family circle. Therefore, advice that would not occur to any Russian governor turned out to be quite natural for the Roma governor. In addition, Valentina Vankovna, judging by her official biography, graduated from medical school and pharmaceutical institute - that is, educational institutions where they explain to students: bathing five people in one bath is a direct road to mass epidemics. Does Valentina Vankovna really not know this? Or maybe she just didn’t study to be a nurse or a pharmacist? We really don’t know what to think.

Well, the hysteria created by Valentina Vankovna regarding the daughter of a Tajik drug dealer does not fit into the usual framework of grief for the leader of the largest subject of the Russian Federation. If not for one small addition, the Tajiks were, as they say, actually gypsies from Tajikistan. It is in the tenacious hands of the gypsies that drug trafficking from Central Asia to Russia and St. Petersburg is located.

The letter correctly noted that Valentina Vankovna really likes to dress beautifully - although this is noted with a somewhat negative connotation, one cannot help but notice that this is so. The wardrobe of the Queen of England and the wife of Bill Gates does not even hold a candle to Valentina Ivanovna’s wardrobe. Maybe this was passed on to her from the Rada?

Thus, a detailed analysis of the facts presented in the letter does not allow a reasoned and clear refute of the author. Even obvious inconsistencies and contradictions work in his favor. Let's say, in a letter, an incognito author claims that the official maiden name of Valentina Vankovna is some kind of “Tyutkina,” while we know: Valentina Vankovna officially bore the maiden name Tyutina. If this letter had been fabricated by the ill-wishers of Mrs. Matvienko-Tyutkai, they, without a doubt, would have asked what the real official name of Valentina Vankovna was. So this apparent contradiction also testifies in favor of the reality of the author of the document - the reality of the persons described. And with all our desire, we are unable to prove the opposite until Valentina Vankovna herself considers it necessary to speak before voters and lift the veil of secrecy over her pedigree for them - to present her grandparents. If the secret is not revealed, then the author of the letter is right, with Petrovich. Maybe she is shy about her grandfather Mykhaya Tyutkaya? So why be ashamed of him? In Russia there are many governors and ministers who are Jews, Tuvans, Kalmyks, Yakuts and other representatives of different nations. Why can’t Russia have a Roma governor, or even a prime minister?

As Valentina Vankovna said in one of her brilliant interviews, she has a huge potential to do good to people whom, according to her, she loves very much, the main thing is not to interfere. And Valentina Vankovna’s word does not diverge from deeds: the latest initiative of the governor of St. Petersburg is to make funeral services as cheap and simple as possible for city residents. We believe that with such potential, Valentina Vankovna Tyutkai has a direct path to the Kremlin.

Valentina was born on April 7, 1949 in the Ukrainian town of Shepetovka, Khmelnitsky region. Higher education in the biography of Valentina Matvienko was received at the Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute of Leningrad. After graduating from the institute in 1972, she began working in the Petrograd district committee of St. Petersburg. She was a secretary and head of a department.

Then she changed several secretarial positions in the regional committee of Leningrad and the Krasnogvardeisky district committee. In 1989, in her biography, Matvienko became a people's deputy of the USSR. At the same time, she headed the Supreme Council Committee on Women, Family and Motherhood.

In 1991, in the biography of Valentina Ivanovna Matvienko, the position of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USSR (and since 1992 of Russia) to the Republic of Malta was occupied. Since 1997 she has been Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic. From 1995 to 1997 she headed the Department of Relations, at the same time she was a member of the board of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The next career stage in Matvienko’s biography occurred in 1998. From September of this year until March 2003, Matvienko served as Deputy Prime Minister. And in 2003 she became a representative of the president, and in the same year she joined the Security Council. 2003 was an extremely successful year in the biography of Valentina Matvienko. Having won the elections, she became the governor of St. Petersburg. He has many awards, orders and medals.

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1. Chairman of the Federation Council:

a) convenes meetings of the Federation Council, including extraordinary ones;

b) forms a draft agenda for a meeting of the Federation Council, submits it for consideration by the Council of the Chamber, submits to the Federation Council a draft agenda for a meeting of the Federation Council considered by the Council of the Chamber;

c) conducts meetings of the chamber;

d) signs resolutions of the Federation Council;

e) administers the oath of office to persons appointed to the positions of judges of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation; d1);

(clause “d1” is excluded in accordance with Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated December 15, 2010 No. 556-SF)

f) is in charge of the internal regulations of the chamber in accordance with the powers granted to it by these Regulations;

f1) carries out general management of the organization and implementation of activities for the implementation of permanent parliamentary control; g) distributes responsibilities between the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council and the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council;

(as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated September 19, 2008 No. 305-SF)

h) organizes the work of the Chamber Council and conducts its meetings; ;

j) sends for preliminary consideration to the committees of the chamber in accordance with the issues within their jurisdiction approved by the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the State Duma) draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws, federal laws adopted by the State Duma, and also bills, amendments to bills developed by a committee of the Federation Council, a member of the Federation Council, which are expected to be submitted to the State Duma in order to exercise the right of legislative initiative of the Federation Council (as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF);

k1) sends to the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, at its request, documents and materials necessary for conducting a public examination of draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, draft federal constitutional laws and federal laws (except for materials containing information constituting state or other protected secret by law) (clause “k1” was introduced in accordance with Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated March 24, 2006 No. 85-SF);

l) sends for consideration to the legislative (representative) bodies of state power of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation the adopted laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation;

m) sends to the President of the Russian Federation for signing and official publication the laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws and federal laws approved by the Federation Council;

o) sends to the State Duma draft laws of the Russian Federation on amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, federal constitutional laws and federal laws rejected by the Federation Council;

o) sends to the committees of the Federation Council in accordance with the issues under their jurisdiction, as well as to the Legal Department of the Staff of the Federation Council for the preparation of proposals, legislative acts adopted by the Parliament of the Union State, the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community, model legislative acts adopted by the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth Member States Independent States, as well as drafts of these acts (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated October 6, 2006 No. 308-SF; dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF);

p) represents the chamber in relations with federal government bodies, government bodies of constituent entities of the Russian Federation, local government bodies, public associations, as well as with parliaments of foreign states, international organizations, state and public figures of foreign states;

c) participates in conciliation procedures used by the President of the Russian Federation in accordance with Part 1 of Article 85 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation to resolve disagreements between federal government bodies and government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, as well as between government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation;

r) coordinates the organization of parliamentary hearings, round tables and other events held in the Federation Council;

s) approves the schedule for the reception of citizens by members of committees of the Federation Council, and also forwards individual and collective appeals from citizens received to the Federation Council to other officials of the Federation Council for consideration (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated February 12, 2003 No. 25-SF; dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF);

t) resolve other issues of organizing the activities of the Federation Council in accordance with these Regulations and other regulatory legal acts;

x) exercises general management of the Staff of the Federation Council and controls its activities ;

v) approves, in agreement with the Council of the Chamber, the structure of the Staff of the Federation Council;

w) approves the staffing level of the Federation Council Staff (as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated May 29, 2002 No. 254-SF);

w) with the consent of the Council of the Chamber, appoints and dismisses the Chief of Staff of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Chief of Staff of the Federation Council), and also, on the recommendation of the Chief of Staff of the Federation Council, appoints and dismisses first deputies (first deputy ), Deputy Chiefs of Staff of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation and other employees of the Staff of the Federation Council in accordance with the Regulations on the Staff of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

w1) signs a certificate for the honorary badge of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation “For services in the development of parliamentarism” ( paragraph “sh1” was introduced by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated May 26, 2004 No. 152-SF);

y) signs and presents the Certificate of Honor of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation;

e) by decision of the Council of the Chamber, signs and sends to the President of the Russian Federation proposals for awarding state awards to members of the Federation Council and employees of the Staff of the Federation Council;

z) signs and sends invitations of the chamber to members of the Government of the Russian Federation and other persons in the manner established by Article 77 of these Rules;

i) leads the work on planning the activities of the chamber;

z1) signs a power of attorney to a representative of the Federation Council when considering a case by the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation;

z2) submits for consideration of the Federation Council proposals on candidates for the appointment of authorized representatives of the Federation Council from among the members of the Federation Council (as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated November 19, 2014 No. 530-SF);

z3) approves instructions for office work in the Federation Council and instructions for working with citizens’ appeals in the Federation Council (as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated February 9, 2005 No. 20-SF);

z4) gives instructions to committees of the Federation Council (as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated February 22, 2012 No. 38-SF);

z5) gives instructions to other officials of the Federation Council (as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated March 26, 2003 No. 79-SF).

2. The Chairman of the Federation Council issues orders and gives instructions on issues within his competence.

3. The Federation Council has the right to cancel an order of the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the order of the Chairman of the Federation Council) that contradicts the legislation of the Russian Federation and these Regulations.

4. The Chairman of the Federation Council or, on his instructions, the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council submits to the Federation Council reports on the activities of the chamber and on the draft program of its legislative work in accordance with the procedure established by a decision of the Federation Council, which are discussed at meetings of the Federation Council. Based on the results of the discussion, the Federation Council may adopt resolutions (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated May 26, 2004 No. 152-SF; dated September 19, 2008 No. 305-SF).

5. The Chairman of the Federation Council, after agreement with the Council of the Chamber, approves the rules for providing interbudgetary transfers from the federal budget to the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to reimburse expenses associated with material support for the activities of members of the Federation Council and their assistants in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, and the rules for providing subsidies from the federal budget for state support for the media established by the Federation Council, submitted to the Council of the Chamber by the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities (as amended by resolutions of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated June 18, 2008 No. 223-SF; dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF).

6. The Chairman of the Federation Council approves the standards for financial, logistical and other support for the activities of members of the Federation Council, agreed upon in the prescribed manner by the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of Parliamentary Activities.

(Part 6 was introduced in accordance with Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated June 18, 2008 No. 223-SF; as amended by Resolution of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2011 No. 568-SF.)

Thanks to today's article, our readers will be able to get acquainted with the personality of Valentina Matvienko. Many people know her as a Russian politician who participates in the political and diplomatic activities of the Russian Federation. In 2011, she was entrusted with a position in the Federation Council, and at the same time she is a member of the Supreme Council of United Russia.

Before receiving these positions, Matvienko was the chairman of the government in St. Petersburg. Many note that she is the most influential woman in the country’s political arena, and her opinion carries sufficient weight. Especially when making important decisions.

Height, weight, age. How old is Valentina Matvienko

Political people rarely attract citizens with their external data - for the people, the activities of this or that person are more important. But, nevertheless, such information cannot be ignored when citing the biography of a famous person. Our case will not be an exception, and we will present to you what height, weight, and age a political woman is. How old is Valentina Matvienko? Those who follow politics inside Russia wonder.

The politician's height is about 170 centimeters, and his approximate weight is 65 kilograms. How Valentina Matvienko has changed over the 68 years of her life (photos in her youth and now will help with this), you can see for yourself. We assure you that changes are not always noticeable the first time.

Biography of Valentina Matvienko

The biography of Valentina Matvienko begins in the spring of 1949. At that time, her family lived in Shepetivka, a Ukrainian village in the Khmelnitsky region. Father Ivan and mother Irina were not connected with political life in the country.

Some time after Valya’s birth, the family leaves for Cherkassy. A little later, the father dies, and the mother of the future politician has a hard time - she herself needs to raise three daughters. Financial difficulties pushed the girl to quickly get an education and earn money, thereby helping her family.

After graduating from school, Valentina Matvienko enters medical school. Studying was easy and she graduated from college with honors. In order to continue to develop in the chosen direction, the girl leaves for Leningrad, where she enters a university, and after that she is assigned to graduate school.

Already at the institute, she understands that she is less interested in medicine, and more in social work. Valentina decides to radically change her educational vector and begins studying at the Academy of Social Sciences. After graduating, she takes courses for diplomatic staff to improve her skills.

This is where Matvienko’s political growth begins. At first she was an ordinary member of the Communist Party, and with maximum perseverance and desire, Valentina became secretary of the Leningrad Regional Committee. Of course, even then many rumors appeared. The most famous of them is associated with the fact that the woman loved to drink, especially after making any important diplomatic decisions. But you can’t really blame Valentina here - at that time this was often practiced, and the woman simply did not want to be a “black sheep.”

The year 1986 was marked by the fact that a woman found herself in the world of big politics. With the receipt of a new position, Valentina Matvienko is engaged in culture and education in the Soviet Union, and at the same time, she is the chairman of the Committee on Family Protection. Shortly before the collapse of the USSR, the woman was a diplomatic ambassador.

Returning to Russia, she becomes Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation. Here she has been involved in social policy for almost five years. In 2003, Valentina Matvienko wins the gubernatorial election and takes the corresponding position. An important task fell on her shoulders - to restore the former Leningrad and bring it into its modern form.

After some time, a woman is elected chairman of the Federation Council. Since then, she has received membership in the State Council of Russia, due to changed legislative acts. After the events on the territory of Ukraine, Valentina Matvienko falls under sanctions. In addition, all accounts and real estate in America were frozen. Despite this, she continues to lead a political life and in every possible way establish connections with Russian citizens.

Personal life of Valentina Matvienko

Although Valentina Matvienko’s personal life is full of stability, along with her political career, many are interested in how it turned out. Everything here is extremely simple and transparent - when she was studying at the chemical institute, she met Vladimir Matvienko. After a while, the young people got married.

Since then, both spouses have lived in a happy marriage. And if any disagreements arise, they try to resolve everything as quickly as possible. In 1973, the couple had a son, which we will talk about below.

Family of Valentina Matvienko

As already mentioned at the beginning of the article, Valentina Matvienko’s family was not connected with politics or public life. In addition, until a certain point, the woman herself did not think that she would connect her activities with such a profession. Mom had a little connection to art - she was engaged in sewing costumes for performances.

Valentina's father, Ivan Tyutin, was a front-line soldier, and when the girl went to second grade, he died. This turn of fate put the family's financial situation at a very disadvantage. Therefore, young Valentina wanted to get a diploma as soon as possible in order to earn her own money.

Children of Valentina Matvienko

The children of Valentina Matvienko are a rather interesting topic, especially for those citizens who follow the political arena within the country. As you already know, in 1973, a political woman gave birth to a son, who was named Sergei. His parents love him very much and help his career in every possible way. In addition, he has two higher education degrees in neighboring fields.

Already in 2008, Valentina Matvienko was lucky enough to become a grandmother. The marriage of Sergei and an ordinary student brought them a daughter, Arina. Since then, the politician has been trying to devote time to all members of his family, regardless of their age - as they say, from young to old.

Valentina Matvienko’s son – Sergei

You probably already know that Valentina Matvienko’s son, Sergei, was born in 1973, and this year he will turn 45 years old. From early childhood, both parents took care of their son and always found free time for him. As a result, Sergei has two higher educations in economics.

After graduating from universities, the son of a politician held the position of vice president of St. Petersburg, a popular bank in the city of the same name. Afterwards, he was one of the managers at Vneshtorgbank. Also, it is worth noting the fact that he is the owner of the “Empire” - a fairly well-known structure. It includes several dozen divisions that are engaged in various activities - providing cleaning services, software development and logistics. Of course, there were some evil tongues - there were rumors about illegal activities and so on. By the way, to date, not a single one of the “information bombs” has been confirmed.

From 2004 to 2006, Sergei was married to a singer who later became widely famous - Zara. The second marriage continues to this day, and the granddaughter of Valentina Matvienko was born.

Valentina Matvienko's husband - Vladimir Matvienko

Valentina Matvienko’s husband, Vladimir Matvienko, studied with her in the same course. At that time, the future politician was studying at a chemical institute and was just thinking about a career change. It is logical to assume that the spouse was not involved in such activities.

After graduating from high school, Vladimir began teaching at the Military Medical Academy. In 2000, he retired and began to improve his dacha plot in the Leningrad region. Now, Matvienko’s husband uses a wheelchair. Lives in the very house he built.

Many famous personalities resort to the help of plastic surgeons to keep their appearance under control. For our today’s heroine, this is also relevant, therefore, requests like “Photos of Valentina Matvienko before and after plastic surgery” are popular.

It is not surprising, because, despite her respectful age, the politician is not subject to his influence. Although she herself denies that she had plastic surgery. In turn, experts say that Valentina Matvienko in her youth - photos confirming this are on the Internet - and now she has hardly changed. They note that injections with special drugs that reduce wrinkles are noticeable. Also, you can see that Valentina managed to tighten the oval of her face - it remained practically unchanged over such a time.

But we can’t say for sure. The woman herself says that she manages to maintain a youthful face thanks to regular exercise. Not surprising, because politicians do not like to talk about such manipulations with their appearance.

Instagram and Wikipedia Valentina Matvienko

Politicians and government officials rarely use social networks. That is, they most often have pages, but all activities on them are carried out on behalf of secretaries and other persons.

Despite the fact that today’s politician does not have an official page on social networks, the queries “Instagram and Wikipedia of Valentina Matvienko” are quite popular. Not surprisingly, you can find an exhaustive amount of information about activities in the public domain. Moreover, it is interesting to read Valentina’s achievements, both during the USSR and after the collapse of the Union.

As always, any public figure is subject to criticism - expert conclusions can also be found on the Internet. This is especially true for those who are planning to study life in the Russian political arena.

Most Russians associate the surname Matvienko with the former governor of the Northern capital and current head of the Federation Council Valentina Ivanovna. However, her son Sergei is no less famous. In the 90s, he became involved in a criminal case. Later, the young man came to his senses and started promoting his own business, thanks to which he managed to become a billionaire. In addition to financial success, Sergei Matvienko became famous for his affairs with beautiful women. Previously, his wife was the popular singer Zara, and today he is married to former fashion model Yulia Zaitseva.

Family

The future billionaire was born on May 5, 1973 into the family of Valentina Ivanovna and Vladimir Vasilyevich Matvienko. He was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Sergei's parents are graduates of the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute. His mother was already an active public figure. Soon after graduating from the institute, she became the head of the department, and 6 years later - the first secretary of the Komsomol district committee. Sergei's father worked as a teacher at the Leningrad Military Medical Academy. It is clear that a child in such a family should have grown up to be a highly educated person. And so it happened. Sergei Matvienko received two higher educations. Valentina Ivanovna’s son has diplomas in popular specialties: “International Economics” and “Finance and Credit”.

Business

Sergey began his working career in 1992 as a manager at the Augustina investment check fund. After working there for 3 years, the young financier in 1995 founded his own company, “Northern Extravaganza”. This was followed by the founding of the limited liability company Zodchiy. For some time, Sergey Vladimirovich Matvienko was listed as an employee of the banks Inkombank and Lenvneshtorg. In 2003, he was appointed vice president of Bank St. Petersburg. The son of Valentina Matvienko held this post until 2010. In parallel with this, since 2004, Sergei Vladimirovich began acting as vice president of another large financial institution - Vneshtorgbank. After 2 years, he became the founder of the closed joint-stock company VTB Capital. Investment projects and real estate of Vneshtorgbank came under the management of the established company. In 2010, he was appointed to the post of General Director of VTB Development. Among other things, Matvienko owns the Empire company, which owns 28 subsidiaries and is engaged in activities in the field of cleaning, construction, media market and transportation. In the spring of 2012, Sergei Vladimirovich began overseeing the promising domestic e-sports project Moscow Five.

In 2011, Matvienko entered the list of the richest people in Russia. According to the rating of billionaires compiled by the domestic publication “Finance”, he took 486th place in the list of 500 possible. Experts estimated his assets at almost 5 billion rubles.

A dark spot in the billionaire's past

Today Sergei Matvienko, whose photo is presented in this article, is a successful businessman. High-ranking officials in Russia and abroad take him into account, and the best financiers in the world listen to his opinion. However, in his youth, Valentina Ivanovna’s son had problems with the law, which could not have the best impact on the development of his career. In 1994, young Matvienko became involved in a criminal case involving beating and robbery. Sergei at that time worked at the Augustina Foundation, and his famous mother served as the Russian Ambassador to Malta. For several years, the case materials were hidden from prying eyes, but at the beginning of the 2000s they fell into the hands of journalists and became available to the public. The information leak occurred just during the appointment of Valentina Matvienko as governor of St. Petersburg and could have been the beginning of the end of her political career. The woman was then able to retain her high position, but her son’s illegal act became the topic of many conversations.

Case details

How did it happen that an educated, wealthy guy from a decent family became involved in crime? According to the protocol, Sergei Matvienko and his friend Evgeniy Murin (the son of a famous professor at the State University of St. Petersburg) severely beat their friend A. Rozhkov, and then tried to take away valuables from him to pay off a debt that he did not return to them. A criminal case was opened against the guys after committing a crime. They faced 4 to 10 years in prison.

Sergei Matvienko was arrested on the day the crime was committed, but three days later he was released home, having taken a written undertaking not to leave. The guy partially admitted his guilt. Murin was taken into custody after Matvienko was released from the pre-trial detention center. However, none of Rozhkov’s offenders received the deserved punishment. In 1994, the case was hushed up, apparently not without the intervention of the boys’ high-ranking parents. Soon after this, Matvienko plunged headlong into his own business, setting up the Northern Extravaganza company, and his accomplice Murin went to re-educate into the army.

Meet Zara

In 2004, Sergei Matvienko became the hero of gossip columns. The businessman’s personal life began to be discussed in the media in connection with his marriage to the young singer Zarifa Mgoyan, better known by her stage name Zara. Sergei saw a girl at one of the fashion shows, and he immediately liked her exotic beauty. Brought up in strict Eastern traditions, Zara did not reciprocate Matvienko’s feelings for a long time. In order to win her favor, the man began to beautifully look after her. He attended all her performances and gave her gorgeous bouquets of flowers. But Zara was in no hurry to let him into her life. Then the businessman decided and proposed to the singer. The girl answered him with consent. Zara’s parents liked their daughter’s fiancé, and they gave the young couple their blessing. After Valentina Matvienko approved her son’s choice, preparations for the wedding began.

First marriage

The couple's wedding took place 2 months after the engagement. Matvienko insisted that he and Zara not only be married, but also married in church. For this reason, the girl converted to Orthodoxy. The young people got married in No. 1 of the city of St. Petersburg, and got married in the Kazan Cathedral. The bride and groom moved around the city in a carriage. All relatives and friends of the newlyweds were invited to the luxurious celebration.

and divorce

The wedding of the singer and businessman became a real social event. However, the spouses turned out to be very different in cultural upbringing and could not get along together. In addition, the banker’s young wife was interested in the career of a pop star, and not in the birth of an heir. Sergei's friends believed that, having married an influential and rich man, Zara was counting on his financial support. However, Matvienko was in no hurry to invest money in promoting his wife, and soon after the wedding, the newlyweds began to have serious conflicts. Her high-ranking mother-in-law was not delighted with Zara’s ambitions either.

A year and a half after the wedding, the couple separated. The divorce of Zara and Sergei Matvienko cost the latter 500 thousand dollars. This is exactly the amount the young singer demanded from her husband as a payoff. She invested the money she received in her own promotion. Soon after the divorce, Valentina Matvienko’s ex-daughter-in-law met official Sergei Ivanov and married him in 2008. Zara's second marriage turned out to be more successful than the first. Today the couple are raising two sons and look quite happy.

Wedding with Yulia Zaitseva

Zara’s first husband, Sergei Matvienko, did not waste any time after the divorce. Photos of his new fiancee were kept secret for a long time and appeared in the media shortly before the wedding. The banker’s second wife was a student of the Faculty of Philology and fashion model Yulia Zaitseva. She is much younger than her chosen one: by the time she met her future husband, she was a little over 20 years old. The spectacular blonde captivated Sergei with her beauty and intelligence. Having fallen in love with the girl, Matvienko soon proposed to her.

The young people got married in St. Petersburg on the last day of November 2008. At the time of the wedding, Julia was already four months pregnant. She was dressed in a chic snow-white dress that successfully hid her rounded tummy. Only close relatives of the newlyweds were invited to the holiday, and immediately after its end the happy newlyweds went on a romantic trip to Italy for 7 days. Returning to Russia, Sergei went about his work, and his wife began to prepare to defend her PhD thesis in economics.

Birth of a daughter

Late in the evening of April 6, 2009, in an elite Swiss clinic, Yulia Matvienko, Sergei’s wife, gave birth to his daughter Arina. The birth of the baby on this very day became a real gift for her grandmother-politician, because Valentina Ivanovna was preparing to celebrate her sixtieth birthday. The governor of St. Petersburg had long dreamed that her only son would give her a grandson or granddaughter, and finally, her wish came true. Valentina Matvienko was one of the first to congratulate her son and daughter-in-law on the birth of an heiress. In addition to her, many celebrities expressed their good wishes to the young family. But Sergei Vladimirovich did not receive congratulations from his Matvienko. Zara, who had recently gotten married for the second time, ignored the joyful event in the life of her first husband.

Details of the family life of Sergei and Yulia Matvienko are not advertised today. The businessman’s second wife turned out to be a non-public person, so seeing her at fashionable events is almost impossible. the young woman is of little interest. She also takes care of the house, which her influential banker husband really likes.

The biography of Sergei Matvienko contains many interesting facts from his life. For example, the famous businessman celebrated his 35th birthday in the luxurious Yusupov Palace, one of the main attractions of the Northern capital. The banker then spent about 60 thousand euros on his birthday celebration.

Despite his mother’s high status, Sergei Matvienko did not shy away from the army. For two years he served in the Russian border troops on the border with Finland.

There are a lot of rumors about Sergei Matvienko on the Internet. After his divorce from Zara, false information appeared on one of the websites that he died of a heroin overdose.

Results

Being the son of a famous politician is a huge responsibility. Since childhood, Sergei Vladimirovich Matvienko was accustomed to increased attention to his person, so he tried to act in such a way that his mother did not have to blush for him. And even though this didn’t always work out in his youth, today Valentina Ivanovna’s son has become a truly respected person of whom she can be proud.