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Today Alena Popova is a well-known political figure, whose name is known throughout the country. In addition, she oversees more than a dozen innovative projects in both the cultural and scientific fields. All her actions are aimed at the general development of the country, as well as the improvement of its social standards.

Well, let's get to know this man better. We will learn about exactly how Alena Popova reached such career heights. And also talk about her plans for the future.

Alena Popova: biography

Alena was born on February 15, 1983, in the beautiful city of Yekaterinburg. However, she spent almost all her childhood in Novosibirsk. As for the great changes, they began in 2000, when Alena Popova decides to move to the capital.

So, it is here that Alena decides to get her higher education. Therefore, immediately after moving, she enters Moscow State University, at the Faculty of Journalism. It should be noted that already during her studies she was a parliamentary correspondent for the State Duma. This practice helped her to graduate with honors, which was her first great achievement.

After graduating from the university, in 2005, Alena Popova gets a job as a press secretary at a small aviation airport near Moscow. And a few months later she is promoted to director of development. Also this year, for the first time, she tries herself as an expert in the placement of regional advertising.

Since 2009, she has started investing her money in Russian start-ups, which subsequently leads to the opening of her own venture organization called RusBase.

Since 2010, Alena Popova has been active in politics aimed at improving the social standard of living in the country. She participates in rallies, cultural and political events. He is also the leader of many projects in the field of innovation and Government 2.0.

Plans and goals for the future

Alena Popova assures that she will continue to do everything possible in order to improve the standard of living in Russia. She also wants to launch her own e-government system, thanks to which communication between deputies and the people will become more accessible and compact.

In addition, she will continue to develop the theme of women's entrepreneurship. In particular, it was precisely for this that she created the StartUp Women virtual platform.

Sergei Medvedev: For the third time the Kremlin is stormed by a woman: in 2000 - Ella Pamfilova, in 2004 - Irina Khakamada, and now the boring, everyday course of the presidential campaign in Russia has been revived by the suddenly flashed show star Ksenia Sobchak, who wants to turn the presidential elections themselves into a show .

We are talking with our guests today about what women are in Russian politics and, accordingly, in Russian society, and about how much Ksenia Sobchak can at least change this situation with her participation in the campaign - this is the editor-in-chief of Wonderzine, and, public figure, co-founder of the project "W: Women's Mutual Help Network".

About how the history of women's attacks on the Kremlin developed, in the plot of our correspondent Anton Smirnov.

In modern Russia, a woman did not become the head of state, but this is still

Anton Smirnov: In modern Russia, a woman has not become the head of state, but this is so far. Attempts have already been made to involve women in the political struggle. The first woman to run for president was Ella Pamfilova in 2000, but was defeated. Four years later, Irina Khakamada took part in the presidential race, but the voter again preferred a male president.

We see more and more women in leadership positions these days. They occupy important positions in power. The head of the Central Bank is Elvira Nabiullina. Important decisions at the federal level are made by Valentina Matvienko. The dynamics of the world and the economy greatly change the distribution of roles in the social sphere, and now no one will be surprised by a lady taxi driver.

On the other hand, the largely patriarchal Russian society is in no hurry for these changes. In the media, there is constantly news about scandals between feminists and their opponents.

More recently, Ksenia Sobchak announced her intention to run for president. And who knows, maybe she will become the first woman president.

Sergei Medvedev: Is Sobchak - aside from whether she's a Kremlin project, Navalny's spoiler - a breakthrough for women? She understands the women's agenda in the all-Russian context.

We have very few women in leadership positions in politics: only 3% in the Cabinet of Ministers, 14% in the State Duma, three governors among the entire governor corps. A huge number of women at the municipal level. But local self-government is not included in the structure of state power. And we come to the conclusion that women are perceived by us as a kind of service personnel of power, and decisions in power are made by men. Of course, given that women are the demographic majority (after all, there are 78.5 million of us and 67 million of men), we are extremely poorly represented in power.

There are very few women in leadership positions in Russian politics

At the same time, we do not demand a majority in power. We believe: at least 50 to 50 (by "we", I mean women's organizations that advocate equal representation of men and women in power) ... I think that there should be many women candidates for the country's highest post, I expect that it will not only be Ksenia Sobchak. I would like to see a candidate from the social democratic camp, from all the ideological camps that exist, including the ultra-conservative ones: let it also be a woman.

Sergei Medvedev: Poklonskaya.

I have a very negative attitude towards the candidacy of Poklonskaya, precisely because I was with the kings in Sredneuralsk, in the monastery that promotes the idea of ​​​​Nicholas II. I was born in Yekaterinburg, we were told from childhood about the history of our region and the Ipatiev estate. And that wave of extremism, which, I believe, was provoked by Poklonskaya's statements, just needs to be stopped. And, of course, it is impossible to allow her to rhetoric as a presidential candidate.

Sergei Medvedev: It seems to me that things were moving towards the nomination of Sobchak: the authorities had already been choosing for a long time: Matvienko, Volodin introduced a bill on equal rights for men and women ...

It is clear that there was some game moment. There is a conspiracy theorist in all of us. It's hard for me to say exactly when the authorities took care of the women's issue. It is obvious that someone on the tail informed someone that this is what is happening in the world: here is Western show business on the ears, here are Western politicians thinking about women's rights. And someone told this in the Kremlin.

I have collected a selection of facts that may not be related to each other, but what definitely pointed me to some possibility of the emergence of this topic - on the children's direct line, Vladimir Putin was asked what feminism is. I was very surprised, because in the children's environment this topic is not so common. Children's direct lines are arranged according to the principle of adults, usually the president is aware of what questions he is asked, he endorses the script, and this question should not have taken him by surprise.

Indeed, various symbols and speeches by Valentina Matvienko began to appear, which from time to time raises the topic of women, maybe even from the bottom of her heart, but now it is more intense. And, indeed, Volodin, speaker of the Duma, dug up his old bill. It could be assumed that this topic could suddenly somehow break through.

The appearance of a woman among the candidates for a serious political position is always good

It seems to me that the systemic appearance of a woman among candidates for a serious political position, as well as for any leading position, is always good if historically these positions were held by men. This is the case when the last thing you want to do is to put aside the political aspect of the nomination of Ksenia Sobchak. It seems to me that this is not quite the right political path, because it is absolutely impossible to evaluate the nomination of a particular candidate in Russia solely on the basis of gender. Rather, Ksenia Sobchak will use some elements of the so-called women's agenda. If her political technologists still learn and write these pieces into her program, or if she reads the Western press herself, she will be able to use it. But it was definitely not the fact that she was a woman that was the main thing in her nomination. She is a show business type person, a performance person.

Sergei Medvedev: Why do you think so? It seems to me that the Kremlin thought that this was such a fresh move and that it removed the theme of Navalny. It is clear that this is instrumental, that the Kremlin does not think about promoting the feminist agenda.

When they chose another person who was not like the others, they were looking for a person with a certain set of criteria, perhaps younger, completely different, not political in the literal sense of the word, not from a clearing that was stuck in their teeth. Maybe gender mattered in this case.

Sergei Medvedev: Alena, can Ksenia Sobchak be a conductor of feminist ideas for you? Here Margaret Thatcher worked, walked through the political stages of her career, gnawed her place with her teeth in this granite of a male patriarchal society. Sobchak, in my opinion, throughout her previous life and work affirmed the ideals of sexism. If we take, say, what Dom-2 was, then this is the reproduction of a patriarchal society in all its blooming complexity and blooming simplicity: a blonde in chocolate.

It is necessary to speak not about feminism, but about currents within feminism. It is different: there is right, there is left feminism, there is body positivity. Ksenia and I have very rigid ideological differences. And in general, Ksenia has ideological differences with feminism regarding body positivity. This is her call to everyone to lose weight urgently ... And we know the case with the flight attendants of Aeroflot.

Sergei Medvedev: She stood up for Aeroflot.

We do not demand a majority in power - at least 50 to 50

Yes, and we defended Aeroflot flight attendants. I still believe that weight and professionalism are different things, especially in relation to a woman. It is simply unacceptable to use the criterion of weight in order to evaluate professionalism. This is nonsense!

In addition, Ksenia still has a right-wing liberal agenda. I think it's not worth talking about feminism as such, because it defends the values ​​of right-wing liberalism. I don't know what right-wing feminists think. I myself am on the ideological spectrum of the left camp. I am for equality, for the removal of women from the poverty line. We have 22 million poor people in our country, and 67% are women with children. A minimum wage, a living wage, a basic income are things to talk about to a person on the left spectrum.

Sergei Medvedev: And how to call her? Now everyone says: "poet, director." So, she should be a "candidate", "president"?

Sergei Medvedev: A lot has changed here. Alena, has there been any shift in public opinion in recent years that influences politics?

Of course have. The Soviet Union was sufficiently feminized in the sense that a woman is a labor unit. She has equal rights: the right to inherit, the right to divide property in a divorce, the right to represent herself in court, equal pay, political quotas. And then there was a collapse, and a conservative wave surged in our country.

The Soviet Union was sufficiently feminized: a woman is a labor unit

In recent years, we have seen all our opponents facing us. Conservatives are lobbying their agenda: a woman should stay at home, cook borscht, be a mother. People are glad that a woman, leaving on maternity leave, does not return to work, because her main function is to be the guardian of the hearth.

Sergei Medvedev: The value of borscht is, as it were, equated with the value of a child.

But it's not just us. This is a famous German proverb - "A woman's place is in nature."

In fact, the topic of respect for human dignity and equal rights is a topic of choice that is actually rejected by conservatives. Here you have a function - to be a mother, and if you do not choose this function, then you are somehow defective. This is disrespect for choice, for human dignity. We do not have female candidates, but my choice still applies, among other things, to the representation of gender, since a woman represents the gender agenda much more adequately.

Now we are also starting to unite from our flank, and this is great. We are all different, we have different views on the economy, on the inclusion of women in the political agenda. But what we are all sure of is equality, equal opportunities, not only fixed in legislative acts, but also existing in practice. If it says that a man and a woman are equal in the Labor Code, then you, Sergey, and Yulia, working in the same positions in journalism, cannot receive a salary with a difference of 30%.

Sergei Medvedev: And who decides that they take a woman or a man, and that a woman will receive 30% less? Is it written in the tariff scale?

Of course not. It's such a cultural tradition. There is a feeling that a man has more financial obligations, that he must pay different bills. I think the bosses can proceed from this. A man, as it were, is a little more important in this sense, in this conditional tariff scale.

Sergei Medvedev: A staff member is sitting. There are two candidates - a man and a woman. A man is offered 130 thousand, and a woman - 100 thousand for the same position.

It doesn't happen like that. Men get their bonuses with bonuses, salary increases, bonuses. The starting price can be 30 thousand rubles, and then this bonus component varies dramatically.

Conservatives are lobbying their agenda: a woman should stay at home, cook borscht, be a mother

I am an employer, I have people working for me. Ten years ago, a girl came to get a job. I asked her: "Are you married?" - "Not". - "Are you planning?" - "Not". I say: "But are you planning children?" She said yes. “Okay, but then I need time to think.” I am now telling you a typical story: a woman in the labor market.

I apologized to her then. I read the research and realized that I was categorically wrong. But a lot of employers do exactly the same thing. They believe that taking a woman to work is a high-risk decision, which then will turn into the fact that she will go on maternity leave, and you will have to save her place. That is why we must say that feminism calls for equal rights for men too, so that they can take maternity leave, for example.

I have hired different women in my life and, thank God, it never occurred to me to ask such questions. It seemed to me that the woman herself would cope with her departure, arrival and assimilation after the decree. The important thing is that this is an absolutely archetypal story. It has to do with your self-confidence. Your salary requirements are related to the certainty of your position. And in this sense, I suspect that some self-confidence allows you to demand a slightly higher salary than in a situation where you understand that a less risky candidate may be preferred to you.

I have always worked in the press, and we never had a question like that. It is impossible to imagine that the editor would prefer a man or a woman - this is quite some kind of the last century. But I suspect that in other areas, where the situation is a little more patriarchal and less dependent on qualifications, such reasoning is common. This is not a made up story. Any employer will tell you about these typical female traits, about the fact that for these types of work you need to take a woman, because she knows how to talk affectionately, and for these types - a man, because he knows how to be sharper. This is some kind of madness! I have not met men who would be fundamentally less emotional than me.

Sergei Medvedev: Are these completely socially constructed stereotypes? Do they really work in the business in the perception of people? Even Yandex made a voice assistant - Alice. Potential client services are also socially constructed. I'm driving, and, for example, I'm pleased to hear a female voice in the car navigator.

You should have a choice - Bondarchuk or someone else with a female voice.

Sergei Medvedev: We have an interview with the principal of a private school Ekaterina Chiganova.

Now this is not an achievement, but a given: you have to give birth to children, get married and work at the same time

Ekaterina Chiganova: I can call myself a business woman, because our client pays us a salary. I work with many men as students and I know that it is hardly necessary to talk about some kind of gender factor here, but rather about qualities. Perhaps due to emancipation, due to the fact that the world has now accelerated so much and has offered so many opportunities, a woman plays many more roles than even ten years ago. If, suppose, then it was considered something special, if a woman knew how to combine family and work, now the basic principle is that this is not an achievement, but a given: you have to give birth to children, get married and at the same time work, very often lead. You must organize certain conditions, continue to be competitive in the market, be able to present yourself as a specialist.

In the modern world, the roles are completely mixed up. The fact that now anyone can live with anyone, and this is no longer anathema, I think this is an indicator. More and more women began to enter the government for various positions in political movements. They are not so diverse here, but a "woman politician" in Russia does not sound like something non-existent. We see many examples where women occupy leadership positions and, in my opinion, they are quite successful, at least competitively, with them.

"President" is equal to "man"

There is Russia, and there is Moscow. The moods and opinions that we see in Moscow are usually directly opposite to what is happening in the regions: people there live according to their own laws, including financial ones. I would not be surprised if the protest groups of the population of Moscow support any woman candidate, just in spite of it ... If we talk about the whole of Russia, then I am inclined to believe that - no, because there are conservative people who have not yet had time to change their pace and views. In general, "president" is equal to "man".

Sergei Medvedev: Do you agree with this assessment?

I did not ask for a female candidate in the form in which she is given to me. This is not a personal feature of the candidacy of Ksenia Sobchak. I absolutely do not need a man in the role of a woman, this is a little artificial construction. We have a certain number of women who play this female role in power and, under the auspices of women's topics, do inhumane things that are dangerous to society. There is a set of State Duma deputies who carry this female grain in themselves, and they are delegated the right to be the banner of initiatives that, from my point of view, do not relate to either the women's or the general humanist agenda.

Sergei Medvedev: Elena Mizulina?

For example. We all know their names.

Who fought for gender equality.

Yes. And it's always a story about the fact that "we are women, we are mothers."

Sergei Medvedev: "As a mother I speak and as a woman."

I absolutely do not need these feminine deeds to be performed with such a flag. We remember that in a situation where it is necessary to talk about domestic violence, a woman deputy comes with a flag and pronounces a certain feminine, from the point of view of our power, text about the importance of family values. She pronounces the entire flow of information about how a woman "should think about marriage, about how not to wash dirty linen in public" (this is a verbatim quote from State Duma deputies). I don't need this type of communication.

Here Alena is a left-wing person, and I am a right-wing person. I have a historical problem with quotas, I don't communicate well with them. Specially highlight two places and sign them with the letter "Ж" - this does not work well for me. We wrote a big text after the story with Google.

Sergei Medvedev: When a programmer was fired who sent out a letter stating that women are different.

I just didn't like this letter. We in our editorial office wrote a long text about the so-called positive discrimination and came to the conclusion that we are not very much in favor of it in the sense that we are against these signed chairs, but rather we are in favor of systemic measures.

American business, for example, unlike European business, does not employ 50% women versus 50% men (or 20% versus 80%). It creates some institutional environment, pays grants, helps women feel comfortable in the process of studying, perhaps creates some conditions for people that allow them to realize themselves. And, reaching some position of equality, they in the natural environment begin to compete with men who, according to these companies, had an easier life.

This is an important story. We are against artificial women and even against this quota in general.

Sergei Medvedev: Here, perhaps, what in America is called "tokenism" will turn out, that is, this is such a replacement, a dummy: one person is exposed, and the women's agenda is blocked. Here we had a candidate Sobchak - and, in fact, the issue was resolved.

A strong professional is a strong professional, regardless of gender

I would like to object to Julia. As an entrepreneur, I respect and support women's business and oppose quotas. Previously, I was very active in representing stereotypes, and then I realized that I needed to do something about it, and I began to do it. Quotas are not about artificially pushing women into some agenda in business or politics; they are about compensating women for the small resources they have to achieve equality and equal opportunities with men. Norway has introduced quotas. Quotas have a certain period when a certain indicator of equality is reached, and the quotas cease to be valid.

I believe that a strong professional is a strong professional, regardless of gender. But women are less resourceful here. And even if we look at the lists of parties, then women are put in obviously impassable places. As a candidate for the State Duma in 2011, I can say that the list in which I was a non-partisan candidate gained the percentage that he scored, because women on our list worked the most, and a male deputy passed. I don't think this is correct.

Moreover, in Norway, for example, quotas consist of the fact that you must have 30% of women in the list of political parties, but in succession: man, woman, man, woman (or - woman, man) - so that two candidates in a row do not were of the same sex. These are the so-called heterosexual quotas. That's a very good thing, because you can't push women to the bottom of the list.

There is a story that if quotas are not introduced, equality will be achieved in 72 years, and if they are introduced, then in 10-12 years. I think that it is better to narrow this gap, because when we talk about mentoring programs, about supporting the career growth of women in business, this is very good. We strongly support this. It's just that women in 10-12 years will be more qualified to approach these tasks than in 72. It's better to solve the problem faster.

Sergei Medvedev: But in general, do all Russian women politicians, one way or another, play some kind of female role? There is Nabiullina, for example.

Most recently, I was the editor-in-chief of Forbes Woman magazine. We did covers with various very famous Russian women. We had a financial issue and we wanted to do a cover with one of the female financial executives. As a result, Tatyana Golikova, head of the Accounts Chamber, was on the cover. We requested an interview from Elvira Nabiullina, and I remember that it was a problem for her to be in a women's magazine. As a result, she gave an interview to the men's Forbes at the same time as we did.

Sergei Medvedev: Were there women on the covers of the men's Forbes?

Were. Once, in my opinion, there was Ksenia Sobchak, when Lisa Osetinskaya was the editor-in-chief of Forbes. But it seems to me that she did not proceed from gender considerations, but simply made a number about the protest and about how people monetized themselves, increased their incomes. And on the cover, quite naturally, was the star of the protest - Ksenia Sobchak. And, it seems to me, at some point there was Maria Sharapova, that is, these are women who have reached some serious business heights, but in their own sector.

We have the only woman who has achieved competitive business heights, got into the Forbes 100 and consistently exists in it - this is Elena Baturina, Luzhkov's wife. Everyone else has a much lower income.

Sergei Medvedev: But this is a parody of women's business.

It is hard to say. We and men are a parody.

Sergei Medvedev: But in this case it is a purely administrative resource.

And men can be blamed for the same. Yuri Luzhkov believes that his wife is a wildly capable and talented business person. I know for sure that for some women this positioning is difficult.

And it is true. When in 2010 we created a project to support women entrepreneurs, in every interview, at every our forum, successful women said: "We are women, and not some kind of defective, special, who should be singled out in a group. Why are you insulting us?" . Many famous high-tech women refused to come to us.

I understand this logic, I absolutely welcome the desire to be equal. However, I believe that it is necessary to create role models, and the most important role is played by the allocation of these role models to a certain group. Against the backdrop of the absence of such examples ... Here I have 12-year-old Masha, she is a fan of Olga Buzova: "I listen to Russian rock" ... Where does Masha get such examples from? It is clear that from the school environment in which she communicates. Well, if she switches from Olga Buzova to Ksenia Sobchak and to dialogues about politics, that will suit me more. And I think that in her life it will play a more significant role, so role models are needed.

This is an eternal debate. I deal with women's magazines in a completely pragmatic way. It is clear why women's and men's magazines appeared - this is exclusively a matter of advertising, because in our bigender world, advertising is sometimes male, and sometimes female. At the same time, the debate continues forever about whether it is necessary to single out women in this separate space where they sound. There are people who believe that the female voice is lost in the male choir, and in this sense it is good when there are venues where women have the right to a separate microphone. This is one position.

And there are people who believe that this is a women's ghetto, that you multiply sexism in this way. And this dispute will never lead to any victory, because both are right.

Sergei Medvedev: Still, imagine not even the 2018 elections, but just free elections without a significant administrative resource. And now, let's say, a female candidate and a male candidate with approximately equal chances - is Russia able to elect a female candidate for president?

100%.

I don't see a problem here. Russia always votes with its heart. If a person sounds convincing, does not lie, puts words well and seems close to another person, he can win. This is, of course, the ingrained notion that a woman is not quite human.

Sergei Medvedev: In this situation, it is not important whether Ksenia Sobchak is a woman or a man. In this situation, unfortunately, what clan a person belongs to is much more important. And the fact that Ksenia Sobchak belongs to a fairly influential ruling clan, to one of the few families that are at the head of Russia, is much more important. This separates her from the rest of the population much more than whether she is a woman or a man. After all, Russian society is divided not only between men and women, but also between the authorities and the rest of the people.

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Organization: Regional public institution for the organization of voluntary social assistance to victims of emergency situations "Civil Corps"

Line of business: Charity, volunteering and volunteering, civic education and patriotic education

I was born in the city of Yekaterinburg, grew up in Novosibirsk. In 2000, she moved to Moscow to enter the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University. In 2005 she graduated from the University with honors. As a journalist, she started with regional broadcasting projects in Yekaterinburg, then moved to work in the central media as a producer of programs on radio and television. From 2001 to 2003 - parliamentary correspondent in the State Duma. Until 2006, she worked at a small aviation airport near Moscow, where she worked her way up from press secretary to director of the development department. Since 2009, I began to engage in Internet business and develop entrepreneurial technological and social projects.

I believe in the technological future of our country, therefore I support new technologies in the field of mass notification of the population in emergency situations, and the elimination of the consequences of emergencies. I am engaged in the search and support of competitions for children's projects aimed at creating new devices and applications in the field of radiation safety, emergency forecasting.

In 2010, she participated in helping victims of fires in Moscow and in developing recommendations for the coordination of civil projects and emergency services in case of fires in large cities. After Krymsk, where I was the coordinator of the Good Volunteer Camp, I organized the movement of emergency volunteers "Civil Corps". In 2012, the volunteers of the "Civil Corps" eliminated the consequences of an emergency in Dagestan and fires in Siberia. In 2013, they participated in the aftermath of the flood in the Far East.

In 2011, she was a candidate for the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Novosibirsk Region. Since 2013, I have been a member of the working group of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on the law on volunteers. Since 2014, I have been an expert of the Security Committee of the Public Chamber of Moscow.

In 2012, when there was a flood in Krymsk, I arrived there as an entrepreneur and volunteer, and left as a civil activist and founder of the volunteer movement. My main task today is to develop in the people around me the desire to help others, especially women and children.

I unacceptably often come across stories of an unsafe urban environment: my friend was recently beaten in his apartment in Moscow, and not a single neighbor opened the door to him, wounded, while the surveillance cameras in the house did not work. My uncle left home in Novosibirsk and disappeared. A few days later, my uncle was found not by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but by a search and rescue team, when we had already practically buried him. In my presence, they tried to steal a 6-year-old child on the street. Therefore, I decided to apply my entrepreneurial experience in the technology field to the development of the volunteer movement and security programs within the framework of the Civil Corps NGO and the City Without Danger initiative.

The main emphasis in this program is the development of technologies and volunteering in the field of security, the promotion and implementation of training programs on the correct behavior in case of emergencies in an urban environment (including children's programs dedicated to the urban environment), reducing the vulnerability of the population in emergencies, etc.

Also, within the framework of the "City Without Danger", we are engaged in targeted assistance to victims of domestic violence, combining all existing rehabilitation centers and hotlines into a single initiative, and promoting a bill to combat domestic violence.

I believe that any of my words will say much less than my experience in the category in which I run for elections to the Public Chamber.

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Regional public institution for the organization of voluntary social assistance to victims of emergency situations "Civil Corps"

The regional public institution for the organization of voluntary social assistance to victims of emergency situations "Civil Corps" is a public association of volunteers, which aims to provide material, psychological and other assistance, as well as to eliminate the consequences of natural and man-made emergencies, reduce the vulnerability of the population in emergency situations and support programs for the safety of children and women in cities.

What do volunteers of ROU "Civil Corps" do:

• collection and transportation of humanitarian aid
• assistance to victims of natural disasters, accidents and catastrophes
• training citizens on the rules of behavior in emergencies
• support for new developments and technologies in the field of warning, information and response
• assistance to children affected by emergencies

Civil Corps in questions and answers.

1. What does the Civil Corps do?

The Civil Corps provides assistance to citizens affected by emergencies, both local and global. By victims, we mean people who have lost their homes and property as a result of a natural disaster or fire.

2. That is, you duplicate the Ministry of Emergencies?

No, the Civil Corps is not a rescue unit. In order to conduct rescue activities, specially trained people, sophisticated equipment and a license are needed. We are engaged in social assistance to those people whose lives have already been saved, but they do not have the most necessary things in order to live on. Such work can be taught to any caring person in a short time.

3. How do you help the victims?

There are three types of standard assistance that we provided, for example, to victims of the flood in the Amur Region. This is help with a week's food supply, a hygiene kit and a set of bedding. As a rule, all victims need this. In addition, we meet the individual vital needs of the victims - in medicines, special and baby food, care items. Also, the victim needs psychological assistance and advice on his further actions - where to apply for the restoration of documents, where to get a fire certificate, who to turn to for social assistance, what state assistance he has the right to count on.

4. But emergencies are rare!

Unfortunately, it is not. Emergencies in Russia occur several times a day. After all, an ordinary fire is also an emergency situation, during which people suffer no less than, say, in Krymsk. During the first three weeks of 2013, 2843 fires occurred in Russia (this is not counting small fires that firefighters went to), 245 people died, and firefighters rescued another 1224 people from the fire. What will be the fate of the saved and will they receive sufficient help? This is a question.

As for large-scale emergencies, they are not rare either. In Russia, not a month passes without an emergency, during which a large number of people lose their property and are left without the most necessary.

5. But should the state help the victims?

State assistance in case of local emergencies like a fire is regulated by regional legislation. For example, in the Sverdlovsk region, victims who have completely lost their home can only count on 1,000 rubles per family plus 500 rubles per family member, but no more than 10 thousand rubles per family. Such assistance, of course, is absolutely insufficient. In other regions, the situation differs little and not always for the better. In case of large-scale emergencies, such as a flood in the Far East, a colossal burden falls on the state to save people and restore infrastructure. In such a situation, in all civilized countries, public structures are included in the process of providing assistance.

6. How to understand that this person is a victim and not a fraudster?

In order to identify the victims and cut off the false victims, we work according to the revealing, not the declarative principle. To do this, the assessment and coordination team identifies the people who lived in the affected building, questions them and either immediately issues the necessary assistance or delivers it later. It does not matter if the person was registered in the burnt house. It is enough that he lived there and lost property as a result of the emergency.

7. Who works in the Civil Corps?

Initially, the Civil Corps was a social movement that united caring people who wanted to help their neighbor. However, in order to increase the efficiency and efficiency of work, it was decided to reorganize the Corps into a Public Institution, which will have a permanent staff of professionals in the field of emergency management, as well as a volunteer staff of citizens trained during seminars and practice.

Round-the-clock duty to provide assistance in local emergencies is absolutely necessary for the practical training of a volunteer. So that, once in an emergency zone on the scale of the Derbent disaster, a person is psychologically and practically ready to perform tasks. Unfortunately, 99 percent of people in Russia do not even suspect what the main work in emergency situations really is.

8. At whose expense is the Civil Corps financed?

We do not apply for financial assistance to the state. We count on the help of foundations, corporations and ordinary people.

9. Where is the guarantee that the Civil Corps will not waste money in vain?

All receipts and expenses of the Corps, including the smallest ones, will be published on its website. As part of the cost reduction policy, all goods and services will be purchased by the Corps at the lowest possible price.

The disgraced ex-deputy of the State Duma suffered because of defective mistresses Alena Popova and Marina Akhmedova

According to an old anecdote, in order to make time for work, Ilyich told his mistress that he was taking care of his wife, and to his wife that he was alone with his mistress. Ilya Ponomarev, a disgraced ex-deputy of the State Duma, found himself in approximately the same, but more difficult situation. According to the official version, Ilya Vladimirovich is hiding in the United States from prosecution by the ICR in a criminal case under Part 5 of Art. 33 and part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("complicity in embezzlement")", being suspected of embezzlement of 22 million rubles from the Skolkovo Foundation. However, in fact, the reasons for the sudden departure of the opposition politician from Russia overseas may be related to his difficult relationship with public figure Alena Popova and journalist Marina Akhmedova.

Now Popova is positioning herself as one of the organizers of the so-called Project W (a mutual aid network for women in difficult situations) . The same Popova, judging by her official biography, was the director of a small company called Brainstorm Hey Vi, specializing in the retail trade of watches, sporting goods, jewelry, games and toys, co-owner of the companies Starluk, Startup Wimen, Alfa-Stroy, ROU "Civil Corps" and was engaged in volunteer activities. But besides this, Alena Popova was an assistant to State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev and, as some media noted, "his close friend." Popova shamelessly used Ponomarev and his authority for selfish purposes - for example, to promote her numerous, but uninteresting Internet projects and funds. And Popova whipped up dozens of them in haste. These are, for example, the Planet Fund, the Human Capital Fund, the Civil Corps Fund, the Skolkovo Open Projects Fund ... Popova opened these funds for a reason, but for the purpose of personal enrichment on projects to raise funds from patrons and investors . But in order to lure those, the cunning Popova needed Ilya Ponomarev, who was known in various circles. By the way, according to the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation and the Federal Tax Service, none of Popova's funds generate income, but are used to provoke various conflicts with subsequent extortion attempts. True, none of the objects of attacks by Alena Popova and her funds react to provocations and do not go on about the whimsical woman. This circumstance infuriates and infuriates Popova, who sees herself as a rich and successful lady of the demi-monde, but in reality she is forced to feed on petty blackmail and dirty intrigues. Popova's constant references to the fact that she is supposedly someone's assistant or adviser is a clear lie, since not a single sane person will ever associate himself with this woman.

In the midst of last summer 2016, when the State Duma raised the question of depriving Ponomarev of his deputy status in connection with the accusations in the Skolkovo case, Alena Popova stated that will claim his mandate, as "he is her old friend". Of course, Ponomarev Popova did not receive a mandate, and by that time she had not been a friend of the politician in exile for a long time.

Indeed, at one time, on the wave of the opposition movement, the social activist Popova and the politician Ponomarev became close and became lovers. However, Alena Popova turned out to be a lady with pretensions, moreover, extremely jealous and treacherous. So, when Ilya Ponomarev decided to prepare and publish an autobiographical book, Popova readily offered her services in terms of securing preliminary agreements with the publishing house. To establish such agreements, she requested 500 thousand rubles, which were readily issued by the generous Ilya Ponomarev. But Ilya never saw the book or the money. However, the story turned out to be more dramatic than the usual saga about a thieving mistress. The fact is that journalist Marina Akhmedova, who now works in the Russian Reporter magazine and writes either reports from “hot spots” or books about the difficult fate of Dagestan women, crammed into literary assistants in preparing the book for Ponomarev. It seems that Akhmedova was driven by a personal interest in the young deputy, which Alena Popova could not like. Undertaking to spy on her lover and his new literary assistant, Popova discovered that Akhmedova crossed her path by entering into an intimate relationship with Ilya. Enraged Alena Popova decided to take revenge, and in a Jesuit way. To begin with, she informed the official wife of Ponomarev that her husband was indulging in joys with the journalistic Marina Akhmedova. Having calculated the place and time of the deputy's solitude with her rival, Popova easily led Ponomarev's wife to lovers. The piquancy of the situation was given by the fact that, in a fit of passion, Ponomarev and Akhmedova forgot to close the door to the Duma office of the deputy, where adultery took place. Therefore, Ponomarev's wife, who arrived in the lower chamber, accompanied by Alena Popova, easily entered the deputy apartments, where she found Ilya and Marina red-handed and in negligee. Further, according to the Duma eyewitnesses, was a noisy showdown, which the old walls of the State Duma had not seen for a long time. At the same time, if Ponomarev's wife focused her long nails on the face of the cheating spouse, then Alena Popova, with a screech, attacked the journalist Akhmedova, striking her in the face.

Popova's revenge didn't end there. Possessing complete information about the activities of Deputy Ponomarev, his assistant Popova, of course, was well aware of his agreement with the Skolkovo Foundation for More than that: it was Alena Popova who prepared the paper part of the agreements with Skolkovo, and therefore it was not difficult for her in all details and nuances to "merge" this information to certain authorities. After that, Ponomarev began to have serious troubles, which received publicity and forced the deputy to leave the country.

The most remarkable thing in this story is that social activist Alena Popova and journalist Marina Akhmedova soon became friends and now are close friends and associates in the “protection of women” project. By the way, the warm friendship between Popova and Akhmedova, which began after the fight, seems to have become the prologue of non-traditional sexual relationships between two women. The masculine Akhmedova, as well as the unattractive Popova for men, really look like typical representatives of the LGBT community. Moreover, both, despite the age of "over 30", have neither husbands nor children. And their pronounced feminist and even man-hating stance is another strong argument in favor of the lesbian inclinations of these aggressive women. By the way, Alena Popova in this sense was aptly exposed by the famous TV presenter Alexander Gordon, who in one of the television shows called her "not a woman". In response to Popova's lawsuit, Alexander Gordon said: “I will ask you to appoint an examination so that she proves that she is not a fool. What she can't do. Because she's stupid."

An illustration of this insightful statement by Gordon is Popova's actions against Ilya Ponomarev, which cannot be regarded otherwise than as crude and stupid blackmail. In general, Popova's arsenal of provocative methods, just like her friend Akhmedova's, is quite predictable and does not constitute any secret. This, for example, is the selfish use of any scandalous situations for the sake of earning or money, or any form of fame. In the same row are methods of using famous people “in the dark”, including by posting appropriate photographs on social networks, where insidious ladies show off in the company of unsuspecting celebrities. However, such a flawed technique seems more likely to be a clumsy attempt by worthless women to create an aura of significance around themselves. It would be better for these women to shut up, improve their personal lives, start a family and children. But, obviously, their current way of life has put an end to and an indelible stigma on both ladies, from whom others turn away in horror. And, as practice shows, such women no longer give birth to children.

After that memorable scandalous showdown, Marina and Alena did not hesitate to call Ponomarev's wife almost weekly, provoking her into more and more scandals with her husband. Along with this, the newly-made friends began to scribble anonymous letters with “revelations” of Ilya Ponomarev to the presidential administration. In general, these women gloriously "defended themselves" from Ponomarev's man, having received both moral and financial satisfaction, and now they are trying to put their protection technologies on stream. As they say, nothing personal, just business. By the way, Alena Popova is still trying to exploit the name of Ilya Ponomarev. The squabbler filed a lawsuit against the Just Russia party, trying to challenge the transfer of the deputy mandate, which Ponomarev had previously been deprived of, to the right-wing Russian Danil Ivanov. The proceedings reached the highest court, but the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation suspended the proceedings on a far-fetched case. However, it seems that the plaintiff Popova did not count on winning in court: she is only interested in the scandalous trail, in the wake of which her name pops up in the blogosphere, and sometimes in the "yellow" media. The scale of Popova's stupidity, which sued the party that warmed her, is amazing. The shameless squabbler, whom no one calls otherwise than an empty place, completely exposed her primitive nature, once again appearing in an unsightly light. And being in the former composition of the State Duma an assistant to the well-known deputy Galina Khovanskaya, Alyona Popova, did not hesitate to forge the signatures of the parliamentarian, signing for money and sending deputy requests to various authorities on her behalf. Popova did the same thing, using the name of the former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov, who for the time being trusted her and even treated the impudent “social activist” well. By the way, in the apparatus of the Just Russia faction, Popova is unanimously considered a worthless young lady and an “empty place”. And there are good reasons for that. Thus, the faction's apparatus repeatedly received complaints about the facts of fraud by Alena Popova, of which there have already been more than a dozen. These complaints include the names of many well-known deputies, whose "advisors" and "assistants" Popova is regularly presented. In connection with these scandalous cases, the Just Russia faction decided to send a corresponding application to law enforcement agencies demanding to deal with Popova's fraudulent actions. So in the near future, law enforcement agencies will have to investigate this side of Popova's "social activities" and make a legal decision on responsibility for such completely harmless tricks.

As for her declared activities to “protect women,” Popova regularly tries either to get something from her alleged clients, or to probe the income of their ex-husbands, with whom they are suing. Even close friends say about Alena Popova that she will sell her own mother for $500. Do Popova's mom and dad know what their daughter does in the capital? For father Vladimir Mikhailovich living in Yekaterinburg, mother Tatyana Alekseevna and brother Nikita, it will certainly be a real shock to find out that their daughter and sister are an ordinary breeder and swindler. Why such a punishment for the Popovs, respected in Yekaterinburg, who work in prominent positions in the PKF Palniks (mother is a specialist in the customer service, and father is the chairman of the council at all)? They say that when Alena's mother was told what her daughter was doing the other day, the woman was horrified. After all, Popova's parents in distant Yekaterinburg could not even think that such a bitch and rubbish would grow out of their daughter. It turns out that the Popovs raised a worthless and empty creature.

But, apparently, such a reputation is quite suitable for the inadequate "social activist" Alena Popova.

Looking at the newly-made friend, the journalist Marina Akhmedova also went to court. This silkworm started, for example, a lawsuit with the Russian Reporter publication, which warmed up the brawler and agreed to publish her strange verses. But in gratitude, Akhmedova decided to wash dirty linen in public, making public her financial relationship with the publication. According to her, the "Russian Reporter" does not pay her as much "as she deserves," and therefore the quarrelsome journalist set out to teach the editor and director of the publication a lesson. Perhaps Akhmedova is acting at the instigation of her friend Popova, or it is possible that she thought of suing herself, recklessly believing that the scandal would make her famous. In general, TV presenter Alexander Gordon made an accurate and fair diagnosis of these women of non-traditional aggressive orientation - "fools" ...

Alexander Prokhorov

Success story of Alena Popova

Alena Popova was born in Yekaterinburg in 1983, but lived in Novosibirsk for a long time. In 2000, she moved to Moscow, where she was educated as a journalist at Moscow State University. By the way, Alena graduated from the educational institution with honors.

Alena began her career in journalism in 1998, a few years before entering Moscow State University. In Yekaterinburg, she led a number of regional projects. And then she moved to central television as a producer. Today, this woman is a prominent public figure who became the founder of the ROU Civil Corps, as well as StartupWomen. In addition, Alena Popova successfully runs a business in the Internet space, she is the creator of a venture fund called Rusbase. Many consider her a worthy competitor to well-known political figures. She is even on the Forbes list.

Career in politics

Alena's political career began when she got into the State Duma as a parliamentary correspondent. But then she moved to the small aviation airport, where she worked her way up from the press secretary to the director in the development department. But then Alena began to develop her own projects. Many seek to order a business speaker, Alena Popova, who knows firsthand how to start her own business from scratch. Therefore, if you are just starting your entrepreneurial journey, it will be useful for you to learn about all the nuances and pitfalls of a start-up. Since 2009, Alena has been successfully investing in Russian start-up projects, but at the same time, the political path is also actively present in her activities. Without exaggeration, she can be called an expert in the field of e-government. She actively takes part in many political projects, of course, using the Internet space as a highly effective platform. On the website of the Big City holiday agency, you can invite to conduct master classes.

Career in the Internet space

Not many today can boast of their successful projects on the Internet. And Alena and here was marked by very bright results. She became the founder of the Internet resource Starlook, an animation studio and other interesting projects, including Duma 2.0. Moreover, Alena's projects are all diverse - one is dedicated to women's topics, the other is the production and distribution of video content, and the third is to support political activities in Russia. Knowing firsthand all the intricacies of the Russian Internet space, Alena successfully lectures at her native educational institution. If you invite business coach Alena Popova, you can learn about what information wars are. This question, of course, is more relevant for the political sphere of activity, but even within the framework of increased competition, this topic will be useful to all heads of Russian companies.

Considering that Alena is an expert in the field of venture capital investment and launching projects from scratch, you can order a business speaker Alena Popova, and she will provide consulting support in building an effective business. She constantly monitors the information technology market, as well as the most prominent figures in this field of activity. Therefore, it will be very interesting to hear about new trends and trends in the IT field. On the website of our company, you can Alena Popova for a business event.

In general, it will be useful for any company to invite a business coach Alena Popova. She is not only an excellent specialist, but also a very competent speaker. At her master classes, you can understand that you should not be afraid of mistakes and that they are in many ways the key to success. She will tell you how you can and should learn from your mistakes competently. Alena Popova - media consultant, producer in the Internet space, business start-up expert - a very versatile person who is worth getting to know in order to become more efficient and successful! Therefore, if you are just launching your project, or you are already an entrepreneur, but do not know in which direction to move on, you should order the services of a speaker Alena Popova - we are sure that this will give a new impetus to your activities!