Domestic media regularly publish a rating of the most influential women in Russia. The vast majority of them occupy high posts in the government, close to the president and prime minister. In addition to the ones listed below, the list included Dmitry Medvedev's wife Svetlana, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, business lady Olga Slutsker, Presidential Ombudsman for the President of the Russian Federation Anna Kuznetsova and other famous women.
Valentina Matvienko
Valentina Ivanovna today holds the post of chairman of the Federation Council and, in fact, is the third person in the state after the president and prime minister. She received first place in the ranking of the most influential women in Russia in 2013 and 2014 according to the results of surveys of Russians working in the FSB, the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rosinmonitoring, Promsvyazbank, Rosneft, Lukoil and so on. In the future, Valentina Ivanovna did not fall below the top ten.
The speaker of the upper house of parliament is a woman whom top officials in the country's political arena are listening to. The political career of Valentina Ivanovna began in her youth, when she was able to go through a bumpy path from a member of the Communist Party to the secretary of the regional committee of the Komsomol in the Leningrad Region. In this field, the woman achieved significant success, which allowed her to become the plenipotentiary ambassador of the USSR, and after the collapse of the state, the ambassador of the Russian Federation in Malta.
Since 1998, Valentina Matvienko oversaw social policy, in 2003 she became governor of the northern capital and was transferred to the Security Council of the Russian Federation. In 2011, Valentina Ivanovna became the chairman of the Federation Council at the proposal of the head of Bashkortostan R. Khamitov. In this regard, she prematurely resigned as governor.
Elvira Nabiullina
Elvira Sakhipzadovna began working as the chief specialist of the committee of the NPS of the USSR. Career rapidly went up, which allowed the woman to become the executive director of the rating service in 1999. Until 2000, she was vice president of the Center for Strategic Research Foundation, which became the campaign headquarters of Vladimir Putin. Elvira Nabiullina directly developed the economic program of the president.
In 2007, one of the most influential women in the Russian government was appointed Minister of Trade and Economic Development, the next year - Minister of Economic Development. A significant achievement in this field was the anti-crisis plan, signed by Vladimir Putin in 2009. In May 2012, Elvira Sakhipzadovna became an assistant to the president, and a year later, Vladimir Vladimirovich suggested that she head the Central Bank. Elvira Nabiullina became the person in whom the president saw a good leader who could make the Central Bank begin to work to stimulate the Russian economy.
Vice Prime Minister for Social Affairs
Golikova Tatyana Alekseevna for a long time worked at the Ministry of Finance. She drafted the federal budget, plans for financing science, the state apparatus and the social sphere. Recently, one of the most influential women in Russia received a new position - Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs. Previously, she was Chairman of the Accounts Chamber and Deputy Minister of Finance. Tatyana Golikova is a doctor of economic sciences and has a professorship.
Olga Golodets
Olga Yuryevna until May 2018 was the Deputy Prime Minister. Her responsibilities included social issues, such as healthcare, pensions, medical insurance, science and culture, population policy, education and labor. After a recent appointment, he is responsible for sports and culture.
In the past, Olga Golodets served as deputy general director of the Norilsk Nickel enterprise, head of the Accord Insurance Company, and deputy governor of the Taimyr Autonomous Region. In 2015, she took third place in the ranking of the most influential women in Russia after V. Matvienko and E. Nabiullina.
Larisa Brycheva
In the nineties, Larisa Brycheva held senior positions in public service, was the head of the presidential administration, the head of the working apparatus in the Federal Assembly, and since 1999 she has headed the state-legal department under the head of the Russian Federation. In March 2004, she became an assistant to the president of the Russian Federation; Larisa Brycheva was reassigned to this post in 2012.
Alla Pugacheva
The list of the most influential includes those women who greatly influence decisions in politics or business at the highest level, occupy high positions, determine attitudes and are an example to follow. Most of them are close to the first persons in the state, but there are exceptions. Alla Pugacheva, for example, is not the first time taking a place in the top ten among high officials. The degree of influence of Russian prima is even higher than the wife of Dmitry Medvedev, Svetlana, or the ex-wife of Vladimir Putin, Lyudmila.
She started with Kommersant
Press Secretary of Dmitry Medvedev Natalia Timakova previously worked at Kommersant, MK and Interfax. She became the press secretary of the head of state in 2008, and after the departure of Dmitry Medvedev to the government, he holds the same position. Natalya worked in the press service for twelve years, before that she was deputy head of the government information department under the government of the Russian Federation, and in 2002 - deputy head of the press service of the first person in the state.
A. Kabaeva
Another woman in the top ten for whom political or social activity is not the main area. The girl became the only European champion in the history of gymnastics four times. In 2001, Kabaeva was waiting for the title of world champion, which she won in Madrid. She became the only gymnast who was entered in the Guinness Book of Records: she became the champion of Europe at the age of 15, and among adult rivals. In addition, Alina Kabaeva brought some important changes to gymnastics.
Until 2005, Alina was a member of the council of United Russia, and then became a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on issues of mercy, volunteering, and charitable assistance. The next step in his political career is the State Duma. As a United Russia parliamentarian, the former athlete works as deputy chairman for youth affairs.
In 2008, the media published a number of publications about the wedding of Alina Kabaeva and Vladimir Putin. This caused a significant public outcry. Representatives of Kabaeva refused to comment on the rumors and even demanded a refutation. V. Putin also claimed that there was not a word of truth in these articles. More recently, the former athlete became a mother. The press called the father of the child of Vladimir Putin himself. Kabaeva later explained that the photo was not her son, but her nephew, and she herself has no children and is not pregnant. Gossip about the girl’s relationship with the president intensified after the announcement of Putin’s divorce from his wife Lyudmila.
Olga Dergunova
Olga Dergunova is Deputy President and Chairman of VTB Bank. Prior to that, she worked as a programmer at a research institute, was the director of sales and marketing at Microinform and Paragraph enterprises, a member of the board of VTB Bank, and was a member of the board of directors of VTB bank in Kazakhstan and Transneft. Since 2012, she has been one of the most influential women in the Russian government. Olga Dergunova was the deputy for economic development and the head of the state property management agency.
Olga Egorova
Olga Egorova worked as a judge and deputy chairman in several district courts of Moscow, and in 1998 she became a judge of the city court. The highest qualification class of a judge was assigned to her in the fall of 2001. During Yegorova’s work in these positions, the staff was updated several times, a jury was introduced, and a system of magistrates was created. Olga was awarded several orders of Merit.
Svetlana Medvedeva
The wife of the third president of the Russian Federation and tenth prime minister D. Medvedev is far from the last ten in the rating of the most influential women in Russia. This business-like and very nice woman is a prominent public figure, the head of the Fund for Socio-Cultural Initiatives, which has helped more than one thousand women in matters of reproductive health and motherhood. In addition, Svetlana Medvedeva is a trustee of a boarding house in St. Petersburg. By the way, she began to actively engage in charity in her youth. The woman always loved secular exits, and after moving with her husband to the capital from St. Petersburg, she became the muse of designer Valentin Yudashkin. Soon Svetlana became the first lady. The public life of the wife of Dmitry Medvedev is encouraging.