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Blogger Andrey Malgin decided to find out how Pavel Astakhov lives, who called everyone calling for his resignation "pedophiles". It turned out that the commissioner for human rights leads the life of a real TV star.

W you know who it is rushing at full speed across the traffic, in front of the traffic police and stunned passers-by?

I think you already guessed it: this is Pavel Astakhov, Commissioner for Children's Rights. Perhaps somewhere a mother went on a drinking binge and does not feed her children for a week, or a father chopped off the child’s fingers with an ax, or a mother, taking the baby by the legs, smashed his head against the wall just because he prevented her from watching the series, or that what else has happened to Russian kids in recent days? So Pavel Alekseevich flies - to understand, protect, help. He is very mobile, our Pavel Alekseevich. Figaro here, Figaro there.

It should be recognized that, having become the children's ombudsman, Astakhov began to travel a lot around the country. In those places where Astakhov is heading, the following rider is sent in advance:

AUDI A8 or Mercedes S-class car;
- escort of this car by traffic police crews;
- security;
- double deluxe room with jogging track;
- journalists and press conference;
- lunch in the diocese.

These are demands sent from the Office of the Commissioner for Children's Rights to the administration of the Voronezh Region. Most likely, exactly the same went to other cities, which the Ombudsman consecrated with his presence. Somewhat perplexes the last point ("lunch in the diocese"). But "journalists and a press conference" is such an understandable requirement. Pavel Astakhov cannot live without this. This is the essence of his work. I do not know any other government official who would be so concerned about his own PR.

Agree, the list of requirements is similar to the rider of a capricious pop star.

So he is a pop star.

The list of television programs that Pavel Astakhov has been hosting on a regular basis since 2004 is impressive. On the REN TV channel - this is "Hour of Court" (the plaintiffs and defendants in this show are actors, and Astakhov himself is the judge) and "Three Corners with Pavel Astakhov", on the Domashny channel - "The Astakhov Case" and "On Juvenile Affairs ". He even played in the movies - in the series "Friendly Family" and "Four Taxi Drivers and a Dog."

And how many books he wrote as a prose writer, do not count! Over the past five years, the Eksmo publishing house alone has published P. Astakhov's novels "The Mayor", "Producer", "Raider", "Spy", "Apartment", "Raider-2", "The Bride", "God's Gift", "Credibility Credit". Reviewers, however, note that in these books there is such an abundance of legal blunders that they were written by clearly literary blacks, and the “author” indicated on the cover did not even proofread the manuscripts. Once upon a time, a show business star is torn apart.

From the publisher's annotation to the novel "The Mayor":

A book about those who rule our cities. Power, money, crime. A novel about eternal values: life and death, love and betrayal, friendship and envy, faith and cynicism - all this went through the fate of the mayor. From the chair of the mayor to the prison bunks is only one step. The road to freedom can take the rest of your life.

A tragic court drama about modern politics and temporary workers, about the wise law and its misguided children, about the power of money and money in power.

The new novel by lawyer Pavel Astakhov "The Mayor" reveals the intricacies of power intrigues on the example of the life of a modern metropolis and the tragic fate of its mayor, who rebelled against the system. A devoted wife, the biggest billionaire entrepreneur, fights for his freedom and life. Lawyer Artem Pavlov helps her. They are opposed by business, crime, power, and the courts.

Great, just wonderful. It is very difficult to guess who ordered this glorious book.

By the way, Pavel Astakhov has repeatedly defended the interests of Yu.M. Luzhkov and E.N. Baturina in courts. With varied success. For example, he failed to prove the legitimacy of the election of the vice-mayor in the Supreme Court. But Luzhkov's personal claims - he won. He also won those lawsuits against the media that were brought by "a devoted wife, the largest billionaire entrepreneur." For example, Forbes magazine had a hard time, which had to pay Elena Nikolaevna some amount for desecrated business reputation.

Pavel Astakhov has always been incredibly drawn to famous people, especially Bohemia. The list of "stars" defended by lawyer Astakhov is impressive. Vladimir Spivakov, Kristina Orbakaite, Arkady Ukupnik, Lada Dance, Irina Ponarovskaya, Philip Kirkorov, Alena Sviridova, the Dynamite group, Bari Alibasov, Alexei Glyzin, Soco Pavliashvili... He defended the copyrights of Eduard Uspensky. Represented in court the interests of Artemy Lebedev and his studio, who were offended by the Vedomosti newspaper (they say, by barter - Lebedev's studio made a website for Astakhov as payment). In numerous interviews, Astakhov listed his stellar clients in detail, sometimes pretending to sigh: "For the past two years, he has been dividing the inheritance property of Yuri Shmilevich Aizenshpis. Complete dirt, a nightmare ..." But he could not be dragged away from this dirt and nightmare. The more popular the person he was protecting was, the more he imposed himself on him as a friend. He literally screwed himself into a bohemian environment. And soon he became an indispensable visitor to numerous secular parties, premieres, banquets and receptions...

He ascended to such an extent that he said at one of the meetings with admirers (I quote the transcript): "I went to Hollywood at the invitation of Fox Studios ... They first wanted to shoot American history, and then they called me and offered the working title of the film" The Life Story of Pavel Astakhov ". I say: well, this is already too much. I should not have played , I had to give the right to shoot. They said that Angelina Jolie would be invited to the main role, but somehow I don’t really perceive her, so I refused. And John Malkovich was supposed to play the main role. He came to Moscow in the hope of holding negotiations here but I finally said no."

Our secular lion did not change his habits even after in 2009, in connection with his appointment as Commissioner for Children's Rights, he had to suspend his practice as a lawyer. Practicing as a lawyer, yes, but not social life.

The movement of Pavel Alekseevich to power began in 2007. I don’t know if this is a coincidence or not, but this was preceded by rather unpleasant events for him. The Moscow Investigative Committee tried to initiate a criminal case against him. At the beginning of the year, another novel by P. Astakhov, "Raider", was published (last year a feature film was even released based on this book). In the "Raider", of course, the brilliant lawyer Artyom Pavlov is depicted, who opposes the intrigues of the villain named Spirsky. According to the plot, this same Spirsky "hired guys from the Main Investigation Department" who "for quite a moderate fee could open a criminal case, conduct searches and completely destroy the entire defense system of the victim company." The procedure for taking over a business with the help of corrupt investigators was described in such detail that the real GSU investigators took it all personally. According to Ivan Glukhov, the head of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow, the prosecutor's office began checking the "false information" contained in the novel, discrediting the honor and dignity of the officers of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of Moscow, as well as the reputation of the entire law enforcement system of the Russian Federation. Astakhov got into real trouble, he was called in for interrogations. It turned out that for many prototypes, he did not even change the names in the book.

In July, Astakhov gave a thousand interviews in which he announced that he had decided to found the All-Russian public movement "For Putin!" Presidential elections were coming up (as a result of which, as we know, Medvedev became president), but the lawyer Astakhov decided that Putin, regardless of the Constitution, had no right to leave after the expiration of his second term. And should stay. Should and all. A month later, the Koptev inter-district prosecutor's office issued a decision to refuse to initiate a criminal case against Pavel Astakhov in connection with the publication of the novel "Raider". And in November, a congress of the new movement was held in Tver, at which Astakhov said in his speech: "We choose our own master in the house? Here, too, we propose to choose a master for the country." Movement "For Putin!" under the leadership of Pavel Astakhov did not last long: in December, Putin announced that Medvedev would be the successor, and it would be foolish to argue with that.

The "All-Russian movement" was somehow blown away by itself, but Astakhov was noticed. In 2008, he was appointed to the Public Chamber, and in 2009, President Medvedev took him to the presidential administration - he made him Commissioner for Children's Rights. The previous commissioner, Aleksey Golovan, had to be urgently replaced: they say that the authorities were brought a compromising video, from which it followed that Golovan was interested in children not only in his service, but also, so to speak, in his personal life. Astakhov's candidacy in a time pressure situation was suggested to Medvedev by Surkov.

By the way, in connection with the movement "For Putin!" a lot of people got jealous. Why on earth Astakhov declared himself the main supporter of the GDP? TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov wrote with resentment in his blog: "A year ago I was at a congress of Putin's supporters ... This time such a meeting was also held under the leadership of Pavel Astakhov, though not in Luzhniki. I asked Pasha:" Pasha, I, of course , not proud, but why didn't they call you?" Pasha made a very sad face and said: "You know, I wanted to, but the Kremlin said that it was not necessary." So, it turns out, now it’s not you who decide whether you are a supporter of Putin or no, but it's up to the people in the Kremlin to decide for you. Interestingly, does Putin know that I was expelled from among his supporters on someone's orders from the Kremlin?"

Well, Vova, did Pasha pass you at the turn? Don't click your beak next time.

Simultaneously with his appointment to the administration, Pavel Astakhov became one of the 15 members of the public council under the FSB of Russia.

As soon as Pavel Astakhov became commissioner for children, he got off to a strong start. First of all, he expanded the staff of his department. Then he decided to come to grips with foreign adoption, for which he practically did not get out from abroad (you must see everything with your own eyes). On December 15, 2011, at one of Putin's televised pre-election meetings, Astakhov for the first time announced the need to cancel foreign adoption. Putin replied: "I am not in favor of adoption by foreigners." And he added that it should be reduced to zero.

Astakhov wound this up on his mustache. And when the Magnitsky Law was passed in the United States, which literally infuriated Putin, it was he, according to numerous testimonies, who came and offered Putin such an "asymmetric answer" as the "Dima Yakovlev Law." Almost everyone in Putin's entourage was against it, all ministries gave a negative opinion (including the Foreign Ministry), but the idea seemed so successful to Putin that he simply did not want to listen to anyone except Astakhov. Here is such a version. We know the rest.

I will only add that in order to fight against foreign adoptive parents, Mr. Astakhov again needed to expand his apparatus and, of course, increase office space for him. A few months ago, the Izvestia newspaper reported that Mr. Astakhov asked the President of Russia to allocate 395 million rubles for the purchase from an undisclosed private individual for Astakhov himself and his staff of a separate building in the center of Moscow, near Staraya Ploshchad. The mansion requested by Astakhov, built in the 18th century and completely reconstructed in 1998, as Astakhov noted in a letter to the President, "has a presentable and reliable appearance," and the purchase should be made "as soon as possible."

On "Echo of Moscow" Astakhov said: "I want my children to grow up here, so that my grandchildren are Russian and speak Russian." It turns out that not in Russia at all. In Monaco, where he has an apartment of 176 sq.m, registered to his wife.

By the way, with older children there are only troubles. On April 21, 2012, 24-year-old Anton Astakhov, driving his BMW 5-series car on 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street in Moscow, collided with a Toyota car. As the traffic police inspector A. Minaev, who arrived at the scene of the accident, later reported in court, Anton Astakhov “visibly staggered, stammered and spoke incoherently. The World Court deprived Anton Astakhov of his driver's license for a year and a half, due to his refusal to undergo a medical examination. Anton gave an interview in which he said:

- First I went to Oxford. But in Oxford it is very difficult for a young man, because it is boring. The economics taught at Oxford still helps me in many ways. Then two years later I moved to London. In London, he studied in the same direction - economics. But in England they teach not practical things, but theoretical ones, which have not worked for many years ... I believe that in Russian schools I only spoiled the language for myself. When he began to travel to America, he began to speak normally. I studied for a year at an American school... And then I went back to study at Oxford, then to London, then moved to America... You can't just get a diploma from them either. You defend him once in front of three professors, but to be sure that the person did not bribe the professors, they gather in a large collegium of professors for 10 days and look at the diploma again. If you don’t like it, for example, they find plagiarism, they can return it. My favorite teacher at Oxford defended his doctoral thesis three times, he was constantly asked to confirm the conclusions formulated in it with more and more new data ... I have been working in the stock market for a couple of years now. As soon as I turned 18, I went and opened my first depository account. Even when I was at school, I read a book by an Austrian banker, Mr. Myshkin, and I was inspired. I read many other books... I have been trading since I was 18... When I studied in America, I really liked that my university was located right on Walt Street. This is the only university on this famous street. And my friends were all brokers and traders there... I came to help the family. My father is now an official, and we need to make sure that the collegium works successfully ... My girlfriend was Japanese. I met her in England at Oxford. There was a serious relationship, I even went to Japan - met her parents. I lived there for more than a month, I thought, perhaps, to stay. But then I realized that we are very different nations. Different cultures, so it's very hard for us. All these bows when you go to the neighbors are very peculiar rules of decency ... I taught her Russian, and she taught me Japanese. Then, when I moved to London, I decided to take up Japanese again and learned it.

Here is such a talented boy, drunk, rushes around Moscow in his own BMW. Good, talented children were brought up by the commissioner for children. Dad is proud of Artyom: "Our middle son Artyom has recently begun to serve as an altar boy in the church on Sunday services, to help our confessors - Father Sergius and Father Konstantin." Pavel Alekseevich does not specify, but I will clarify: he means the Russian church in Cannes. Not on some Nikolina Gora.

And recently, Pavel Astakhov gave birth to another, the third.

From an interview in the magazine "7 days":

- Pavel, Svetlana, now many Russian women give birth abroad. But you didn’t even take your two-month-old son to Moscow for christening. Have you finally decided to stay here, on the Cote d'Azur?

Pavel Astakhov: No, of course not. In general, I don’t leave Moscow, where we now live together with our middle son Artem, for a long time. I just wander almost every weekend here, to the Cote d'Azur, otherwise, I'm afraid, the baby will wean from me ... Recently, I often traveled to international forums in France, and I was somehow introduced to the amazing gynecologist Alain Rebouillat. As soon as Svetlana and I decided on a third child, we turned to him - to be observed. It was then that I was literally amazed at how expectant mothers are treated in France. There, an ultrasound examination is done for about forty minutes, all the baby's organs are carefully examined: its bloodstreams, ventricle, heart, and so on every two weeks until delivery. I remember coming for the first ultrasound. Svetlana looks at the screen and sees nothing from excitement. “Oh,” he says, “where are the fingers and how many of them? Something is not enough.” I reassure: "He clenched his fist." - "Yes? I can't see anything! Let's see the legs." She is my alarmist, "nightmare" until the last day - how many fingers how many eyes, ears. She was worried, suddenly something was wrong, why her tummy was growing slowly, for some reason, for some reason. (Smiling.) When I hear from friends and acquaintances: "Of course, you are rich, you gave birth in France," I chuckle. We really occupied the largest ward in the hospital - three rooms: the parent's bedroom, the children's room and the guest room. But all this, including medical care, cost three times cheaper than in an elite Moscow clinic. And when, on the first evening of our stay, a nurse came to us and asked: "From fish today we have perch, sea bream, sea bass and salmon. What do you choose for dinner?" - my jaw just dropped: wow menu. Immediately after the birth, our friend Tatyana Zingarevich, who became Arseniy's godmother, came to Svetlana with gifts and champagne - after all, visits are completely free. The French were surprised: "Here are Russian women! Just gave birth - and already having fun, drinking champagne." Why not have fun in such conditions? Before us, in the same ward, Angelina Jolie gave birth for the last time. I joked: "The walls should be carefully examined, maybe Brad Pitt signed somewhere?" (Laughs.)

In short, this is how our commissioner for children's rights lives. Lives widely. Having fun and drinking champagne. Torn between Cannes and Moscow, between Moscow and Pittsburgh. But the main thing is not this. The main thing: he does not forget our Russian children. It does not allow them to be killed in America and disassembled for organs in Italy. It's no-no. Well, thank God .

Children's Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov is resigning after all, a senior Kremlin source told reporters on Saturday. The human rights activist was required to be fired for his careless “How did you swim?” in a conversation with the children who suffered at Syamozero, but similar punctures had happened to him before. Experts admit that Astakhov, apparently, is simply not made for this position. How he got to this post and why he was fired, Lenta.ru figured it out.

In the meantime, a petition for the Ombudsman's resignation continued to gain votes on change.org. The initiators called the reason for it a remark in a conversation with children who survived the storm at Syamozero. Astakhovsky "Well, how did you swim?" in a matter of hours, it turned into a meme and caused a wave of criticism against the Commissioner for Children's Rights.

By Sunday afternoon, when a Kremlin source had already determined the fate of the human rights activist, about 156,000 citizens signed for his resignation.

According to media reports, Astakhov admitted that he "really seriously flew" from the president for a sloppy statement. But the doctors rushed to the rescue, explaining that the unfortunate ombudsman acted in accordance with the recommendations of the psychologist. The human rights activist himself also referred to some special psychological techniques that were supposed to make the conversation with the affected children more relaxed. But this is far from Astakhov's first public blunder. He was immediately reminded of last year's statement in connection with the marriage of a minor in the Caucasus: "There are places where women are already wrinkled at the age of 27 and by our standards they are under 50." Then the Internet buzzed no less, and the official is being dismissed only now. So what happened - an inappropriate phrase against the background of the death of children overflowed the cup of patience, or are there any other reasons for dismissal?

In a Tom Ford suit, with a touch of cynicism

“It is unlikely that he quarreled with someone,” says political analyst Yevgeny Minchenko. “I think that Astakhov ended up in this position quite by accident: there was a well-known media figure, with high recognition, he speaks smartly, and besides, he is a lawyer.” But according to the expert, now it turned out that the children's human rights activist "does not fulfill his main function." “Given the abundance of claims against him, he still did not join this role, did not grow together with it,” Minchenko believes.

In Astakhov's biography, nothing really speaks in favor of the fact that the protection of the family and childhood was his vocation. Maternal grandfather worked in the state security agencies, the human rights activist himself graduated from the Higher School of the KGB in 1991. A decade later, he studied at the University of Pittsburgh in the USA.

And yet, for the random appointment of Astakhov at the end of 2009, the place was vacated under rather mysterious circumstances. The previous Ombudsman Aleksey Golovan, according to official information, resigned of his own free will, but his colleagues were perplexed. “I can’t even imagine what made him write such a statement,” Ella Pamfilova, at that time the head of the Presidential Council for the Promotion of the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights, was surprised. At the same time, a Kommersant source in the presidential administration emphasized that the protection of children is a priority for the president, and “in this sense, Golovan was very consistent with the tasks set.”

Photo: Dmitry Lebedev / Kommersant

Unlike Golovan, who came to the post of federal "children's" ombudsman from a similar post in Moscow and is known mainly in the professional environment, Astakhov became a real guest star in the ombudsman's office. Since 2004, he has hosted the nation's first court show, The Hour of Judgment, and several other television and radio programs. In addition, the media human rights activist published books on quite pressing legal issues: “How to get an inheritance” or “Consumer rights. Legal assistance from the pinnacle of lawyer professionalism. There is also fiction in the asset - the books "Mayor", "Producer" and the novel "Raider", which was even made into a movie.

In the professional world, however, lawyer Astakhov is known for other merits. He defended, for example, the leadership of the Vlastilina financial pyramid and the American Edmond Pope accused of spying for the United States, and participated in the case of the head of the Media-Most holding, Vladimir Gusinsky.

“There are two types of lawyers in American films. One is a buff-lined, well-groomed lawyer in a Tom Ford suit, with a touch of cynicism. The other is drunk, wrinkled, compassionate. Astakhov is the first type, - Evgeny Minchenko, the president of the communication holding Minchenko Consulting, outlines the main problem of the now almost former children's ombudsman. “Astakhov still did not have an image match for this position.”


Look at the problem differently

Actually, the position of the Ombudsman for Children was formed “from below”, starting from the regional level. In 1998, the position was established in the Kaluga, Volgograd, Novgorod regions, as well as in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg: this happened as part of a pilot project of the Ministry of Social Development and the UNICEF Children's Fund. Gradually, new subjects were connected, and in September 2009 the position was brought to the federal level by a corresponding presidential decree.

Some sources explained Astakhov's appointment by rather close relations with the entourage of the current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev; subsequently, the ombudsman at least attended the events of the foundation, working under the patronage of the wife of the prime minister. But Minchenko does not agree: in his opinion, explaining the subsequent resignation by the weakening of this or that clan is too complicated and a stretched version. On the one hand, Astakhov has a really good relationship with lawyer Mikhail Barshchevsky, who is considered "a representative of the Medvedev group." On the other hand, the clan affiliation of a person in the current system is rapidly changing. Replacing Golovan, who had worked in office for only a few months, Astakhov promised not to make any revolutions. The lack of an appropriate background did not bother the human rights activist. “My predecessor is a professional with extensive experience in protecting the rights of the child. I didn’t work with children, although I was engaged in family law for sixteen years, so I look at the problem from a slightly different position, ”he told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

According to Astakhov, it was "important for him to work with performers", for example, law enforcement agencies, who also have to protect the rights of children, but do not want to "deal with other people's family squabbles." Almost a year and a half after taking office, Astakhov presented the president with a report on the observance of the rights and interests of children in Russia. The document consisted of three volumes, one of which was in the format of a photo album. Colleagues of the human rights activist complained that the text of the report was not available to a wide audience.

Although this did not mean that the public was not familiar with Astakhov's activities. He published some of his statements on Instagram, for example, he offered to protect children from destructive information.

From time to time, he deviated a little from the sponsored topic, going into socio-economic issues. In particular, he called for distributing unclaimed products to the poor instead of destroying them.


Photo: Gennady Gulyaev / Kommersant

However, according to a presidential decree, the ombudsman's duties look somewhat different and lie far beyond the media field. First of all, the commissioner is focused on working with state structures whose activities affect the interests and rights of children.

The decree states that the ombudsman has the right to request information from the federal government, independently or together with relevant structures, check the work of government agencies and officials, and also send them recommendations on restoring the violated rights of a child.

Just dangle on the Cote d'Azur

In the human rights community, they rarely commented on the essence of Astakhov's work, and even more so its compliance with official tasks. But on the other hand, colleagues had claims of an image character. Thus, Seyran Davtyan, a member of the European Ombudsman Institute, criticized the tone of the materials posted on the Ombudsman's website in one of his publications. “Pavel Astakhov rated the region “good with a minus,” Davtyan quoted an April 2011 post on the website regarding the commissioner’s visit to the Pskov region.

“I don’t know what the style of correspondence looks like between the Commissioner for Children’s Rights under the President and the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the regions, but the style of messages posted on the information website of the Presidential Ombudsman testifies to the feeling of superiority of the Ombudsman P. Astakhov over his colleagues,” Davtyan wrote .

In the State Duma Committee on Ethics

Photo: Dmitry Korotaev / Kommersant

Astakhov's attributes of "stardom" were really visible. The 7 Days magazine devoted detailed photo reports to his family. Astakhov complained that “in general, from Moscow”, where they live with their middle son, he does not leave for a long time. “I just dangle almost every weekend here, on the Cote d'Azur, otherwise, I'm afraid, the kid will wean me,” he shared with the magazine. And about the birth of his wife in France, he said that “we really occupied the largest ward in the hospital,” where Angelina Jolie had previously given birth.

“He is a wealthy man, in the past a lawyer, and this personal well-being is directly read in his eyes, in his statements and actions,” political scientist Dmitry Orlov admitted Astakhov’s image features in a conversation with Lenta.ru.

Yevgeny Minchenko notes that Astakhov was kept in this position “for quite a long time”, although there was clearly something to improve in his work. According to the expert, the image component should be taken into account during the next appointment. “Some compassionate middle-aged woman, such as Liza Glinka, for example, would come here,” says Minchenko. “Or you can clone Pamfilova here.”

Instead of Pamfilova, however, Senator Elena Mizulina has already been proposed: according to Irina Chirkova, a member of the Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, a woman must certainly be the children's ombudsman, and Mizulina can appeal to both the ruling party in parliament and executive structures.

Astakhov has no future political career yet, Minchenko is sure. The human rights activist did not make it to the party lists in the elections to the State Duma in time, and in single-mandate constituencies, where one has to meet face to face with the voter, he has little chance. But the political scientist is not worried about the fate of the lawyer: “He is a rich man. It won't disappear."

The dizzying career of Pavel Astakhov sometimes surprises not only those around him, but also the lawyer himself. However, there is no reason to be surprised. Indeed, all his conscious life, Pavel Alekseevich stubbornly strives for excellence in everything - in the lawyer's business, in the political and public field. And, as you know, excellent performance of their duties is the first step to success.

Ancestors of the future lawyer

Perhaps Pavel Alekseevich Astakhov would not have chosen the path of a human rights activist if it were not for his genes. The fact is that the lawyer's paternal great-grandfather was the ataman of the Don Cossacks. Mother's father served as a Chekist and was personally acquainted with the first head of the state security agencies, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky. It is no wonder that Astakhov from childhood inherited a craving for justice and a desire to protect the afflicted. The call of blood is sometimes very difficult to fight.

Parental family of Pavel Astakhov

The future lawyer was born on September 8, 1966 in Moscow, the capital of the USSR. The boy spent his first years in the town of Zelenograd near Moscow.

Pavel's father served as an official in the field of printing, his mother worked in the teaching field.

Astakhov graduated from school in the same native Zelenograd. The guy studied well, was fond of history and adored the stories of his grandfather about his service in the ranks of the OGPU. Having received a secondary education, young Astakhov enters the service of a laborer in the Ostankino television center. There he was overtaken by a summons to the army.

From 1984 to 1986, Pavel Astakhov was a private in the border troops of the USSR. The guy was serving on the Soviet-Finnish border. The energetic young man immediately became a Komsomol activist and often organized all kinds of thematic events.

Since the border troops were under the jurisdiction of the state security committee, the future human rights activist decides after demobilization to enter the Higher School of the KGB.

Studies

After serving in the army, serious changes take place in the biography of Pavel Astakhov. The guy fulfills his intention. I must say that it was not so easy to enter the Higher School of the KGB. There were 40 applicants for one place in the Faculty of Law. Becoming a student, Astakhov plunged headlong into his studies. He was interested in everything - subjects, teachers, a society of classmates. It must be said that the faculty had the glory of "thieves": the children of civil servants studied there (for example, the son of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Estonia and the son of the chairman of the KGB of Azerbaijan).

After studying for five years, Pavel Astakhov begins to practice law. However, soon the human rights activist decided to improve his qualifications and enter the master's program at the University of Pittsburgh (USA). During his studies, the Astakhov family lived in America. In 2002 Astakhov Pavel Alekseevich defended his master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. The knowledge of six languages ​​and the presence of a certificate gave the lawyer the right to represent the interests of his clients in international court hearings.

Carier start

Astakhov's debut as a lawyer was very successful. The young human rights activist managed to win cases against more venerable colleagues. But this was not enough for Paul. Three years later, he creates his own union of human rights defenders. In 2003, the community grew into the Astakhov Bar Association. As a consultant, the lawyer cooperated with the Accounts and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also, the human rights activist for a long time served as an Arbitrator and Brussels judge. The American, Paris and Berlin associations of human rights defenders highly appreciated Astakhov's skill as a consultant.

In mid-1991, Pavel Alekseevich left the structures of the State Security Committee with the rank of lieutenant. In fact, he was transferred to another unit - the so-called "national economy".

The position of legal adviser to the Yaroslavl airline continued Astakhov's career. There he was soon promoted to head of the legal department.

Also, according to Pavel Astakhov himself, in the early 90s of the last century he had a chance to work in Spain.

1994 was marked by Astakhov's admission to the Moscow Bar Association. The entry was accompanied by a personal appeal from Pavel Alekseevich, in which he expressed his desire to serve Russian citizens. The statement did not leave indifferent the other members of the Collegium, who made a unanimous decision to accept the human rights activist into their ranks.

High-profile cases of a lawyer

On the account of Pavel Alekseevich Astakhov there are many high-profile proceedings, many of which the human rights activist won.

The first high-profile case of the young lawyer was to defend the rights of the founders of the "financial pyramid" "Vlastilin" of the Solovyovs. In 1995, several thousand depositors became victims of spouse deception. The lawyer's offer to fully admit his guilt helped the Solovyovs to mitigate the punishment.

The next production was the protection of the spy Edmond Pope, who wanted to get the drawings of a secret object - the Russian high-speed boat Shkval. A feature of the defense speech was that it was written in verse by the lawyer himself. The case was eventually lost, Pope received twenty years in prison, but was pardoned thanks to a petition to Vladimir Putin. After the completion of the case, the directors of one of the Hollywood companies made an offer to the human rights activist to give permission to create the film "The Life Story of Pavel Astakhov." However, the filmmakers received a resounding refusal.

Further, the lawyer accompanied Vladimir Gusinsky in his quest to avoid punishment for embezzlement of more than ten million dollars. The manager of the Media-Most holding, thanks to the efforts of his human rights activist, achieved a mitigation of retribution. After such a triumph, Vladimir Gusinsky and the general director of the NTV channel, Igor Malyshev, offered Astakhov to join the staff. Pavel Alekseevich remained the defender of the managing holding until 2001. Astakhov's teammate was Henry Reznik.

2001 and another case of a lawyer. Now he is defending Sergei Dorenko, a well-known journalist who drove his motorcycle into a pedestrian. The protracted investigation forced Astakhov to refuse to accompany the case.

The human rights activist also appeared in international court hearings. So, in 2003, he addressed an open letter to the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, in which he expressed his desire to defend Saddam Hussein free of charge. However, Astakhov's noble intentions were sharply rejected by the American government, and soon the leader of Iraq was publicly executed.

In addition to politicians, Pavel Alekseevich also protects famous artists. Arkady Ukupnik, Irina Ponarovskaya, Philip Kirkorov, Barry Alibasov, Vladimir Spivakov, Kristina Orbakaite, Alexei Glyzin and many other stars have repeatedly turned to his services.

Political activity

Pavel Alekseevich Astakhov did not limit himself to purely advocacy. In 2007, the human rights activist heads the movement "For Putin!". The second line of the President's reign was ending. The lawyer with all zeal takes part in demonstrations in support of Putin's influence on Russian politics after his departure from the post of head of state. In late autumn, at a meeting of the movement in the city of Tver, the human rights activist was elected the second chairman of the All-Russian Council. The union was called "Initiative groups in support of Putin." The event happened on November 15, 2007. In the early autumn of 2008, Astakhov, despite being non-partisan, was included in the council for coordinating supporters of the United Russia party. The winter of 2007 brought the human rights activist a new appointment. He was elected to the chamber of public groups of the Bryansk region. The appointment was initiated by the Diabetic Union of the Disabled, whose members turned to Astakhov for help. At the new place, the lawyer worked hard and fruitfully. The Commission on Communication, Information Policy and Freedom of Speech included the human rights activist in its ranks. As a lawyer, Astakhov was also a member of the group for organizing expert activities. In the spring of 2008, Pavel Alekseevich was included in the public council under the FSB of Russia. A year later, in 2009, Astakhov is one of the members of the body of the public council of the Central Federal District.

As an ombudsman

In 2009, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Pavel Alekseevich Astakhov to the position of Commissioner for Children's Rights of the Russian Federation. The human rights activist worked in this post for about 6.5 years. For such a short period of time, Astakhov managed to be a state representative in such high-profile cases as the investigation of atrocities in the Izhevsk boarding school, the return to parents of Denis Khoryakov, adopted by citizens of the Dominican Republic, produced by Irina Bergset and Maxim Kuzmin, and others.

In addition, the Ombudsman participated in the adoption of a law banning the adoption of Russian children by American citizens and the discussion of a law to reduce the age of criminal responsibility for children from 14 to 12 years (it is noteworthy that Astakhov opposed the adoption of these norms).

TV projects and other programs

The famous human rights activist did not confine himself to advocacy and political activities. In 2004, the television project "Hour of Judgment" was launched. Pavel Astakhov was invited to the role of host. Wife Svetlana was just starting her way in producing. The show was the first step in her career.

"Hour of Judgment" with Pavel Astakhov went on for nine seasons. At the very beginning, the TV project became a laureate of the All-Russian Legal Prize "Themis". The show dealt with civil cases handled by the famous presenter. All cases were based on real facts sent by viewers. The program "Hour of Judgment" with Pavel Astakhov glorified the human rights activist throughout Russia.

In 2006, the lawyer became the host of the socio-political show "Three Corners with Pavel Astakhov." And in 2009, the human rights activist creates his own television projects, which are called "The Case of Astakhov" and "On Juvenile Affairs." Needless to say, all the shows provided high ratings to the channels they broadcast on?

Family and Children

Pavel Astakhov has been successfully married for a long time. The lawyer's wife Svetlana is a professional psychologist, as well as a mathematician and a PR specialist. In addition, the wife successfully produced her husband's show.

The couple has three sons: the eldest Anton (born in 1988), who graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Oxford University; middle Artem (born in 1992) and younger Arseniy, who was born in 2009. The personal life of Pavel Astakhov, like his career, is very transparent. The wife of a human rights activist is always a reliable support for her husband in all his endeavors. The eldest and middle sons work in the father's government apparatus. The younger Arseniy is still a schoolboy and lives with his parents.

Author of educational literature

  • "I and the state";
  • "Me and family";
  • "Me and the street";
  • "Me and school"

All textbooks of the human rights activist are aimed at considering the problems, first of all, of children and adolescents and their environment.

Writing legal literary works

In addition to textbooks, lawyer Pavel Astakhov has many legal works and monographs to his credit. In them, the author gives weighty advice to both professionals and ordinary people. Astakhov's legal writings include the following:

  • "Counteraction to raider seizures".
  • Directory of a journalist and head of the mass media (founder, publisher, editor-in-chief). All legal aspects of activity.

  • "Great Legal Encyclopedia".
  • In collaboration with V. Kiryanov - "Chief Traffic Inspector and People's Advocate on traffic rules, fines and other topical issues of concern to all motorists in the country."
  • "How to compensate for moral damage and harm caused to health."
  • "Consumer rights. Legal assistance from the pinnacle of lawyer professionalism."
  • Together with A. Parfenchikov - "Debt Pit. Chief Bailiff and People's Advocate on the Enforcement of Court Decisions in Russia".

Novelist lawyer

Among the books of Pavel Astakhov there are also works of art. He writes them himself or in collaboration with his favorite detective - Tatyana Ustinova. Peru lawyer owns such novels as:

  • "Raider";
  • "Mayor";
  • "Spy";
  • "Producer";
  • "Flat";
  • "Raider 2";
  • "Bride";

  • "Volunteer";
  • "Killer";
  • "Net".

The family of a famous lawyer and host of the show "Hour of Judgment" has replenished. The sons of Pavel Astakhov, the eldest Anton and the middle Artem, gave him grandchildren.

“My brother and I almost simultaneously, with a difference of several days, the heirs were born,” Anton Astakhov shared with StarHit. - The phone is bursting with messages and calls from friends, everyone is very happy for us. Dad is also happy: he loves to babysit the kids, even though he doesn’t have as much time as he would like.”

Pavel Alekseevich is still overwhelmed with emotions:

“I feel like a grandfather with many grandchildren, because I have already become one four times! Now the most pleasant chores in the world await me. May all children be healthy and happy.”

Newly made parents have chosen names for the boys. Anton named the child Nikolai, and Artem named Alexander.

Pavel Astakhov has been living with his wife Svetlana for 31 years. It was thanks to her that such programs as “The Hour of Judgment”, “The Astakhov Case” and “Three Corners” came out - she was the general producer of the projects. During many years of advocacy, he defended the interests of many show business artists. So, among his clients were Philip Kirkorov, Kristina Orbakaite, Lada Dance, Arkady Ukupnik, Alena Sviridova, Soso Pavliashvili and others.

For seven years, Pavel Astakhov worked as the Commissioner for Children's Rights under the President of the Russian Federation. Despite the fact that he left the post of his own accord two years ago, he did not stay away from high-profile cases involving minors. Last year, when six-year-old Alyosha Shimko died in Balashikha near Moscow, and the examination showed that the kid was allegedly drunk, the lawyer invited his colleagues to intervene in the case and achieve justice.

“Today, the lawyer of our Collegium, Viktor Danilchenko, accompanied Roman Shimko during the investigation in the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation as part of a criminal case initiated against those who falsified the results of examination of blood samples from baby Alyosha Shimko, who died in an accident. Our petition to recognize the boy's father as a victim has been granted! Thanks to everyone who supports the Shimko Family,” Astakhov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed Pavel Astakhov from the post of commissioner for children's rights. This was reported on the Kremlin website. The text of the decree notes that Astakhov left the post of his own free will.

The President appointed the head of the executive committee of the Penza ONF, Anna Kuznetsova, to the post of children's ombudsman. The report states that before the appointment, Putin had a meeting with Kuznetsova.

"Life is a sacred gift"

Anna Kuznetsova - organizer (since 2008) and curator of the program "Life is a sacred gift" in the Penza region. The program includes activities to reduce abortions and promote traditional family values. The founded Kuznetsov fund "Pokrov" holds a regional competition among antenatal clinics "In defense of life". At the presentation of this competition in 2013, Kuznetsova called on the leaders of these structures to “come out with anti-abortion posters.”

Anna Kuznetsova is 34 years old and has six children. Kuznetsova is the head of the Pokrov charitable foundation, which helps seriously ill children, supports needy, low-income families and children from disadvantaged families, and also promotes the adoption of orphans. This year, the Pokrov Foundation has become one of the operators that distributes presidential grants. Based on the results of four competitions, this year the fund will distribute grants in the amount of 420 million rubles. for projects on consulting, educational support for SONCOs, popularization of the best practices of socially significant projects of NGOs, assistance in increasing the mobility of labor resources and the development of public control mechanisms.

An interlocutor of Vedomosti in the Public Chamber says that at least four candidates were considered for this position, including Elizaveta Glinka, head of the Fair Aid Foundation, Chulpan Khamatova, actress and co-founder of the Give Life Foundation, and head of the Volunteers to Help Children - orphans" Elena Alshanskaya, the President chose Anna Kuznetsova: "This is a fairly obvious candidate, quite accurately falling into the image and set of competencies required for the Commissioner for Children's Rights."

Political scientist Yevgeny Minchenko believes that "Kuznetsova has little chance of being liked by the capital's liberal beau monde." “From the provinces, ONF, six children, they say that she is married to a priest. That is, traditional values, as they are. And for Putin's majority - the most it. Well, the experience of working with children, work in a charitable foundation, a successful performance at the primaries of United Russia speaks in favor of the new children's ombudsman, ”he says.

Political scientist Konstantin Kalachev says that "the photographs show how Kuznetsova impresses the first persons." “She has those qualities that impress the high leadership: smart, charismatic, at the same time modest, loyal, patriotic, socially active. At the same time, her social activity does not go beyond when it is perceived as a challenge, it is absolutely systemic - the ONF, the Pokrov Foundation, participation in the United Russia primaries. Kalachev believes that she will be able to find a common language “with both the patriotic and the liberal public”: “Someone will say about breaking the pattern - the wife of a priest, someone may say that six children can interfere with fulfilling duties. The only thing that the liberal community can blame her for is her relationship with the ONF and United Russia, but there is no other way to make a career these days.”

Astakhov on his Instagram congratulated Kuznetsova on her appointment and wished her God's help. “Anna Kuznetsova has been appointed Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights. This is a very worthy person and a very wise choice of the President. From the bottom of my heart I congratulate Anna Yuryevna and wish her God's Help in this difficult field!” he wrote.

Information that Astakhov wrote a letter of resignation appeared at the end of June. Later, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed his departure, but Astakhov was put on leave until September 8, his 50th birthday.

This decision of the president followed the scandal caused by Astakhov's question to teenage girls who survived after the tragedy at Syamozero: "Well, how did you swim?" As a result of the incident, 14 children died. A petition was posted on Change.org demanding Astakhov's resignation.

The media also reported that the Kremlin had claims against the Ombudsman for Combating Corruption, in particular, it was about a conflict of interest because of his son's business. According to SPARK-Interfax, Anton Astakhov is the owner of 8.48% of the Regional Development Bank (RBR, license revoked on November 10, 2015), 9.65% of Zerich Bank (license revoked on February 26, 2016) and 9 % Anchor Savings Bank. In addition, he is associated with several legal entities, including the Pavel Astakhov Legal Center. Izvestia wrote that in 2014 the RBR “began to serve the office of the Ombudsman for Children, accumulating donations to families with children in the south-east of Ukraine, and also to keep accounts of the Sevastopol treasury.”

Pavel Astakhov has been in office since 2009. He opposed the lessons of sexual education in schools, supported the adoption of the “Dima Yakovlev law”, and spoke in favor of abandoning the moratorium on the death penalty.