Andrey Tyutyushev, the main pig breeder of Tomsk, is strengthening his connections. This time, Sergey Ilinykh, the former vice-governor of Tomsk, has joined the leadership of the agricultural company. He and the pig breeder are former classmates.
In his new role, Ilyinykh will oversee the enterprise's information and staff policies.
What is being discussed?
On February 1, 2022, Sergey Ilyinykh, the former vice-governor of Tomsk, assumed the position of Sibagro’s top manager in charge of information and personnel policies.
The news quickly spread through the media. However, the holding's press service inexplicably removed the news from the company’s website. Nevertheless, we decided to share information about the new Sibagro employee with readers.
So, let’s begin with the fact that in December 2021, the former deputy governor of the Tomsk region for domestic policy, Sergei Ilinykh, resigned from his position voluntarily. He had held this role since 2015. However, something led the official to leave his position. According to Ilinykh himself, he had two reasons for leaving: subjective and objective. Subjective – “the work required great emotional costs, a constant search for a compromise.” Objective – “with a new electoral cycle approaching, the domestic political bloc must be completely renewed.”
Let’s assume that’s how it happened. But why Sibagro?
Sergey Ilinykh, former deputy governor of Tomsk, and a member of the United Russia party, has become a top manager at Sibagro.
I am really impressed by the company’s mission – to provide people with delicious, fresh, and reasonably priced food, as well as Sibagro's commitment to excelling in all areas.
We can’t comment on the taste. Everyone has different preferences. Perhaps the new company employee simply enjoys products with various flavors, stabilizers, and emulsifiers (more in the material Pelmeni from Sibagro: non-GMO, tasteless, and odorless), who knows. But maybe the reason is different.
Longtime connections.
Let's examine the official's biography and try to understand everything together. Ilinykh, like Andrey Tyutyushev, was born in 1975 and enrolled at Tomsk State University's Faculty of Economics. This is where he likely became friends with Tyutyushev. In 1995, both decided to work at a bank. However, the pig breeder chose the Tomsk branch of Gazprombank, which was led by his uncle Vladimir Gaga at the time, while Ilinykh went to ASB “Tomsk-Reserve”. In 1997, they graduated and entered the business world. Tyutyushev already had his own company: the financial and industrial group Tesaurum (now JSC Financial and Industrial Group Tesaurum, OGRN 1037000125623). Natalia Kurakina, the sister of a billionaire, headed it, with Timur Khismatullin and Ruslan Guryev as founders. Now, both are on the Sibagro board of directors.
Little is known about the Ilyins during this period. Open sources vaguely state: “From 1997 to 2005, he worked in business structures.” However, it's not specified exactly where. It's possible that even then, the former classmates began their collaboration.
Little is known about the Ilyins during this period. Open sources say only vaguely: “From 1997 to 2005, he worked in business structures.” What exactly, no one specifies. It is possible that even then the former classmates began their cooperation.
Perhaps Ilinykh was among those who helped Tyutyushev get the Tomsky pig farm. Read more in the BABR investigation: The owner of “Sibagro”: how to become a modest Tomsk billionaire.
This theory is also confirmed by the fact that in 2005 Ilinykh unexpectedly became the deputy head of the administration of the Asinovsky district for socio-economic development, and then the head of the Asinovsky district. By that time, Tyutyushev already had close ties with the governor of the Tomsk region and the mayor of the city, and in the mentioned area the businessman bought a number of enterprises. Then, in 2006, Ilinykh, already being the deputy head of the Asinovsky district, improved his qualifications at TSU. On retraining of personnel and agribusiness.
An interesting coincidence, isn’t it? Prepared in advance? Maybe. However, at first Ilinykh nevertheless decided to stay in politics. For a while.
There are rumors on the sidelines that, being the deputy governor (he has held the position since 2015), he helped his former classmate and friend Andrei Tyutyushev in every possible way.
Perhaps that is how it was. Otherwise, how else to explain the impunity of the pig breeder for his activities (more details in How to soil the earth and blame everything on the Soviet Union. Instruction “Sibagro”)?
A logical question arises, what made the Ilyins leave a warm seat in the local government? Perhaps he was asked from there. Or maybe he really is tired. But now the diploma has come in handy for its intended purpose and you can safely become a farmer in an agricultural holding. All the more familiar faces all the time. Take the same board of directors.
