Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pankov (Russian: Николай Александрович Панков; born on 2 December 1954) is a former Russian military officer who was the State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation between 13 September 2005 and 17 June 2024. He is the General of the Reserve Army. He is a 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation, promoted in 2011. He is a PhD in law, associate professor.[1]
Nikolay Pankov | |
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Николай Панков | |
 Official portrait, 2014 | |
| State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Defence | |
| In office 13 September 2005 – 17 June 2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Office cancelled |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pankov 2 December 1954 Marino, Kostroma Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Since 6 October 2022, for supporting the Russian military aggression against Ukraine, he has been under sanctions from all countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada, and a number of other countries.[2][3][4]
Duties
editBy position, carries out general management of the Military University, the Military Institute of Physical Culture and a number of pre-university educational institutions of the Russian Ministry of Defense.[5]
Since 15 April 2015, he has been the head of the supervisory board of the Central Sports Club of the Army. From 2015 to 2018, he oversaw the Young Army Cadets National Movement.[6]
Criticism and identified violations
editUnder Pankov's leadership, 40 higher military universities were reduced, and the main blow was dealt to those of them that trained the most high-tech personnel for the Russian army. At the same time, the teaching staff of military universities was reduced by 7 times. The main motive for such a reorganization of military education is the release of buildings belonging to military universities and their sale to affiliated structures.[7]
Under his leadership, 200,000 officers were dismissed from the army. This reduction in the personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, tentatively, cost the state 1.65 trillion rubles.[8]
Pankov played a key role in the Serdyukov dacha scandal near Anapa. He came to Anapa, where he convinced city deputies to transfer to the Ministry of Defense a site at the address Krasnodar Territory, allegedly for the construction of a radar station. The deputies allocated the land, but instead of the radar station, a 600 m2 residential building with a swimming pool and a boathouse for yachts was built.[9]
In December 2012, he signed an act on the implementation of all work on the move on a turnkey basis. The Main Military Investigation Department found out that a significant part of the payment was made on the basis of fictitious reporting documents. Pankov signed the turnkey work acceptance certificate, although the work was almost half completed, without his signature the criminals could not have access to the money. At the stage of the investigation, it was found out that by these actions the state suffered damage in the amount of more than 400 million rubles.[10] The participants in the scam received real prison terms, Pankov was not convicted, despite the fact that the defendants called him a key participant in the scam, but he was obliged to reimburse about 600 million rubles, as the court established as a result of the proceedings.[11]
Family
editHe is married, and has a son and a daughter.
References
edit- ^ "Панков Николай Александрович : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". structure.mil.ru. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2015-11-26.
- ^ "Канада вводит санкции против 14 россиян и 34 организаций из России. В списке связанные с Пригожиным компании". Настоящее Время (in Russian). 11 April 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- ^ "ПАНКОВ Николай Александрович - биография, досье, активы". Война и санкции (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ Расторгуев, Газманов и Чичерина включены в санкции ЕС против России
- ^ "Карта сайтов образовательных организаций — Военная академия генерального штаба Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
- ^ "Наблюдательный совет ЦСКА возглавил статс-секретарь — заместитель Министра обороны Николай Панков : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
- ^ "«Генерал армии Панков — "левая рука" Сердюкова» от 29.01.2013 The Moscow Post". Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ ""Статс-секретарь Панков — "чёрная дыра" российского бюджета"". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ ""Кабинетный генерал Панков — бомба под министра Шойгу?» от 12.11.2012 г. Электронная газета «ВЕК"". Archived from the original on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-01-06.
- ^ "«Главный кадровик Сердюкова в действии» от 20.05.2013 The Moscow Post". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-26.
- ^ "«Проданная честь» от 05.04.2016 информационное агентство Stringer". Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2016-12-26.