Alexander Cherevko sales representative biography. The Netherlands is the largest foreign trade partner of the Russian Federation

Alexander Cherevko was born in 1959.

After serving in the army, he led the student detachment of the Tomsk Regional Committee of the Komsomol, worked at the TNTs SB AS USSR, then at various leadership positions large Tomsk enterprises.

In 2000 he was appointed head of the representative office Tomsk region under the Government of the Russian Federation,

in 2011 - Deputy Director of the Department of Europe of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Since January 2012, he has been in charge of the trade mission of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands.

The building of the Russian embassy is located in the center of Amsterdam - on Museum Square, opposite the Van Gogh Museum. Previously, this building belonged to the family of a famous jeweler of Jewish origin. During the Second World War, the family was repressed, having disappeared in a concentration camp. The building itself was used as a guest house by the Gestapo, and in 1945 it was donated to the Soviet Union.

The career of Alexander Cherevko from Tomsk can be called dizzying: in the 1990s, he confidently walked along career ladder in the region, since 2000 he headed the representative office of the Tomsk region under the Government of the Russian Federation, then headed the Department of Europe in the Ministry of Economic Development, and now heads the trade mission of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. “I am not a politician, but a manager,” says Cherevko about his mission.

Personnel reserve from Tomsk

When the personnel commission at the Ministry of Economic Development considered candidates for the post of trade representative of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands, belonging to Tomsk became a trump card for Cherevko. The main task of the trade mission is to attract investments to the regions of the Russian Federation and promote Russian projects in the Netherlands, primarily innovative ones. And the commission took into account the fact that Alexander Nikolayevich knows the region well, where there is a SEZ, an innovative development strategy, successful experience work with investors.

Cherevko himself has a successful experience of working with investors. For example, the appearance of the Metro company in our region is largely his merit.

- The appearance of the Metro in Tomsk is the result of long joint negotiations, the ability to seek compromises and make mutually beneficial decisions (there was a hitch with the site: the city took a long time to select a site, the company was determined even longer. - Ed.), - says Alexander Cherevko. - I note that the Tomsk City Hall has every opportunity to active work to attract foreign investors. With support from the Governor and the federal government, more high level I think that the city will be able to implement many projects in the coming years. For my part, I will try to make both Dutch and European companies that have their representative offices and subsidiaries in Holland see Tomsk as a worthy partner.

The mission of the trade representative

“The Trade Mission of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands is, in fact, a representative office of Russian regions, small and medium-sized businesses of Russia in this country,” explains Alexander Cherevko. - And my main task is to help find partners for the development of cooperation. In the spring of 2012, meetings were held with several regional delegations: from Buryatia, Nizhny Novgorod, Belgorod and Kaluga regions. In general, we proceed from the fact that Moscow and St. Petersburg will manage without us, as well as large companies: Gazprom, Lukoil, Transneft - all of them have the opportunity to work through their representative offices. Small and medium businesses do not have this opportunity. We independently look for contacts, invite partners and negotiate directly.

Why is the Netherlands, a small European country, so interested in Russia in terms of developing business ties? Alexander Cherevko gives a few figures as an example:

- At the end of last year, the trade turnover between the Netherlands and Russia amounted to 68.5 billion dollars. According to this indicator, the Netherlands ranks third, behind China and Germany. The volume of accumulated investments of the Netherlands in the Russian Federation amounted to 49.1 billion dollars, and according to this indicator, the kingdom holds the second place after offshore Cyprus. The total volume of accumulated direct investments at the end of 2011 was $23.3 billion. The Dutch side honestly admits that the share of Dutch companies in trade and investments is only 10-15%. The rest is the share of other European countries trading with Russia through subsidiaries of their companies located in Holland and investments of Russian companies located in Holland. Why in Holland? Yes, because administration is more profitable here, it is more profitable to pay taxes and do business from the point of view of state support, in terms of logistics, etc. Today, the whole of Europe trades and invests with Russia through Holland.

The staff of the trade representative office, according to Cherevko, has now focused its work on three areas of development.

- The first is the implementation of the agreement between the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on the creation of a mechanism for co-financing and co-investment of Dutch investment projects on the territory of the Russian Federation and Russian projects on the territory of the Netherlands. The second is the development of regional cooperation. The third direction is the implementation of the joint Russian-Dutch statement made in May last year by Deputy Prime Ministers Zubkov and Verhagen on developing partnerships for modernization. We focus our work on comparing Russian technology platforms with innovation clusters in the Netherlands. Currently, about 30 of them have already been approved, and there is a purely Tomsk one - "Medicine of the Future". It would also be interesting for us to identify a list of all projects that we would like to implement and Russian companies, and Dutch. Moreover, these projects could receive co-financing from VEB and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. $2 billion has been reserved for the implementation of such projects.

Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin told TASS that the trade representative was hospitalized in early August. In the course of treatment, complications appeared associated with the underlying disease diagnosed in him. Alexander Cherevko's condition worsened, and about ten days ago he was transferred to the intensive care unit and connected to life support machines. The situation was consistently dire until September 12, when the Dutch doctors said they saw no further prospects in the fight for the patient's life, and announced their intention to take him off life support systems on September 13.

Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin and employees of the Ministry express their deep and sincere condolences to the families and friends of Russia's Trade Representative in the Netherlands Alexander Cherevko on his untimely death.
Alexander Nikolaevich Cherevko is a professional, economist and diplomat, a true patriot of Russia. Thanks to his active participation, the development of Russian-Dutch trade and economic relations has reached a new qualitative level. For your long labor path he always solved the assigned tasks with honor, was a real example for colleagues and subordinates.
This is how Alexander Cherevko will be remembered by everyone who knew, appreciated and respected this wonderful person.
Information about the place and time of farewell to him will be announced later.

According to a Gazeta.Ru source in diplomatic circles, the late trade representative had an oncological disease.

Alexander Cherevko was hospitalized in Amsterdam in early August, during treatment he developed complications associated with the underlying disease, the Russian ambassador to the Netherlands explained.

10 days ago, his condition worsened, he was transferred to the intensive care unit and connected to life support machines.

On September 13, Dutch doctors considered the fight for the life of the Russian trade representative futile and decided to disconnect him from life support systems. The Russian side did not agree with this decision.

The Netherlands ranks second in the world and first in Europe among the countries with which Russia has the largest volume of trade.

According to the Ministry of Economic Development, in January-July 2017, the volume of Russian-Dutch trade increased by 26.2% compared to the same period in 2016 and amounted to $23.1 billion. At the same time, Russian exports amounted to $20.9 billion, and imports - $ 2.2 billion. Russia exports to the Netherlands mainly fuel and energy products, metals and products from them, products chemical industry. The structure of imports is formed by: machinery, equipment and vehicles- 46.2%, chemical products - 28%, foodstuffs and agricultural raw materials - 16.1%. The positive balance of Russia in trade with the Netherlands in January-July 2017 amounted to $18.7 billion.

Participates in Gazprom's Nord Stream 2 project.

In the summer of 2015, Shell and Gazprom signed a memorandum on the construction of the third technological line of the Sakhalin-2 liquefied gas plant. The Dutch gas transportation company Gasunie is actively working with Nord Stream and participating in other projects in the Russian Federation. is one of the largest suppliers of oil and oil products to the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp region, and also has a network of its gas stations in the country.

“Dutch business is actively working in Russia. Almost all companies that were on the market earlier (before the imposition of sanctions), especially large ones, continue their activities: Shell, Unilever, Phillips, Heineken, FrieslandCampina, DSM, AkzoNobel,” Katyrin emphasized.

Dutch companies are present in many Russian regions, including Moscow, Vologda region, St. Petersburg, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tolyatti, Tatarstan and others. Companies from the Netherlands also worked in Crimea while the peninsula was Ukrainian. Cherenko himself has previously expressed the view that Dutch companies in the forefront will return to the region as soon as the sanctions are lifted.

Legislative practice in providing economic activity in the Netherlands is traditionally liberal, and the Dutch support this brand, often arguing with European bureaucrats - and not only about Russia, notes political scientist, director of the Institute of Recent States Alexei Martynov.

“Between Russia and Holland, both trade and technological exchange are quite highly developed.

This is just an illustration of the fact that money loves silence: where things are done, there is never a hype.

We do not often see any negative news about the Netherlands, it is not often mentioned in our information flow and agenda. There are several offshore zones, many companies are registered famous brands, including Russian ones, who develop technologies,” the expert said.

Died in Moscow Sales Representative Russian Federation in the Netherlands Alexander Cherevko, who was urgently transported by a special aircraft in serious condition from an Amsterdam hospital to a Moscow one, after the Dutch doctors decided to disconnect him from life support systems. The death was confirmed to TASS on Friday, September 15, by the wife of the diplomat and the press service of the Ministry of Economic Development. He became the ninth Russian diplomat to die since November last year.

"The Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation Maxim Oreshkin and employees of the ministry express their deep and sincere condolences to the families and friends of Russia's trade representative in the Netherlands Alexander Cherevko in connection with his untimely death," the ministry said.

Petr Polshnikov, who once worked in the Latin American department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, was found in December 2016 with a gunshot wound to the head in an apartment on Balaklavsky Prospekt in southern Moscow. The Foreign Ministry said that this was an accident not related to the official activities of the deceased.

These two deaths were the most suspicious to The Washington Post.

In December, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkey was killed Andrey Karlov. During the opening of the exhibition in the center contemporary art he was shot several times in the back by ex-policeman Mevlut Altintash.

In the same month, he was found dead in Ust-Kamenogorsk Roman Skrylnikov, temporary employee Russian consulate in Kazakhstan, the official cause of death is a heart attack. However, the diplomatic mission specified that the deceased was not a diplomat and that he was sent to the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in this administrative center of the East Kazakhstan region.

In addition, a 61-year-old was found dead in his car in Moscow in December. Oleg Erovinkin, head of one of the departments of Rosneft, the former head of the KGB, who, according to some suspicions, helped compile the dossier on Trump. He died of a heart attack.

In January, a 55-year-old Russian consul in Greece was found dead. Andrey Malanin cause of death is a heart attack. In the same month, at the age of 68, the Russian ambassador to India died in New Delhi. Alexander Kadakin.

In February, Russia's permanent representative to the UN died in New York. Vitaly Churkin.

Russia's ambassador to Sudan died in August Mirgayas Shirinsky. Usually during this period in Khartoum the temperature exceeds 38 degrees Celsius, and Shirinsky was 62 years old. Colleagues of the diplomat told reporters that he had problems with high blood pressure.

"In a world where Russian government regularly accused of killing enemies with exotic poisons, amateur sleuths are quick to suspect, with no evidence, that anyone is hitting back. And since there is very little information about the deceased, it is very easy to build conspiracy theories. Who were they - diplomats or spies? Faithful servants of the Kremlin or traitors? Where facts are in short supply, theories are in abundance,” writes Anna Nemtsova, author of The Daily Beast.

According to The Washington Post, Shirinsky was the seventh diplomat to die since November, and none of them died after a long illness (actually - the eighth, Alexander Kadakin was not included in the calculation - possibly because he died "after a short illness" ). This fuels conspiracy theories and one of America's favorite plot moves - "a contract killing by the Russians."

"There are just so many strange coincidences in the world," expert Rolf Mowett-Larssen, who served in the CIA for 23 years, told the newspaper. "For all that, I believe that this story requires a deeper investigation."

“Undoubtedly, Putin operates outside the rule of law. Even if we talk about history, Russian employees would be forced to disappear if they were compromised by "moles" from the American establishment. I'm not saying that's exactly what's happening to these diplomats, but if it were true, it would be a colossal story,” Mowatt-Larssen said. - Even in the Russian context, the elimination of diplomats is a rarity. However, Putin may like the fact that diplomats are afraid of him - he probably finds it quite convenient.

, Kalininsky district , Krasnodar region, RSFSR, the USSR- September 15, 2017, Moscow, the Russian Federation) - Russian statesman, official Trade Representative Russian Federation in Netherlands. In the 1970s - 1980s - one of the Komsomol leaders of the Tomsk region (including in the movement MTR, then in the regional committee Komsomol), in 2000-2011. - one of the heads of the Administration of the Tomsk region in the position of vice-governor.

Biography

Alexander Cherevko was born and raised in Cossack family in Krasnodar Territory. After graduating with honors from a local secondary school, he left for Siberia and entered Tomsk State University, where in 1981 he graduated from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetics of TSU. As a student I took Active participation in the movement of student construction teams of the Tomsk region, the commander of the MTR of the university, a member of the Komsomol Committee of TSU and, since 1978, a member of the headquarters of the MTR of the Tomsk region under the regional committee of the Komsomol.

In 1981-1983 - service in Armed forces of the USSR.

Since 2011 A.N. Cherevko worked in Government of the Russian Federation. He was appointed Deputy Director of the Department of Europe within the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. In this position, he became the initiator and developer of a number of international projects for Tomsk, among which is the well-known project "Medicine of the Future".

Since January 2012, he was transferred to economic and diplomatic work - he was appointed to the post of Trade Representative of our country in Netherlands (Amsterdam). In this position, in addition to all his main work, he self-initially took a number of steps to develop scientific, innovative and educational cooperation between universities and research institutes in Holland and Tomsk. None of the numerous Tomsk delegations traveling or working in the Netherlands was left without attention, care, help and simple Russian hospitality from A.N. Cherevko. Many residents of Tomsk have managed to obtain diplomas or professional certificates by undergoing training, advanced training or internships in this country.

disease oncology struck the Tomsk international specialist suddenly. The first hospitalization and a disappointing diagnosis occurred in January 2017. A sharp progression of the disease began in April, in July A.N. Cherevko was hospitalized in a Dutch clinic for urgent treatment.

In September, Alexander Cherevko's condition deteriorated significantly, he was transferred to the intensive care unit. After September 10, Western European doctors refused to continue treatment due to hopelessness. On September 14, the Government of the Russian Federation conducts an evacuation to Moscow by a special aircraft Ministry of Emergency Situations. However, in a Moscow clinic, without regaining consciousness, Alexander Cherevko died on September 16, 2017.

The news of death was sudden and unexpected for many friends in Tomsk: in June and July it was full of plans and promising projects for the future...

The career of Alexander Cherevko from Tomsk can be called dizzying: in the 1990s he confidently walked up the career ladder in the region, since 2000 he headed the representative office of the Tomsk region under the Government of the Russian Federation, then headed the Department of Europe at the Ministry of Economic Development, and now heads the trade mission of the Russian Federation in the Kingdom of the Netherlands . “I am not a politician, but a manager,” says Cherevko about his mission.

Personnel reserve from Tomsk

When the personnel commission at the Ministry of Economic Development considered candidates for the post of trade representative of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands, belonging to Tomsk became a trump card for Cherevko. The main task of the trade mission is to attract investments to the regions of the Russian Federation and promote Russian projects in the Netherlands, primarily innovative ones. And the commission took into account the fact that Alexander Nikolayevich is well aware of the region where there is a SEZ, an innovative development strategy, and successful experience in working with investors.

“We have known the Governor of the Tomsk Region Sergey Zhvachkin for a long time. There was a period of my life when I worked at VNK, I saw how a gas program was created on the Tomsk land. The key person in the project then was Sergey Zhvachkin. It was he, with the support of Rem Vyakhirev, Leonid Filimonov and Victor Kress, who played the main role in the implementation of this program. I think that the Tomsk region is very lucky, because all the best that has already been accumulated over the years of its existence (and there are two historical figures - these are Yegor Ligachev and Viktor Kress) will now be continued by a very successful manager, authoritative leader and honorary citizen of the Tomsk region Sergei Zhvachkin.

Cherevko himself has a successful experience of working with investors. For example, the appearance of the Metro company in our region is largely his merit.

- The appearance of the Metro in Tomsk is the result of long joint negotiations, the ability to seek compromises and make mutually beneficial decisions (there was a hitch with the site: the city took a long time to select a site, the company was determined even longer. - Ed.), - says Alexander Cherevko. – I would like to note that Tomsk City Hall has every opportunity to work actively to attract foreign investors. With the support of the governor and higher-level federal authorities, I think that the city will be able to implement many projects in the coming years. For my part, I will try to make both Dutch and European companies that have their representative offices and subsidiaries in Holland see Tomsk as a worthy partner.

The mission of the trade representative

“The Trade Mission of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands is, in fact, a representative office of Russian regions, small and medium-sized businesses of Russia in this country,” explains Alexander Cherevko. - And my main task is to help find partners for the development of cooperation. In the spring of 2012, meetings were held with several regional delegations from Buryatia, Nizhny Novgorod, Belgorod and Kaluga regions. In general, we proceed from the fact that Moscow and St. Petersburg will manage without us, however, as well as large companies: Gazprom, Lukoil, Transneft - all of them have the opportunity to work through their representative offices. Small and medium businesses do not have this opportunity. We independently look for contacts, invite partners and negotiate directly.

Why is the Netherlands, a small European country, so interested in Russia in terms of developing business ties? Alexander Cherevko gives a few figures as an example:

“In connection with the move, I managed to improve my English, I speak German (although sometimes I look into the dictionary), I actively study Dutch, setting the goal of speaking in Dutch at a meeting of the Great Industrial Club in Amsterdam.”

- At the end of last year, the trade turnover between the Netherlands and Russia amounted to 68.5 billion dollars. According to this indicator, the Netherlands ranks third, behind China and Germany. The volume of accumulated investments of the Netherlands in the Russian Federation amounted to 49.1 billion dollars, and according to this indicator, the kingdom holds the second place after offshore Cyprus. The total volume of accumulated direct investments at the end of 2011 was $23.3 billion. The Dutch side honestly admits that the share of Dutch companies in trade and investments is only 10-15%. The rest is the share of other European countries trading with Russia through subsidiaries of their companies located in Holland and investments of Russian companies located in Holland. Why in Holland? Yes, because administration is more profitable here, it is more profitable to pay taxes and do business in terms of state support, in terms of logistics, etc. Today, the whole of Europe trades and invests with Russia through Holland.

The staff of the trade representative office, according to Cherevko, has now focused its work on three areas of development.

- The first is the implementation of the agreement between the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation and the Prime Minister of the Netherlands on the creation of a mechanism for co-financing and co-investment of Dutch investment projects in the Russian Federation and Russian projects in the Netherlands. The second is the development of regional cooperation. The third direction is the implementation of the joint Russian-Dutch statement made in May last year by Deputy Prime Ministers Zubkov and Verhagen on developing partnerships for modernization. We focus our work on comparing Russian technology platforms with innovation clusters in the Netherlands. Currently, about 30 of them have already been approved, and there is a purely Tomsk one - "Medicine of the Future". It would also be interesting for us to identify a list of all projects that both Russian and Dutch companies would like to implement. Moreover, these projects could receive co-financing from VEB and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. $2 billion has been reserved for the implementation of such projects.

Time to move forward

Tomsk projects can also participate in receiving funds from this reserve fund, says Alexander Cherevko.

“The contract for work in the trade mission was signed for 3 years, if there is an opportunity to extend it for another couple of years, I will definitely use it. But, as a rule, it is not customary to work in one country for more than 5 years.”

– And to a certain extent this will be an indicator of the maturity of the innovative sector of the economy of the Tomsk region. And it will be clear for ourselves how realistically we are ready to present projects for financing at the Russian-European level. I want to say that now is the most favorable moment for promoting investment projects: the trade mission is open to everyone, and for Tomsk residents - 24 hours a day.

Recently, by the way, the Netherlands received the general director of the Tomsk SEZ, Alexei Baryshev. Interesting negotiations were held with representatives of the Delta group of companies (working with Gazprom on the development of the Yamal Peninsula, the shelf of the Arctic Ocean for oil and gas production), Philips and DSM. Philips is exploring the possibility of implementing a radiation medicine project in the Tomsk SEZ, DSM is a plant for the production of biofuel, second-generation biotonal (from waste Agriculture and sawmilling).

The material was prepared with the assistance of Irina Gorina, deputy head of the TO representative office in Moscow

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Alexander Cherevko was born in 1959. After serving in the army, he led the student team of the Tomsk regional committee of the Komsomol, worked at the TNTs SB AS USSR, then in various management positions of large Tomsk enterprises.

In 2000 he was appointed head of the representative office of the Tomsk region under the Government of the Russian Federation, in 2011 - deputy director of the Department of Europe of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. Since January 2012, he has been in charge of the trade mission of the Russian Federation in the Netherlands.

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