Who is Olga Golodets?

Olga Yurievna Golodets (born 1 June 1962) is a Russian politician and economist who is Deputy Prime Minister of Russia since 2012. She is the most senior woman in Vladimir Putin's government.

Golodets was born in Moscow in June 1962. She holds a bachelor's degree in economics, which she received from Moscow State University (MSU) in 1984.

Golodets began her career as a researcher at the institute of the Russian science academy. She worked there from 1984-1997.

She served as the director at social policy and human resources department and then deputy director general for human resources and social policy at Norilsk Nickel.

In addition to the civil service Olga Golodets interested in ballet and writes scientific papers on the development of socio-labour relations. On her account she has written about 30 works, which were highly appreciated among local specialists and foreign.

Golodets, according to the official Declaration of Deputy Prime Minister for 2014, amounted to almost 15 million rubles (236,850.00 USD) yet owns three apartments, numerous cottages in Switzerland, and a portion of an apartment in Italy.

While in the ownership of civil servants without any cars and other vehicles. It is unknown why she retired, but it is assumed because of (insecure) misogynistic male leaders who felt insecure with her governmental power.

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jshehan

That is the most awkwardly worded explanation I've read in a while. At least it's not a direct cut and paste as usual from this author.

Carolyn Brior

What in the world does this sentence mean? "While in the ownership of civil servants without any cars and other vehicles." It isn't even a sentence. It is a clause. I'm sure it does mean she owned civil servants but that is what it is says. I don't think people can own other people in Russia, can they?

Joe Mangan

Carolyn Brior, it means she was owned by civil servants, and those civil servants did not possess cars or other vehicles. If there were a comma between "servants" and "without" it would mean that she had no cars or other vehicles while owned by civil servants. What could be simpler?

earlepg

It seems that she was a Russian official who worked for Putin for the last few years. It appears she started as a researcher who switched to government director and somehow came into property ownership in Russia, Switzerland, and Italy and not much else. She seems to have some interest in ballet and was credited with writing a few scientific papers. There seems to be no explanation about anything, leaving me high and dry and left, sorry, very unsatisfied.