In 1990 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Military Command School of Communications named after Marshal of the Soviet Union M.V. Zakharov, in 1998 - the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law, in 2000 - the State Academy of Management, in 2005 - the Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Studies qualifications of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Candidate of Economic Sciences.
In 1986–1995, he served in command positions in the Airborne Forces and the KGB troops of the USSR, and took part in combat operations.
From 1995 to 1998, he headed the Antey Corporation CJSC in Moscow.
In 1998–1999 – First Vice President of OJSC Russian Trade and Industrial Company Rosmyasomoltorg.
1999 – January 2000 – First Deputy General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise “Federal Agency for Regulation of the Food Market” under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Russia.
January 2000 – December 2000 – Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region.
January 2001 – November 2002 – First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Ivanovo Region, Head of the Representative Office of the Administration of the Ivanovo Region to the Government of the Russian Federation.
November 2002 – February 2003 – Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic.
February 2003 – December 2003 – Assistant Director of the Border Service of the FSB of Russia, Assistant Minister economic development and trade Russian Federation.
In 2003–2011 – deputy of the State Duma Federal Assembly RF. Member of the faction " United Russia", Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense.
Since December 15, 2011 - Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Volga Federal District.
On December 29, 2011, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1709, he was appointed chairman State Commission on chemical disarmament.
Since January 19, 2012, he has been an active state adviser of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
Awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, Order of Honor, Order of Friendship, Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree, medals “For Courage”, “For Distinction in Military Service”, “For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth”, “In Memory of 850th anniversary of Moscow", a certificate of honor from the President of the Russian Federation, a certificate of honor from the government of the Russian Federation, and a personalized weapon.
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Representative of the Volga Federal District Mikhail Babich has made a good political career by today's standards. However, judging by media reports, he is not very happy with his position and would like to take a higher position. So they had already predicted the position of ambassador to Ukraine instead of Mikhail Zurabov, who was relieved of his post by Vladimir Putin. But the Ukrainian side opposed this appointment, taking into account some details from the politician’s biography.
It also didn’t work out to become an ambassador from Russia to warm Turkey, but Mikhail Babich was named one of the candidates for this position. However, the Kremlin categorically denied this information. Now, according to new information, Mikhail Babich may leave the post of presidential envoy in the Volga Federal District and head Federal service bailiffs (FSSP). However, there is constant talk about various possible government “relocations” of Babich.
Biography of Mikhail Babich
The future politician was born on May 28, 1969 in Ryazan. His father was a paratrooper officer, and little Misha dreamed of following in his parent’s footsteps, but after school he was not accepted into the Ryazan Airborne School for health reasons. The young man applied to the communications school and successfully graduated, after which he nevertheless joined the ranks of the Airborne Forces.
According to the official version of the biography, Mikhail Viktorovich Babich took part in the fighting in Chechnya. He served in the army until 1994 and retired with the rank of colonel. Later, already a statesman, Babich received a legal education in Moscow and studied at the State Academy of Management.
Returning to civilian life, the former colonel went into business. After 4 years, he already managed three companies, among which was the famous Rosmyasomoltorg, which supplied food Russian army. The name of this company is associated with a scandal that led to the initiation of a criminal case.
The company's management was accused of embezzling 2 billion rubles, proceeds from a program for the sale of humanitarian aid from the United States. Mikhail Babich, who received the nickname “Butcher” from the media during the proceedings, denied guilt and claimed that the case was fabricated by competitors. As a result, the head of one of the intermediary firms, Dmitry Ilyasov, was found guilty.
Politician Mikhail Babich
In the late 90s, Mikhail Viktorovich Babich joined the ranks of government officials, receiving the position of deputy unitary enterprise for regulating food markets in Moscow. He worked there until 2000, after which he became part of Boris Gromov’s election headquarters, where he resolved financial issues.
When Gromov won the elections, Mikhail Babich became deputy chairman of the Moscow region government. Six months later, he was accused of gross violation of labor standards and fired. Babich had to be reinstated in his position through the court, but having proven he was right, he immediately wrote a letter of resignation.
After his dismissal, Mikhail Viktorovich Babich moved to the Ivanovo region, where he received the post of vice-governor in the local administration. The head of the region, Vladimir Tikhonov, reacted favorably to the new Moscow specialist, noting Babich’s excellent economic thinking and his ability to attract money, but there were also those who did not like this appointment: they accused the vice-governor of pursuing personal interests and being overly harsh in his treatment of opponents.
The two-year stay in the new position was also not without scandals. The first of them flared up when Mikhail Babich supported the purchase of shares in a local distillery by a large alcohol company, and the second when it became clear how much money was being spent on maintaining the residence of the Ivanovo region in Moscow (the amount of 5 million rubles was huge for the local budget).
If in the first case the prosecutor's office did not find anything illegal in the actions of the official, then the second case almost ended in arrest. The governor stood up for his subordinate and filed a complaint with Vladimir Putin, after which Babich was excluded from the list of suspects.
Chechnya
In November 2002, Mikhail Viktorovich moved to Chechnya and headed the new government there. The appointment of a Russian official to this post was explained by the need to soften contradictions within the republic. He stayed in this position for just over a year and wrote a letter of resignation. According to the Izvestia portal, the reason was a conflict with Akhmat Kadyrov. After this, Babich took the post of assistant to German Gref and was elected to the State Duma under the United Russia quota.
In 2011, Vladimir Putin appointed him as his representative in the Volga Federal District. Mikhail Babich served as plenipotentiary representative for 7 years. It was the solid political weight of the former colonel that ultimately helped resolve internal conflicts in the leadership of the Nizhny Novgorod region, which ended with the resignation of Governor Oleg Sorokin.
General's Sponsor
But Babich’s irrepressible character did not allow him to calmly enjoy his deputy mandate. As soon as it was announced that instead of direct elections in the regions, a scheme would be introduced in which the President would propose gubernatorial candidates to legislative assemblies, Mikhail Viktorovich decided to take advantage of the moment. It was only necessary to find a suitable subject.
And the deputy’s choice fell on his native Ryazan region. Only one thing stopped him: a year before the announcement of the new procedure for appointing regional heads, elections were held in the Ryazan region, in which a candidate close to the “Babichev clan” won, namely Airborne Forces General Georgy Shpak. At the same time, Babich himself openly supported him in those elections.
And then, unexpectedly, an entrepreneur from Kasimov, Natalya Suchkova, showed up and said that she sponsored the general’s election campaign in the amount of 48 million rubles. In return, she expected to receive the position of vice-governor, but Shpak “dumped” her sponsor.
Babich did not react in any way to the brewing scandal, but his friend, also a deputy State Duma from United Russia, Igor Morozov, demanded to cancel the election results in the Ryazan region.
He motivated this by the fact that the amount named by the entrepreneur was eight times higher than the amount of financing of election campaigns allowed by law. But in the end, Morozov withdrew his claim, publicly acknowledging the election results.
Public reception
Despite the fact that the name of such a young politician had already been involved in many scandals, thanks to his demonstrative loyalty to the authorities, he continued to remain in the political scene. In December 2007, Babich was again elected to the State Duma. And already in 2008 he headed the public reception of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. In this position, he was remembered for the fact that he saw elements of a crime in one of the news stories of the TV-6 Vladimir channel.
According to the lists of the Vladimir region, Babich entered the Duma of the fifth convocation. For the next elections in 2011, he again decided to go from the list of the Vladimir region, which he himself headed. It should be noted that by this time he began to lose ground. At the beginning of the year, despite rumors, he did not join the presidium of the General Council of United Russia. He was also named as Andrei Vorobyov’s successor as head of the party’s executive committee, but this appointment also did not take place. And yet he made it into the new State Duma. True, United Russia was then mercilessly criticized by the Vladimir communists, accusing the party in power of all kinds of falsifications.
But Mikhail Babich did not remain as a deputy of the sixth convocation for long, since on December 15 he was appointed plenipotentiary representative of the President in the Volga Federal District. At the same time, Mikhail Viktorovich was appointed chairman of the State Commission for Chemical Disarmament. However, he did not particularly show himself in this post.
After the coup d'etat in Ukraine in 2014, the Russian ambassador to Kyiv, Mikhail Zurabov, decided that it was time to leave his “execution” post. After he resigned, a message appeared that Babich was being prepared to replace Zurabov. According to some reports, Mikhail Babich had connections in the security bloc in Ukraine, on which they were going to rely. But under Ukrainian President Poroshenko, all these connections were, to put it mildly, pushed away from power, therefore, when a request came to Ukraine to obtain an agreman for Babich, the Kremlin received a refusal in response.
Declaration
Judging by the election declaration to the State Duma of the Russian Federation for 2010, Mikhail Babich and his wife Galina are large landowners. Then he indicated four land plots in the Ryazan region with a total area of 1.5 million square meters(159.7 hectares). However, already in the declaration for 2011, when the official took the post of plenipotentiary representative, all this wealth disappeared from his life and information about his income. However, according to the Unified State Register, from 2008 to 2011, the official’s wife, Galina Babich, was still the owner of these plots; in 2011, she still owned part of these lands, and their second owner was the Ryazan company Investgroup LLC. This company now owns all the hectares once declared by Babich.
It is interesting that Investgroup LLC belongs to Vadim Novozhilov, the husband of Babich’s sister Alla Polyakova.
It is also interesting that in 2016 Polyakova became a deputy of the Moscow Region of the 6th convocation and headed the Committee on Ecology and Natural Resources Management. The website of the regional Duma reports that in 1994 she managed the Antey Group of Companies LLC, whose employees beat up the managers of the Ivshveya company. Since 2014, the same Vadim Novozhilov, presumably her husband, has become the owner of this company.
He is also listed as the founder and director of a number of companies of the same name, including the Moscow LLC Private Security Company Antey. Until 2009, this company was called CJSC Private Security Company Antey, and its owners were CJSC Antey Corporation and Vadim Novozhilov. This is exactly the security structure whose employees beat up the managers of the Ivanovo garment factory “Ivshveya” in the late nineties. Mikhail Babich himself headed the Antey Corporation CJSC from 1995 to 1998.
03/20/2006, Our arrow has ripened everywhere
Secrets of M. Babich's super career
Anton Petrov
Even in our purely pragmatic times, there are still people whose only superficial acquaintance with their biography makes one remember the reckless era of daring adventurers on their own and others’ heads. Of those who, rumbling in anticipation of rich booty, boarded merchant sailing ships in distant seas, brutally pacified the natives in hot colonies, clutching a faithful Colt in an unwavering hand, took sleepy philistine towns to fright...
Anyone who believes that such heroes remained only in the adventure novels of Sabatini and Cooper is greatly mistaken. And although the times are different now, life shows that there is also a place in it for romantics on the high road from socialism to capitalism.
No, of course, our hero, State Duma deputy Mikhail Babich, did not commit any of the above reprehensible actions. May the Criminal Code save us from such unfounded and unsubstantiated statements. But the fact is that in the short but stormy biography of Mr. Babich, conflicts, scandals and even litigation.
God knows why this happened. After all, the beginning life path the future famous businessman and politician was simply radiant. Having graduated from the Higher Military Command School of Communications in his native Ryazan at the age of 21, Mikhail Babich rose to the rank of captain in five years of service. After which, he left the Airborne Forces, and the army in general, for an activity that was more responsible, exciting, and most importantly, profitable. Apparently, there was a certain circumstance in his short army career that allowed the retired officer to take no less than the position of head of the Antey Corporation CJSC in Moscow. And this is a great success. Most 26-year-old junior officers leaving the army can count on boring service in some second-rate private security company. Moreover, they consider this turn of affairs to be a great success for themselves. And then immediately to the ladies - in the sense of the leaders of a large facility. There is reason for thought and even some envy...
It soon became clear that Babich is a type of so-called general manager - one of those who, since Soviet times, it was customary to transfer “from the collective farm to the bathhouse.” However, at the mention of a collective farm, and even more so a bathhouse, our hero would only laugh: it’s not the same scale! Having led Antey, the future deputy soon happily found himself in two positions at once - vice-president of the Rosmyasomoltorg company and at the same time chairman of the supervisory board of Shuya Calico OJSC. And even then, if there is too much young energy, why not manage a couple of profitable enterprises at once?!
However, the situation on the meat and dairy front was extremely displeasing to the Investigative Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which suspected the company of selling off humanitarian aid received from the United States and Europe. According to investigators, humanitarian products were shipped not to official operating companies, but to intermediary commercial structures, among which, by the way, was Antey, which Babich recently abandoned. The investigation found that as a result the company embezzled up to 2 billion rubles!
However, the punishing sword of the law did not touch our hero: shortly before the initiation of a criminal case, he went to work at the Federal Agency for Regulation of the Food Market, and Babich’s successor, Antey’s top manager Dmitry Ilyasov, went to his bunk.
The next step in the stunning career of the former signalman-paratrooper was work as deputy chairman of the government of the Moscow region under the banner of the Moscow region governor Boris Gromov. Within six months, Babich, according to his colleagues, not really caring about the sympathy of members of the government, crushed the entire financial part under himself. A conflict arose between Gromov and Babich, in which the final victory remained on the side of the governor. But call her easy language will not turn around: Babich managed to cancel the order of his dismissal through the court and ultimately left, as it were, “of his own free will.”
Immediately after this, the disgraced figure miraculously ended up in the Ivanovo region, where he again occupied two positions at once - the first deputy head of the administration and the representative of the regional administration in Moscow. Evil tongues claimed that Babich was warmed up by the then Ivanovo governor Tikhonov, to whom he soon repaid with black ingratitude. But we don’t dare say what happened in reality.
As a permanent representative of the region in the capital, Babich started a European-quality renovation of the representative office on Novy Arbat, which cost the meager regional treasury 5 million rubles. Note that exactly the same amount was allocated in the Ivanovo region for the healthcare sector. It is not surprising that Babich’s Novoarbat delights attracted the attention of the competent authorities, who conducted a search in the premises of the representative office. They even say that an arrest warrant was issued for the official, but Babich managed to leave the capital in time.
And soon a new takeoff in his career. Babich was transferred to Chechnya - to the post of prime minister of the republic. It was then that it became clear that his powerful patrons (and they certainly exist, otherwise the amazing features of his fascinating nomenklatura biography cannot be rationally explained) are still not omnipotent. As soon as Babich once again tried to play his own game - of course, on the financial field of the republic - to crush transfers from the center for the restoration of the economy destroyed by the war, then the then President Akhmad Kadyrov immediately decisively replaced him in this post.
Babich tried to resist, but quickly realized that a politician of this magnitude was too tough for him. And again he returned to the safe and well-developed temperate latitudes, where, already as a deputy from United Russia, he decided to compete with the Ryazan governor, General Georgy Shpak. But this did not happen immediately, but after the hopes of being in the chair of the Ivanovo governor after Tikhonov’s departure did not come true (and the departure of his former benefactor was very opportune for him). The Ivanovo region was headed by the recent Deputy Prime Minister of the Moscow Region government, Mikhail Men. Of course, Babich, as a disciplined United Russia member, verbally welcomed the confirmation of his fellow party member to the governor’s post, publicly praising the “wise personnel decision of the president.”
And the brave captain had no choice but to play his own game, seizing the governor’s chair from Major General Shpak. But just recently he himself led the general’s election campaign! But, one must think, such little things do not bother our hero at all. But they worry the notorious “electorate”, whose sentiments the candidate for the governor’s post is forced to at least somehow take into account. He, who a year ago convinced people to vote for Shpak, could not declare the general a swindler and a rogue unworthy of the gubernatorial title. People simply won’t understand such a somersault.
Babich, who was skilled in the intricacies of the administrative backstage, had to patiently wait for events to develop. And here the scandalous accusations brought by Kasimov businesswoman Natalya Suchkova against Georgy Shpak came at a very opportune time. They boiled down to the fact that the general allegedly took 48 million rubles from her for the election campaign, promising in return the position of vice-governor. And then he broke his officer’s word. He threw away the benefactor, so to speak.
The attack on Shpak began with a powerful artillery attack in the form of a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, filed by the general’s main rival in the elections, State Duma deputy Morozov, with a demand to cancel the voting results. But these “military actions” did not lead to victory. After all, Shpak is also no stranger, he defended himself skillfully and competently, according to all the rules of the art of war. And with great success, because all the accusations brought against him turned out to be a pure bluff.
As a result, Suchkova was forced to withdraw her lawsuit, and Morozov publicly reconciled with his recent rival. At the same time, there was information in the press that Morozov’s decision to reconcile and recognize the election results was made after he, having analyzed all the circumstances, understood “who was behind it,” and therefore “has absolutely no claims against Shpak.” So all this hype around Shpak’s election campaign did not bring any benefit to Babich.
It would seem that this is the happy ending to the story of the battle for Ryazan. Justice and law triumph, and the alien pretenders to the principality are put to shame. But it’s hard to believe in this. After all, in Russia there are still so many “undeveloped” regions, industrial holdings, large agricultural enterprises, leadership positions... And the people who stand behind people like Babich have not gone anywhere either, they are still preparing their “slave” for new battles for redistribution of property and positions of power. Therefore, it is most likely too early to draw a conclusion. To be continued, one must think.
Moreover, Babich is already a phenomenon. If he doesn’t exist, some other “sentee” will appear, equally initially unknown, random, impudent, pulled into the light by “notorious forces”, ready to take any place, as long as there is money, and even ready to play the role of a battering ram. And, as you know, in the fight against “infiltrators”, talking alone is not enough. As a certain legendary plumber used to say, “the system needs to be changed”...
Mikhail Viktorovich Babich(born May 28, 1969, Ryazan, RSFSR, USSR) - Russian statesman. Authorized representative President of the Russian Federation in Privolzhsky Federal District from December 15, 2011.
Acting State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class (2012). Candidate of Economic Sciences, member of the United Russia party.
Education
- In 1990 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Military Command School of Communications;
- In 1998 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law;
- In 2000, he graduated from the State Academy of Management with a degree in financial management;
- In 2005 he graduated from the Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Training of the Military Academy of the General Staff Armed Forces Russian Federation.
Career
From 1990 to 1994 he served in the Airborne Forces. Since 1995, he has been an entrepreneur and until 1998 he headed the Antey Corporation CJSC in Moscow.
From 1998 to 1999, he was the first vice-president of the Rosmyasomoltorg company, and at the same time was the chairman of the supervisory board of Shuya Calico OJSC. In 1999 he switched to public service. From 1999 to January 2000, he was the first deputy general director of the State Unitary Enterprise “Federal Agency for Regulation of the Food Market” under the Ministry Agriculture and food of the Russian Federation.
From 2000 to 2001 - First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region (for the financial and economic block).
Since 2001 - first deputy head of the administration of the Ivanovo region and head of the regional representative office in Moscow and worked in this position until 2002.
From November 2002 to February 2003 - Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic.
In July 2003, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation.
On December 7, 2003, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fourth convocation in the Kineshma single-mandate electoral district No. 81 (Ivanovo region).
On December 2, 2007, he was again elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation on the list of the United Russia party (Vladimir regional group). In the State Duma, he was Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee and a member of the Commission for the consideration of federal budget expenditures aimed at ensuring the defense and state security of the Russian Federation.
On December 4, 2011, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the sixth convocation on the list of the United Russia party (Vladimir regional group).
On December 15, 2011, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1626, he was appointed Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Volga Federal District.
On December 29, 2011, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 1709, he was appointed Chairman of the State Commission for Chemical Disarmament.
Since January 19, 2012, he has been an active state adviser of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
After the dismissal of Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov on July 28, 2016, the Russian press named Mikhail Babich as a contender for this position, which was publicly confirmed by the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov. A day later, his candidacy was proposed for consideration by the State Duma along with a request to receive an agrement from Ukraine.
The Ukrainian expert community has expressed a number of reasons why Mikhail Babich may be denied by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to receive an agrement:
- Candidate biography, lack of any diplomatic experience.
- The public announcement of an unconfirmed and unapproved ambassadorial candidacy is a violation of diplomatic rules.
- As a member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Babich in 2014 took part in the decision to support Crimea, its decision to secede from Ukraine and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers there.
On August 4, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Elena Zerkal announced that the issue of approving Mikhail Babich as ambassador was withdrawn at the initiative of her country. On August 5, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced its decision: the Russian Federation in this country will be represented by the current Charge d'Affaires Sergei Toropov. A similar situation has occurred at the Ukrainian Embassy in the Russian Federation since December 2015.
Awards
- Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 12, 2011)
- Order of Honor
- Order of Friendship (July 25, 2006) - for active participation in legislative activities and many years of conscientious work
- Medal of Honor"
- medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
- Medal "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth"
- Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"
- Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation (January 9, 2010) - for services to lawmaking and the development of Russian parliamentarism
- Certificate of Honor from the Government of the Russian Federation
- Personalized weapon
- Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree (August 28, 2014) - in consideration of the assistance of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese and in connection with the 45th anniversary of his birth
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus 2018-2019.
Acting State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
Mikhail Babich was born on May 28, 1969 in the city of Ryazan. After school in 1990 he graduated from the Ryazan Higher Military Command School of Communications named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Matvey Zakharov. For the next four years, he served in the Airborne Forces and the troops of the State Security Committee of the USSR.
From 1995 to 1998 he headed the Antey Corporation CJSC in Moscow. In 1998 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Moscow Institute of Economics, Management and Law. He also has diplomas from the State Academy of Management and the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia. Candidate of Economic Sciences.
In 1998, Babich was appointed first vice-president of the Rosmyasomoltorg company, and at the same time was chairman of the supervisory board of Shuya Calico OJSC. A year later he entered the civil service. From 1999 to January 2000, he was First Deputy General Director of the state unitary enterprise “Federal Agency for Regulation of the Food Market” under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation.
Then, for a year, he acted as First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Moscow Region for the financial and economic block. Since 2001, he became the first deputy head of the administration of the Ivanovo region and the head of the regional representative office in Moscow. From November 2002 to February 2003, he was Chairman of the Government of the Chechen Republic. In July 2003, he was appointed Assistant Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Russia.
From 2003 to 2011, Mikhail Viktorovich was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the IV, V and VI convocations. First, according to the Kineshma single-mandate electoral district No. 81 - Ivanovo region, and then according to the list of the United Russia party. He was Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee and a member of the Commission for the review of budget expenditures aimed at ensuring the defense and state security of the Russian Federation.
On December 15, 2011, Mikhail Babich was appointed Plenipotentiary Representative of the President in the Volga Federal District, and on December 29 of the same year, by Decree of the President of Russia, he was appointed Chairman of the State Commission for Chemical Disarmament.
In mid-January 2012, Mikhail Viktorovich was awarded the class rank of Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation, 1st class.
On August 24, 2018, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin appointed Mikhail Babich Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus. At the same time, he received the position of special representative of the President of Russia for the development of trade and economic cooperation with the Republic of Belarus.
By the Decree of the President of Russia dated April 30, 2019, Mikhail Babich was relieved of his duties as the Russian Ambassador to Belarus, as well as from the post of Special Representative of the President of Russia for the development of trade and economic cooperation with the Republic of Belarus.
Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev by Order No. 1300-r, published June 17, 2019, appointed former ambassador Russia in Minsk Mikhail Babich as Deputy Minister of Economic Development of Russia.
Mikhail Babich Awards
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree (2017)
Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (August 12, 2011)
Order of Honor
Order of Friendship (July 25, 2006) - for active participation in legislative activities and many years of conscientious work
Medal of Honor"
Medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"
Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation (January 9, 2010) - for services to lawmaking and the development of Russian parliamentarism
Certificate of Honor from the Government of the Russian Federation
Medal "For Strengthening the Military Commonwealth"
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" 1st class
personalized weapon
Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow, III degree (August 28, 2014) - in consideration of the assistance of the Nizhny Novgorod diocese and in connection with the 45th anniversary of his birth