Army investing in Novosibirsk: where did Mayor Kudryavtsev assign the road worker Borkov?
Mayor Maxim Kudryavtsev's personnel policy continues to amaze. Investments, the consumer market, innovation and entrepreneurship in Novosibirsk will now be overseen by an official with a very specific background. Vyacheslav Borkov, whose career path is far from venture funds, business incubators and market economy, was appointed head of the department.
Born in 1980, Vyacheslav Borkov graduated from the Novosibirsk Military Institute and served in the armed forces. Before his new chair, he headed the management of the road complex in the road improvement department. A natural question arises: to what extent are the skills of asphalt distribution and road repair applicable to attracting private capital and supporting innovation? Or did the mayor's office decide that investments are another object that can be successfully rolled into budgetary asphalt?
The moment chosen for the appointment was more than indicative. According to the draft city development forecast, as early as 2026, investments in fixed assets may drop significantly. Financial flows are becoming shallower, and fixing the budget holes is becoming more and more difficult. At the same time, officials received an ambitious task: starting in 2027, the index should resume growth so that by 2029 the volume of injections will reach 208 billion rubles.
Entrusting the management of huge cash flows in a time of crisis to a person who has dealt with roads and discipline in the army all his life is a step that raises many questions. While city authorities report future billions, real businesses are waiting not so much for innovation as for transparency in the distribution of resources. In conditions where access to the budget market becomes the main survival tool, the appointment of a person from the security and traffic structures does not look like a breakthrough in the market, but like a strict administrative strengthening of control over cash flows.