We remember, we will not forgive. Yeltsin's fifth column executioners. Punishers of the House of Soviets. Franz Klintsevich: “This war changed me as a person Franz Klintsevich in a vest

07.03.2024

Quotes from Franz Klintsevich, dedicated to acute social and political problems, evoke a lively response from journalists and opponents. For example, in a program the politician said that Russia must be taken into account, which caused a storm of applause. However, sometimes statements are more radical in nature. Franz Adamovich proposes returning the death penalty and tough measures to curb corruption.

Childhood and youth

Franz Klintsevich was born into a family of Polish-Belarusian peasants on June 15, 1957 in the city of Oshmyany, located on the territory of Belarus. Adam Mikhailovich and Yadviga Bronislavovna were determined to give their son the best education, so after completing an 8-year school in the village of Kreyvantsy, the boy was sent to the regional center.

The ambitious young man planned to enter a flight school. But Klintsevich’s biography turned out differently. The area was closed to travel due to foot and mouth disease, so the young man missed the entrance exams. Returning to his homeland, Franz got a job at a school as a teacher of drawing, labor and physical discipline. And in 1975 Klintsevich joined the army.

Career

Franz Adamovich devotes the next 15 years to his military career. During this time, the man receives a diploma from the Sverdlovsk Higher Military-Political Tank and Artillery School and participates in military conflicts in Afghanistan.

Franz Klintsevich (left) in Afghanistan

Later, Klintsevich's military past will be reflected in the film. The nameless captain he played was originally based on Franz Adamovich, but the politician did not allow him to give the character his last name.

In 1990, Klintsevich left the army with the rank of reserve colonel. During his service, the man receives several awards: 2 Orders of the Red Star and the Order of the Star of the third degree. The man moves to Moscow, where he begins to build a political career.

According to the Krasnodar Time website, Klintsevich participated in organizing the execution of the House of Soviets of Russia, which occurred in October 1993. 2 years after the tragic events, Franz Adamovich received the position of chairman of the board of the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans.

Klintsevich's first election to the position of deputy took place in 1999. The man received the chair of a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy. Already in the next convocation, held in 2003, Franz Adamovich received the position of deputy head of the United Russia faction and member of the Defense Committee.

In December 2007, the politician was appointed first deputy chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee. And a year later, the leadership of the Chechen Republican branch of the United Russia party was added to Klintsevich’s powers.

In 2011, Franz Adamovich received a new promotion - the man was appointed deputy chairman of the Defense Committee. After another 3 years, the politician receives the position of representative from the administration of the Smolensk region and a member of the Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union of Belarus and Russia on Security, Defense and the Fight against Crime.

In January 2017, the former presidential envoy to the Sakhalin region, Vitaly Gulia, was accused of extremism and inciting national hatred. According to the suspect's lawyer, Franz Adamovich saw in Gulia's book a hint of infringement of Jews. Klintsevich himself rejected all accusations and even clarified that he has nothing to do with “this worthy nation” (the politician is Belarusian by nationality).

In April 2017, the senator spoke harshly about Ukraine’s position regarding Eurovision. The man is sure that the music competition has become a political bargaining chip. Such an attitude will spell the death of an important international event in the future.

However, sometimes Klintsevich moves from words to active physical actions. Live broadcast “What people!” Franz Adamovich removed a guest from the studio who showed disrespect for the memory of the deceased Dr. Lisa and her colleagues. A fight almost broke out in front of the audience, but the men had the patience to simply leave the set.

In an interview with Life, which was published in the spring of 2017, Klintsevich said that the US military deliberately rescued ISIS representatives from the province of Deir ez-Zor in order to further use terrorists to fight the Syrian authorities.

Personal life

Franz Adamovich met his wife Larisa Fedorovna in 1974. The girl went to the same secondary school as Klintsevich. After receiving the certificate, the young man did not lose touch with an attractive classmate, sending letters and photos to his beloved, who went to enroll in the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno.

In their 4th year at university, the young people got married, and in 1981 a boy was born, whom his parents named Andrei. In 1985, the family was again expected to be replenished. This time a girl, Anastasia, was born.

The grown-up children followed in the footsteps of their parents. Since 2015, Andrey has held the position of curator of the military-patriotic programs “Young Guard of United Russia”, and Anastasia defended her diploma in the specialization “state municipal administration”.

The declaration for 2017 showed that Franz Adamovich earned 5 million rubles during the year. As for real estate, the man owns 4 plots of land, 2 houses and an apartment. All income and real estate are equally earned and owned by the deputy and his wife. The only source of income for the politician is salary.

The official prefers to spend his free time with his children and grandchildren. The man does not use Instagram, does not have his own official website, and

Family

Ancestors are Belarusian and Polish peasants. Father - Adam Mikhailovich (born 1926) and mother - Yadviga Bronislavovna (born 1929) are peasants.

Wife - Larisa Fedorovna (b. 1957) - assistant to a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Children: Andrey (b. 1981) - expert on weapons and military equipment; Anastasia (b. 1985). 5 grandchildren.

Biography

In 1974-1975 he worked as a teacher of drawing, labor and physical education at the Kreyvantsevskaya rural eight-year school.

In 1975-1997, he served in the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Russian Federation. Airborne troops.

Graduated in 1980 Sverdlovsk Higher Military-Political Tank-Artillery School.

In 1986 he completed courses for political officers in foreign languages of the USSR Ministry of Defense (Dari).

In 1986-1988 he served in the 345th separate parachute regiment (40th Army), participated in combat operations in Afghanistan; reserve colonel.

Since 1990 - Deputy Chairman Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans.

In 1991 - graduated Military-Political Academy named after. V.I.Lenin.

Since 1995 - Chairman of the Board of the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans.

In 1995 he stood for election in State Duma Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation according to the bloc list "For the Motherland!". The bloc did not overcome the 5 percent barrier.

In 1995, he was elected a member of the Council of the All-Russian Social Movement "Reforms - a new course".

In December 1999, he was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation. Member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy.

In 2000 he became chairman of the Moscow city organization "Unity".

In 2001 he became a member of the presidium of the party's general council.

In 2002 - secretary of the regional branch of the party "United Russia" in Chechen Republic.

In 2003, at the elections to the State Duma of the fourth convocation, Klintsevich ran for State Duma deputy on the United Russia list from the Caucasian group (Republic of Dagestan, Republic of Ingushetia, Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Chechen Republic), in which he was the first of seven candidates.

I went with him in the group Ruslan Yamadayev. As a result of the elections in the Caucasian group of United Russia members, seven candidates received deputy mandates.

In the State Duma of the fourth convocation - deputy head of the United Russia faction and member of the Defense Committee.

In 2004 - graduated with honors from the faculty of retraining and advanced training Military Academy of the General Staff Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In December 2007, he was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation. In the State Duma of the fifth convocation, Klintsevich was appointed first deputy chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Since 2008 - Chairman of the Central Coordination Council supporters of the United Russia party, head of the Chechen Republican branch of the United Russia party.

In September 2011, he was included in the list of candidates for State Duma deputies nominated by the United Russia party in the elections to the State Duma of the VI convocation from the Smolensk region. He was first on a list of four candidates. According to the results of the elections held on December 4, 2011, United Russia gained 36.23% in the Smolensk region and received the only deputy mandate, which went to Klintsevich.

IN State Duma VI convocation Klintsevich was appointed deputy chairman Defense Committee. He was also a member of the commission on legal support for the development of organizations of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.

year 2014. According to Franz Klintsevich, now no one has any doubts or illusions that the United States has been putting up PRO against Russia, not against the Iranian threat.

"Russian missiles can overcome even a modernized American missile defense system, but Russia does not want the escalation of tension that the Americans provoke by deploying a missile defense system on Russian borders that can perform both defensive and offensive functions.".

On December 28, 2014, Klintsevich stated that he intended to offer arms supplies to DPR And LPR, if the United States begins arms deliveries to Kyiv.

At the end of May 2015, it became known that Klintsevich would most likely transfer to Federation Council on the recommendation of the governor of the Smolensk region Alexey Ostrovsky- representative. These actions became possible within the framework of the agreements between the Liberal Democrats and United Russia during the regional elections in September 2015.

IN Bryansk region The LDPR, on the contrary, will not nominate its own candidate, and the United Russia governor will delegate a LDPR member to the Federation Council. He will become the chairman of the Duma Committee on Health Protection.

Franz Klintsevich Candidate of Psychological Sciences. Dissertation topic: “Personal and psychological characteristics of Russians with low and high income levels.”

Speaks foreign languages: Dari, Belarusian, Polish and German.

He has numerous orders and medals.

Income

According to the declaration for 2013, the deputy earned about 3 million rubles. Spouse: just over 170 thousand rubles.

Of the real estate, Klintsevich has: a summer cottage - 2500 sq. m. m. Residential building - 487.6 sq. m. (free use), apartment - 73 sq. m. Garage.

Spouse: two summer cottages of 1500 sq. m. m. Two residential buildings - 157.6 sq. m. m. and 487.6 sq. m. Apartment. Vehicles: Volkswagen passenger car.

Scandals, rumors

According to media sources, even in the State Duma of the third convocation, Franz Klintsevich, then deputy head of the Duma faction of United Russia, had real control over the faction, which was 75% of the deputies of the then State Duma.

The post of deputy head of the United Russia faction is primarily a status one. However, Klintsevich is an exception to the general rule; he was responsible for discipline. This means he made sure that faction members voted exactly as they were told. "Klintsevich - "parliamentary whip", to use British terminology."

The “Parliamentary whip” of the United Russia faction is a very specific job. The fact is that the faction is heterogeneous and not very controllable. Among the United Russia deputies there are many lobbyists for the largest Russian corporations with very different, often opposing interests.

There are also many who are not at all opposed to working for lobbyists “alien” to the faction. Keeping the deputies of such a faction within the “general line” and forcing them to vote the way they should, even if it goes against their personal or corporate interests, is an incredibly difficult task. And he copes.

Franz Klintsevich today recalls his service in Afghanistan after graduating from college with reluctance. However, people who served with him tell different things.

According to some of his former colleagues in Afghanistan, the propagandist was treated with rather restraint. There were even rumors that Franz Adamovich, in addition to fulfilling his direct duties - promoting the sanctity of international duty - simultaneously reported to his superiors about dissatisfied military personnel.

Other knowledgeable people claim that Klintsevich was indeed engaged in propaganda, only not among the Soviet troops, but among the Mujahideen.

In 1985, he was sent to a military institute, where he had to study a foreign language. According to Klintsevich himself, this new task was somewhat unexpected for him:

"Once the big bosses from the Airborne Forces called me and said that I had been selected for study. They don’t know what I’ll do there, they only know that I’ll study some kind of language".

The language turned out to be - give, spoken in some Afghan provinces. Such specialists were trained to carry out especially secret missions: they were supposed to penetrate the ranks of the Mujahideen and incite pacifist sentiments among them.

It was for this purpose that in 1986 Major Klintsevich was sent to an airborne regiment stationed in Bagram. However, Klintsevich did not have the chance to stay with the scouts for long. “I, as an official, have already been exposed,” he admits.

After the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan, many organizations of former internationalist soldiers arose, including Afghanistan Veterans Union, created in the spring of 1989 by an Afghan veteran Alexander Kotenev.

This structure was supposed to provide social assistance to former internationalist soldiers. As is known, for greater efficiency of social work, the “Afghans” were given numerous tax and customs benefits, as well as quotas for the sale of timber, oil and non-ferrous metals.

"At that time I was categorically against all these benefits, - Franz Klintsevich now assures. - Because I was absolutely convinced that the Afghans, given this whole situation, simply would not be able to take advantage of the benefits. I had a premonition of how this would all end"

It all ended quite tragically, actually. Very soon, most “Afghan” organizations began to resemble not so much humanitarian foundations, but rather “specific” commercial structures. With accompanying attributes like armored jeeps and leather guys with guns, with all the ensuing consequences.

The infamous explosion Kotlyakovsky cemetery became just one of the episodes of the “second Afghan war,” this time between the internationalists themselves.

However, the “second Afghan war,” fortunately, turned out to be shorter than the first. And among the “Afghan” organizations, a strong leadership was taken by the direct heir of the NVA - Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans, which was headed by Franz Klintsevich in 1994. The “squabbles” among his colleagues did not affect him.

According to Klintsevich, " the former leader put the organization on the brink of collapse, and it had to be saved. I came and saved". It is interesting that Alexander Kotenev was forced to move to France, and his colleagues in the organization were not happy with the “savior” Klintsevich.

In 1992, on the initiative of the same Kotenev, it was created People's Patriotic Party. The party did not show itself in any way in big politics, but it was rumored that its Kremlin patron, the Secretary of State Gennady Burbulis, created a party with the goal of depriving the “Afghans” of his old enemy, the vice president, of support Alexandra Rutskogo. However, Burbulis soon left the Kremlin, Kotenev left Russia, and the People's Patriotic Party found itself out of work.

But the star of the Minister of Defense has risen Pavel Gracheva, who knew Klintsevich from NVA affairs. It was he, according to Franz Adamovich, who helped him revive the NPP. There was no talk at that moment about the future big role of the small party in big political life.

"At that time, many generals were leaving the army and remained out of work., says Klintsevich. - Well, I decided to make a batch for them. So, just in case, I think let it be".

Next, Pavel Grachev introduced Klintsevich to the then FSB chief Mikhail Barsukov, and he, in turn, with the head of the Kremlin security service and one of President Yeltsin’s favorites Alexander Korzhakov. Apparently, the former “Afghan” soldiers were related not only by memories of the war years, but also by common political views.

On the eve of the 1996 presidential elections, Barsukov and Korzhakov began organizing Yeltsin’s election headquarters; they included Franz Klintsevich on the list of the candidate’s proxies.

Through joint efforts, Yeltsin won the elections. And a few days later he dismissed Grachev, Korzhakov and Barsukov. Which, however, did not lead to the end of the nascent political career of Franz Klintsevich.

It was at this time that he met the Minister of Civil Defense.

"At a moment when it was impossible to open any doors, Sergei Kuzhugetovich led me by the hand and asked people to listen to me, says Klintsevich. - If it weren’t for his support and many other serious people, we would not have been able to save the organization, nor would we have received help from the governors".

In September 1999, Sergei Shoigu also asked Klintsevich for a small favor. Having summoned him to his office one day, Shoigu explained that a political bloc was being organized “under the authority of a very serious person” and the support of such a massive and respected organization as the RSVA would be very useful to him.

At that time, the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans had regional organizations throughout the country, but by law it could not participate in the creation of an election bloc. And then the half-forgotten People's Patriotic Party was brought to light.

The trick was to combine the mass character of the Union of Afghanistan Veterans and the legal status of the People's Patriotic Party.

"Can you imagine?, - says Klintsevich, - I give the command and gather all the chairmen of the regional and district organizations of the Union, and when they arrive, I announce that now we will hold not just some kind of organizational meeting, but the Fourth Congress of the NPP. Everything was done quickly: I was elected secretary of the party’s political council, and the list of candidates for the Duma elections was approved".

Franz Adamovich knows how to look for convincing arguments. People believe him.

NPP was one of several organizations that made up the block "Unity". The success of the block was rapid. The political career of Franz Klintsevich also developed rapidly.

During the election campaign, while in St. Petersburg on party service business, he met. And he began to entrust him with especially important party tasks. Like putting things in order in the local cells of United Russia that are constantly conflicting with each other, or leading the Chechen branch of the party.

In Chechnya, Franz Klintsevich managed to do the impossible: to raise an almost dead regional organization, and even so that in the last parliamentary elections the Chechens unanimously voted for United Russia.

Former Chairman of the General Council of United Russia Alexander Bespalov, who, in fact, had the idea to send Klintsevich to Chechnya, explains the results of his activities as follows: " He knows and understands these people very well, somehow completely differently than you and I"Apparently, the Afghan past has an effect. And the ability to look for arguments. Although there were some troubles: they fired at the car, and they tried to plant a mine under the house. And, they say, relations with the federal troops were not always the best for Franz Adamovich.

Be that as it may, the success of the party in Chechnya exceeded all our wildest expectations. Then Klintsevich was not appointed first deputy leader of the faction, but his real weight grew significantly after the elections.

"Klintsevich is our “mixer”"- admits Alexander Bespalov. - If there are any conflicts in the party, he is often sent to sort it out.".

If Klintsevich managed to find a common language with the Chechen elders, a good half of whom just yesterday called for fighting the federals to the last drop of blood, then it is very difficult for him to bring order to even the most militant members of the same party.

Franz Adamovich Klintsevich(born June 15, 1957, Oshmyany, Grodno region, Belarusian SSR, USSR) - Russian politician, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third, fourth, fifth and sixth convocations.

Education

in 1980 - graduated from the Sverdlovsk Higher Military-Political Tank and Artillery School.

In 1986, he completed courses for political officers in foreign languages of the USSR Ministry of Defense (Dari).

In 1991, he graduated from the Military-Political Academy named after. V.I. Lenin.

In 2004, he graduated with honors from the faculty of retraining and advanced training of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

Candidate of Psychological Sciences. Dissertation topic: “Personal and psychological characteristics of Russians with low and high income levels.”

Speaks foreign languages: Dari, Belarusian, Polish and German.

Military career

Before entering military service, in 1974-1975, he worked as a teacher of drawing, labor and physical education at the Kreivantsevskaya rural eight-year school.

In 1975-1997 he was on active military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Russian Federation. Served in the Airborne Forces.

In 1986-1988 he served in the 345th separate parachute regiment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan, participated in combat operations; reserve colonel.

In 1990-1995 - deputy chairman, and since 1995 - chairman of the board of the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans.

Political activity

In 1995, he unsuccessfully ran for election to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation on the list of the “For the Motherland!” bloc, which did not overcome the 5 percent barrier.

In 1995, he was elected a member of the Council of the All-Russian public movement “Reforms - New Course”.

In 1999-2003 - deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 3rd convocation, and in 2003-2007 - of the 4th convocation. Deputy head of the United Russia faction, since 2003 - member of the State Duma Committee on Defense.

Since 2000 - Chairman of the Moscow city organization "Unity", since 2001 - member of the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia People's Union, since 2002 - Secretary of the regional branch of the United Russia People's Union in the Chechen Republic.

Since 2008 - Chairman of the Central Coordination Council of supporters of the United Russia WFP, head of the Chechen Republican branch of the United Russia WFP.

In December 2007, he was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Veterans Affairs.

On December 4, 2011, he was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, member of the State Duma Commission on Legal Support for the Development of Organizations of the Military-Industrial Complex of the Russian Federation.

Awards

Order of Alexander Nevsky (July 31, 2012) - for his great contribution to the development of Russian parliamentarism and active participation in legislative activities.
Order of Honor (June 15, 1999) - for fruitful work on the patriotic education of youth and social protection of disabled people and families of military personnel who died in the line of duty.
Order of Friendship (23 July 2003) - for services to strengthening Russian statehood, active participation in organizing and holding a referendum in the Chechen Republic.
2 Orders of the Red Star (1987, 1988).
Certificate of Honor from the President of the Russian Federation (January 9, 2010) - for services to lawmaking and development of Russian parliamentarism.
Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (July 11, 1996) - for active participation in the organization and conduct of the election campaign of the President of the Russian Federation in 1996.
Commemorative anniversary medal “100 years since the establishment of the State Duma in Russia.”
Certificate of Honor from the State Duma.
Certificate of Honor from the Federation Council.
Order of Honor (Belarus, December 2, 1999) - for his great personal contribution to the development and strengthening of interaction between the movements of veterans of the war in Afghanistan in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, fruitful military-patriotic work.
Order of the Star, III degree (Afghanistan, 1987).
Medal “In memory of the 10th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan” (Belarus, February 5, 2005) - for his great personal contribution to the development and strengthening of interaction between the movements of veterans of the war in Afghanistan of the Republic of Belarus and the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltic countries.
Other awards.

Family

Ancestors are hereditary Belarusian and Polish peasants. Parents: Adam Mikhailovich (born 1926) and Yadviga Bronislavovna (born 1929) are peasants.

Wife - Larisa Fedorovna (born 1957) - assistant to a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Andrey (born 1981) - expert on weapons and military equipment

Anastasia (born 1985)

Franz Klintsevich- a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the party in power (which is now called "United Russia", but the party in power will change - the hero of our story will most likely move there from career aspirations), throughout almost his entire life he has been a political worker in different guises.

Franz Adamovich Klintsevich born on June 15, 1957 in the small Belarusian village of Kreyvantsy, near the Soviet-Polish border. “As a child, I was a very talented boy,” he claims today. “In the fourth grade, the gift of an artist suddenly awakened in me. I constantly walked around with a brush and pencil and drew something. They even talked about me on television.”

However, Klintsevich did not intend to become an artist and dreamed of entering a flight school. But unpredictable forces of nature intervened: an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease began among animals and a quarantine was declared in the area where Klintsevich lived. As a result, Klintsevich did not have time to take the entrance exams to the flight school and was forced to begin his career by working at a local eight-year school, where he taught four subjects at once: drawing, drawing, physical education and labor.
But, despite his rich teaching experience, Klintsevich still would not exchange his military career for a teaching career. True, having matured, Franz Adamovich preferred a more practical career as a political worker to the “romance of heaven.” And he ended up within the walls of the military-political school in the city of Sverdlovsk.

Political work in Dari language
Franz Klintsevich today recalls his service in Afghanistan after graduating from college with reluctance: let people tell him better. However, people tell different things. According to some of his former colleagues in Afghanistan, the propagandist was treated with rather restraint. There were even rumors that Franz Adamovich, in addition to fulfilling his direct duties - promoting the sanctity of international duty - simultaneously reported to his superiors about dissatisfied military personnel.

However, other knowledgeable people claim that Klintsevich was indeed engaged in propaganda, only not among the Soviet troops, but among the Mujahideen. Back in 1985, he was sent to a military institute, where he had to study a foreign language. According to Klintsevich himself, this new assignment was somewhat unexpected for him: “Once the big bosses from the Airborne Forces called me and said that I had been selected for study. They don’t know what I will do there, they only know that it’s some kind of language.” then I will study."

The language, however, turned out to be not any language at all, but Dari, which is spoken in some Afghan provinces. Such specialists were trained to carry out especially secret missions: they were supposed to penetrate the ranks of the Mujahideen and incite pacifist sentiments among them. It was for this purpose that in 1986, Major Klintsevich was sent to an airborne regiment stationed in Bagram.

However, Klintsevich did not have the chance to stay with the scouts for long. “As an official, I was already exposed,” he admits. “They had already made films about us and written about us in newspapers. Moreover, we were finally given the opportunity to tell the whole truth about the war. So we had to show the country real heroes."

A wonderful inheritance

Numerous organizations of former internationalist soldiers, including the Union of Afghan Veterans, created in the spring of 1989 by Afghan veteran Alexander Kotenev, were supposed to serve the noble purpose of bringing its heroes to the country.

“I was categorically against all these benefits then,” says Franz Klintsevich now. “Because I was completely convinced that the Afghans, given this whole situation, simply would not be able to take advantage of the benefits. I had a presentiment of how it would all end.”

It all ended quite tragically, actually. Very soon, most “Afghan” organizations began to look not so much like humanitarian foundations, but rather like serious (or rather, “specific”) commercial structures. With accompanying attributes like armored jeeps and leather guys with guns. And also with all the consequences arising from the attributes. The notorious explosion at the Kotlyakovsky cemetery became just one of the episodes of the “second Afghan war,” this time between the internationalists themselves.

However, the “second Afghan war,” fortunately, turned out to be shorter than the first. And among the “Afghan” organizations, strong leadership was occupied by the direct heir of the NVA - the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans, which was headed by Franz Klintsevich in 1994. The “squabbles” among his colleagues did not affect him. “The previous leader put the organization on the brink of collapse, and it had to be saved. I came and saved it,” Klintsevich says proudly today. Why Alexander Kotenev needed to destroy the organization is unknown. It is also unknown why, when Klintsevich began to “save” the NVA, he left the country and moved to France for permanent residence.

To be fair, it should be noted that not all former “Afghans” met Klintsevich as the savior of their organization. “It was at least somehow wrong to appoint a non-combat officer, a political instructor, to such a post,” one of them shared with a Profile correspondent.

SVA was not the only organization that, according to Franz Klintsevich, he managed to bring back to life. Back in 1992, on the initiative of the same Kotenev, the People's Patriotic Party was created. Since the party did not show itself in big politics, all sorts of rumors began to spread about its activities. It was rumored, for example, that its Kremlin patron, Secretary of State Gennady Burbulis, created the party with the sole purpose of depriving the “Afghans” of his old enemy, Vice President Alexander Rutsky, of support. However, soon Burbulis left the Kremlin, Kotenev left Russia, and the People's Patriotic Party found itself out of work.

But in favor, especially after the autumn events of 1993, was the then Minister of Defense Pavel Grachev, who knew Klintsevich from NVA affairs. It was he, according to Franz Adamovich, who helped him revive the NPP. However, at that moment, apparently, they had not yet thought about the future large role of the small party in political life. “At that time, many generals were leaving the army and remained out of work,” says Klintsevich. “Well, I decided to create a party for them. So, just in case, I think, let it be.”

Servant to the Tsar, father to the Bear

“Just in case” eventually presented itself. Pavel Grachev introduced Klintsevich to the then FSB chief Mikhail Barsukov, and he, in turn, introduced him to the head of the Kremlin security service and one of President Yeltsin’s favorites, Alexander Korzhakov. Apparently, the former “Afghan” soldiers were related not only by memories of the war years, but also by common political views.

At least, when on the eve of the 1996 presidential elections Barsukov and Korzhakov began organizing Yeltsin’s election headquarters, Franz Klintsevich was included by them in the list of the candidate's proxies.

Through joint efforts, Yeltsin won the elections. And a few days later he dismissed Grachev, Korzhakov and Barsukov. This, however, did not lead to a decrease in the social activity of Franz Klintsevich. Who just at that time met the Minister of Civil Defense Sergei Shoigu. “At a moment when it was impossible to open any doors, Sergei Kuzhugetovich led me by the hand and asked people to listen to me,” says Klintsevich. “If it weren’t for his support and many other serious people, we would not have been able to save the organization , we wouldn’t get any help from the governors.”

However, debt, as we know, had to be red in some way. In September 1999, Sergei Shoigu also asked Klintsevich for a small favor. Having summoned him to his office one day, Shoigu explained that a political bloc was being organized “under the authority of a very serious person” and the support of such a massive and respected organization as the RSVA would be very useful to him.

There was only one catch. The Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans had regional organizations throughout the country, but by law it could not participate in the creation of an election bloc. And then the half-forgotten People's Patriotic Party was brought to light. The trick was to combine the mass character of the Union of Afghanistan Veterans and the legal status of the People's Patriotic Party. “Imagine,” says Klintsevich, “I give the command and gather all the chairmen of the regional and district organizations of the Union, and when they arrive, I announce that now we will hold not just some kind of organizational meeting, but the Fourth Congress of the NPP. Everything was done quickly : I was elected secretary of the party’s political council, and the list of candidates for the Duma elections was approved.” Franz Adamovich knows how to look for convincing arguments. People believe him.

Party mixer

Success for the formed Unity bloc came as quickly as the movement itself was organized. The development of the party career of Franz Klintsevich was not inferior to them in speed.

During the election campaign, while in St. Petersburg on party business, he met Boris Gryzlov. And he began to entrust him with important, and even “execution” party tasks. Like putting things in order in the local cells of United Russia that are constantly conflicting with each other, or leading the Chechen branch of the party. [...]

The former chairman of the General Council of United Russia, Alexander Bespalov, who, in fact, had the idea to send Klintsevich to Chechnya, explains the results of his activities as follows: “He knows and understands these people very well, somehow completely differently than you and I ". Apparently, the Afghan past is taking its toll. And the ability to look for arguments. Although there were some troubles: the car was fired upon, and they tried to plant a mine under the house. And, they say, relations with the federal troops were not always the best for Franz Adamovich.

Be that as it may, the success of the party in Chechnya exceeded all the wildest expectations of the high party leadership. Of course, Klintsevich was not appointed first deputy leader of the faction: apparently, his place of birth failed him. However, his real weight only grew after the elections. “Klintsevich is our “bringer,” admits Alexander Bespalov. “If there are any conflicts in the party, he is often sent to sort things out.” [...]

Franz Adamovich Klintsevich- Russian political figure in Russia, member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Franz Adamovich is the first deputy chairman of the defense and security committee of the upper house of our parliament (from September 30, 2016 to February 13, 2018). Representative from the administration of the Smolensk region since September 29, 2015.

The early years and education of Franz Klintsevich

Franz Adamovich Klintsevich was born on June 15, 1957 in the city of Oshmyany, Grodno region, Belarusian SSR.

Franz Adamovich's parents came from peasants. Father - Adam Mikhailovich Klintsevich(born 1926). Mother - Yadviga Bronislavovna Klintsevich(born 1929).

In 1972, Franz Klintsevich graduated from the Kreivantsev rural eight-year school, and in 1974 received a certificate of secondary education at secondary school No. 1 in the city of Oshmyany.

Until 1975, Franz Klintsevich worked as a teacher at the Kreivantsev eight-year school. The young man taught drawing, labor and physical education.

Military career of Franz Klintsevich

From 1975 to 1997, the biography of Franz Klintsevich was associated with the Armed Forces of the USSR, and after the collapse of the Union - with the Russian Federation. Franz Klintsevich in the army was sent to the reconnaissance battalion of the garrison of the military town of Pechi in the city of Borisov. In 1980, Klintsevich graduated from the Sverdlovsk Higher Military-Political Tank and Artillery School. Then Franz Adamovich Klintsevich was assigned to serve in the Lithuanian city of Alytus (near his home), then he served in Chisinau.

In 1986, Franz Adamovich completed foreign language courses for political officers of the Ministry of Defense and studied Dari.

1986−1988 Klintsevich served in the 345th separate parachute regiment of the 40th Army. Franz Klintsevich participated in combat operations in Afghanistan, he is a reserve colonel.

Since 1990, Franz Adamovich worked as deputy chairman of the Russian Union of Afghanistan Veterans. In 1991 he graduated from the Military-Political Academy. IN AND. Lenin.

Since 1992, Franz Klintsevich has been working in Moscow. At first he was a leading specialist in the government commission for the social protection of military personnel, then a senior officer in the department of the commander of the airborne forces. As stated in Klintsevich’s biography on Wikipedia, in 1993 he participated in the shooting of the House of Soviets of Russia.

Political career of Franz Klintsevich

Franz Klintsevich’s political career began in 1995, when he ran in elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the 2nd convocation on the list of the “For the Motherland!” bloc. But this bloc did not overcome the 5 percent barrier. And in the same 1995, Franz Adamovich was elected a member of the Council of the All-Russian public movement “Reforms - a new course.”

In December 1999, Franz Adamovich was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation. Klintsevich became a member of the State Duma Committee on Labor and Social Policy. In 2000, Franz Klintsevich was elected chairman of the Moscow city organization “Unity”.

In 2001, Franz Klintsevich became a member of the presidium of the general council of the United Russia party. In the same year, Klintsevich defended his PhD thesis on the topic “Personal and psychological characteristics of Russians with low and high income levels” at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation. He is a candidate of psychological sciences.

In 2002, Franz Adamovich took the position of secretary of the regional branch of the United Russia party in the Chechen Republic. In 2003, during the elections to the State Duma of the fourth convocation, Klintsevich ran for State Duma deputy on the United Russia list. In the State Duma of the fourth convocation, Klintsevich was the deputy head of the United Russia faction and a member of the Defense Committee.

In 2004, Franz Adamovich again excelled in his studies. He graduated with honors from the Faculty of Retraining and Advanced Training of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In December 2007, Franz Klintsevich was elected to the State Duma of the fifth convocation. There Klintsevich became the first deputy chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. In 2011, Klintsevich won the State Duma elections for the fourth time. In the lower house of parliament, Franz Adamovich was a member of the commission on legal support for the development of organizations of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, and a member of the defense committee.

By decree of the Smolensk governor, Franz Klintsevich was appointed representative of the regional administration in the Federation Council, where he became first deputy of the committee on defense and security. In February 2018, Franz Klintsevich “of his own free will” left the post of first deputy chairman of this committee. The Federation Council has already approved the official's resignation. Klintsevich will remain an ordinary member of the committee.

Commenting on the situation, the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko stated that “we have adopted a rotation regime so that new senators and representatives of other regions come to leadership positions.”

Scandals involving Franz Klintsevich

The politician’s biography on Wikipedia says that a lobbying scandal in the case is associated with Franz Klintsevich Voronenkova — Novikova. As Express Gazeta wrote, we are talking about a representative of the Sibforpost company E. Trostentsova, who wanted to receive compensation from the federal budget for food supplies to the northern regions of Russia. For 60 thousand dollars, Denis Voronenkov took representatives of the company to the leaders of the then Unity faction - Boris Gryzlov and Franz Klintsevich.

Subsequently, Voronenkov (according to Trostentsov) constantly demanded money to allegedly be transferred to Gryzlov and Klintsevich, and ripped off 150 thousand dollars from the businessman. Trostentsov managed to contact Klintsevich directly, who advised him to write a statement to law enforcement agencies.

In the end, a criminal case was opened against Voronenkov and Novikov under the article “Extortion”. However, the matter soon fell apart.

Another scandal of 2016 was mentioned on Wikipedia. The Ruza District Court ordered Klintsevich to pay the public organization “Disabled of War” 285 thousand rubles, which was the cost of the politician’s stay with his family at the Rehabilitation Therapy Center for Internationalist Soldiers named after. M.A. Likhodeya"Rus". The Klintsevichs, during their stay at the sanatorium in December 2014, stayed there for free, promising to later provide doctor’s recommendations (a condition for free service), but subsequently never sending money or referrals.

The money was recovered by the court. True, on June 27, 2017, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the Ruza District Court and the ruling of the Moscow Regional Court as made in violation of procedural and substantive law.

Quotes from Franz Klintsevich

Franz Klintsevich actively comments on political events; his opinion is often quoted in the news.

At the beginning of 2018, he commented on the new US nuclear doctrine.

“The new American nuclear doctrine seriously strengthens the confrontational component in US foreign policy, focusing not on interaction with Russia in this area of arms, but on competition with it,” Klintsevich emphasized.

On February 7, 2018, in an interview with the Interfax agency, Klintsevich said that Syrian special forces are at the crash site of the wreckage of a Russian Su-25SM attack aircraft, shot down by radical Islamists in Idlib province. “Since special forces are at the scene of the pilot’s death, they have the wreckage of the plane at their disposal,” he emphasized then, adding that, according to unofficial information, the plane was shot down from an Igla MANPADS. On the same day, RIA Novosti refuted Klintsevich’s statements, quoting an unnamed high-ranking interlocutor in the Russian military department: “Empty statements from the outside, which have nothing to do with reality, only harm, not help, the cause.”

Franz Klintsevich commented on the statement of the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, who announced a “threat from the Russian Federation.” According to Klintsevich, Warsaw should worry rather about the “off-scale” nationalist sentiments within Poland itself.

“This situation is very strange for a country that has experienced fascism firsthand,” RIA Novosti quotes the senator. “The biggest threat to Poland lies in the processes taking place today in the country itself, in its internal state.”

Regarding Ukraine, Russian Senator Franz Klintsevich, commenting on the negative attitude of the Ukrainian side to the possibility of Russia’s return to PACE, noted: “In the end, Kyiv must understand that Ukraine is of no use to anyone in Europe, and under certain circumstances it will literally be swallowed up. All historical and geopolitical factors shout that Ukraine can only succeed as a state together with Russia.”

Also, Franz Klintsevich, commenting on the news that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine asked the US Congress to seek the status of a major ally outside NATO, noted that in Congress “smart people sit, they understand that hemorrhoids need to be treated, and not try to make them their property.” "

Franz Klintsevich commented on the statement of the Russian General Staff about the possibility of the United States launching a nuclear strike on Russia, saying that America should know about our awareness. “I think this reminder will not be superfluous. Let them, as they say, know that we know,” Klintsevich was quoted as saying in the news.

Franz Klintsevich compared the statements of the head of the White House Donald Trump about the US victory in two world wars with the chirping of a fly from a fable Ivan Dmitrieva, who decided to take credit for the bull that plowed the field. At the same time, the senator was surprised that Trump did not credit the Americans with the victory over Napoleon in the War of 1812.

The senator also called the conditions for lifting anti-Russian sanctions proposed by US President-elect Donald Trump unacceptable. According to Franz Klintsevich, before making such proposals, the Americans must reduce the amount of their ammunition in accordance with previously reached international agreements.

Personal life of Franz Klintsevich

Franz Adamovich Klintsevich is married. Wife - Larisa Fedorovna Klintsevich(born 1957) - assistant to a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

The Klintsevich family has a son Andrei (born 1981), a daughter Anastasia (1985) and 5 grandchildren.

The son of Franz Klintsevich graduated from the Military University of the Ministry of Defense, and currently Andrey is the head of the department for the implementation of public projects of the office of the plenipotentiary representative, curator of military-patriotic programs of the Young Guard of United Russia.

It is known about Anastasia that she studied at the Peoples' Friendship University and received two higher educations. Married.

Franz Adamovich's wife said that she met her future husband at school. Larisa Klintsevich graduated from the Faculty of History of Grodno State University. “We got married in our fourth year, but lived separately for another year while we finished our studies. After graduating from military school, Franz was sent to serve in the Lithuanian city of Alytus - it’s only a hundred kilometers from home,” Larisa Klintsevich said in an interview with the weekly Profile.

Larisa said about her son that he is a lover of extreme sports, he has more than 1000 parachute jumps, including a parachute jump at the North Pole. “Apparently, during one of the jumps he injured his back, and he had to leave the Armed Forces for health reasons. He left the army with tears in his eyes...” said Larisa Klintsevich.

Franz Klintsevich, according to his wife, loves cinema, is aware of all the new releases, and can quit what he’s doing to go to the cinema. He also loves to read.

Income of Franz Klintsevich

According to the declaration for 2016, deputy Franz Klintsevich earned 4,996,025 rubles.

Klintsevich's real estate includes land plots of 7,000 sq. m (4 pcs.), residential buildings: 645.2 sq. m (2 pcs.), one apartment 73 sq. m. The family has two cars.