DUSHANBE, November 10, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday received Saint Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, who was in Dushanbe on a three-day visit on the occasion of Days of Saint Petersburg in Dushanbe.
According to the Tajik president’s official website, the sides discussed issues related to cooperation between Tajikistan and the Russian Federation, fist of all Saint Petersburg, which is the second largest city in Russia.
Rahmon and Poltavchenko reportedly agreed to establish close ties between Dushanbe and Russia’s Northern Capital on the study of the Russian language, vocational training and labor migration.
They also discussed bilateral cooperation in sectors like energy, industry, agriculture, health, science and culture, the source said.
Georgy Poltavchenko (born on February 24, 1953, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union (today Azerbaijan) was the Russian Presidential Envoy to the Central Federal District. He was assigned governor of Saint Petersburg in August 2011.
He studied at Leningrad Aviation Instrument-Making Institute. After graduation he worked at Leninets Research and Production Association and at a district Komsomol (Young Communists” League) committee in Leningrad. He began service in the KGB in 1979. From 1980–1990, he occupied various posts in the KGB, ultimately becoming chief of department, Vyborg directorate, regional department of KGB in Leningrad and the Leningrad region. Poltavchenko was deputy of the Leningrad Regional Council from 1990–1993, deputy of Leningrad Regional Council. He was then chief of St. Petersburg directorate, Federal Tax Police from 1993–1999. He ran for the Leningrad city council unsuccessfully in 1998. From 1999–2000, he was plenipotentiary representative of the Russian President in Leningrad region.
