Mutko compared work at Zenit, the government and Dom.RF – RBK

Vitaly Mutko at the end of the 90s led Zenit, was the head of the Russian Football Union and Deputy Prime Minister. He is now the head of a state-owned real estate corporation.

Working in the civil service implies a much greater responsibility, since the lives of people depend on the decisions made, says Vitaly Mutko, general director of Dom.RF. He spoke about his approach to work in an interview with RBC.

According to him, development was his common task at all places of work. “I remember, I rewind – I was the head of the Kirovsky district, I loved this business terribly. Then I became the president of Zenit – I thought that I would be them all my life, I wanted to build a club like Barcelona. I thought I would die – the stadium will be named after me, like the Bernabeu. I’m kidding, of course. But in fact, I got carried away with this and that’s it, ”he said about his previous career.

“State service at a high level is a different philosophy, a different responsibility. Because you work out a policy, a lot depends on your decisions – people’s lives, ”Mutko explained. He recalled that currently 7 thousand people work at Dom.RF.

Vitaly Mutko served as Deputy Prime Minister from October 2016 to January 2020. After the resignation of the government of Dmitry Medvedev, he was not included in the new cabinet of ministers, and his duties were transferred to the former vice-mayor of Moscow Marat Khusnullin. Mutko himself was appointed general director of the state corporation Dom.Rf, created by the government as a financial institution for development in the housing sector.