Kapkov will work at Moscow State University

The former head of the Moscow Department of Culture Sergei Kapkov will head the Center for the Study of Culture and City Development at the Economic Department of Moscow State University.

This was reported by Interfax with reference to the press service of the university.

Sergey Kapkov (b. 1975) in the early 2000s was the head of the Department of Culture, Youth, Sports, Tourism and Information Policy of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug, in 2002 he was elected chairman of the Political Council of the Chukchi regional branch of the United Russia party, in 2006-vice-president of the Russian Football Union, in 2003–2011 he was a deputy of the State Duma.

In the spring of 2011, Kapkov became the director of Gorky Park, and in September of the same year he headed the Moscow Department of Culture, in May 2012 he was appointed Minister of Government. Moscow.

In March 2015, Kapkov resigned from the post of head of the Moscow Department of Culture , his place was taken by Alexander Kibovsky.