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Anna Tsivilyova | |
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Анна Цивилёва | |
 Tsivilyova in 2024 | |
| DeputyMinister of Defence | |
| Assumed office 14 June 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Mikhail Mishustin |
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| Born | Anna Evgenievna Putina (1972-05-09)9 May 1972 (age 53) |
| Spouse | Sergey Tsivilyov |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | RUDN,RANEPA |
Anna Evgenievna Tsivilyova (Russian:Анна Евгеньевна Цивилёва,néePutina [Путина]; born 9 May 1972) is a Russian government official. She is the daughter of a first cousin of presidentVladimir Putin.
In 2023, Putin made her chairperson of a state fund for veterans of theRussian invasion of Ukraine. The following year, she was appointed deputy minister of defense.
She was born on 9 May 1972 inIvanovo to a family of surgeons. Her father was Yevgeny Mikhailovich Putin (1933–2024), a urologist and cousin ofVladimir Putin. She graduated from theIvanovo State Medical Academy [ru] with a degree in psychiatry. From 1996, she worked as a psychiatrist at theBogorodskoye Psychiatric Hospital in Ivanovo.[1][2][3][4]
AfterVladimir Putin became president, she moved to Moscow and began supplying medical equipment, working as a manager at the state-ownedMedtekhsnab, and then at the private companyDigimed.[2][3] Before 2023, Tsivilyova had no known military background or relationship to defence matters.[5]
On 3 April 2023, Putin appointed her chairperson of the newly-created State Fund for the Support of Participants in theSpecial Military Operation "Defenders of the Fatherland".[6][7]
On 17 June 2024, she was made a deputy minister of defence.[8][9][10] This appointment reportedly drew muted criticism within the Russian press for nepotism that "tested even Russian tolerance for corrupt practice", according to theBritish Ministry of Defence[5][11] On 17 August 2024, the British Ministry of Defence reported that Tsivilyova had been promoted to the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, while still maintaining her role as Deputy Defence Minister. In this new role, she is primarily responsible for the ministry's relationship with the Russian legislature and other government bodies.[5][11]
Tsivileva is married toSergey Tsivilyov, a Russian energy minister and formergovernor of Kemerovo Oblast.[2]
In 2022, following theRussian invasion of Ukraine, Tsivilyova and her coal mining corporation, JSC Kolmar Group, were placed on the United Kingdom sanctions list for having "significantly benefitted" from their relationship with Putin.[12][13] The following year, Tsivilyova and the "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation were sanctioned by theEuropean Union.[14]