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Sergey Naryshkin | |
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Сергей Нарышкин | |
.jpg) Naryshkin in 2024 | |
| Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Mikhail Fradkov |
| Chairman of the State Duma | |
| In office 21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Boris Gryzlov |
| Succeeded by | Vyacheslav Volodin |
| Member of theState Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 4 December 2011 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Kremlin Chief of Staff | |
| In office 12 May 2008 – 20 December 2011 | |
| President | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Sergey Sobyanin |
| Succeeded by | Sergei Ivanov |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Russia — Head of the Government Executive Office | |
| In office 13 September 2004 – 12 May 2008 | |
| Prime Minister | Mikhail Fradkov Viktor Zubkov Vladimir Putin |
| Preceded by | Dmitry Kozak |
| Succeeded by | Sergey Sobyanin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1954-10-27)27 October 1954 (age 71) |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouse | Tatiana Yakubchik |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Leningrad Mechanical Institute Higher School of the KGB International Management Institute of Saint Petersburg (Ph.D.) |
| Website | Sergey Naryshkin |
Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin (Russian:Серге́й Евге́ньевич Нары́шкин,IPA:[sʲɪrˈɡʲejjɪˈvɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕnɐˈrɨʂkʲɪn]; born 27 October 1954) is a Russian politician who has served as thedirector of theForeign Intelligence Service since 2016. Previously, he wasChairman of the State Duma (2011–2016) andKremlin Chief of Staff (2008–2012); he was also chairman of theHistorical Truth Commission from May 2009 until it was dissolved in February 2012. Naryshkin has the federal state civilian service rank of1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[1]
Sergei Yevgenyevich Naryshkin was born in Leningrad and graduated fromLeningrad Institute of Mechanics with a degree in engineering in 1978, and in 1978 was the first secretary of itsKomsomol which was theCommunist Party's youth wing. From 1978, Naryshkin studied at the MoscowHigher School of the KGB (Russian:Высшая школа КГБ) for two years in the French section whileNikolay Tokarev also studied at the Higher School of the KGB at the same time.[2] In the 1990s he also graduated fromInternational Management Institute of Saint Petersburg with a degree in economics.[3]
In 2015, Naryshkin's dissertation in economics was exposed as fraudulent in an investigation byDissernet, with more than half of the text plagiarized from other publications.[4]
In 1982, Naryshkin was appointed Deputy Vice-Rector of theLeningrad Polytechnical Institute. From 1988 to 1992, he worked in the Soviet Embassy inBrussels as an expert in the State Committee on Science and Technologies in the office of the economic adviser, but Alexei Pastyukhov, a childhood friend, stated that Naryshkin worked as third secretary. Some sources suggest that while there he began to work for theKGB after he had been at a group of the KGB Higher School where he andVladimir Putin were fellow students.[3][5][6][7]
From 1992 until 1995, he worked in the Committee for Economy and Finance ofSaint Petersburg Mayor Office. After he left, he became the chief of the external investment department ofPromstroybank, a position he would hold until 1997. From 1997 until 1998, Naryshkin led the Investment Department of theLeningrad Oblast government. From 1998 until 2004, he was the Chairman of the Committee for External Economic and International Relations of the government of Leningrad Oblast.
In early 2004, he was a deputy head of the economic department of theRussian presidential administration. From March through September 2004, Naryshkin was a deputy chief of staff of theRussian government.
Since 2004, he has been a member of the board of directors ofSovkomflot and a deputy chairman of the board of directors ofRosneft. Since 31 August 2004, Naryshkin has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state-owned television channelChannel One.
Since 13 September 2004, he has been a Minister, Chief of Staff of the Government of Russia. On 15 February 2007, PresidentVladimir Putin announced that Naryshkin had been appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for external economic activity, focusing on collaboration with theCommonwealth of Independent States.
In May 2008, Naryshkin was appointed chief of thePresidential Administration of Russia.[citation needed]
In May 2009, PresidentDmitry Medvedev appointed him chairman of theHistorical Truth Commission, which was active until February 2012.[8][9]
Naryshkinwas elected to theState Duma, thelower house of theRussian parliament in December 2011. When the Duma began meeting for its new term on 21 December 2011, Naryshkin was elected asChairman of the State Duma; he received 238 votes in favor of his candidacy, while 88 deputies opposed him.[10]
In June 2012, Naryshkin signed a resolution on setting up a culture council under the State Duma speaker. The council is “a standing advisory body”. The tasks of the council are “the examination and drafting of initiatives on topical problems of legislative regulations in culture and associated industries, the development of recommendations on culture for the use in lawmaking”.[11]
On 2 September 2013, Naryshkin stated that there are no political prisoners in today's Russia.[12]
Since the rise of tensions between European Union and Russia in 2014, Naryshkin was perceived as one of the main coordinators of contacts with European far-right and far-left parties supporting Russian foreign policy in Europe.[13]
As a result of theannexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the federal government of the United States under Barack Obama blacklisted[a] Naryshkin and other close friends of theRussian president, includingSergei Ivanov andGennadi Timchenko.[14][15][16][17][18][19] Nevertheless, he officially visited the U.S., along with other Russian top security chiefs, at the end of January 2018.[20]
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He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2014 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[21]
His son, Andrey Naryshkin, had EU residence in Hungary, a registered address in Budapest and actively appealed the decision against its revocation in 2022. Naryshkin's other relatives also frequently travelled across Europe between 2018 and 2021.[22]
In September 2016, Naryshkin was appointed as chief of Russia'sForeign Intelligence Service (SVR).[23]
In November 2021, Naryshkin dismissed reports of a possibleinvasion of Ukraine asserting that it was "malicious propaganda by the US State Department".[24]
Days before Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Naryshkin received widespread attention in the global press[25][26][27] for visibly trembling and "stutter[ing] uncomfortably"[28] as Putin humiliated him publicly for "fumbling"[29] his response to the Russian President's questioning during aSecurity Council of Russia meeting concerning the abandonment of theMinsk agreements and recognizing the Russian-backed separatist regions[30] ofDonetsk andLuhansk.
On 6 April 2022 in response to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, theOffice of Foreign Assets Control of theUnited States Department of the Treasury added Naryshkin to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant toExecutive Order14024.[31]
On 15 August 2023 Naryshkin gave a speech at a security conference in Moscow, where he argued that for "a spiritually and physically healthy person, it’s unpleasant and sometimes even scary to travel to Europe–so many perversions of various kinds have thrived there".[32]
Naryshkin is[when?] the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of theRussian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA).[33]
Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 3rd class (2010)[34]
Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 4th class (4 June 2008)[35]
Order of Alexander Nevsky (27 October 2014)[36]
Order of Honour (27 October 2004)[37]
Order of Friendship (2016)[38]
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (11 March 2003)[39]
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (26 October 2009)[40] Honorary Diploma of the Government of the Russian Federation (26 October 2009) Certificate of Honor of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation (2 April 2008)[41] Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh, 2nd class (2014)[42] Medal "In Memory of the 350th Anniversary of Irkutsk" (2011)[43].png)
Medal "For Contribution to Strengthening the Defense of the Russian Federation" (2021)[44]
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class (2009)[45].png)
Order of Honor (2015,Armenia)[46].svg)
Dostlug Order (2012,Azerbaijan)[47]
Order of Honor (2015,Belarus)[48]
Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2009, Belarus)[49]
Officer of theLegion of Honour (2013,France)[50]
Order of Friendship, 2nd class (2016,Kazakhstan)[51]
Order of Neutrality of the President of Turkmenistan (2012,Turkmenistan)[52]
Friendship Order (2021,Vietnam)[53]{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Education: Radio-mechanical engineering, Leningrad Mechanical Institute, 1978. Economics, Petersburg International Management Institute, 1997.
Late last year, Russian newspapers reported what would have qualified as a stunning piece of news almost anywhere else: The chairman of the country's largest parliamentary body had been exposed as a plagiarist. Sergei Naryshkin, the former chief of staff in Vladimir Putin's administration and a prominent member of his United Russia party, stood accused of receiving the Russian equivalent of a doctoral degree on the strength of a dissertation in which more than half of the pages contained material lifted from other sources.
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