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Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov was a Russian politician and senior official who served as Secretary of the Security Council from November 1999 to March 2001, as Minister of Defense from March 2001 to February 2007, as Deputy Prime Minister from November 2005 to February 2007, and as First Deputy Prime Minister from February 2007 to May 2008.
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politics · Russian politician (1953–2026) · intelligence officer · politician · diplomat · also Sergei Ivanov, Ivanov
Born 31 January 1953 · Died 26 June 2026 · Q204027
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2026· 10 entries
Tennis Tonic: H2H, prediction of Ryan Peniston vs Ivan Ivanov in Roehampton 2 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 24th August 2026
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USA Today: Sergei Ivanov Stats, NHL News, Bio and More - USA TODAY Sports
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Legacy obituary: Stanislav Ivanov Obituary (2026) - Solon, OH - Tabone-Komorowski Funeral Home - Chagrin Valley
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Robinhood: August 18, 2026: Moller vs Ivanov Tennis Prediction Market
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Tennis Tonic: H2H, prediction of Elmer Moller vs Ivan Ivanov in Roehampton 1 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th August 2026
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Public attention spiked: 5,640 Wikipedia readers in one day, 30.1× the usual 188, with 18 article edits. Editors noted: Minister of Defense Removing proseline
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Public attention spiked: 11,236 Wikipedia readers in one day, 59.9× the usual 188, with 26 article edits. Coverage that week: “Sergei Ivanov, Russia's ex-defense minister once seen as Putin's likely successor, has died at 73” (Houston Chronicle).
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Houston Chronicle: Sergei Ivanov, Russia's ex-defense minister once seen as Putin's likely successor, has died at 73
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Died 2026-06-26.
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2015· 1 entry
Stated that his career in the KGB had been ruined and destroyed because of Oleg Gordievsky's defection and exfiltration on 19 July 1985 from Moscow through the northwestern part of the Soviet Union near Leningrad, and
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: Kremlin Chief of Staff (2011–2016).
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2008· 1 entry
Campaign: 2008 presidential election.
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2007· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (2007–2008).
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2001· 2 entries
Career landmark: Minister of Defense of Russia (2001–2007).
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And in finance in 2002; he worked at the State Investment Corporation under Vladimir Kozhemyakin, and then, from 2003 to 2004, was both the chief expert on international projects at Gazprom and an assistant to Andrey Aki
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1999· 2 entries
Yeltsin used the council as political expediency dictated but did not allow it to emerge as a relatively strong and autonomous institution
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Career landmark: Secretary of the Security Council of Russia (1999–2001).
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1976· 1 entry
Underwent KGB training in Minsk, and in 1982 he graduated from the Red Banner Institute of the KGB in Moscow
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1975· 1 entry
Graduated from the translators' faculty of the Department of Philology at Leningrad State University, where he majored in English and also studied Swedish
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-01-31.
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