Newsweek: Who Is Vladislav Surkov? Putin Ally Reportedly Under House Arrest
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Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov is a Russian politician and businessman.
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Born 21 September 1964 · Q548164
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Newsweek: Who Is Vladislav Surkov? Putin Ally Reportedly Under House Arrest
“Russia is playing with the West”
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Surkov himself declared that "Russia is playing with the West's minds", adding that "they don't know how to deal with their own changed consciousness"
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Yahoo: Exclusive: Putin Aide Vladislav Surkov Defied E.U. Sanctions to Make Pilgrimage to Greece
Igor Strelkov, a leader in the war in Donbass, referred to Surkov as "notorious", claiming he focused "only on destruction
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“proud that I was part of the reconquest [of Ukraine]”
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TASS: “Grey cardinal” Vladislav Surkov makes return to Russian politics
Career landmark: Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation (2013–2020).
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Career landmark: Chief of the Government Staff (2012–2013).
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Career landmark: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (2012–2013).
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Commentators noted that Surkov became increasingly marginalized as Putin shifted toward more direct repression rather than the political management associated with Surkov
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“I was among those who helped Boris Yeltsin to secure a peaceful transfer of power; among those who helped President Putin stabilize the political system; among those who helped President Medvedev liberalize it. All the teams were great.”
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Peter Pomerantsev described him in the London Review of Books as central to a system of "ceaseless shape-shifting" designed to confuse and weaken opposition
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Career landmark: Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (2011–2012).
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Career landmark: Kremlin Chief of Staff (2011–2011).
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A report by the Open Source Center identified the Russian news site ura
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Career landmark: Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation (2004–2008).
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Career landmark: Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff (1999–2008).
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“We are living in a new Russia now.”
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Studied at International University in Moscow (1990).
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Became head of the advertising department of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's businesses
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Studied at National University of Science and Technology (1983).
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“Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea”
Born 1964-09-21.
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“Kosmicheskiy reys: Fantasticheskaya Novella”
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