Nikolai Patrushev
Date of Birth: 11.07.1951
Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev - Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation from 1999 - 2008. He was replaced in this position by Vladimir Putin and held the office during two terms as president. General Army. Doctor of Law.
Has been under personal sanctions since 2018. Since February 24, 2022, due to the comprehensive invasion of Russia into Ukraine, he has been under personal sanctions of the USA as well as sanctions from all EU countries, Great Britain, Japan, and other states.
Place of Birth. Education. Born on July 11, 1951, in Leningrad in the family of a naval officer. He attended secondary school No. 211 together with the chairman of the Supreme Council of the United Russia party, Boris Gryzlov. In 1974, he graduated from the Faculty of Instrument Engineering of the Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute and then worked as an engineer in an institute-owned design bureau. Between 1974-1975 he attended KGB special courses at the Minsk Security Ministry of the USSR.
All relevant materials
- The WSJ reported that Patrushev organized the murder of Prigozhin. Budanov comments. News
- Budanov: Patrushev is not stupid, he has taken a neutral position on the war. Gerasimov - no. News
- Bank on the Hague power word: One Putin will not be enough. All leadership personnel of Russia are interested. News
Career. Since 1975, he has been involved in the counterintelligence sub-department of the KGB administration of the Leningrad Region: junior operative officer, operative officer, head of the city department, deputy head of the district area, head of the service for combating smuggling and corruption. Completed one-year training courses at the KGB Academy of the USSR.
From June 1992 to 1994 - Minister of Security of the Republic of Karelia, head of the department of the Federal Security Service of Russia in Karelia. In the years 1994-1998 - head of the Own security department of the FSB of Russia, deputy head of the department - head of the organization-inspection operations of the organization and personnel service of the FSB of Russia.
Since May 31, 1998 - head of the main control department (GKU) of the administration of the President of the Russian Federation. From August 11, 1998 to October 6, 1998 - deputy head of the presidential administration - head of the GKU. He replaced Putin as the head of the GKU, who was appointed the first deputy head of the administration.
From October 6, 1998 to 1999 - deputy director of the FSB of Russia, head of the economic security service (in the previous position he was closer to the Kremlin and had broader powers).
Since January 29, 1999 - member of the interdepartmental commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations.
Since April 16, 1999 - First Deputy Director of the FSB of Russia. Since August 9, 1999 - acting director of the FSB of Russia. From August 16, 1999 to May 12, 2008 - Director of the FSB of Russia. On September 30, 1999, he was elected chairman of the Council of Heads of Security and Special Services (SORB) of the CIS member states (until May 2008). From February 2006 to May 2008, he was also chairman of the National Anti-Terrorist Committee of Russia.
From November 14, 1999, to April 25, 2001, he was a member of the Commission of the President of the Russian Federation to combat political extremism in Russia.
Since November 15, 1999 - permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.
Since November 20, 1999 - deputy chairman of the Federal Anti-Terrorism Commission.
From January 2001 to August 2003, he was head of the operational staff for monitoring anti-terror operations in the North Caucasus. On August 28, 2003, he officially transferred the leadership of anti-terror operations in the North Caucasus to Russian Interior Minister Boris Gryzlov.
From 2004 to 2009, he was president of the All-Russian Volleyball Federation.
In 2006, he was named by political commentators as one of the possible successors of Vladimir Putin for the presidency.
On May 12, 2008, he was appointed secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. By decree of the President of the Russian Federation on June 22, 2018, he was reappointed to this position.
Views. Actively supports Russia's aggressive imperial policy and is a true patriot of the Putin clan and its cadre school traditions. Considers special agencies such as TSHEKA, KG... as a kind of 'our new nobility'.
Supports the imperial myth that supposedly the goal of the USA is to rob Russia of its natural resources, as the USA 'would love to see Russia not exist at all'.
Considers the Revolution of Dignity to be a rebellion, a military coup organized and carried out with American money.
Involvement in specific cases. During the protracted judicial investigation into the murder of former FSB officer Alexander Litvinenko in 2006, in January 2016 the conclusion of the London High Court was reached that Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, then head of the FSB, Nikolai Patrushev, were involved.
In early 2018, he was named in the media in connection with the smuggling of cocaine from the Russian embassy in Argentina.
On April 6, 2018, he was placed on the US sanctions list, along with 17 government members and 7 businessmen from Russia.
Family. His wife, Elena Nikolaevna Patrusheva, worked as an ultrasound diagnostician and was an employee of Vnesheconombank. In 1993, she, along with Boris Gryzlov and other school friends and work colleagues of her husband, founded TOC 'Borg,' specializing in scrap export.
His eldest son Dmitry has been the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation since May 18, 2018, and is a member of the board of Gazprom AG.
His younger son Andrey was appointed advisor to the director of Rosneft Igor Sechin in September 2006 and is a member of the board of Gazprom Neft AG.
07.08.2022