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{{family name hatnote|Vladilenovich|Kiriyenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sergey Kiriyenko
| native_name = {{nobold|Сергей Кириенко}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Сергей Кириенко (08-04-2020) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kiriyenko in 2020▼
| office = First Deputy Chief of Staff of the <br> [[Presidential Administration of Russia]]
| term_start = 5 October 2016
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| predecessor4 = [[Boris Nemtsov]]
| successor4 = Viktor Ott <small>(Acting)</small><br>Sergey Generalov
| birth_name = Sergey Vladilenovich Izraitel▼
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|7|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sukhumi]], [[Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic|Abkhaz ASSR]],
▲| birth_name = Sergey Vladilenovich Izraitel
| party = [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] {{nowrap|{{small|(1980–1991)}}}}<br />[[Union of Right Forces]] {{nowrap|{{small|(1998–2008)}}}}<br />[[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|{{nowrap|(1991–1998}} and since 2008)}}
| spouse = Maria V. Kiriyenko
| children = 3; including [[Vladimir Kiriyenko|Vladimir]]
▲| caption = Kiriyenko in 2020
}}
'''Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko''' (''[[Birth name|né]]'' ''Izraitel''; {{
==Early life==
Sergei Kiriyenko's father, Vladilen Israitel, made his name as a doctor of philosophy.<ref>[https://polit.nnov.ru/2003/11/25/kirienko/ Сергей Кириенко (часть первая)] {{Web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/20031125135803/https://polit.nnov.ru/2003/11/25/kirienko/ }} // Сергей Кириенко (часть первая).
▲===Prime Minister (1998)===
{{See also|Sergey Kiriyenko's Cabinet}}
Kiriyenko was appointed [[Prime Minister of Russia|Prime Minister]] after the dismissal of [[Viktor Chernomyrdin's Second Cabinet]]. The State Duma, dominated by the [[Communist Party of the Russian Federation]], twice refused to confirm his appointment but
Russians would popularly call the nomination of Kiriyenko "[[Kinder Surprise]]", a reference to both the unexpectedness of such an appointment and his youth at the time of his appointment. His appointment was assisted by [[Deputy Prime Minister of Russia|Deputy Prime Minister]] [[Boris Nemtsov]], who later became a leading critic of and activist against [[Vladimir Putin]]'s government.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 October 2022 |title=Sergey Kiriyenko, the 'Viceroy of the Donbas' who helped launch Putin's career |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221002-sergey-kiriyenko-so-called-viceroy-of-the-donbas-helped-launch-putin-s-career |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=[[France 24]]}}</ref> Along with Nemtsov and [[Anatoly Chubais]], Kiriyenko was known during the late 1990s as part of a group of "young reformers", who sought wide-reaching overhauls to the economic system. This was in contrast with his immediate predecessor, the more moderate [[Viktor Chernomyrdin]].<ref name="Haslett"/> Kiriyenko's premiership was noted in hindsight for the appointment of Vladimir Putin as [[Director of the Federal Security Service]], eventually leading to his accession to the presidency in 2000.<ref name="France24">{{cite news |title=Sergey Kiriyenko, the 'Viceroy of the Donbas' who helped launch Putin's career |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20221002-sergey-kiriyenko-so-called-viceroy-of-the-donbas-helped-launch-putin-s-career |work=France 24 |date=2 October 2022}}</ref>
Kiriyenko's cabinet [[default (finance)|defaulted]] the [[GKO-OFZ]] government bond coupons which led to devaluation of the Russian ruble and [[1998 Russian financial crisis]].<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news |date=2 February 2018 |title=Кремль, тюрьма или пуля: что стало с соратниками Белых по СПС |trans-title=Kremlin, prison, or bullet: what became of Belykh's allies in the SPS |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-42906518 |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Kiriyenko took responsibility for the crisis and resigned on 23 August.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Blant |first=Maksim |date=17 August 2023 |title=Дефолт 1998 года. Первый экономический кризис в постсоветской истории |trans-title=The 1998 default: the first economic crisis in post-Soviet history |url=https://www.svoboda.org/a/defolt-1998-goda-pervyy-ekonomicheskiy-krizis-v-postsovetskoy-istorii/32551218.html |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |language=ru}}</ref>
In 2004, [[Novaya Gazeta]] printed seven articles by columnist
▲====Libel lawsuit====
[[File:Vladimir Putin with Sergei Kiriyenko-2.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Sergey Kiriyenko (left) and Russian President
▲In 2004, [[Novaya Gazeta]] printed seven articles by columnist [[Georgy Rozhnov]], which accused Kiriyenko of embezzling [[US$]]4.8 billion of IMF funds in 1998 when he was [[Prime Minister of Russia]].<ref name="cjeskiriyenko"/> The newspaper based the accusations on a letter allegedly written to [[Colin Powell]] and signed by [[Member of Congress|US Congressmen]] [[Philip Crane]], [[Mike Pence]], [[Charlie Norwood]], [[Dan Burton]] and [[Henry Bonilla]] and posted on the website of the [[American Defense Council]].<ref name=punkd/> The newspaper went on to claim that Kiriyenko had used some of the embezzled funds to purchase real estate in the [[United States]]. The Moscow newspaper, ''[[The eXile]]'', announced it had sent the letter as a prank, but later claimed that this had been a joke.<ref name=punkd>{{cite news |last=Ames |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Ames |title=Double Punk'd! Meta-Prank Goes Mega-Bad |publisher=[[The eXile]] |date=22 July 2004 |url=http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=7406&IBLOCK_ID=35&phrase_id=9479 |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-date=26 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226060411/http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=7406&IBLOCK_ID=35&phrase_id=9479}}</ref><ref name=lentakiriyenko>{{cite news|script-title=ru:"Новая газета" опровергла обвинения в адрес Кириенко|website=[[Lenta.ru]]|date=20 December 2004|url=http://lenta.ru/most/2004/12/20/novaya/|access-date=31 January 2009|language=ru|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311210003/http://lenta.ru/most/2004/12/20/novaya/|archive-date=11 March 2007}}</ref> In response, Kiriyenko sued Novaya Gazeta and Rozhnov for [[libel]],<ref name=lentakiriyenko/> and in passing judgement in favour of Kiriyenko the court ordered Novaya Gazeta to retract all publications relating to the accusations. The court noted "Novaya gazeta’s content on the missing IMF funds include a great deal of unproven information" and also went on to order the newspaper "to publish only officially proven information linking Mr Kiriyenko with embezzlement."<ref name="cjeskiriyenko">{{cite web|title=III. Lawsuits against Journalists|publisher=[[Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations]]|date=11–17 October 2004|url=http://www.cjes.ru/bulletin/?bulletin_id=1240&country=Russia&lang=eng|access-date=31 January 2009}}</ref>{{clarify|date=July 2022}}
Together with [[Boris Nemtsov]] and [[Irina Hakamada]] and along with others,
Since 2000 Kiriyenko has held the federal state civilian service rank of [[1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation]].<ref>{{cite act|type=Decree|index=2040|date=23 December 2000|legislature=[[President of Russia]]|title=О присвоении квалификационного разряда федеральным государственным служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=23.12.2000&a8=2040&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=51&y=13}}</ref>
▲===Union of Right Forces (1999)===
▲[[File:Vladimir Putin with Sergei Kiriyenko-2.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Sergey Kiriyenko (left) and Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]], 2000|alt=|left]]
▲Together with [[Boris Nemtsov]] and [[Irina Hakamada]] and along with others, Kirienko formed the [[Union of Right Forces]]. Kiriyenko led the party in the [[1999 Russian legislative election|1999 legislative election]]. Party finished fourth on elections, receiving 29 seats. Kiriyenko headed the parliamentary group of the party.
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[[File:Dmitry Medvedev in China 28 September 2010-15.jpeg|thumb|200x200px|left|Kiriyenko, Russian President [[Dmitry Medvedev]] and Chinese Vice President [[Xi Jinping]], 2010]]
Kiriyenko was appointed to head [[Rosatom]], the Federal Atomic Energy Agency, on
Kiriyenko said on 18 September 2006 while in [[Vienna]], that the reactor in the [[Bushehr#Nuclear development|Bushehr nuclear plant]] in [[Iran]] should be operational by September 2007 and the plant itself will be active in November 2007. He advocated President
[[File:Meeting on developing new types of weapons 2016-11-18 (2).jpg|thumb|Meeting on developing [[Defense industry of Russia|new types of weapons]], 2016]]
Kiriyenko was replaced as General Director of Rosatom on 5 October 2016 by
It came to light in July 2018 that for his work in Rosatom
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In October 2016 Kiriyenko was appointed First Deputy Chief of Staff in Putin's administration.<ref>[http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-Kirienko-leaves-Rosatom-to-join-Presidential-Administration-06101601.html Kirienko leaves Rosatom to join Presidential Administration]''World Nuclear News.'' 6 October 2016</ref> The position has significant status within the Russian government, with ''[[The Moscow Times]]'' referring to Kiriyenko as "Putin's right-hand man" and a "[[gray cardinal]]" following the appointment.<ref name="Fishman">{{Cite news |last=Fishman |first=Mikhail |date=29 September 2016 |title=Former Prime Minister to Become Putin's Right-Hand Man |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/09/29/who-is-former-russian-prime-minister-mr-kiriyenko-a55520 |access-date=12 January 2024 |work=[[The Moscow Times]]}}</ref>
Kiriyenko spoke publicly about the need to work with Russian youth and their fondness for debauched hip-hop, most notably in response to the crackdown in late 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-28|title=Russia: Censorship of Younger Generation's Music|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/02/28/russia-censorship-younger-generations-music|access-date=2021-10-31|website=Human Rights Watch|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Кириенко назвал глупостью запреты концертов молодежных исполнителей|url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/5884149 |date=7 December 2018 |publisher=ТАSS |language=en}}</ref>
Vadim Prokhorov, one of his former colleagues, described him as "a very flexible man [ideologically], who will never go against the wind."<ref
Following the beginning of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], Kiriyenko's portfolio as First Deputy Chief of Staff was expanded to cover administration of [[Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine]]. By June 2022 it was reported by ''[[Meduza]]''<ref name=viceroy>{{cite news |title=The Viceroy: How Sergey Kiriyenko became Putin's point man in the Donbas and plans to shape Russia's 'post-war image' |url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/06/10/the-viceroy |work=[[Meduza]] |date=10 June 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Bloomberg News]]''<ref name=puconq>{{cite news |last1=Bershidsky |first1=Leonid |title=Putin Prepares to Declare Himself a Conqueror |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-15/putin-prepares-to-declare-himself-a-conqueror |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=15 June 2022}}</ref> that Kiriyenko had been entrusted with managing the occupied territories, a role that earned him the popular nickname "Viceroy of the Donbas". Kiriyenko has continued to influence Russian domestic policy since the invasion, including allegedly preventing the cancellation of the [[2022 Russian gubernatorial elections]].<ref name=viceroy/>
While Kiriyenko was in office, he was sanctioned by both the [[United Kingdom]] and [[European Union]] (amongst the list of six individuals and one organization) on 15 October 2020 over the [[Alexei Navalny]] poisoning. Navalny, an opponent of Putin's, was poisoned on 20 August 2020, while travelling on a flight inside Russia.<ref name="cnn_sanction">{{cite web |title=UK and EU impose sanctions on six Russian officials over Navalny poisoning |url=https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-eu-impose-sanctions-on-six-russian-officials-over-navalny-poisoning-12104672 |date=October 15, 2020 |website=Sky News |access-date=2020-10-16 }}</ref>▼
====Sanctions over Ukraine====▼
On February 21, 2022, President Putin officially recognized the [[Luhansk People's Republic]] and [[Donetsk People's Republic]] as independent from [[Ukraine]], a move that prompted countries to sanction Russian individuals and companies. On February 22, 2022, US President [[Joe Biden]] imposed sanctions on Kiriyenko, along with his son [[Vladimir Kiriyenko|Vladimir]] for their connections to the Russian government.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fact Sheet: United States Imposes First Tranche of Swift and Severe Costs on Russia |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/02/22/fact-sheet-united-states-imposes-first-tranche-of-swift-and-severe-costs-on-russia/ |website=The White House |date=22 February 2022 |access-date=23 February 2022}}</ref>▼
▲====Administrator of occupied Ukraine====
On 5 May 2022 it was reported that Kiriyenko visited the Russian-occupied city of [[Mariupol]], taking part in the unveiling of a statue of an old woman holding the Soviet flag.<ref name=sovflg>{{cite news |title=Ukrainian Hailed 'Hero' by Kremlin Reportedly Loses Home to Russian Bombs |url=https://www.newsweek.com/ukrainian-hailed-hero-kremlin-reportedly-loses-home-russian-bombs-1703979 |work=Newsweek |date=5 May 2022}}</ref> Kiriyenko said that "Babushka Anya is a symbol of the motherland for the entire" [[Russian world]].<ref name=tmtop>{{cite news |title=Top Kremlin Official Unveils Pro-War Statue in Ukraine's Mariupol |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/05/05/top-kremlin-official-unveils-pro-war-statue-in-ukraines-mariupol-a77590 |work=The Moscow Times |date=11 May 2022}}</ref>
On 6 June Kiriyenko visited occupied [[Kherson]],<ref name="tmtok">{{cite news |title=Occupied Kherson Readying for Vote to Join Russia, Official Claims |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/06/29/occupied-kherson-readying-for-vote-to-join-russia-officials-claim-a78139 |publisher=The Moscow Times |date=29 June 2022}}</ref> and it was reported by the Ukrainian mayor of Kherson, [[Ihor Kolykhaiev]], that the occupiers had conducted a meeting of more than 70 Russian
In late 2022, Russian opposition politician Nikita Yuferev accused Kiriyenko of violating Russia's [[Russian 2022 war censorship laws|2022 war censorship laws]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian politician files legal challenge over Putin's reference to Ukraine "war" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-war-idCAKBN2T70O3 |work=Reuters |date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
===Architect of Russian Disinformation===
In September 2024, the United States Justice Department asserted that Kiriyenko had created some 30 internet domains to spread [[Russian disinformation]], including on [[Elon Musk]]’s [[Twitter|X]] which was formerly known as Twitter. In October 2024, the Wall Street Journal disclosed that Musk had been in contact with Kiriyenko and [[Vladimir Putin]] which [[Dmitry Peskov]] affirmed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grove |first1=Thomas |last2=Strobel |first2=Warren P. |last3=Viswanatha |first3=Aruna |last4=Lubold |first4=Gordon |last5=Schechner |first5=Sam |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187 |title=Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin: Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns; topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=25 October 2024 |access-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241029164052/https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187 |archive-date=29 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Simmons |first1=Ann M. |last2=Grove |first2=Thomas |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-aide-russia-propaganda-us-election-3b3ef3d2 |title=The Putin Propaganda Chief Who the U.S. Says Is Now After American Minds: The Justice Department has named Sergei Kiriyenko as the curator of some 30 internet domains aimed at misleading U.S. voters |work=[[Wall Street Journal]] |date=6 September 2024 |access-date=1 November 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240906135431/https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-aide-russia-propaganda-us-election-3b3ef3d2 |archive-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>
▲While Kiriyenko was in office, he was sanctioned by both the [[United Kingdom]] and [[European Union]] (amongst the list of six individuals and one organization) on 15 October 2020 over the [[Alexei Navalny]] poisoning. Navalny, an opponent of Putin's, was poisoned on 20 August 2020, while travelling on a flight inside Russia.<ref name="cnn_sanction">{{cite web |title=UK and EU impose sanctions on six Russian officials over Navalny poisoning |url=https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-eu-impose-sanctions-on-six-russian-officials-over-navalny-poisoning-12104672 |date=
▲On 21 February
▲In late 2022, Russian opposition politician Nikita Yuferev accused Kiriyenko of violating Russia's [[Russian 2022 war censorship laws|2022 war censorship laws]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Russian politician files legal challenge over Putin's reference to Ukraine "war" |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-war-idCAKBN2T70O3 |work=Reuters |date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
==Family==
Kiriyenko's son Vladimir was appointed CEO of [[VKontakte]] in December 2021, the influential Russian social network after the controversial takeover of VKontakte by companies affiliated with state-owned gas giant [[Gazprom]], in what critics said was a sign of the Kremlin tightening its grip over the social media network. Critics have accused the company of sharing
==See also==
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[[Category:Rosatom]]
[[Category:Heroes of the Russian Federation]]
[[Category:Russian individuals subject to
[[Category:Russian individuals subject to
[[Category:Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Russian politicians]]
[[Category:Anti-Ukrainian sentiment in Russia]]
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