Nikolai Patrushev

Nikolai Patrushev
Nikolai Patrushev
Николай Патрушев
	Patrushev in 2019
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 May 2008
President	Vladimir Putin; Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Igor Ivanov; Valentin Sobolev (acting)
Director of the Federal Security Service
	In office; 9 August 1999 – 12 May 2008
President	Boris Yeltsin; Vladimir Putin
Preceded by	Vladimir Putin
Succeeded by	Alexander Bortnikov
Personal details
Born	11 July 1951 (age 72); Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Children	2, including Dmitry
Education	Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute
Awards	Hero of the Russian Federation
Military service
Allegiance	Russia; Soviet Union
Branch/service	Federal Security Service
Years of service	1975–2008
Rank	General of the Army

Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev (Russian: Никола́й Плато́нович Па́трушев; born 11 July 1951) is a Russian politician, security officer and former intelligence officer who has served as the secretary of the Security Council of Russia since 2008.^[1]^[2] He previously served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) from 1999 to 2008. Belonging to the siloviki faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle,^[3] Patrushev is believed to be one of the closest advisors to Putin and a leading figure behind Russia's national security affairs.^[4] He played a key role in the decisions to seize and then annex Crimea in 2014 and to invade Ukraine in 2022.^[5] He is considered as very hawkish towards the West and the United States. Patrushev is seen by some observers as one of the likeliest candidates for succeeding Putin.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ BackGround, People: PATRUSHEV, Nikolai Platonovich, Russia Profile, Moscow, Undated Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved: 8 January 2013.
^ Russia trolls world by saying it cannot stop its citizens from fighting in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (25 June 2015)
^ "Ukraine conflict: Who's in Putin's inner circle and running the war?". BBC News. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
^ Troianovski, Anton (30 January 2022). "The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin's Ear". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference spectator-2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Kovačević, Filip (10 March 2022). "The Second Most Powerful Man In Russia". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
^ "After Putin: 12 people ready to ruin Russia next". POLITICO. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
^ Weiss, Michael (August 2023). "The Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin: A Foreign Office Special Episode". Foreign Office with Michael Weiss.
^ Reporter, Isabel van Brugen (2 November 2023). "Who is Nikolai Patrushev? Putin loyalist touted as his successor". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

[:0-1] BackGround, People: PATRUSHEV, Nikolai Platonovich, Russia Profile, Moscow, Undated Archived 7 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved: 8 January 2013.

[:1-2] Russia trolls world by saying it cannot stop its citizens from fighting in Ukraine, Kyiv Post (25 June 2015)

[3] "Ukraine conflict: Who's in Putin's inner circle and running the war?". BBC News. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

[4] Troianovski, Anton (30 January 2022). "The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin's Ear". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 March 2022.

[spectator-2023-5] Cite error: The named reference spectator-2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] Kovačević, Filip (10 March 2022). "The Second Most Powerful Man In Russia". New Lines Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

[7] "After Putin: 12 people ready to ruin Russia next". POLITICO. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

[8] Weiss, Michael (August 2023). "The Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin: A Foreign Office Special Episode". Foreign Office with Michael Weiss.

[9] Reporter, Isabel van Brugen (2 November 2023). "Who is Nikolai Patrushev? Putin loyalist touted as his successor". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 December 2023.

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