Surkov Vladislav Yuryevich, Assistant to the President, was born on September 21, 1964. He is considered one of the leading statesmen of Russia. Previously, he was deputy. Chairman of the Government of the country. Let us consider further what Vladislav Surkov is known for.
Biography: early years
Until five years, he lived in the Chechen-Ingush Republic. In 1959, his mother, Zoya Antonovna, who at that time was a graduate of the Tambov Pedagogical Institute, was sent for distribution in the village. Duba-Yurt. At the school where she began to work, there was a primary school teacher Yuri Dudaev. She soon married her, and on September 21, 1964 they had a son. In different sources, meanwhile, various places are indicated where Vladislav Yurievich Surkov was born. According to some data, this is Mr. Shali, according to others - Chaplygin, according to the third - p. Duba-Yurt. However, in accordance with official figures, his place of birth is s. Solntsevo Chaplyginsky district, Lipetsk region. This is confirmed by the birth certificate presented by his mother. According to the stories of the inhabitants of Duba-Yurt, Zoya Antonovna returned to her homeland already pregnant. She gave birth to Solntsevo, and then returned back to Duba-Yurt. Nationality of Vladislav Surkov, therefore, is Russian. For some time, his parents raised his mother. They then had their own apiary. Later, Vladislav Surkov arrived in Duba-Yurt to his parents. There, his paternal grandmother and grandfather were engaged in his upbringing. Residents of the village recall that he was their favorite, they did not refuse him anything.
Vladislav Surkov: real name
In 2005, the newspaper Zhizn published an article about the childhood of a statesman. It cited the memories of the inhabitants of Oak-Yurt. The article said that during the first five years his name was Aslanbek. The following year, 2006, Vedomosti published a translation of an article in The Wall Street Journal. It said that Aslanbek Dudaev changed his name, and from that moment he was Surkov Vladislav Yuryevich. After a while, the newspaper received collective letters from the teachers who taught him in Skopin. The messages said that in 1971 Vladislav Surkov was enrolled in school number 62. He also graduated from school. Number 1 in 1981. In 2007, teachers at Skopin schools gave an interview to Interlocutor, during which they confirmed the authenticity of their letters and the fact that Vladislav Surkov did not change his name and surname. Journalists of Izvestia found out that at 16 he received a USSR passport. The document was issued in the name of Vladislav Yurievich Surkov.
Youth
From 1983 to 1985 Vladislav Surkov served in the ranks of the SA, as part of the artillery unit of the Southern troops in Hungary. Defense Minister Ivanov said that he was also in military service in the GRU special forces. This fact was confirmed by Surkov’s father. In 1987, the future state official became the head of the advertising department of the Center of the ISTC Fund for Youth Programs at the Frunze RVLKSM. Initially, he worked as a bodyguard for Khodorkovsky. In 1988, Vladislav Surkov headed the Metapress agency. In 1992, he became vice president of the Russian Advertisers Association. Between 1991 and 1996, he held senior positions in the Menatep Association, which at that time was headed by Khodorkovsky.
From 1996 to 1997, Surkov was the head of the Department of Public Relations of CJSC Rosprom. In the same period, he was deputy chairman of the Alfa Bank Council. Vladislav Surkov has been friends with the head of this financial organization for a long time. In 1998-1999 he was the first deputy general director, head of the public relations department of ORT OJSC.
Government Activities
Since 1999, Vladislav Surkov - Deputy Head of the Administration of the Head of State. He is considered one of the ideologists and creators of United Russia. On December 27, 2011, he gave an interview to Interfax, in which he said that he was one of those who contributed to the peaceful transfer of power. Surkov Vladislav Yuryevich (presidential aide) participated in the creation of the Unity election block, which was considered a counterweight to the union of Primakov and Luzhkov. His projects were also "Homeland", "Fair Russia". In addition, he was the inspirer of the movement "Ours", "Walking together." Since 2004, Vladislav Surkov - Assistant to the President.
Work in a new position
In August 2004, Vladislav Surkov became a member of the Board of Directors of Transnefteproduct OJSC. In September of the same year, he was elected chairman. Since mid-May 2008, Surkov became the first deputy head of the administrative apparatus of the Head of State. On December 31, 2009 he was appointed head of the working group involved in the project of forming a geographically separate center for the development of research and development, commercialization of results. In June of the following year, Vladislav Surkov became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Skolkovo Foundation. At the end of January 2010, he began work as a co-chair of the working group on civil society issues in the bilateral Russian-American commission. Its first meeting was held in the capital of America. In 2012, he left the commission.
Criticism
On May 7, 2013, V.V. Putin, in his speech, evaluating the work of the Government, said that his orders were not executed even by a third. Surkov, responding to the words of the president, objected to him on a number of important issues. Before television cameras Surkov polemicized with the head of the country. Some analysts considered this one of the reasons for the assistant’s resignation the next day. On May 8, Vladimir Putin signed his statement "of his own free will." Surkov’s resignation was received differently in political and public circles. For example, The Washington Post regarded this step as "the highest political mind of Moscow." In the Western press, the dismissal was seen as a blow to Medvedev’s position. Members of the cabinet of the latter, in the course of increasing the number of failures and increasing protest moods, exit the big politics one by one.
Additionally
Since September 20, 2013 Surkov has been an assistant to the head of state. His powers include relations with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. According to information from many unofficial sources, Surkov from September 2013 also dealt with issues of relations with Ukraine. There is information that it was he who from 2009 to 2010 was responsible for financing the election campaign of Yanukovych. So, during the presidency of Yushchenko, Ukrainian State Secretary Rybachuk, who was involved in European integration, said in an interview that Surkov is very well known in business circles, information about his political intentions always came from representatives of Russian and Ukrainian entrepreneurship with interests in the Russian Federation. He also mentioned Surkov’s participation in financing Yanukovych’s campaign. In early 2014, Surkov worked as a secret representative, dealt with diplomatic issues in Ukraine. Anonymous sources close to the Kremlin indicate this. Surkov made two trips to Yanukovych in Kiev. One was in late January, and the other in mid-February 2014. In May of the same year, Surkov made several trips to Abkhazia. Speaking there, he tried to resolve the emerging political crisis.
Creativity and family
Vladislav Surkov is not only a politician. He is interested in writing stories and symphonic music, plays the guitar. He participated in the creation of the Peninsula albums with Vadim Samoilov, acting as the author of the texts. Surkov has a lot of friends among representatives of Russian rock. Of particular interest to the media was a forum organized by him and Grebenshchikov. This meeting was attended by many rock performers (Zemfira, "Dumps", "Chayf", Butusov and others), as well as producers Ponomarev and Groisman. During the event, the prospects of the music market in the country were discussed. In 2009, the press suggested that the novel "Okolonola" was written in reality by him (the author of the work was declared Nathan Dubovitsky). At first, Surkov himself did not refute or confirm this information. However, later, indirectly, he nevertheless confirmed that he was not the author of the book. A review of this novel was published by Vladislav Surkov.
The wife of the state official - Natalia Dubovitskaya - until 1998 was his personal secretary. This is the second marriage of the state. Surkov has four children. The first was adopted in his first marriage with Julia Vishnevskaya, three children appeared in the second.
Sanctions
In connection with the events in Ukraine, Surkov was denied entry to the United States. In addition, sanctions include the seizure of property and assets. The US government considers Surkov one of the main high-ranking officials of the Russian apparatus responsible for violating the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. Sanctions against him were introduced by Canada. In response to this, Surkov said that he has no accounts in the USA, and he regards Washington’s behavior as a recognition of his merits to his homeland. The state is also on the sanctions lists of the EU, Switzerland and Australia. On December 12, 2014, RBC announced that Surkov resigned as chairman of the board of trustees of Skolkovo INT, where he worked since 2012. According to the agency’s source, the statesman did not want to act as a political reason for the violation of harmony in the established relationship between Skoltech and his partner, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.