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Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko
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| First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office | |
| In office 19 May 2018 – 26 January 2021 |
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Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko
12 January 1957 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia) |
| Died | 26 January 2021 (aged 64) Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko (Russian: Сергей Эдуардович Приходько; 12 January 1957 – 26 January 2021) was a Russian politician and diplomat. From May 2013 to May 2018, he was Deputy Prime Minister in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet. He was engaged in international cooperation of the Cabinet. He served as the First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office from 2018 to 2021.
Life and career
Prikhodko was born in Moscow. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1980. After graduation, he was a diplomat at the Soviet Embassy in Czechoslovakia. In the years 1986-1987 - Attaché, Third Secretary of the Office of European socialist countries Soviet Foreign Ministry.
In 1992-1993 - Second Secretary, First Secretary of the Embassy of Russia in Czechoslovakia. In the period 1993-1997 - Head of Department, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. On 9 April 1997 - Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. On 14 September 1998 - Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation.
Since 2 February 1999 - Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation - Head of the Russian President's foreign policy. On 26 March 2004 - Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. On 21 May 2012 - First Deputy Head of the Government of the Russian Federation. On 9 May 2013 - Acting Head of the Government of the Russian Federation. From 22 May 2013 to 7 May 2018 he was Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet.
He last served as the First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office.
Prikhodko died on 26 January 2021 at the age of 64 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Allegations of corruption
..... Prikhodko himself denied the allegations, accusing Navalny of "mixing the facts" about his "friend" Deripaska, Donald Trump and Paul Manafort, while also voicing his wish to have a talk with Navalny as a "man with a man". A day after the video was published the Roskomnadzor added the video to the Federal List of Extremist Materials, thus making accessing the video illegal for all Russian citizens. ..... Rybka refers to Papa as Richelieu, or a Cardinal in the Kremlin who is the person actually responsible for Russia's foreign policy during the governments of Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin, and Dmitri Medvedev.
