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Revision as of 12:02, 25 June 2024

Anton Vaino
Антон Вайно
Vaino in 2019
Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 August 2016
PresidentVladimir Putin
Preceded bySergei Ivanov
Personal details
Born (1972-02-17) 17 February 1972 (age 52)
Tallinn, Estonia
Political partyUnited Russia
RelativesKarl Vaino (grandfather)
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations

Anton Eduardovich Vaino (Template:Lang-ru; born 17 February 1972) is a Russian diplomat and politician of Estonian descent. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.[1] Vaino is the grandson of Karl Vaino, the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia.[2]

He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[3]

Biography

Vaino graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1996, with a degree in international relations.[4]

He worked in the Embassy of Russia in Tokyo and later in the Second Asian Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Vaino joined the Russian Presidential Protocol Directorate in 2002. He worked as deputy head of the Presidential Protocol Scheduling Directorate. He was named to first deputy head of this department in 2007, then deputy chief of the Government Staff, later chief of the Prime Minister's Protocol and deputy chief of the Government Staff in 2008.

In 2016 he claimed to invent a nooscope which he claimed was an instrument for analyzing the noosphere equivalent to a microscope in importance.[5][6][7]

He is the author of Image of Victory, and has a published academic article, The Capitalization of the Future.[8]

Sanctions

In February 2022, Vaino was put on the European Union sanctions list for "actively supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the stability or security in Ukraine."[9] On 6 April 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Vaino to its own sanctions list.[10]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[11]

Personal life

Vaino is married and has a son.[4]

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ "Persons Б┬≥ Directory Б┬≥ President ofб═Russia". En.kremlin.ru. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  2. ^ Harry Bone (12 August 2016). "Latest Kremlin appointment may signal major change". BBC News. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ^ О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Аппарата Правительства Российской Федерации (Decree 68) (in Russian). President of Russia. 22 January 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Anton Vaino biography". Kremlin.ru. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  5. ^ Litvinova, Daria (15 August 2016). "The Weird Science and New Kremlin Chief of Staff". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Nooscope mystery: The strange device of Putin's new man Anton Vaino". BBC News. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  7. ^ "What is the Mysterious "Nooscope"?". corespirit.com. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  8. ^ AE Vaino (2012). "Capitalization of the future" (PDF). Issues of Economics and Law (in Russian) (4).
  9. ^ "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/265 of 23 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine". EUR-Lex. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  10. ^ Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions." Published 18 April 2022. 87 FR 23023
  11. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 16.02.2012 г. № 57-рп" (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. 16 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 24.11.2005 г. № 567-рп" (in Russian). Kremlin.ru. 24 November 2005. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
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2016–present 		Incumbent


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