Vladislav Surkov
Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov (Russian: Владислав Юрьевич Сурков) (born 21 September 1964), is a Russian businessman and politician of Chechen descent. He was First Deputy Chief of the Russian Presidential Administration from 1999 to 2011, during which time he was widely seen as the main ideologist of the Kremlin who proposed and implemented the concept of sovereign democracy in Russia. From December 2011 until May 2013 Surkov served as the Russian Federation's Deputy Prime Minister. After his resignation, Surkov returned to the Presidential Executive Office and became a personal adviser of Vladimir Putin on relationships with Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Ukraine. He speaks English and is fond of poets such as Allen Ginsberg of the Beat Generation. wiki
Criticism
- Peter Pomerantsev, "Putin's Rasputin", London Review of Books issue of 20 October 2011.
- Zoya Svetova with Yegor Mostovshchikov, "Spin Doctor of All Russia. Vladislav Surkov -- the Man With a Thousand Faces", The New Times, March 7, 2011.
