Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko

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.[1] 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.[2]

For other people named Sergei Prikhodko, see Sergei Prikhodko (disambiguation).
In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Eduardovich and the family name is Prikhodko.

Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko
First Deputy Head of the Russian Government Office
In office
19 May 2018 – 26 January 2021
Personal details
Born
Sergei Eduardovich Prikhodko

(1957-01-12)12 January 1957
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
Died26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 64)
Moscow, Russia
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
ProfessionDiplomat

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.[3]

Prikhodko died on 26 January 2021 at the age of 64 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.[4][5]

Allegations of corruption

In February 2018, Alexei Navalny published a video alleging that Prikhodko had been receiving various bribes from Russian oligarch and dollar billionaire Oleg Deripaska, including prostitutes services as well as real estate valued at at least 1.5 billion rubles (some 25 million dollars).[6][7][8][9] 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".[10][11][12] 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.[13][14] In the video known as Fishgate (Russian: «Рыбка-гейт»), Navalny explains the characters and setting for Nastya Rybka's book Who Wants to Seduce a Billionaire (ISBN 978-5-699-93242-9): Ruslan Zolotov is Deripaska, Papa is Prikhodko, Vitya or Victor or V is Yevgeny Agarkov and the Rybka's book setting of Greenland is actually Norway.[15][16][17] 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.[15]

References
  1. Kremlin.ru
  2. TASS
  3. TASS.com
  4. Russia's former Deputy Prime Minister Prikhodko dies at 64
  5. https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4662238
  6. Алексей Навальный (8 February 2018). "Яхты, олигархи, девочки: охотница на мужчин разоблачает взяточника". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. "Секс-охотница разоблачает взяточника". Алексей Навальный. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  8. Ведомости (9 February 2018). "Навальный требует наказать вице-премьера Приходько". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  9. Inc., TV Rain. "Навальный рассказал о "неформальных переговорах" Дерипаски и вице-премьера Приходько". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  10. "Вице-премьер Приходько заявил о желании ответить Навальному по-мужски". РБК. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  11. "Роскомнадзор потребовал от "Медиазоны" и "Радио Свобода" удалить фотографии из новости про Дерипаску, Приходько и Рыбку". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  12. "Вице-премьер Приходько хочет ответить Навальному по-мужски". Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  13. "Суд включил в реестр запрещенной информации фильм ФБК о Дерипаске и Приходько". Interfax.ru (in Russian). 10 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  14. Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com). "Роскомнадзор требует удалить фото из новостей про Дерипаску и Приходько | Новости из Германии о России | DW | 10.02.2018" (in Russian). DW.COM. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  15. "Oligarch, yacht, US elections rigging and escort ladies". Фонд борьбы с коррупцией (ФБК). 8 February 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  16. "'Sex Trainer,' Escort 'Nastya Rybka' Released But Remains Suspect, Lawyer Says". Radio Free Europe. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  17. "Дерипаска заказал тюрьму для Рыбки: доказательства" [Deripaska ordered a prison for Rybka: evidence]. Navalny (in Russian). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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