Examples of using Surkov in English and their translations into Hebrew
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In February 2020 Surkov removed from his role.[1].
Surkov giving a speech during the Fifth Congress of the Nashi Youth Movement.
Mr Prokhorov insisted he had not discussed his candidacy with Mr Putin, Mr Surkov or President Dmitry Medvedev.
Surkov soon found himself again working for Medvedev, whom Putin had named prime minister.
Despite being barred from entering the EU, Surkov visited Greece's Mount Athos as a part of Putin's delegation to the holy site in May 2016.
Surkov on his last day as Deputy Prime Minister in a meeting with Sergey Ivanov(Chief of Presidential Staff) and his ministerial colleague Arkady Dvorkovich.
On 21 March 2014, the European Union(EU) placed Surkov on its sanction list barring him from entering the EU and freezing his assets in the EU.[65][66].
It would have been impossible, for example, for a chief Soviet ideologist to write an anonymous novel exposing the vices of the system he himself had created,as Vladislav Surkov, the chief Kremlin strategist, has just done.
Journalists in Russia and abroad have speculated that Surkov writes under the pseudonym Nathan Dubovitsky, although the Kremlin denies it.[ 11][ 2][ 13][ 14].
Surkov has composed songs[1] and written texts for the Russian rock-musician Vadim Samoylov, ex-member of the band Agata Kristi(Russian: Агата Кристи). He speaks English and is fond of poets of the Beat Generation such as Allen Ginsberg.[6].
While speaking to students in London last week, Surkov sharply criticized the investigators, questioning their ability to prove anyone's guilt.
After a brief career as a director for public relations on the Russiantelevision ORT channel from 1998 to 1999, Surkov was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the President of the Russian Federation in 1999.[12].
On 11 February 2019, Surkov published in the Nezavisimaya Gazeta article“The Long State of Putin”, which describes the main points of the term“Putinism” proposed by him.[71] The article caused a stir in the media.[72][73][74].
On 8 February 2007, Moscow State University marked the 125th anniversary of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's birth with a high-level conference"Lessons of the New Deal for Modern Russia and the World" attended, among others, by Surkov and Gleb Pavlovsky. Surkov drew an explicit parallel between Roosevelt and Russian president Putin, praising the legacy of Roosevelt's New Deal, and between the US of the 1930s and present-day Russia. Pavlovsky called on Putin to follow Roosevelt in staying for a third presidential term.[35][36][37].
In October 2009, Surkov warned that opening and modernization of Russia's political system, a need repeatedly stressed by President Dmitry Medvedev, could result in more instability, which"could rip Russia apart".[40].
A statement on the Kremlin website said Surkov had resigned, but many believe he was forced out as part of increasing infighting within the Russian political elite.
In September 2004, Surkov was elected president of the board of directors of the oil products transportation company Transnefteproduct, but was instructed by Russia's prime minister Mikhail Fradkov to give up the position in February 2006.[26].
In February 2015, Ukrainian authorities accused Surkov of organizing snipers to kill protesters and police during the Ukrainian Euromaidan in January 2014.[67][68][69] This accusation was dismissed by the Russian government as"absurd".[52].
After his military training, Surkov was accepted[when?] to Moscow Institute of Culture for a five-year program in theater direction, but spent only three years there.[25] Surkov graduated from Moscow International University with a master's degree in economics in the late 1990s.
According to The Moscow Times, Surkov exerted his influence to have Ramzan Kadyrov appointed as acting Head of the Chechen Republic on 15 February 2007.[1][38] Since this appointment, Kadyrov has gone on to serve two terms in office and has been accused of numerous humans rights abuses.[39].
During this time, Surkov helped create some pro-government youth movements, including Nashi. He met with their leaders and participants several times and gave them lectures on the political situation.[46][47] Nashi has been compared by Edward Lucas as the Putin government's version of the Soviet-era Komsomol.
From 1983 to 1985, Surkov served in a Soviet artillery regiment in Hungary, according to his official biography.[22] However, former Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov stated in a 2006 TV interview that Surkov served in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff(GRU) during the same time period.
During Putin's first two terms as president, Surkov was regarded as the Kremlin's"grey cardinal", due to crafting Russia's system of"sovereign democracy" and directing its propaganda principally through control of state run television.[51] On 20 September 2013, Vladimir Putin appointed Surkov as his Aide in the Presidential Executive Office.[2] He also became Putin's personal adviser on relationships with Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Ukraine.[3][4].
On 28 December 2011, Medvedev reassigned Surkov to the role of"Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Modernisation" in a move interpreted by many to be fallout from the controversial Russian parliamentary elections of 2011.[44] At that time, Surkov described his past career as follows:[45]"I was among those who helped Boris Yeltsin to secure a peaceful transfer of power; among those who helped President Putin stabilize the political system; among those who helped President Medvedev liberalize it. All the teams were great.".
Since Putin's return to the presidency in 2012, Surkov became marginalized as Putin"pursued a path of open repression over the cunning manipulation favoured by Surkov". As a Deputy Prime Minister, Surkov criticized the Kremlin's Investigative Committee, which led investigations into opposition leaders, rather than the general prosecutor's office. The Committee stated he offered to resign on 7 May 2013, whereas Surkov stated he offered to resign on 28 April 2013.