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Sergey Vladimirovich Yastrzhembsky (russian: Серге́й Владимирович Ястржембский, pl, Siergiej Władimirowicz Jastrzębski), born December 4, 1953,
Moscow
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, is a
Russian Federation
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politician
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and
diplomat
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.
He was
Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
's and
Putin
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's
Spokesperson
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Duties and function
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.
Biography
Descends from the
szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the ...
of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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. Educated at Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO) - allegedly 'a recruiting ground for the KGB' - under the Soviet Union's Foreign Ministry in 1976, and as a postgraduate at the Soviet Academy of Sciences' Institute of the International Workers' Movement in 1979, where he earned a Ph.D. in history.
In 1992-1996, he was in the diplomatic service, holding different positions including the post of the
Russian ambassador to Slovakia. Yastrzhembsky was promoted to the diplomatic rank of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary — the highest diplomatic rank in the Russian Federation — by the Decree of the
President of Russia
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of 20 June 1994 No. 1287.
Since 13 August 1996, he worked as
President
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Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...
's chief spokesperson. Yastrzhembsky was promoted to the rank of the
— the highest
federal state civilian service rank in the Russian Federation — by the Decree of the
President of Russia
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of 10 March 1997 No. 204. On 12 September 1998, he was dismissed from the post of the President's chief spokesperson.
After leaving the
Presidential Administration of Russia
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and vacation in Africa, where he met his future wife, Yastrzhembsky began to work in the
Government of Moscow
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T ...
. The period of his service in this state body lasted 2 years, from 1998 to 2000.
Since 20 January 2000, Yastrzhembsky worked as President Vladimir Putin's chief spokesperson on the conflict in
Chechnya
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for 14 months before winning promotion in March 2001 to head the Kremlin's Information Policy Department, co-ordinating all Putin's external communications.
In 2004, Putin made him presidential special envoy to the
EU in
Brussels
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, where he earned a reputation for maladroit statements. That post
Vedomosti
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on 8 May 2008 reported said would become defunct when he left the post after Putin stepped down. Towards the end of his posting to Brussels, Yastrzhembsky warned the EU that recognizing
Kosovo's independence
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would open a "Pandora's box" of separatism in Europe.
His job was being scrapped – unlike other Putin aides, he was leaving the Kremlin's service of his own accord, a source close to the Russian foreign ministry told the Western-owned Moscow business daily, adding: "His dismissal is probably connected with the future redistribution of powers between the president (
Dimitry Medvedev
Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...
) and the prime minister (Putin).". In an interview with
Vladimir Pozner Vladimir Pozner may refer to
* Vladimir Pozner Jr. (born 1934), French-born Russian-American journalist and broadcaster
* Vladimir Pozner Sr. (1908–1975), Soviet spy
*Vladimir Pozner (writer)
Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner (russian: Влади ...
, Yastrzhembsky told that
Putin
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was extremely dissatisfied with his notice of resignation and became angry with him.
Currently he is involved in shooting a series of documentary films on traditional African peoples, entitled "
Beyond the Passage of Time".
Yastrzhembsky speaks
English
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,
French,
Italian
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,
Portuguese
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,
Slovak.
References
External links
Official English webpageat
Kremlin
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, with biography
Spokesman sacked by Yeltsin
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1953 births
Living people
Russian people of Polish descent
Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Ambassadors of Russia to Slovakia
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation)
Kremlin Press Secretaries
1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation