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Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Anton Gerasimov to the post of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. The decree to this effect was published on the portal of legal information. For what area Gerasimov will be responsible in the ministry, the document does not say.

The fact that Gerasimov is being considered as a candidate for the position of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations responsible for digital transformation, RBC informed in October 2022.

According to the publication, Gerasimov is the son of Andrey Gerasimov, the former head of the FSB Information Security Center, who retired in 2017.

Until 2015, Gerasimov Jr. worked as deputy head of the information security department at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University and was a co-founder of the Lintechno company, which developed information security tools. After that, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region.

Recently, RBC wrote, Gerasimov was the CEO of Aikumen – Information Business Systems, which is part of the Rostelecom group of companies. The company is engaged in the development of technologies for the collection, storage and processing of information.

Meduza in Russia is now not only a “foreign agent”, but also an “undesirable” organization. This status is much worse than before. Nevertheless, we continue to work. We can still be read. It is safe. Here — all answers to disturbing questions.

Since May 2022, the post of head of the Russian Emergencies Ministry takes former employee, FSB and Russian Guard Alexander Kurenkov.

Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, hosted participation in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, continues to participate in contacts between the countries, but now his role is reduced to negotiations on the exchange of prisoners or the “grain deal”. This is stated in The Wall Street Journal article dedicated to the billionaire.

Abramovich remains an acceptable intermediary for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine and its allies, newspaper sources say. They claim that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Abramovich has personally met with Putin and talked to him on the phone several times. The businessman also has a direct connection with the head of the presidential administration, Anton Vaino.

According to the interlocutors of the publication, Abramovich brings Kyiv’s position to Putin, and then conveys the Kremlin’s point of view to the Ukrainian side. Including he helps with small exchanges of prisoners every few weeks, writes The Wall Street Journal.

Ukrainian and Western officials told The Wall Street Journal they no longer expect Abramovich to play a key role as mediator in dialogue between the warring countries. Moreover, his motives are questioned by the Westerners, who see him as an attempt to achieve the lifting of sanctions. At the same time, the United States has so far refrained from including the businessman on the sanctions list, following the UK, Canada and the European Union.

In a commentary to the newspaper, Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said that in discussions between Russia and Ukraine, Abramovich “can play a certain role, if necessary, intervene in some issues.” “But this is not the role of a mediator that he had in the first rounds of the negotiation process,” he said.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Roman Abramovich was among the Russians who were sanctioned by the UK, the EU and Canada. Businessman tried to challenge Limits.

At the same time, Abramovich was not included in the US sanctions list. According to media reports, Ukraine asked the White House not to impose sanctions against him after the businessman became an unofficial mediator in the peace talks that representatives of Ukraine and Russia held in Turkey shortly after the start of the war.

Po data Financial Times, Russian President Putin personally “blessed” Abramovich to mediate in peace talks. In the Kremlin spokethat the businessman is not among the official Russian negotiators, but is involved in ensuring contacts between Moscow and Kyiv.

Ukraine itself recently added Abramovich to their sanctions lists, but the restrictions are suspended until the exchange of prisoners is completed. On the participation of the Russian billionaire in the exchange process, including the defenders of Azovstal, reported British media.