29 Facts About Igor Sechin

Igor Ivanovich Sechin is a Russian oligarch and a government official, considered a close ally and "de facto deputy" of Vladimir Putin.

Igor Sechin was chief of staff to Putin when he was the deputy mayor of St Petersburg in 1994.

When Putin became President in 2000, Igor Sechin became his deputy chief of staff, overseeing security services and energy issues in Russia.

Igor Sechin was as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia in Vladimir Putin's cabinet from 2008 to 2012.

Igor Sechin is currently the chief executive officer, president and chairman of the management board of Rosneft.

Igor Sechin is often described as one of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a lobby gathering former security services agents.

Igor Sechin has been sanctioned by some foreign governments following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Igor Sechin graduated from Leningrad State University in 1984 as a linguist, fluent in Portuguese and French.

From 1996 to 1997, Igor Sechin served as a deputy of Vladimir Putin, who worked in the presidential property management department.

From 1997 to 1998, Igor Sechin was the chief of the general department of the main control directorate attached to the president, led by Putin.

From 24 November 1999 until 11 January 2000, Igor Sechin was the first deputy chief of the Russian presidential administration.

On 27 July 2004, Igor Sechin became the successful and influential chairman of the board of directors of JSC Rosneft, which swallowed up the assets of jailed tycoon Khodorkovsky's Yukos.

Igor Sechin has additionally been president of Rosneft since May 2012.

Igor Sechin orchestrated the first case against me out of greed and the second out of cowardice.

In 2008, Igor Sechin was involved with the BP oil company and did private negotiations with the BP's CEO Bob Dudley.

Igor Sechin negotiated deals on weapons and nuclear technology deliveries to Venezuela.

In July 2009, Igor Sechin negotiated deals with Cuba that brought Russia into deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Igor Sechin presides over the board of directors of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, and helped with negotiations with France over the purchase of four Mistral-class ships.

Igor Sechin argued that two ships should be constructed in Russia and two in France, as opposed to the initial offer that only one be constructed in Russia.

On 12 April 2011, Igor Sechin resigned from the board of Rosneft upon President Medvedev's 31 March 2011 order for senior officials to resign from large companies.

In December 2014, a CNBC article noted that Igor Sechin is "widely believed to be Russia's second-most powerful person" after President Putin.

In December 2017, The Guardian noted that Igor Sechin "is widely seen as the second most powerful man in Russia after Vladimir Putin".

The 2019 Mueller Report did not corroborate those allegations, and neither Page nor Igor Sechin were indicted with any crime.

Igor Sechin was instrumental in the arrest and trial of Putin's former minister of economy, Alexei Ulyukaev, charged and found guilty of soliciting a bribe from Igor Sechin.

In November 2018, Igor Sechin released a statement at the first Russian-Chinese Energy Business Forum in Beijing, about increased levels of cooperation between Rosneft and Chinese owned energy companies, citing "increased protectionism and threats of trade wars" as a reason for the cooperation.

Closely associated with Igor Sechin, Rosneft is on the Sectoral Sanctions Identification List.

On 28 February 2022, in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Union blacklisted Igor Sechin and had all his assets frozen.

Igor Sechin divorced his first wife Marina Sechina in 2011.

Igor Sechin is on the board of directors for the Russian Copper Company which is the third largest in Russia and owned by Igor Altushkin.