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In the Russian political context, the siloviki are a group of officials originating in the 1990s from the state-security organs, the armed forces, and law-enforcement structures who have occupied posi
Putin with Sergey Lavrov, Alexander Bortnikov, and Sergei Naryshkin, 19 December 2016
Igor Sechin (right) was often described as one of the closest siloviki to Vladimir Putin. His nickname is Darth Vader
Putin briefs his inner circle on the outcomes of the Russia–United States summit in Anchorage, Alaska, 16 August 2025
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Nikolai Patrushev
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Nikolai Platonovich Patrushev is a Russian politician, security officer and former intelligence officer who served as the secretary of the Security Council of Russia from 2008 to 2024. He previously s
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…clans are also encouraged." Senior siloviki under the presidency of Vladimir Putin include Sergei Ivanov, Viktor Ivanov, Sergei Shoigu, Igor Sechin, Nikolai Patrushev, Alexander Bortnikov, and Sergey Naryshkin, who have had close working relationships with Putin and held key positions in Putin's governments. Willerton…
Patrushev in 2023
Russian president Putin and then-FSB director Patrushev at a meeting of the board of the Federal Security Service in 2002
Dmitry Medvedev with Sergei Lavrov and Patrushev at the 2010 SCO Summit in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Patrushev with Barack Obama at the White House in May 2013