Anton Vaino
{{Short description|Russian diplomat and politician (born 1972)}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Anton Vaino
| native_name = {{lang|ru|{{nobold|Антон Вайно}}}}
| image = Anton Vaino (2019-06-26).jpg
| office = Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration
| president = Vladimir Putin
| term_start = 12 August 2016
| term_end =
| predecessor = Sergei Ivanov
| successor =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = United Russia
| relatives = Karl Vaino (grandfather)
| alma_mater = Moscow State Institute of International Relations
| caption = Vaino in 2019
}}
Anton Eduardovich Vaino ({{langx|ru|Антон Эдуардович Вайно}}; born 17 February 1972) is a Russian diplomat and politician of Estonian descent. Currently he is the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office.{{cite web|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/307/biography |title=Persons Б┬≥ Directory Б┬≥ President ofб═Russia |website=En.kremlin.ru |date=15 August 2016 |access-date=19 August 2016}} Vaino is the grandson of Karl Vaino, the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Estonia.{{cite news|author=Harry Bone |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37061317 |title=Latest Kremlin appointment may signal major change |date=12 August 2016 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=19 August 2016}}
He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.{{cite act|type=Decree|index=68|date=22 January 2008|legislature=President of Russia|title=О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Аппарата Правительства Российской Федерации|language=ru|url=http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?searchres=&bpas=cd00000&a3=102000503&a3type=1&a3value=&a6=102000070&a6type=1&a6value=&a15=&a15type=1&a15value=&a7type=1&a7from=&a7to=&a7date=22.01.2008&a8=68&a8type=1&a1=&a0=&a16=&a16type=1&a16value=&a17=&a17type=1&a17value=&a4=&a4type=1&a4value=&a23=&a23type=1&a23value=&textpres=&sort=7&x=35&y=16}}
Biography
Vaino graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations at the Russian Foreign Ministry in 1996, with a degree in international relations.{{cite web|url=http://en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/307/biography |title=Anton Vaino biography|publisher=Kremlin.ru|access-date=16 March 2016}}
He worked in the Embassy of Russia in Tokyo and later in the Second Asian Department at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Vaino joined the Russian Presidential Protocol Directorate in 2002. He worked as deputy head of the Presidential Protocol Scheduling Directorate. He was named to first deputy head of this department in 2007, then deputy chief of the Government Staff, later chief of the Prime Minister's Protocol and deputy chief of the Government Staff in 2008.
In 2016 he claimed to invent a nooscope which he claimed was an instrument for analyzing the noosphere equivalent to a microscope in importance.{{Cite web |last=Litvinova |first=Daria |date=2016-08-15 |title=The Weird Science and New Kremlin Chief of Staff |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2016/08/15/nooscope-a54991 |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=2016-08-18 |title=Nooscope mystery: The strange device of Putin's new man Anton Vaino |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37109169 |access-date=2022-12-01}}{{Cite web |title=What is the Mysterious "Nooscope"? |url=https://corespirit.com/articles/what-is-mysterious-nooscope |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=corespirit.com}}
He is the author of Image of Victory, and has a published academic article, The Capitalization of the Future.{{cite journal |last1=AE Vaino|title=Capitalization of the future|journal=Issues of Economics and Law|year=2012|issue=4|language=ru|url=http://law-journal.ru/files/pdf/201204/201204_42.pdf}}
= Sanctions =
In February 2022, Vaino was put on the European Union sanctions list for "actively supporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine as well as the stability or security in Ukraine."{{Cite web |date=23 February 2022 |title=COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/265 of 23 February 2022 amending Decision 2014/145/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine |url=https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2022.042.01.0098.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A042I%3ATOC |access-date=1 March 2022 |website=EUR-Lex}} On 6 April 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury added Vaino to its own sanctions list.Office of Foreign Assets Control. "[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/04/18/2022-08183/notice-of-ofac-sanctions-actions Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions]." Published 18 April 2022. {{Federal Register|87|23023}}
He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.{{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}
Personal life
Awards and decorations
- Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (2012){{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/34805 |title=Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 16.02.2012 г. № 57-рп|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=16 February 2012|access-date=16 March 2016|language=ru}}
- Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (2005){{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/23106 |title=Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 24.11.2005 г. № 567-рп|publisher=Kremlin.ru|date=24 November 2005|access-date=16 March 2016|language=ru}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120105030920/http://russiaprofile.org/bg_peopleinpolitics/52257.html Anton Vaino's profile]
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Category:1st class Active State Councillors of the Russian Federation
Category:Estonian emigrants to Russia
Category:Moscow State Institute of International Relations alumni
Category:Politicians from Tallinn
Category:Kremlin Chiefs of Staff
Category:Russian people of Estonian descent
Category:Russian individuals subject to European Union sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Category:Russian individuals subject to U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions
Category:Russian transhumanists
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