The Kremlin press secretary or officially press secretary of the president of the Russian Federation () is a senior official in the Presidential Administration of Russia whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the Russian Federation government administration, especially with regard to the president, senior executives, and policies.
Responsibilities The press secretary is responsible for collecting information about actions and events within the president's administration and around the world. The information includes items such as a summary of the president's schedule, whom the president has seen or had communication with, and the official position of the administration on the news. The press secretary interacts with the media, and deals with the Kremlin pool.
List of press secretaries # Portrait Name Term of office Duration President 1 Pavel Voshchanov 20 July 1991 — 14 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin 2 Vyacheslav Kostikov 14 May 1992 — 14 March 1995 3 Sergey Medvedev 15 March 1995 — 13 August 1996 4 Sergey Yastrzhembsky 13 August 1996 — 12 September 1998 5 Dmitry Yakushkin 15 September 1998 — 3 January 2000 6 Alexey Gromov 4 January 2000 — 12 May 2008 Vladimir Putin 7 Natalya Timakova 13 May 2008 — 21 May 2012 Dmitry Medvedev 8 Dmitry Peskov 22 May 2012 — Present Vladimir Putin
See also People's Commissariat for Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR Ministry of Communications (Soviet Union) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Russia) Kremlin Chief of Staff
External links Kremlin Official Accreditations at the official Moscow Kremlin website
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