Igor Olegovich Shchyogolev (russian: И́горь Оле́гович Щёголев; born November 10, 1965) is a Russian politician. From May 2008 to 20 May 2012, he has served as the Russian Minister of Telecommunications.

Early life and education

Shchyogolev was born in Vinnitsa, Ukraine and went to the Moscow State Linguistic University (1982–1984) and the

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(1984–1988), graduating as a

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Career

After graduating from university, he joined the

Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union The Russian News Agency TASS (russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, translit=Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (russian: ТАСС, label=none) ...

(later, following the

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, the Information Telegraph Agency of Russia or ITAR-TASS) in their American office until 1993. He then moved to

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as a foreign correspondent, and in 1997 moved back to Russia as deputy editor-in-chief and political correspondent of ITAR-TASS's main news service.

Government service

In 1998, Shchyogolev left ITAR-TASS to work for the Russian government, initially as deputy head of the government corps of press officer, then briefly as Yevgeniy Primakov's press secretary before returning to lead the press officer corps. In early 2000, he was appointed as press secretary for

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, then-acting

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, where he stayed until the end of 2001 when he became head of Presidential Protocol, co-ordinating presidential trips overseas and in Russia. In 2004, his job was expanded to be head of Kremlin Protocol, where he stayed until he was appointed "Minister of Communications and Mass Media" as part of Putin's second cabinet on 12 May 2008, replacing

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U.S. sanctions target

In response to the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, on 6 April 2022 the

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of the

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added Mishustin to its list of persons sanctioned pursuant to .

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Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
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References

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