Anna Evgenievna Tsivilyova (, Putina �утина born 9 May 1972) is a Russian government official. She is a first cousin once removed of president

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. In 2023, Putin made her chairperson of a state fund for veterans of the

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. The following year, she was appointed deputy minister of defense.

Biography

She was born on 9 May 1972 in

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to a family of surgeons. Her father was Yevgeny Mikhailovich Putin (1933–2024), a urologist and cousin of

. She graduated from the with a degree in psychiatry. From 1996, she worked as a psychiatrist at the Bogorodskoye Psychiatric Hospital in Ivanovo. After

became president, she moved to Moscow and began supplying medical equipment, working as a manager at the state-owned Medtekhsnab, and then at the private company Digimed. Before 2023, Tsivilyova had no known military background or relationship to defence matters. On 3 April 2023, Putin appointed her chairperson of the newly-created State Fund for the Support of Participants in the

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"Defenders of the Fatherland". On 17 June 2024, she was made a deputy minister of defence. This appointment reportedly drew muted criticism within the Russian press for nepotism that "tested even Russian tolerance for corrupt practice", according to the

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On 17 August 2024, the British Ministry of Defence reported that Tsivilyova had been promoted to the position of State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, while still maintaining her role as Deputy Defence Minister. In this new role, she is primarily responsible for the ministry's relationship with the Russian legislature and other government bodies.

Personal life

Tsivileva is married to

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, a Russian energy minister and former

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Sanctions

In 2022, following the

, Tsivilyova and her coal mining corporation, JSC Kolmar Group, were placed on the United Kingdom sanctions list for having "significantly benefitted" from their relationship with Putin. The following year, Tsivilyova and the "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation were sanctioned by the

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References

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