Mikhail Sergeyevich Kiselyov (; born 18 June 1986, Novoselovo, Kolpashevsky District) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the

8th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation () is the current convocation of the State Duma, lower house of Federal Assembly (Russia), Russian parliament. The composition of the 8th State Duma was dete ...

. He is a member of

United Russia The All-Russian Political Party United Russia (, ) is the Ruling party, ruling List of political parties in Russia, political party of Russia. As the largest party in the Russian Federation, it holds 325 (or 72.22%) of the 450 seats in the St ...

and sits on the Duma committee on Youth Policy. From 2006 to 2008, he was a member of the Tomsk regional branch of the Russia's Student Teams organization. From 2010 to 2011, he held the position of Deputy Head of the Central Headquarters of the organization. In 2011–2021, Kiselyov was the head of the central headquarters of the Russia's Student Teams. In 2017, he was elected a member of the

Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation The Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (), sometimes shortened to Civic Chamber (), is a consultative civil society institution with 168 members created in 2005 in Russia to analyze draft legislation and monitor the activities of the parliame ...

. In the

2018 Russian presidential election Presidential elections were held in Russia on 18 March 2018. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin was eligible to run. He declared his intent to do so on 6 December 2017 and was expected to win. This came following several months of speculation t ...

, he was a confidant of

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, having previously served from 2000 to 2008. Putin also served as Prime Minister of Ru ...

. He is a member of the

All-Russia People's Front The All-Russia People's Front (, ONF), since 2023 styled as People's Front (), is a political coalition in Russia started in 2011 by then-Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin to provide the United Russia political party with "new ideas, new su ...

. Since September 2021, he has served as deputy of the

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...

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1986 births Living people United Russia politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions {{Russia-StateDuma-Deputy-stub