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Igor Zelensky

Person of interest · Politician · Close Associate · Sanction-linked entity
TypePerson[sources]
NameIgor Anatolevitsj Zelenskiy · Igor Anatoljewitsch Selenski · Igor Zelenski · Igor Zelenskij · Igor Zelensky · 11 more...[sources]
Other nameIgor Anatolievich Zelensky · Igor Anatoljevitsj Zelenskij · Igor Selenski · Igor Zelensky · Igor' Anatol'evič Zelenskij · 7 more...[sources]
Birth date[sources]
Place of birthLabinsk[sources]
Gendermale[sources]
Nationalitynot available[sources]
CitizenshipRussia · Soviet Union[sources]
First nameIgor[sources]
Last nameZelensky[sources]
PatronymicAnatolievich[sources]
Wikidata IDQ4190418[sources]
EducationVaganova Academy of Russian Ballet[sources]
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Descriptions

He is a partner of Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova, with whom he has a child. He benefits materially from close ties to Vladimir Putin, using funds derived from corruption. Igor Zelensky secures funding for cultural project development via Russia's National Cultural Heritage Foundation, a venture initiated directly by Vladimir Putin. Due to connections with the President's family, the Foundation was supposed to receive donations of approximately 1.8 billion USD (at the exchange rate as of January 2019) from the state-controlled company Rosneftegaz, but now the funding has been reduced. According to media reports, Zelensky plans to head the opera and ballet theatre in Russian-occupied Sevastopol. The theatre is to become part of a grand cultural center, a project personally supervised by Vladimir Putin. Igor Zelensky is directly involved in this project.

ACF List of War Enablers non-official source,

Son-in-law of Vladimir Putin, husband of Putin's daughter Yekaterina Tikhonova, with whom they have a child. Benefits materially from close ties to Vladimir Putin, using funds derived from corruption. Igor Zelensky secures funding for cultural project development via the "National Cultural Heritage" fund, a venture initiated directly by Vladimir Putin. Thanks to connections with the family of the President of Russia, the "National Cultural Heritage" fund receives donations of approximately $2 billion (120 billion rubles) from the state-controlled company "Rosneftegaz". Zelensky also publicly expresses support for Vladimir Putin's policies.

ACF List of War Enablers non-official source,

Partner of Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova, with whom he has a child. He benefits materially from close ties to Vladimir Putin, using funds derived from corruption. Igor Zelensky secures funding for cultural project development via Russia's National Cultural Heritage Foundation, a venture initiated directly by Vladimir Putin. Thanks to connections with the President's family, the Foundation was supposed to receive donations of approximately 1.8 billion USD (at the exchange rate as of January 2019) from the state-controlled company Rosneftegaz, but now the funding has been reduced. According to media reports, Zelensky plans to head the opera and ballet theatre in Russian-occupied Sevastopol. The theatre is to become part of a grand cultural center, a project personally supervised by Vladimir Putin. Igor Zelensky is directly involved in this project.

ACF List of War Enablers non-official source,

He is a partner of Putin's daughter Katerina Tikhonova, with whom he has a child. He benefits materially from close ties to Vladimir Putin, using funds derived from corruption. Igor Zelensky secures funding for cultural project development via Russia's National Cultural Heritage Foundation, a venture initiated directly by Vladimir Putin. Due to connections with the President's family, the Foundation was supposed to receive donations of approximately 1.8 billion USD (at the exchange rate as of January 2019) from the state-controlled company Rosneftegaz, but now the funding has been reduced. According to media reports, Zelensky plans to head the opera and ballet theater in Russian-occupied Sevastopol. The theater is to become part of a grand cultural center, a project personally supervised by Vladimir Putin. Igor Zelensky is directly involved in this project.

ACF List of War Enablers non-official source,

Russian ballet dancer

Wikidata non-official source,

Relationships

Data sources

ACF List of War Enablers7,950

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories430,362

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Graph-based entity tagging69,466

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata382,700

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source


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