political lexicon, a silovik (Russian: силовик, IPA: [sʲɪlɐˈvʲik]; plural: siloviki, Russian: силовики, IPA: [sʲɪləvʲɪˈkʲi]) is a person who works for any...

lawyers and economists, and security-intelligence elements called the siloviki. When Putin came to power in 1999, he had few protégés or long-term associates...

the FSB. Such military and security agency-associated men are known as siloviki. As of 2002, there were four living Marshals of the Soviet Union. Such...

the Federal Security Service (FSB) from 1999 to 2008. Belonging to the siloviki faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle, Patrushev is believed...

the FSB. Such military and security agency associated men are known as siloviki. As of 2002 there were four living Marshals of the Soviet Union. Such men...

Ukraine was reportedly made by Putin and a small group of war hawks or siloviki in Putin's inner circle, including national security adviser Nikolai Patrushev...

figures in the St. Petersburg criminal underworld. A member of Putin's siloviki inner circle, Zolotov's rise to power and wealth happened after he became...

disappeared from public view since around 11 March 2022, along with other senior siloviki including Sergey Shoigu, Igor Kostyukov and Viktor Zolotov. In response...

Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin (Russian: Серге́й Евге́ньевич Нары́шкин, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej jɪˈvɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈrɨʂkʲɪn]; born 27 October 1954) is a Russian...

Retrieved 28 September 2021. "Strelkov/Girkin Demoted, Transnistrian Siloviki Strengthened in 'Donetsk People's Republic'". Jamestown. Archived from...

2012. A close confidant and ally of Vladimir Putin, Shoigu belongs to the siloviki of Putin's inner circle. He was entrusted with the task of supervising...

Timur Artemev and Yevgeny Chichvarkin. After falling foul of the Russian siloviki, Chichvarkin was forced to sell the 100% stake to Alexander Mamut. As of...

of Putin's most conservative counselors and the leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki faction, a lobby gathering former security services agents. He has been...

who worked for the service—is highly valued by today's siloviki. Marriages between siloviki clans are also encouraged". The head of the Russian Drug...

Vladimir Putin, who appointed him as his Deputy in 1998. He belongs to the siloviki of Putin's inner circle. Ivanov was born on 31 January 1953 in Leningrad...

have disappeared from public view in mid-March together with other senior siloviki (key Russian security officials), including Sergey Shoigu, Viktor Zolotov...

the Federal Security Service (FSB) from 1999 to 2008. Belonging to the siloviki faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle, Patrushev is believed...

'sensitive to the impression that he has lost control over the marauding siloviki and is trying to compensate by making small steps that should prove his...

defense minister Pavel Grachev, and on 20 June sacked a number of his siloviki, one of them being his chief of presidential security Alexander Korzhakov...

the Ukrainian siloviki of violating the "grain ceasefire", TASS (1 July 2018) (in Russian) In ЛНР have declared, that the Kyiv siloviki have thrown to...

conditions for doing business, due to pressure from the security forces Siloviki and government agencies. Due to high oil prices, from 2000 to 2008, Russia's...

observers expected the candidate to arise from the ranks of the so-called siloviki, security and military officials many of whom were appointed to high positions...

with French Chief of the Defence Staff Thierry Burkhard. Other senior siloviki (key Russian security officials), including Sergei Shoigu, Igor Kostyukov...

instaurează triada Klaus Iohannis - Eduard Hellvig - Marcel Ciolacu un regim siloviki în România". HotNews (in Romanian). Retrieved 9 September 2024. Pantazi...

"absolute fealty"; Elements of nepotism (cooperative Ozero); Reliance on siloviki (people from several dozen security agencies, many of whom worked with...

Vladimir Putin's "domino theory of colour revolutions, reiterated by other siloviki and found in military and national security doctrines". Some views of successive...

of Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, and leader of the Kremlin's Siloviki (security/military) faction,[better source needed] who has been described...

very active in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe before 2003. Other siloviki close to Ivanov include Nikolai Patrushev, Alexander Bortnikov, and Igor...

Presidential Decree. Journal Forbes included her to the list of the top richest siloviki of Russia (13th place in 2013). In June 2024 Shevtsova was reported to...

for international sanctions against Russian officials, business people, siloviki, propagandists, public warmongers, and other people accountable for creating...