Alexey Gromov

Alexey Alexeyevich Gromov (; born 31 May 1960) is a Russian politician. He is First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation. He has been referred to as "Vladimir Putin's media puppetmaster".

Biography Gromov was born in 1960 in Zagorsk, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union. He studied history at Moscow State University, specialising in Southern and Western Slavs and received his degree in history in 1982. For many years after his graduation, he worked for the Soviet and then the Russian government in their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs. He served the governments with appointments in Czechoslovakia, Russia, and Slovakia. Since 1996, he has worked directly for the president, first in the Press Office, then as Press Attache, and, since 2008, after Natalya Timakova became the press secretary under Dmitry Medvedev, as Deputy Chief of Staff.

Sanctions On March 20, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published that Gromov and 19 other men have been added to the Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN).

On May 12, 2014, Gromov was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. He is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU have to be frozen.

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Personal life Gromov speaks fluent Czech, Slovak and English. He is married and they have two sons, Alexey and Danila.