A die-hard aide who followed Putin for ten years

　　Xie Qin, surkov, Ivanov … They are willing to be heroes behind the scenes, not only helping Putin shape a good international image, but also making suggestions for Putin’s general plan of governing the country.

　　One hero and three gangs! This old China saying is equally relevant to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. From entering the Kremlin in 2000 to returning to the Russian presidency in 2012, behind Putin’s brilliant career, in addition to his unique self-style and concept of governing the country, there is also the strong support of loyal and wise aides.

　　These die-hard aides are sometimes called "behind-the-scenes advisors of the Kremlin". With the continuation of Putin’s grand plan of "revitalizing Russia", these behind-the-scenes think tanks have gradually surfaced and played a key role in Russian political chess.

　　Putin’s "Shadow": Igor Sechin

　　On December 31, 1999, Yeltsin, then president of Russia, suddenly resigned and Putin became acting president. On the same day, Igor Sechin became the deputy director of the Russian President’s Office, and immediately began to plan Putin’s presidential campaign.

　　Xie Qin Xiao Putin, who is also a native of St. Petersburg, is 8 years old and has a KGB background, but the reason why Putin is reused is not just his fellow villagers and colleagues, but because of Xie Qin’s "never leaving." In 1991, Putin became the director of the External Liaison Committee of the St. Petersburg Municipal Government, and transferred Xie Qin, who was proficient in Portuguese and French, from Leningrad State University as his secretary. In 1996, sobchak, Putin’s political mentor, lost the election for the mayor of St. Petersburg. Putin, loyal to his mentor, decided to leave the city and go to the strange Moscow to "conquer the world" regardless of the winner’s retention. At that time, Putin’s politicians in Russia were quiet, and no one could predict his political prospects in Moscow, but Xie Qin made a decisive decision and decided to go with Putin. In 1998, Putin became the first deputy director of the Russian president’s office, and Xie Qin served as the director of Putin’s office; In August 1999, Putin was appointed by Yeltsin as the acting prime minister of the Russian government, and Xie Qin became the first deputy director of the general office of the Russian government a month later … Because he has been with him for many years, Xie Qin got another name: Putin’s "shadow".

　　Since he took office as the deputy director of the Russian President’s Office, Xie Qin has carefully planned a series of activities to enhance Putin’s popularity and create an energetic and extraordinary image. Under the arrangement of Xie Qin, in March 2000, Putin went to Sochi, a Russian tourist city adjacent to Chechnya, from where he personally flew Su -27 fighter jets to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Putin’s feat shocked Russia, made his support rate soar in a short time, and also alarmed the west, making people look at this short Russian man with new eyes.

　　Xie Qin is also Putin’s "Depth Charge" to crack down on oligarchic forces. He revised policies to establish state control over most economic fields, so he is called the designer of Russian capital nationalization. It was under his behind-the-scenes planning and concrete operation that Putin completed the dismemberment of Yukos oil empire step by step, arrested Khodorkovsky, the richest man who constantly challenged his authority, and shocked the other "disobedient" oligarchs.

　　In May 2008, Medvedev became the Russian president, and Xie Qin, who has been following Putin, was also changed from the first deputy director of the Russian president’s office to the deputy prime minister in charge of energy, and at the same time served as the chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft, the largest oil company, and became the "first housekeeper" of Russian energy.

　　In 2011, in response to the order that officials should not serve on the board of directors of state-owned companies, Xie Qin took the lead in resigning as the chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft, and once again showed his "loyalty" to those in power with his actions.