Andrei Fursenko, a former Russian science and education minister and still a key figure in science policy, is among the 16 Russian officials sanctioned by the US Treasury Department over the annexation of Crimea. Those sanctioned will have their assets within US jurisdiction frozen.
Fursenko has been an aide to the president of the Russian Federation since May 2012, and is described as running the Russian science foundation, which funds academic projects. “Although not being designated for being a member of the Russian leadership’s inner circle, Fursenko first met Putin in 1993 and they remain close associates,” the Treasury Department said on 20 March.
In March 2004, Fursenko was appointed minister of education and science of the Russian Federation in the government of Mikhail Fradkov. Then he was reappointed in May 2004, after Vladimir Putin was re-elected.
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