The family of the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko, through a trustee, can own a villa on the Costa Brava in Catalonia and 2.4 hectares of forest land in Spain, Important Stories found out .
The land plots belong to the Bell-67 company of the trustee of the Kiriyenko family, Robert Gndolyan, a classmate of his son Vladimir Kiriyenko. Bell-67 also manages a villa in Catalonia, which was previously reported by the Sobesednik publication. Then the journalists found out that Kiriyenko's son-in-law, Andrey Ugnich, and the youngest daughter Nadezhda had been posting photos from their holidays in the same villa on social networks for several years.
Also, "VI" noted that Gndolyan passed the share of Kiriyenko's son in Sarovbusinessbank. In addition, he became the director of a subsidiary of Rostelecom after Vladimir Kiriyenko took over as vice president of the parent company.
Journalists recalled that Kiriyenko is not the only high-ranking official of the Presidential Administration who actively supports the war and is under EU sanctions. Despite all the statements and support of the Kremlin, the families of officials often own property in "unfriendly" countries.
Kiriyenko has served as First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration since 2016. In March 2022, the United States imposed sanctions against him in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Japan joined them in April. Canada, Australia, Ukraine and New Zealand also imposed sanctions against the official. The ANO Expert Institute for Social Research, a project close to Kiriyenko, has received more than 100 million rubles from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives created by Putin since February 24 for propaganda activities in support of the war. For example, EISI will act as the organizer of the festivals “Russian Summer. ZaRussia”, the institute itself was created specifically to promote the propaganda ideas of the Kremlin. Earlier, Kiriyenko was already under EU and British sanctions due to his involvement in the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny.