Dmitry Chernyshenko

Dmitry Nikolayevich Chernyshenko (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Чернышенко; born 20 September 1968) is a Russian businessman and politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications since 2020. Previously, he was the President of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2014 Winter Olympics which were held in Sochi, Russia.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Chernyshenko.

Dmitry Chernyshenko
Дмитрий Чернышенко
Official portrait, 2020
Deputy Prime Minister of Russia
for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications
Assumed office
21 January 2020
Prime MinisterMikhail Mishustin
Preceded byOlga Golodets
President & of the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee
In office
28 February 2010 – 23 February 2014
IOC PresidentJacques Rogge (2010–13)
Thomas Bach (2013–14)
Preceded byJohn Furlong
Succeeded byCho Yang-ho
Chair of the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee
In office
2 October 2007 – 2 August 2015
Preceded byCommittee established
Succeeded byPosition dissolved
Personal details
Born (1968-09-20) 20 September 1968
Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
(now Russia)
Alma materSTANKIN

Sporting activities

Since 27 November 2014, Chernyshenko has been the President of the Kontinental Hockey League, replacing Alexander Medvedev.[2] In addition, he was appointed as Board Chairman of Gazprom-Media in December 2014.[3] Chernyshenko is also member of the Supervisory Board of Sberbank of Russia (2020–21).[4]

He was removed from the IOC Coordination Commission Beijing 2022 by the International Olympic Committee, due to his involvement in the Russian doping scandal.[5]

Awards and honours

In 2014, Chernyshenko was awarded the Olympic Order and the Paralympic Order.[6] He was stripped of the orders, however, on 28 February and 2 March 2022 respectively due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[7][8] Chernyshenko responded by saying: "Our country has always adhered to the principle that sport is beyond politics, but we are constantly drawn into the politics, because they understand the importance of sport in the lives of our Russian people."[9] In 2023, he further lashed out at the West at the Russian sports forum:[10]

We have a lot of international competitions this year, despite the fact that countries that are unfriendly to us are trying to exclude us from the system of world sports.

But nothing works out for them, we see that the “Friendship Games” and the All-Russian Spartakiad, “Games of the Future”, “Children of Asia” and many other competitions are held, no matter what.

Countries come, some, however, with apprehension, because they are afraid of [Western] sanctions. But we know that time will put everything in its place, we know that not a single international competition is complete without our [Russian] athletes.

We saw how, at the tune of the Anglo-Saxons, all international organizations, starting with the IOC (International Olympic Committee), began to put obstacles for the participation of our athletes in international sports competitions, and they continue to do so.

In 2019, Chernyshenko entered the list of the 500 most influential business leaders in media industry for a second year in a row – Variety500 (it is compiled annually by the American magazine Variety).[11]

Sanctions

In February 2022, Dmitry Chernyshenko was sanctioned by the European Union.[12]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [13]

In December 2022, the United States sanctioned Dmitry Chernyshenko.[14]

In January 2023, Dmitry Chernyshenko was sanctioned by Japan.[15]

References
  1. "Dmitry Chernyshenko". Archived from the original on 28 March 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  2. "Sochi organizer takes over as KHL president". ESPN.com. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. "Sochi Olympics Chief Named Head of Russia's Gazprom Media | News". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. "Dmitry Chernyshenko". Sberbank. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. "IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in PyeongChang 2018 under the Olympic Flag". 14 July 2021.
  6. "The Paralympic Order". Paralympic Movement. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. "IOC EB recommends no participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials".
  8. "IPC makes decisions regarding RPC and NPC Belarus". International Paralympic Committee.
  9. https://copenhagengrid.com/en/news/article/4672058/russia-excluded-from-more-sports-as-sanctions-mount
  10. Вице-премьер Чернышенко: «Недружественные страны пытаются нас исключить из системы мирового спорта. Но у них ничего не получается»
  11. "Dmitry Chernyshenko". 28 August 2018.
  12. "EU sanctions Putin's spokesman, oligarchs, journalists". Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  13. "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  14. "US sanctions five Russian Railways Board members". Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  15. "Japan imposes personal sanctions on 36 Russian individuals". Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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