{{Short description|Russian presidential advisor}} {{tone|date=May 2025}} [[File:Anton_Kobyakov.jpg|thumb|right|Kobyakov in 2019]]
'''Anton Kobyakov''' (born 23 June 1968) is one of [[Vladimir Putin]]'s Special Advisors. He works in the [[Presidential Administration of Russia]].
==Biography== Kobyakov was born in [[Ufa]] on 23 June 1968.<ref name="k373">{{cite news |url=http://www.en.kremlin.ru/catalog/persons/373/biography |title=Persons ∙ Directory ∙ President of Russia }}</ref>
Kobyakov began his career as a [[Bashkortostan]] geology worker.<ref name=k373/>
In 1990 Kobyakov graduated from [[Timiryazev Agricultural Academy]].<ref name=k373/>
In 2001 Kobyakov graduated from [[Moscow State Mining University]].<ref name=k373/>
In 2003 Kobyakov graduated from the [[Presidential Russian Civil Service Academy]] ([[RANEPA]]).<ref name=k373/>
Between 2012 and 2014 Kobyakov was Head of the Presidential Secretariat.<ref name=k373/>
On 11 April 2014 Kobyakov began a job as [[Special Advisor]] to the President.<ref name=k373/><ref name="krem1">{{cite news |url=http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/20764 |title=Anton Kobyakov appointed presidential adviser |date=11 April 2014 }}</ref>
On 23 April 2019 Kobyakov met with the Secretary-General of the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organization]], [[Vladimir Norov]].<ref name="sco1">{{cite news |url=https://eng.sectsco.org/20190423/532510.html |title=SCO Secretary-General meets with Adviser to Russian President Anton Kobyakov |date=23 April 2019 }}</ref>
In September 2022 Kobyakov was the Executive Secretary of [[Eastern Economic Forum]] Organizing Committee.<ref name="mm1">{{cite news |url=https://www.gnlm.com.mm/sac-chairman-prime-minister-senior-general-min-aung-hlaing-holds-talks-with-adviser-to-russian-president-and-executive-secretary-of-eastern-economic-forum-organizing-committee-mr-anton-kobyakov/ |title=SAC Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing holds talks with Adviser to Russian President and Executive Secretary of Eastern Economic Forum Organizing Committee Mr Anton Kobyakov - Global New Light of Myanmar |date=7 September 2022 }}</ref>
In June 2024 Kobyakov was the President of the [[Roscongress Foundation]].<ref name="irra1">{{cite news |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/tag/roscongress-foundation-president-anton-kobyakov |title=Roscongress Foundation president Anton Kobyakov Archives }}</ref>
On 23 October 2024 Kobyakov presented a briefing at the [[16th BRICS Conference]].<ref name="brics1">{{cite news |url=https://photo-summit.brics-russia2024.ru/en/media/8790522.html |title=16th BRICS Summit. Briefing by Russian Presidential Adviser Anton Kobyakov |date=23 October 2024 }}</ref>
In November 2024 Kobyakov helped a Chinese diplomat to meet a number of African delegations at the Roscongress Russia-Africa conference in [[Sochi]].<ref name="ig1">{{cite news |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DCUHCy2Iaug/?api=毛里求斯路易港怎么找小姐服务v信8764603▷毛里求斯路易港怎么找小姐全套特殊服务▷毛里求斯路易港怎么找小姐上门服务▷毛里求斯路易港怎么找小姐联系方式▷毛里求斯路易港怎么找小姐上课约服务.ghkj&hl=kn | title=Instagram }}</ref>
On 17 February 2025 Kobyakov was at a meeting of the [[Roscongress Foundation]] with [[Yevgeny Primakov Jr.]], Head of the Russian Federal Agency for the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]]. The purpose of the meeting was to allow Roscongress join forces with [[Rossotrudnichestvo]] for organizational support for its events and initiatives abroad.<ref name="rsru1">{{cite news |url=https://rs.gov.ru/en/news/roscongress-will-present-its-projects-in-russian-houses-abroad/ |title=Официальный сайт Россотрудничества }}</ref>
On 19 May 2025 Kobyakov opened the 13th edition of the '''[[St. Petersburg International Legal Forum]]''' with more than 5,600 participants from 80 countries. The Legal Forum is an activity presented by the Roscongress Foundation.<ref name="tass1">{{cite news |url=https://tass.com/politics/1961461 |archive-date=21 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521163348/https://tass.com/politics/1961461 |title=Over 5,600 participants from 80 countries attend St. Petersburg Legal Forum }}</ref> At the closing press conference, Kobyakov claimed that the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|dissolution of the]] [[USSR]] was "legally invalid" and that it therefore still exists. According to Kobyakov, the [[war in Ukraine]] is an internal issue rather than an international war.<ref name="antv1">{{cite news |url=https://anewz.tv/world/world-news/7481/putin-adviser-raises-legal-questions-on-ussr-dissolution/news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250521163102/https://anewz.tv/world/world-news/7481/putin-adviser-raises-legal-questions-on-ussr-dissolution/news |archive-date=21 May 2025 |title=Putin adviser says USSR legally exists, calls Ukraine war "internal" }}</ref>
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