# Boris Kovalchuk

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Russian official

Boris Kovalchuk Борис Ковальчук Kovalchuk in 2024 5th Chairman of the Accounts Chamber Incumbent Assumed office 14 May 2024 Preceded by Alexei Kudrin Galina Izotova (acting) Personal details Born (1977-12-01) 1 December 1977 (age 48) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) Parent Yury Kovalchuk Alma mater Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Law

**Boris Yuryevich Kovalchuk** ([Russian](/source/Russian_language): Бори́с Ю́рьевич Ковальчу́к; born 1 December 1977) is a [Russian](/source/Russians) official who has served as Chairman of the [Accounts Chamber of Russia](/source/Accounts_Chamber_of_Russia) since 2024.[1] He is a son of [Yury Kovalchuk](/source/Yury_Kovalchuk).

Since April 20, 2006, he has led the Department of the Russian Government's Staff for implementation of the [National Priority Projects](/source/National_Priority_Projects).[2]

## Biography

Kovalchuk was born on December 1, 1977, in [Leningrad](/source/Leningrad), which was then part of the [Russian SFSR](/source/Russian_SFSR).[3] His father is [Yury Kovalchuk](/source/Yury_Kovalchuk), who has been known to be a longtime associate of [Vladimir Putin](/source/Vladimir_Putin).[3] In 1999 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of [St. Petersburg State University](/source/St._Petersburg_State_University).[4] After graduating he worked until 2006 as a legal consultant at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Research Institute "Granit", which supplies telecommunications equipments while also from 2003 to 2006 being a member of the audit commission of the [Rossiya Bank](/source/Rossiya_Bank) which his father owns.[3] In addition, during this time, he was executive director of the non-profit "League of Honorary Consuls", director of the North-West Consulting Company, head of Consult LLC, and head of the management company "Investment Culture" which built ski resorts in [Leningrad region](/source/Leningrad_region).[5]

On March 9, 2006, he was appointed assistant in the secretariat of then [First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia](/source/First_Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Russia), [Dmitry Medvedev](/source/Dmitry_Medvedev).[5] In November 2009 he was appointed Acting Chairman of the Management Board of [Inter RAO](/source/Inter_RAO), after [Yevgeny Dod](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yevgeny_Dod&action=edit&redlink=1) went to the board of [RusHydro](/source/RusHydro).[6] In the summer of 2010 he was approved as the full-time chairman of Inter RAO, which he did until March 2024.[7]

## Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the [UK](/source/UK) government in 2022 in relation to the [Russo-Ukrainian War](/source/Russo-Ukrainian_War). [8]

In December 2022 the [EU](/source/EU) sanctioned Boris Kovalchuk in relation to the [2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine](/source/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine).[9]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Совфед назначил Бориса Ковальчука председателем Счетной палаты РФ"](https://web.archive.org/web/20240514145437/https://tass.ru/politika/20795435). *TACC*. 14 May 2024. Archived from the original on 14 May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.{{[cite news](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news)}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Борис Ковальчук о будущем нацпроектов"](https://rg.ru/2006/04/21/kovalchug.html?ysclid=ma2xq5cnoz630271123). *Российская газета* (in Russian). 21 April 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-kom_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-kom_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-kom_3-2) ["Чем известен Борис Ковальчук"](https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/6690523?ysclid=ma2xkts0tl313814879). *Kommersant* (in Russian). 14 May 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Ковальчук, Борис Юрьевич"](https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/kovalchuk-boris-yurevich?ysclid=ma2xo7etna246057588). *ТАСС*. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-nef_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-nef_5-1) ["Ковальчук Борис Юрьевич - фото, цитаты, биография"](https://neftegaz.ru/persons/333607-kovalchuk-boris/?ysclid=ma2xvg33ty687666176). *neftegaz.ru*. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Борис Ковальчук назначен и.о. председателя правления "Интер РАО ЕЭС""](https://ria.ru/20091126/195584822.html). *РИА Новости* (in Russian). 26 November 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Борис Ковальчук уходит из «Интер РАО»"](https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/articles/2024/03/07/1024148-boris-kovalchuk-uhodit-iz-inter-rao). *Ведомости* (in Russian). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK"](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022"](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2022.322.01.0466.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A322I%3ATOC). Retrieved 8 February 2023.

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