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Vladimir Medinsky

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His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Medinsky is the 15,848th most popular politician (up from 17,209th in 2024), the 853rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 1,000th in 2019) and the 194th most popular Ukrainian Politician.

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Vladimir Medinsky is currently trending as he leads the Russian delegation in the ongoing US-brokered peace talks with Ukraine in Geneva, which commenced on February 17, 2026. His return to this prominent negotiating role, having previously headed delegations in 2022 and 2025, signals a potential hardening of Moscow's position in the discussions. Ukrainian officials have previously labeled Medinsky a "pseudo-historian" due to his uncompromising rhetoric and hard-line stance in past negotiations. Indeed, reports from the current Geneva talks indicate that the political discussions have already stalled, attributed to the positions presented by the new Russian chief negotiator.

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  1. https://kyivindependent.com/russia-brings-back-pseudo-historian-medinsky-to-lead-peace-talks/
  2. https://www.ksat.com/news/2026/02/16/expectations-are-low-for-the-latest-us-brokered-talks-between-russia-and-ukraine/
  3. https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-russia-begin-new-peace-talks-in-geneva/
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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Vladimir Medinsky ranks 15,848 out of 19,576. Before him are Nagamichi Kuroda, David Dinkins, William Colby, Zhou Xiaochuan, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, and Wuffa of East Anglia. After him are Antoni Macierewicz, Richard Neal, Ruslan Stefanchuk, C. P. Radhakrishnan, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, and Edith of Wessex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Vladimir Medinsky ranks 218. Before him are Marie-Josée Croze, Erick Thohir, Jørn Lier Horst, Jonathan Stroud, Chris Cuomo, and Kim Do-hoon. After him are Michael Shanks, Hideki Kamiya, Mayumi Omatsu, Pernilla Wiberg, David Weir, and Dmitri Radchenko.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky ranks 853 out of NaN. Before him are Paul A. Baran (1909), Yuriy Istomin (1944), Anatol Rapoport (1911), Boris Verlinsky (1888), Lolita Milyavskaya (1963), and Kateryna Yushchenko (1919). After him are Ruslan Stefanchuk (1975), Aleksei Petrenko (1938), Volodymyr Troshkin (1947), Igor Dobrovolski (1967), Vadim Perelman (1963), and Oleksandr Sydorenko (1960).

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Among Politicians In Ukraine

Among politicians born in Ukraine, Vladimir Medinsky ranks 194. Before him are Artur Văitoianu (1864), Natalia Poklonskaya (1980), Yuriy Lutsenko (1964), Andriy Yermak (1971), Aleksandr Rozenberg (1967), and Yan Gamarnik (1894). After him are Ruslan Stefanchuk (1975), Oleksiy Honcharuk (1984), Igor Plotnitsky (1964), Alexandra Marinina (1957), Dmytro Yarosh (1971), and Viktor Putyatin (1941).

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