# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-bortnikov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:26:25.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-bortnikov"
name: "Alexander Bortnikov"
slug: "alexander-bortnikov"
description: "Alexander Vasilyevich Bortnikov is a Russian intelligence officer who has served as the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB) since 2008. He is one of the most powerful members of the silovik faction of president Vladimir Putin's inner circle. A Hero of the Russian Federation since 2019, he also holds the rank of General of the Army, the second highest grade in use in the Russian military. According to some experts, it is likely Bortnikov played a key role in Putin's decision to invade Ukraine in 2022."
tagline: "Russian official, FSB director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meeting_with_permanent_members_of_the_Security_Council_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1951-11-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.38844666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm9690761"
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    url:       "http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/leadership.htm"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Александр Бортников"
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    title: "Aleksandr Bortnikov"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump