(14.Mai 2008) Alexander Bortnikov who comes from St. Petersburg like Patrushev, Putin and Medvedev is believed to be closer to Medvedev than the Kremlin‘s siloviki clan, which includes Patrushev and Putin‘s longtime deputy chief of staff, Igor Sechin, The Moscow Times says. Soldatov calls him „Medvedev‘s man, not Sechin‘s,“ though, some Russian media have speculated that Bortnikov is close to Sechin.