Shoigu's Daughter Has Been Assigned To Search For Rare-earth Metals In Siberia

Ksenia Shoigu headed the Mendeleev Valley Foundation.

Ksenia Shoigu has become the head of the Fund for Development of the Innovation Scientific and Technological Center "Mendeleev Valley", which is engaged, among other things, in expert and technological support of the Angara-Yenisei cluster of non-ferrous, rare and rare-earth metals. This is evidenced by the government order.

"To approve the appointment of Ksenia Sergeevna Shoigu to the post of Director General of the Fund for the Development of the Innovation Scientific and Technological Center "Mendeleev Valley" and the dismissal of Alexander Vladimirovich Maslennikov from this position," the document says.

Ksenia Shoigu is the daughter of the Secretary of the Security Council Sergey Shoigu, a partner of the Sistema-affiliated venture fund Sistema Smart Tech and curator of the project "Fort Island" - a tourist and recreational cluster in Kronstadt.

According to data from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (USRYUL), the CEO of the Mendeleev Valley Fund since February 2024 was Alexander Maslennikov.

The Mendeleev Valley Center was established by government decision in December 2019. In September 2025, the authorities expanded the directions of its activities. They included the development of technologies for the separation and production of rare and rare-earth metals and products based on them, the creation of technologies for the storage and transmission of electricity, artificial intelligence technologies.

In December last year, the Giredmet Institute and the Mendeleev Valley Foundation signed a cooperation agreement to create a cluster for the deep processing of non-ferrous, rare and rare-earth metals in the Angara-Yenisei region. This involves the development and implementation of technologies for the production and separation of rare and rare-earth metals, the creation of new materials and high-purity substances, the development of energy storage technologies and artificial intelligence. "Giredmet acts as a scientific and technological partner.

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