Oleg Erovinkin

Oleg Erovinkin (Олег Александрович Еровинкин; c. 1955 – 26 December 2016) was a Russian intelligence officer. He was a general in both the KGB and FSB. Erovinkin served as chief of staff at Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft.

Early life and education
Erovinkin was born c. 1955. He began serving with the KBG in 1976 and graduated from the Dzerzhynsky Higher School of the KGB in 1980.

Career
In 1994, under Russian President President Yeltsin, Erovinkin was positioned as deputy head of personnel for the protection of state secrets. Erovinkin was appointed chief of staff for Rosneft by Vladimir Putin in May 2008. Under Putin, Erovinkin was a key aide to Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and acted as a key liaison between Sechin and Putin. Erovinkin worked in a department of Rosneft that handles classified documents, receiving and forwarding them to other agencies. He prepared personal declarations of Sechin's assets and property for the government. In May 2012, Erovinkin worked for Rosneft and headed Sechin's office for a short time in late 2012.

Death and investigation
On 26 December 2016, Erovinkin was found dead in the back of his car in Moscow. He was 61 years old. While no cause of death was announced, local media sources reported that foul play was suspected. The morgue reported no cause of death (although Erovinkin's last employer, Rosneft, claimed he died of a heart attack). His death was to be investigated by FSB officials.

Following Erovinkin's death, media sources speculated that Erovinkin was an unnamed informant for the Donald Trump–Russia dossier, a document created by former MI6 spy Christopher Steele detailing connections between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russian agents. The dossier describes Erovinkin's involvement with the Rosneft promises beneficial to Trump, represented by campaign staffer Carter Page. Russia expert Christo Grozev of the Bulgarian think tank Risk Management Lab reported that Erovinkin was described as "Sechin's treasurer" and concluded that Erovinkin was the source for much of the information in the dossier.