And here is the lucky owner of a car worth 8 million rubles (about $88,000). Born on January 10, 1961, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). In 1984, she graduated from the Faculty of Physics at Leningrad State University named after A.A. Zhdanov. From 1984 to 1991, she worked as a process engineer at the Leningrad Research and Production Association "VNIITVCh." Since 1991, she has served as assistant to the chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the St. Petersburg Mayor's Office. Since 2000, she has been Deputy Head of the Protocol Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation, and since 2002, First Deputy Head of the Protocol Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. From 2004 to 2008, she was Head of the Protocol and Organizational Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation. Since May 13, 2008, she has been Chief of Protocol of the President of the Russian Federation. She speaks English. *Source I guess the language bonus there must be pretty substantial.