[1] According to former opposition leader Marina Salye, Artemyev worked for the KGB during the Soviet era.

[3] On 10 March 2004, Artemyev was appointed the head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) by President Vladimir Putin through presidential decree No.

[4] Artemyev was replaced in this capacity by Maksim Shaskolsky, the former vice governor of Saint Petersburg.

[5] After this, Artemyev became an assistant to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

In November, he resigned of his own free will, after which he took over as head of Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange.