Zamiatalin Uładzimir (also Zametalin Vladimir; 1947- ), one of the closest collaborators of Prime Minister Viačasłaŭ Kiebič and, after him, of President Alaksandar Łukašenka. Born in Russia, Zamiatalin made his career as a political commissar in the Soviet armed forces. In 1993, Colonel Zamiatalin served as director of the army's press center, allowing himself to use derogatory language with respect to the Supreme Council of Belarus and the idea of Belarusian nationhood. President Łukašenka made him his chief ideologist and censor. A shadowy figure, Zamiatalin has often been mentioned in the opposition press as Łukašenka's main "integrator" with Russia and also as an agent of the Russian intelligence.