Nikolai Nikiforov (born 22 Junem 1982 in Kazan) is a Russian politician, currently serves as Minister of Communications and Mass Media of Russia. At age 19 he became deputy director of the Kazan Portal company. In 2006-2010 he headed the Center of Information Technology of Tatarstan. Between 2010-2012 Nikiforov has worked as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Information and Communication. On May 21 2012 he was named as the Minister of Communications and Mass Media in the Dmitry Medvedev's Cabinet.^[1]