Kilimnik (Russian: ?????????? ????????; Ukrainian: ????????? ????????; born April 27, 1970) is a Russian/Ukrainian political consultant.
In the United States, he has become a person of interest in the 2017 Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, particularly due to his ties with Paul Manafort, an American political consultant, who served as a campaign chairman for Donald Trump.
Kilimnik is believed by CNN and The New York Times to be "Person A" listed in court documents filed by the Special Counsel against Manafort.
He is also believed to be Person A in court documents filed in the criminal indictment of Alex van der Zwaan.
The claim that Kilimnik has ties to Russian intelligence agencies, or is a Russian intelligence operative, was a central part of the theory of the Mueller Report.
In 2017 Kilimnik denied having ties to Russian intelligence agencies.
Kilimnik was indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury on June 8, 2018, on charges of obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice by attempting to tamper with a witness on behalf of Manafort.