Leonid Ivashov

Leonid Ivashov
General Ivashov at the 2005 Axis for Peace conference
Born (1943-08-31) 31 August 1943 (age 81)
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)Colonel general, military expert

Leonid Grigoryevich Ivashov (Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Ивашов; born 31 August 1943) is a Russian military and public official. He is a former President of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems and a retired colonel general.

In January 2022, as the head of the All-Russian Officers Assembly, he published a statement condemning Putin's "criminal policy of provoking a war" during the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis and calling for President Vladimir Putin's resignation.