Leonid Volkov (politician)

Leonid Volkov
Леонид Волков
Volkov in 2023
Member of the Central Council of the Progress Party
In office
December 15, 2012 – May 19, 2018
Deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma
In office
March 1, 2009 – September 2013
Personal details
Born (1980-11-10) November 10, 1980 (age 43)
Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union
Political partyRussia of the Future
Alma materUral State University
Signature
Websiteleonidvolkov.ru

Leonid Mikhailovich Volkov (Russian: Леони́д Миха́йлович Во́лков, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ ˈvolkəf]; born 10 November 1980) is a Russian politician who served as the chief of staff for opposition figure Alexei Navalny's campaign for the 2018 presidential election.[1] He was also the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Foundation until 2023.

From 1 March 2009 to September 2013, he served as a deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma. He also served as the chairman of the Central Election Committee created for elections to the Russian Opposition Coordination Council, and was the head of the campaign office of Alexei Navalny's campaign in the 2013 Moscow mayoral election. He is one of the founders of the Russia of the Future party, originally known as the People's Alliance.[2][3] He was a former chairman of the Sverdlovsk branch and a member of the Federal Political Council of the People's Freedom Party, and a member of the federal political council of the UDM Solidarnost.[4] He was a captain of the Russia-Ural team at the 10th International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) in 1997,[5] a participant in the 2001 World Programming Championship, in which he took 14th place (bronze medals) as part of the Ural State University team.[6][7][8]

  1. ^ Balyuk, Olga (2018-01-28). ""Забастовку избирателей" в Екатеринбурге будет вести Леонид Волков" ["Voter strike" in Yekaterinburg will be led by Leonid Volkov]. znak.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  2. ^ "Соратники Навального создадут партию без него" [Navalny's associates will create a party without him]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 2012-06-26. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. ^ "Электронная партия" [Electronic Party]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 2012-08-06. Archived from the original on 2017-03-10. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  4. ^ "Леонид Волков | Солидарность" [Leonid Volkov | Solidarity]. Solidarnost (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  5. ^ Martchenko, Ilya. "IYPT Archive". archive.iypt.org. International Young Physicists' Tournament. Archived from the original on 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  6. ^ "Northern Eurasia Contests". neerc.ifmo.ru. International Collegiate Programming Contest. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  7. ^ "Биография Волкова Леонида Михайловича" [Biography of Volkov Leonid Mikhailovich]. egd.ru. Екатеринбургская городская дума. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  8. ^ "2001 ACM ICPC World Finals Result". Association for Computing Machinery. Vancouver. 2001-03-10. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2012-10-28.