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Lydia Velezheva

Person of interest · Politician

Lydia Velezheva is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Lidija Leonidovna Velezjeva · Lidija Leonidowna Weleschewa · Lidija Velezjeva · Lidiya Velejeva · Lydia Velejeva · 9 more...				[sources]
Other name	Lidija Weleschewa · Lidija Weleshewa · Lidiya Leonidovna Velezheva · Lídia Leonídovna Vélejeva · Вележева (Вележова) Лидия Леонидовна · 6 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Вележева · Вележова				[sources]
Birth date	1966-10-02				[sources]
Place of birth	Kyiv				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Russia				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	Lydia				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4106142				[sources]
Position	Presidential proxies in elections · Доверенные лица президента на выборах				[sources]
Education	Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute				[sources]
Last change	2025-05-02	Last processed	2025-09-08	First seen	2023-02-15

Descriptions

Trusted representative of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. Trusted representatives ensured the re-election of Vladimir Putin, who has pursued an aggressive policy against Ukraine since 2014, in the non-competitive presidential election on March 18, 2018.

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-02-15

Soviet and Russian actress

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-05-02

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Aleksei Guskov Politician	spouse	1988	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of United Russia	-	-

Data sources

ACF List of War Enablers8,520

A list of Russian decision-makers from government and business composed by ACF/FBK, the anti-corruption organization founded by Alexei Navalny

Russia · ACF · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,745

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

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Wikidata349,078

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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