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Yuri Polyakov

Person of interest · Politician

Yuri Polyakov 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	Juri Michailowitsch Poljakow · Jurij Mihajlovics Poljakov · Jurij Polakow · Jurij Poljakov · Jurij Poľakov · 10 more...				[sources]
Other name	Juri Poljakow · Jurij Michajlovič Poljakov · Jurij Michajlovič Poľakov · Jurij Michajłowicz Polakow · Jurij Mihajlovič Poljakov · 7 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1954-11-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Moscow				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	Russia · Soviet Union				[sources]
Last name	Polyakov				[sources]
Website	yuripolyakov.ru				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q737922				[sources]
Position	Presidential proxies in elections · editor-in-chief · Доверенные лица президента на выборах				[sources]
Education	State University of Education · candidate of philology				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-14	First seen	2023-04-20

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, 2023-05-09

Member of the Izborsk Club, which unites the ideologists of modern Russian authoritarianism and the war in Ukraine

— ACF List of War Enablers non-official source, 2023-11-03

Russian journalist and writer

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

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

Data sources

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories375,874

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

Wikidata · non-official source

ACF List of War Enablers8,519

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

External databases

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Wikidata349,418

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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