Biography
Leonid Volkov is a Russian activist and politician, which in the elections of the Mayor of Moscow 2013 and the general presidential election - 2018 headed the headquarters of the well-known Alexei Navalny, and was also considered the co-founder of the organization "Society for the Protection of the Internet". Before that, the IT specialist from Yekaterinburg worked in a specialty. In his asset, diplomas and medals of the competitions of young physicists and the International Student Programming Olympiad were present.Childhood and youth
Leonid Mikhailovich Volkov was born in November 1980 in Sverdlovsk. The future Russian politician was brought up in an intelligent family with rich traditions.
Father Mikhail Vladimirovich held the post of Professor and was the main researcher in the "Combinatorial algebra" laboratory in the institution created on the basis of the Ural State University named after A. M. Gorky.
Mother Susanna Borisovna Khurika for the nationality of the Jewish. She worked as a senior teacher at the Department of the Newest Information Technologies in Education and enjoyed respect from colleagues from the Regional State Pedagogical University.
After kindergarten, parents who had useful ties staged a son in a specialized school with an in-depth study of foreign languages, but he did not find talent to German. Instead of complex grammatical rules, the wolves solved algebraic tasks, and this determined the further fate of the gifted child.
After the translation into the physico-mathematical class, organized on the basis of the educational and research center, under the auspices of the Volkova-Senior Leonid decided on the profession and came into the category of the best graduates, and then students of the Mathematics and Mechanical Faculty of the leading university of the Urals.
The future Russian politician was distinguished by a high level of intelligence, so study was easy for him. At the senior courses, the young man became a member of the university team on sports programming, which the regional championship winned three times.
The highest achievements in the youth were considered the bronze medal of the International Youth Themed Olympiad in Vancouver in 2001 and the 14th place in the personal event.
After the protection of the diploma, the Volkov entered the graduate school and came close to research in the field of electronic document management, rightly believing that such a promising function would become indispensable in the field of public services.
It was this topic that the dissertation that brought a 26-year-old young man of a candidate of physico-mathematical sciences was devoted.
In practice, the work was tried in JSC "Production Firm" SKB Contour "JSC", where since 1998 wolves were listed in a programmer intern. Over time, the career went uphill, by the beginning of the 2010th, an ambitious employee took a post in the ruling tip and received a place in the company's board of directors. The prerequisite for promotion was the development of innovative systems of electronic document management for budget organizations and private companies.
Personal life
About the personal life of Leonid Volkov interested people know a little. A man was in lawful marriage twice and now is the father of three children.In mid-2007, an employee of the prestigious Ural firm chose a certain Natalia Gregs and led the girl under the crown. Judging by a small number of photos in "Instagram" and other social networks, following the progress of public events of a different level, the couple did not advertise the relationship, preferring a quiet cooperation in a jointly established company and privacy in the company's own house in the company Boris and daughter Margarita. Russians learned about the divorce and division of property a few years later.
Settling in Moscow, the former IT specialist became acquainted with Anna Biryukova. Lovers played a wedding in 2015. The second spouse, in contrast to the predecessor, after the birth of a boy, who was named Mark, became a public person. It turned out that she ranked senior positions in the company of husbands of her husband.
Now an ambitious policy of politics together with relatives lives abroad. Woman heads one of the departments in the fight against corruption. When FBK employees fell under the investigation, the woman witnessed in the case of money laundering.
Political and social activities
In March 2009, becoming a deputy of the Yekaterinburg City Duma, wolves began a policy career. At the municipal level, he participated in resolving issues related to different spheres of public life, and eventually began to play an important role in local governments.
Over time, unexpectedly, for voters and colleagues, Leonid joined the opposition movement "Solidarity" and met the leader Boris Nemtsov. In the new role, a graduate of the University of Ural University organized rallies in support of Yevgeny Roisman and Egor Bychkov accused of a number of criminal offenses.
Eyewitnesses of events that took place in 2010, noted that Yekaterinburg managed to play the role of "gray cardinal" and not faster in information reports concerning the actions of radical oppositionists. The politician's own political views set out in the book "Cloud Democracy".
A specialist in the field of computer technology has developed a "digital protest" techniques and explained the role of social networks in the so-called peaceful revolutions to public activists. This was the basis for the "People's Alliance" established by Leonid and cooperation with the head of the Opposition Coordination Council Alexei Navalny.
Representing the interests of the main opponent of the Government of Russia and President Vladimir Putin, wolves gained access to the electorate. At the head of the opposition headquarters, he conducted a number of election campaigns and announced a hunger strike after an exception from Parnas lists.
In the mid-2010, the biography of Leonid Mikhailovich was replenished with a pair of scandals with the participation of journalists. After protests organized in the cities of Russia, the Foundation of Combating Corruption, politician fell under arrest.
The broadcast of unauthorized events delivered freedom of Volkov at risk - he left Russia in 2019. For some time, the pupil of the Ural University challenges in Europe, studying the growth statistics of members of international races of radicals, as well as materials related to policies and economics published by the RBC media holding.
Leonid Volkov now
Now Leonid Mikhailovich, through Yutiub-Channel, presents his own opinion on a number of key issues of world politics. He is worried about the situation with coronavirus infection and the results of voting in the elections of the Belarusian president.
After the report on the poisoning of Alexei Navalny on August 20, 2020, "letter from Berlin" appeared on the pages of LJ, in which the wolves thanked for the support of those who were not indifferent to the oppositionist of people. Exposures were published in Facebook and Twitter, as well as in unconfirmed "Instagram".