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Mikhail Yuryev

Russian politician (1959–2019) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mikhail Yuryev
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Mikhail Zinovyevich Yuryev (Russian: Михаил Зиновьевич Юрьев; 10 April 1959 – 15 February 2019) was a Russian politician who served as a member of the State Duma between 1996 and 1999.[1]

Yuryev came from a Jewish family. His father Zinovy Yuryev was a science fiction writer, and his mother Yelena Korenevskaya was a journalist. After graduating from the MSU Faculty of Biology Mikhail Yuryev worked at the Institute of Molecular Genetics. In 1995-1999 he was a deputy of the 2nd State Duma, a member of the Yabloko faction. Yuryev was one of the Deputy Chairmen of the State Duma under Gennady Seleznyov's chairmanship. Yuryev was an advocate of isolationism.[2]

In 2014, Yuryev announced that he had ceased his business activities in Russia.[3] In 2018 Yuryev founded the American Ethane Company together with Alexander Voloshin, former Kremlin Chief of Staff.[4] In his late years Yuryev hosted several political talk shows on RSN and Komsomolskaya Pravda stations.[5]

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