Leonid Volkov: life and career of the opposition politician

Volkov Leonid Mikhailovich is a politician, an IT specialist and an oppositionist. The biography of this man is very interesting because he is one of the few deputies who keep pace with the times. It so happened that today the name of Leonid Volkov is often associated with his information business, which until recently was only notes on paper.

But let's talk about everything in order. After all, first you need to understand what kind of person is Leonid Volkov, and what is his life's path? And only then to understand what political views he follows.

Leonid Volkov: biography of the early years

The future politician was born in Yekaterinburg on November 10, 1980. In this city passed almost all of his childhood. The father of the boy was Mikhail Vladimirovich Volkov, an honored teacher, employee of the Ural State University. It was he who instilled in young Leonid a passion for exact sciences, which played a very important role in the fate of politics.

After graduation, Leonid Volkov enrolled in the same university where his father worked. As the main direction, Volkov chose the physics and mathematics faculty, which he successfully graduated in 2002. But Leonid did not stop there. Three years later he graduated from the postgraduate course at the Ural State University. And in 2006 he defended his doctoral dissertation and became a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences.

The first career accomplishments

Leonid Volkov learned to earn money while still at the university. So, in 1998 he got a job in the local company SKB Kontur. The talent of the young programmer was quickly noticed by the top management of the organization. Thanks to this, his progress on the career ladder was very rapid.

In 2007, he became chief executive in the Office of Federal Projects. This position gave Leonid Volkov an unforgettable experience, which in future will allow him to create and develop his own projects. As for work in SKB Kontur, in recent years he has been implementing new ideas related to the creation of electronic accounting systems.

In 2010, Leonid Volkov left the company. The reason for the departure was the political activity of the programmer, which was not combined with work in the office.

Political activity

Driven by the idea of a democratic society, in 2009 Leonid Volkov joined the ranks of members of the Solidarity movement. In March of the same year he submits an application for participation in the elections to the Yekaterinburg City Duma. And since Fortune was supportive of the young politician, he wins this battle for the votes.

Having made his way into the deputies of the city administration for four years, he becomes a member of the commission on urban management. Also on the shoulders of Leonid Volkov lies responsibility for all issues related to information policy and self-government in Yekaterinburg.

In October 2010, he became one of the main organizers of the rally in defense of Yegor Bychkov. Emotions received during these actions, he later splashes out in the book "Cloud Democracy", which was published in the summer of 2010. By the way, over the book he worked together with the well-known political scientist Fedor Krasheninnikov.

In 2011, Leonid Volkov tried to win elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk region. However, his ambitions were defeated by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. So it turned out that the judges saw signs of fraud related to the excess of the number of signatures of voters.

In August 2012, Leonid Volkov joined the Coordinating Council of the Russian Opposition. Here he gets the role of chairman of the central committee, which allows Volkov to always be at the center of all events.

In 2015, he joins the number of those who are considered by the opposition forces today. To be more precise, Leonid Volkov becomes one of the members of PARNAS (People's Freedom Party). Basically here he was engaged in electoral preparation. So, in 2015 he tried to help his fellow party members win elections to the Legislative Assembly of Novosibirsk. Alas, his efforts were not crowned with success, which greatly shook the confidence of the politician.

However, Leonid Volkov did not give up. Soon he resumed his work, but this time already at the electoral headquarters of PARNAS in the Kostroma region.

Working with Alexey Navalny

In the summer of 2013, Leonid Volkov took up the promotion of the candidacy of Alexei Navalny for the post of Mayor of Moscow. Thanks to his intervention, the rating of Navalny began to grow rapidly. But only in the long run it was still not enough to win.

However, in June 2015, an incident occurred that made people look at the cooperation of the two people in a different way. So, on July 17, near the Novosibirsk headquarters of PARNAS, a brawl took place, during which the protesters pelted Navalny with eggs.

During these events, Volkov tried to shield the chief from the camera lenses. And it so happened that in the heat of battle he broke the microphone of the journalist LifeNews. As a result, the politicians brought charges against him under the article "Obstruction of the lawful professional activity of a journalist". At the moment, the case is in court, and Volkov gave a written undertaking not to leave the country.

Company "Projector"

At the end of 2010 Leonid Volkov together with his wife Natalia Gredin founded the company "Projector". According to the politician himself, his organization is aimed at covering those who want to realize interesting Internet projects.

If more precisely, then "Projector" is engaged in that it helps young professionals to advance in the network.

Personal life

Life policy is always under the watchful eye of journalists. Leonid Volkov was no exception. Photos of this person often pop up on various news portals, especially those related to politics.

However, despite its popularity, Volkov skillfully hides his private life from prying eyes. It is known only that his first wife was Natalia Gredin. She is the mother of his children: the girls of Margarita and the boy Boris.

The second wife of Leonid Volkov was Anna Biryukova. According to some sources, with a new passion, the politician met in the office of Alexei Navalny. After a small romance they decided to be together and soon got married.