Biography
Leonid Volkov is a Russian liberal politician, IT specialist and mathematician. Born on 10 November 1980 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), he studied at Ural State University and served as a deputy in the Yekaterinburg City Duma from 2009 to 2013.
He joined Alexei Navalny's team around 2010 and became chief of staff for Navalny's 2018 presidential campaign and other initiatives. Volkov chaired the Anti-Corruption Foundation until 2023 and has lived in exile in Lithuania since 2019.
He appears as himself in the 2022 documentary Navalny, credited as Self - Navalny's Chief of Staff.
