Leonid Volkov
Guest Speaker
Professional Affiliation
Chief of Staff for Alexei Navalny; Political Director, Team-Navalny
Expert Bio
Leonid Volkov is chief of staff for Alexey Navalny and political director of Navalny鈥檚 team. He was campaign manager for Navalny鈥檚 mayoral campaign in Moscow in 2013, as well as for his bid to get onto the presidential ballot in 2018. Between 2017 and 2021 Leonid Volkov has created and led Team Navalny鈥檚 network of regional offices in 45 Russia鈥檚 largest cities. Since 2019 Leonid Volkov operates from abroad; there are seven politically motivated criminal cases brought against him in Russia. An IT-professional by background, Volkov is also the co-founder of the Internet Protection Society, Russia鈥檚 leading digital rights NGO.
