Valeriya Ilyinichna Novodvorskaya was a Soviet dissident, writer and liberal politician. She was the founder and the chairwoman of the Democratic Union party and a member of the editorial board of The New Times.
Yaakov Kedmi, also known as Yasha Kazakov and Yakov Iosifovich Kazakov is a Russian propagandist, an Israeli politician and diplomat. He was the head of the Nativ liaison bureau from 1992 to 1999, specializing in the repatriation of Eastern European Jews to Israel. On 25 February 2023, the Council of the European Union imposed personal sanctions against Kedmi due to his activities as a spreader of the Russian official propaganda intended to justify the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Almazbek Sharshen uulu Atambayev is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the President of Kyrgyzstan from 1 December 2011 to 24 November 2017. He was Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from 17 December 2010 to 1 December 2011, and from 29 March 2007 to 28 November 2007. He served as Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) from 30 July 1999 to 23 September 2011.
Gleb Pavlovich Yakunin was a Russian priest and dissident, who fought for the principle of freedom of conscience in the Soviet Union. He was a member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, and was elected member of the Supreme Soviet of Russia and State Duma from 1990 to 1995.
Mikhail Valentinovich Krotov is a Russian lawyer, businessman and official. He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
Yakov Lazarevich Kazyansky is a Russian pianist and composer. In 1994 he was awarded the title of Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Alexander or Alexandr Ivanovich Vvedensky was one of the leaders and ideologues of the Renovationism, a reform movement inside the Russian Orthodox Church during the Soviet Union. He is considered the person "most identified with renovationism in the Soviet era".
Yakov Yakovlevich Gakkel was a Soviet and Russian oceanographer, doctor of geographical sciences (1950), professor, director of the geography department of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, son of scientist Yakov Modestovich Gakkel.
Pavel Vadimovich Krotov was a Russian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials.
Krotov is a Russian male surname. Its feminine counterpart is Krotova. It may refer to:
Sooronbay Sharip uulu Jeenbekov is a Kyrgyz politician who served as the 5th President of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 until his resignation in 2020, following a week of protests. Prior to that he served as the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan from April 2016 to August 2017.
Yakov Moiseyevich Urinson is a Russian politician of Jewish descent, economist and Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Russian economy in 1997–1998, Member of the Presidium of the Russian Jewish Congress.
Yulian Aleksandrovich Panich was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, and journalist. He was appointed Honored Artist of Russia in 1996.
Boris B. Volodarsky is an English historian, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, specialising in Intelligence History, which he has studied for almost 30 years after having moved to the West, and the history of the Spanish Civil War. He formerly served as a captain in the Spetsnaz GRU, a Russian special forces unit.
Vadim Sergeevich Krotov, known as The Nakhodka Chikatilo, is a Russian serial killer, child molester and producer of child pornography.
Sadyr Nurgojo uulu Japarov is a Kyrgyz politician who is currently serving as the president of Kyrgyzstan since 28 January 2021. He had previously served as the acting prime minister of Kyrgyzstan in the 2020 interim government following the resignation of President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Japarov also became acting president of Kyrgyzstan after Jeenbekov's resignation but resigned himself on 14 November 2020 to run for the 2021 presidential election, where he was elected to succeed the acting president Talant Mamytov.
Yakov Ivanovich Smirnov, also known in Britain as James Smirnove, was a Russian Orthodox priest and diplomat who served in London for 60 years.
The Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) is an independent investigative organisation originating from Russia that conducts open-source investigation of events taking place during armed conflicts, in particular, the actions of Russian troops in Ukraine, Syria, Libya and Central African Republic. Together with Bellingcat and InformNapalm, it is one of the largest such groups that emerged during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Evgeny Vasilievich Revenko is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 7th State Duma and 8th State Dumas.
Grandpa in his bunker, also translated as grandpa in a bunker, or bunker grandpa, is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and Ukraine.
