Vasily Yakemenko

Vasily Yakemenko
Василий Якеменко
Yakemenkoin 2010
Head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs
In office
10 October 2007  13 June 2012
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySergei Belokonev
Head of Nashi movement
In office
2005–2007
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNikita Borovikov
Personal details
Born (1971-05-27) 27 May 1971
Lyubertsy, Soviet Union
Alma materState University of Management
Moscow State Social University
AwardsOrder of Honour

Vasily Grigoryevich Yakemenko (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Якеменко, born 27 May 1971 in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian politician, creator and leader of several pro-government youth groups, most famously Nashi. Yakemenko, a close ally of Vladislav Surkov, left politics following the demise of Nashi in 2013.