Nikolay Rybakov

Nikolay Igorevich Rybakov (, born 24 December 1978) is a Russian public and political figure, leader of the Russian United Democratic Party "Yabloko" since 2019, executive director of the Bellona – St. Petersburg (2008–2015), and board member of Transparency International – Russia (since 2011). Professional career Born in Leningrad in 1978, Nikolay graduated from the St. Petersburg State Transport University, the academic department of Economics of the Construction Industry. Nikolay started his career at the age of 13 working in a farm in the Priozersk region, later - in the construction cooperative "Sodruzhestvo". From 1997 to 2000 he worked as an assistant to the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Mikhail Amosov. From 2000 to 2001 he worked as a chief specialist at the EPIcenter St. Petersburg Foundation for Economic and Political Research (headed by Igor Artemyev, now an assistant to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation). At the Foundation, Nikolai was in charge of issues of youth policy and education.