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
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.