Yury Shutov

Yury Titovich Shutov
Born(1946-03-16)March 16, 1946
DiedDecember 12, 2014(2014-12-12) (aged 68)
White Swan maximum security prison
Occupationex deputy of Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Known forpublic accusations of Vladimir Putin

Yury Titovich Shutov (Russian: Юрий Титович Шутов, (1946-03-16)March 16, 1946 – December 12, 2014) was a Russian politician who is known for collecting incriminating evidence against Vladimir Putin at the time when Putin worked as an aid of the former Saint Petersburg Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. Shutov was convicted to life in prison on criminal charges that have been allegedly fabricated to punish him for making public accusations of Putin.