Joy Destr

Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of all convocations, head of the LDPR faction in the State Duma since December 21, 2011.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma (2000-2011), and delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (1996-2008). Candidate for President of the Russian Federation in the elections of 1991, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012 and 2018.

Doctor of Philosophy (1998). Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation (2000). Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".

In 1997-2004, he was the co-owner and head of the Yukos oil company. He was arrested by Russian authorities on charges of embezzlement and tax evasion on October 25, 2003. At the moment of his arrest, he was one of the richest people in the world, his fortune was estimated at $15 billion. In 2005, he was found guilty of fraud and other crimes by a Russian court. Yukos underwent bankruptcy proceedings. In 2010-2011, he was sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony on new charges; taking into account subsequent appeals, the total sentence imposed by the court was 10 years and 10 months, the sentence actually served was 10 years and 2 months, since Khodorkovsky was pardoned by President Putin in December 2013.

Russian writer, publicist, translator, blogger, and computer game developer. Member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2012-2015). Winner of the silver (2015) and gold (2018) YouTube buttons. Winner of the "Media Person of the Year" award. (2017) by the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda in St. Petersburg. Winner of the "Top 50. The Most Famous People of St. Petersburg" (2009) by Soba.ru magazine in the "Media" category