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Yuri Shchekochikhin

1950 - 2003

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Yuri Petrovich Shchekochikhin (Russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Щекочи́хин, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj pʲɪˈtrovʲɪtɕ ɕːɪkɐˈtɕixʲɪn]; 9 June 1950 – 3 July 2003) was a Soviet and later Russian investigative journalist, writer, and liberal lawmaker in the Russian parliament. Shchekochikhin wrote and campaigned against the influence of organized crime and corruption. His last non-fiction book, Slaves of the KGB, was about people who worked as KGB informers. As a journalist for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta (NG), Shchekochikhin investigated apartment bombings allegedly directed by the Russian secret services and the Three Whales Corruption Scandal which involved high-ranking FSB officers and was associated with money laundering through the Bank of New York. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuri Shchekochikhin is the 15,916th most popular politician (down from 14,815th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 113th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Azerbaijani Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yuri Shchekochikhin ranks 15,916 out of 19,576. Before him are Enrique Olaya Herrera, Teburoro Tito, Joshua Chamberlain, Mohamed Amin Didi, Peter Altmaier, and Grigol Vashadze. After him are Juhan Parts, Aníbal Torres, Ashur-nirari I, Aden Madobe, Stefanie Clausen, and Michel Roger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Yuri Shchekochikhin ranks 487. Before him are Evgeny Sveshnikov, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Theo Custers, Joseph Paul Franklin, Willie Colón, and Bertrand Meyer. After him are Roland Andersson, Géza Csapó, Han Berger, Hugo Hovenkamp, Patty Murray, and Chris Taylor. Among people deceased in 2003, Yuri Shchekochikhin ranks 289. Before him are Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur, Ottorino Volonterio, Joseph Saidu Momoh, Rand Brooks, Donald Regan, and Franklin Farrell. After him are Valentin Gavrilov, Elliott Smith, Conrad Hall, Jesse Carver, Stan Brakhage, and Daphne Oram.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Yuri Shchekochikhin ranks 129 out of 232. Before him are Sara Ashurbeyli (1906), Aygün Kazımova (1971), Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (1947), Mikayil Abdullayev (1921), Max Black (1909), and Brilliant Dadashova (1959). After him are Rasim Balayev (1948), Mirvarid Dilbazi (1912), Vladimir Makogonov (1904), Arsen Avakov (1964), Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili (1933), and Huseyn Arablinski (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Azerbaijan

Among politicians born in Azerbaijan, Yuri Shchekochikhin ranks 27. Before him are Zuleykha Seyidmammadova (1919), Nikolai Baibakov (1911), Zakir Hasanov (1959), Surat Huseynov (1959), Leyla Yunus (1955), and Sahiba Gafarova (1955). After him are Vladimir Makogonov (1904), Arsen Avakov (1964), Alexander Beglov (1956), Jamil Hasanli (1952), Elmar Mammadyarov (1960), and Ramil Safarov (1977).

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