Yuri Brezhnev
| Yuri Brezhnev Юрий Леонидович Брежнев |
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| First Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade | |
| Premier | |
| Minister | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 March 1933 |
| Died | 3 August 2013 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | Soviet and Russian |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| Spouse(s) | Ludmila Vladimirovna |
| Children | Andrei Brezhnev, Leonid Brezhnev |
| Father | Leonid Brezhnev |
Yuri Leonidovich Brezhnev (Russian: Юрий Леонидович Брежнев; 31 March 1933 – 3 August 2013) was the son of Soviet politician and longtime General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev and Viktoria Brezhneva.
Before his retirement, he held a seat in the Central Committee (CC) of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), and worked as a First Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade. After his forced retirement following allegations of embezzlement and corruption, Yuri became a pensioner. Soon after becoming a pensioner Yuri was arrested, and all his belongings were confiscated.
In contrast to his sister, Galina Brezhneva, who was known for her temper and self-gratification, Yuri was a shadowy figure who disliked public attention. His friends and colleagues claim that he only maintained relations with fellow students of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Yuri was not active in politics following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
After the USSR's collapse, Yuri stopped making public appearances, and rejected an offer made by the Russian government to cooperate with them. In 2000, he rejected an offer to appear on a documentary detailing the "Era of Stagnation", an era some believe Brezhnev started. Yuri denied these allegations, claiming that his father had nothing to do with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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