Sergey Alexandrovich Malinkovich (russian: Сергей Александрович Малинкович; born 27 May 1975) is a Russian politician, current leader of the

Communists of Russia The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...

party and founder of the Communists of Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast. Sergey Malinkovich was born in Leningrad to a family of schoolteachers. He was engaged in youth politics since 1995, joining the

Russian Communist Youth League The Russian Communist Youth League (RCYL; russian: Российский коммунистический союз молодёжи; РКСМ; ''Rossiyskiy kommunisticheskiy soyuz molodozhi'', ''RKSM'') is an all-Russian youth public organization ...

. In 2000, Malinkovich elected to local council of

Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug Smolninskoye Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Смо́льнинское) is a municipal okrug of Tsentralny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: The okrug borders the ...

. In 2001, he left the

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due to disagreements with the leadership of this party. In 2003, the public organization "Communists of Petersburg" was created from the former branch of the

Union of Communist Youth The Union of Communist Youth (Romanian language, Romanian: '; UTC) was the Romanian Communist Party's youth organisation. Like many Young Communist League, Young Communist organisations, it was modelled after the Soviet Union, Soviet Komsomol. I ...

, and Malinkovich was elected first secretary of the Communists of Petersburg. The organization, later renamed "Communists of Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast", gained its main popularity thanks to various outrageous statements and provocative actions. In 2009 Malinkovich joined the newly established

party. He ran unsuccessfully for the

Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg The Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg (russian: Законода́тельное собра́ние Санкт-Петербу́рга, ЗакС) is the regional parliament of Saint Petersburg, a federal subject (federal city) of Russia ...

in 2011, mayor of

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (russian: Петрозаводск, p=pʲɪtrəzɐˈvotsk; Karelian, Vepsian and fi, Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population ...

in 2013 and

governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug The governor of Nenets Autonomous Okrug (russian: Губернатор Ненецкого автономного округа) is the head of the executive branch of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, a Subdivisions of Russia, federal subject of Russia ...

in 2014. In 2021, he was elected to the Altai Krai Legislative Assembly from Communists of Russia. On 18 March 2022, the extraordinary congress of the Communists of Russia voted to oust its leader

Maxim Suraykin Maxim Alexandrovich Suraykin (russian: link=no, Максим Александрович Сурайкин; born 8 August 1978) is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the political party Communists of Russia (2012–2022) and member of ...

for his alleged connections with " unfriendly countries", fraud and "bourgeois way of life", and appointed Malinkovich instead. Suraykin called the congress "fake" and said that he is still supported by the majority of the party members. In August 2022 Malinkovich was registered to participate in the Tambov Oblast gubernatorial election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Malinkovich, Sergey 1975 births Living people Politicians from Saint Petersburg Communists of Russia politicians Former members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation