Yuri Sergeyevich Pivovarov (russian: Юрий Сергеевич Пивоваров; born 25 April 1950) is a historian and political scientist, member of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

and since 1998, the Director of the

Institute of Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Scientific Information for Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INION RAN (russian: Институт научной информации по общественным наукам РАН, ИНИОН) is a major center fo ...

. Pivovarov graduated from the

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

(MGIMO) of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Pivovarov was chair of Comparative Political Science of the Faculty of Political Science (

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

). President Emeritus of the . Member of the Expert Council under the Chairman of the

Federation Council The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

, member of the Scientific Council under the

Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (MFA Russia; russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with lea ...

and of others. In a 2017 letter to president Putin, the

Committee of Concerned Scientists The Committee of Concerned Scientists (CCS) is an independent international organization devoted to the protection and advancement of human rights and scientific freedom of scientists, physicians, engineers, and scholars. History The committee wa ...

expressed support for Pivovarov against government harassment, calling him a "highly respected academic in Russia and abroad", citing another open letter of support signed by over 100 prominent Russian intellectuals and members of RAS. Pivovarov has written on

De-Leninization De-Leninization () is political reform aimed at refuting Leninist and Marxist–Leninist ideology, ending the personality cult of Vladimir Lenin, removing images and toppling statues of Lenin, renaming places and buildings, dismantling the L ...

in Russia. Member of the

Anti-War committee of Russia The Anti-War Committee of Russia () is an organization founded by a group of exiled Russian public figures for the purpose of opposing Vladimir Putin's regime and the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Through its Ark project, the committee helps ...

, and a signatory to letters to EU leaders calling for sanctions on Russian oil and gas and foreign exchange earnings.

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