Zakhar Prilepin

Zakhar Prilepin
Zakhar Prilepin
Захар Прилепин
	Prilepin in 2020
Co-chairman of A Just Russia – For Truth
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 February 2021
President of the For Truth
	In office; 1 February 2020 – 22 February 2021
Personal details
Born	Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin; 7 July 1975; Ilyinka, Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	National Bolshevik Party (2007–2018); For Truth (2019–2021); A Just Russia – For Truth (2021–present);
Alma mater	Nizhny Novgorod State University
Occupation	Writer, Rosgvardiya officer, journalist, politician
Awards	Order of Courage
Military service
Allegiance	Russia; Donetsk People's Republic;
Branch/service	OMON; Donetsk People's Militia; National Guard of Russia;
Years of service	1994–1999; 2016–2018; 2023;
Rank	Podpolkovnik
Battles/wars	First Chechen War; Second Chechen War; War in Donbas; Russian invasion of Ukraine;

Yevgeny Nikolayevich Prilepin (Russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Приле́пин; born 7 July 1975), writing as Zakhar Prilepin (Russian: Захар Прилепин), and sometimes using another pseudonym, Yevgeny Lavlinsky (Russian: Евгений Лавлинский), is a Russian writer, politician and paramilitary leader.

He was a member of Russia's National Bolshevik Party from 1996 to 2019 and the leader of the national-conservative political party For Truth from 1 February 2020 until it merged into A Just Russia in February 2021.

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