Yury Skuratov

Yury Ilyich Skuratov (Russian: Ю́рий Ильи́ч Скура́тов; born 3 July 1952) is a Russian lawyer and politician.

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Ilyich and the family name is Skuratov.
Yury Skuratov
Prosecutor General of Russia
In office
24 October 1995 – 2 February 1999
Prime MinisterViktor Chernomyrdin
Preceded byAleksey Ilyushenko
Succeeded byVladimir Ustinov
Personal details
Born
Yury Ilyich Skuratov

(1952-07-03) 3 July 1952
Ulan-Ude, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Skuratov was born in Ulan-Ude. From 1995 until 1999, he was Prosecutor General of Russia. In February 1999, he disclosed the existence of FIMACO.[1]

In April 1999, then FSB Chief Vladimir Putin and Interior Minister Sergei Stepashin held a televised press conference in which they discussed a video that had aired nationwide on 17 March on the state-controlled RTR channel which showed a naked man very similar to Skuratov, in bed with two young women.[2] This video was released after he began looking into charges of corruption by President Boris Yeltsin and his associates and the video was said to serve as kompromat.[3]

In April 2000, Skuratov was fired as chief prosecutor after serving a suspension for accusing top officials of accepting kickbacks.[4][5]

2000 presidential campaign

In 2000, Skuratov ran in the Russian presidential elections.

Skuratov's campaign largely ran advertisements intended to remediate the damage inflicted to his reputation by the video which had been released in 1999.[6] These ads portrayed him as a decent family man and a faithful husband who had been the victim of "lies" and "fabrications".[6]

In the limited coverage he was allotted, Russian media treated him as a sideshow rather than as a serious contender for the presidency.[6]

References and notes
  1. Follow The Money – The Latest Kremlin Scandal Involves Billions Of Dollars Moving Offshore—Plus Sex And Videotape. Newsweek.
  2. Litvinenko, Alexander (5 July 2006). "The Kremlin Pedophile". Chechenpress. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
  3. Hodge, Nathan; Grove, Thomas (11 January 2017). "Trump Dossier Spotlights Russian History of 'Kompromat'". The Wall Street Journal. Moscow. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
  4. "Yeltsin attacks fraud crusader". the Guardian. 3 April 1999. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. Cullison, Alan (20 April 2000). "Russia's Parliament Dismisses Chief Prosecutor Yuri Skuratov". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. "RUSSIAN ELECTION WATCH No. 9, April 2000". www.belfercenter.org. Harvard University (John F. Kennedy School of Government). April 2000. Retrieved 4 November 2018.


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