Yegor Zhukov
{{Short description|Russian activist (born 1998)}}
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{{Infobox person
| image = Егор Жуков.png
| caption = Egor Zhukov in court hearing, December 6, 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age | mf = yes | 1998 | 7 | 28 | df = y}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Russia
| occupation = Student, radio host, Political blogger
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Yegor Sergeyevich Zhukov ({{langx|ru|Егор Сергеевич Жуков}}; born 28 July 1998) is a Russian radio host, blogger and politician.
Biography
Born on 28 July 1998, Zhukov is a student and tutor at the Higher School of Economics. He prepares his students for subject Olympiads.{{Cite web|url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/08/03/81486-v-polnom-odinochestve-pered-litsom-avtoritarnoy-mashiny|title=Со Всероса в изолятор|date=2019-08-03|publisher=Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru|language=ru|access-date=2019-10-04}} Zhukov is described as a libertarian.{{cite web
|url = https://www.wonderzine.com/wonderzine/life/life/245443-egorzhukov
|title = "Дирижёр беспорядков": Что известно об участнике протестов Егоре Жукове
|author =
|language= ru
|date = August 23, 2019
|publisher = wonderzine.com
|accessdate = November 28, 2022
}}
Created his YouTube blog on June 6, 2017 as part of the contest{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVmG1Vyzbjk|title=Конкурс на миллион|website=YouTube |date=4 June 2017 |language=ru-RU|access-date=2019-10-04}} of Alexei Navalny.
On 14 February 2019, he announced his candidacy for the elections to the Moscow City Duma 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QC5iZDv14|title==Егор Жуков. Выгнать Единую Россию. Выдвижение В Московскую Городскую Думу| website=YouTube |language=ru-RU|access-date=2019-10-04}} On 30 June, he announced the removal of his candidacy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-XuQjoRFlo|title=нам нужно поговорить|website=YouTube |language=ru-RU|access-date=2019-10-04}}{{cite web
|url = https://mel.fm/zhizn/povestka/3680759-egor_zhukov
|title = Кто такой Егор Жуков и почему все о нём говорят. Для тех, кто не следит за новостями
|author = Саша Шведченко
|language= ru
|date = December 7, 2019
|publisher = mel.fm
|accessdate = November 28, 2022
}}
During the 2019 Moscow protests he became "Moscow's New Face Of Dissent"{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/761596001/the-russian-student-who-has-become-moscows-new-face-of-dissent|title=The Russian Student Who Has Become Moscow's New Face Of Dissent|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08}} for his YouTube videos in support of protestors and their cause against corrupt Russian elections and criticizing police actions during rallies. On 2 August 2019, he was arrested and charged with rioting during an unauthorized rally in Moscow.{{cite news
|url = https://www.svoboda.org/a/30111132.html
|title = "Россия неминуемо стремится к свободе". Егор Жуков оставлен в СИЗО
|author = Наталья Джанполадова, Иван Воронин
|newspaper = Радио Свобода
|language= ru
|date = August 15, 2019
|publisher = svoboda.org
|accessdate = November 28, 2022
}}
On 6 December, he was sentenced to three years' probation – lighter than expected{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/a-powerful-statement-of-resistance-from-a-college-student-on-trial-in-moscow|title=A Powerful Statement of Resistance from a College Student on Trial in Moscow|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en|access-date=2019-12-08}} – following widespread public support for him.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/world/europe/russia-student-videos-Yegor-Zhukov.html|title=Russian Court Bans Politically Active Student From Blogging|last=Nechepurenko|first=Ivan|date=2019-12-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Before sentencing he made a statement about responsibility and love in Russian society,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50684676|title=Young symbol of Russian opposition avoids jail|date=2019-12-06|access-date=2019-12-08|language=en-GB}} contrasting these ideals with the Russian government's autocracy and dehumanization of its citizens. Rapper Oxxxymiron offered to pay his bail.
After his release, Zhukov gained a job as a radio host on the Echo of Moscow radio station.{{cite web
|url = https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-53969543
|title = Нападение на фигуранта "московского дела" Егора Жукова. Что известно
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|language= ru
|date = August 30, 2020
|publisher = bbc.com
|accessdate = November 28, 2022
}} He interviews such Russian figures as Alexey Navalny, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Natalya Poklonskaya, Leonid Parfyonov, Mikhail Svetov, Maxim Katz and others.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
On 30 August 2020, Zhukov was beaten up and taken to a hospital. Zhukov and his attorney linked the assault with his political activity.{{cite news
|url = https://www.svoboda.org/a/30813348.html
|title = "Стали бить целенаправленно по голове"
|author = Алина Пинчук
|newspaper = Радио Свобода
|language= ru
|date = August 31, 2020
|publisher = svoboda.org
|accessdate = November 28, 2022
}}
Since then, Yegor Zhukov has not appeared in public, his social networks are not updated.
At the end of 2024 it became known that Egor Zhukov emigrated to the USA and is studying at Syracuse University. He plans to connect his future with the United States rather than the Russian Federation.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSyjLHwCTnQ | title=Егор Жуков – куда и почему он пропал / вДудь | website=YouTube }}
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