Evgeny Konovalov is an active and energetic politician. Having started his career as a leader of the youth movement, Evgeny Vasilievich found support in his views in the opposition of the current government. Now he is participating in the work of the Yabloko party. And he manages to engage in other promising projects that have not only a business, but also a social orientation.
From the biography of E. Konovalov
The future politician, political scientist and economist was born in Simferopol on October 19, 1981. Until 1996, the family lived in Estonia. Then his father, captain of the first rank, a submariner, was transferred to St. Petersburg. Konovalov's mom specialty - accountant.
In his youth, Eugene became involved in creativity, he was fond of versification, was in a literary society, and even published in poetry collections.
Another hobby of Konovalov was the economy. In 2004, Evgeny Vasilievich received a diploma from St. Petersburg FinEka, where he studied at the Department of Politics and Economic Theory. Immediately after graduation, he became his graduate student.
Oppositional career
Even in his student days, E. Konovalov joined the ranks of the Social Democratic Youth Union of the country. And even a member of the governing bodies of this association, led the St. Petersburg branch of the Union. In 2006, the last congress of the SDPR took place. Before this event, Konovalov came up with caustic and harsh criticism of the association leader V. Kishenin. Eugene accused the functionary of having built something like a joint-stock company from a political union and adapted this structure to achieve his personal ambitious goals.
In subsequent years, Konovalov participated in the formation of a number of youth associations. He opposed xenophobia and racism. Together with associates organized in 2007 the so-called "March of the Dissent" in the northern capital.
Since 2010, Yevgeny Vasilievich has repeatedly opposed President Putin’s policies and signed the opposition’s appeal, dubbed "Putin must leave." Among the like-minded people of Konovalov, the media called A. Navalny, V. Ryzhkov, Yu. Shevchuk.
Oppositional activities of the politician came to the attention of the authorities: in 2011 Konovalov was actively pressured by law enforcement agencies. However, Konovalov’s attention to his person from the state does not seem to be too scary.
In 2013, Eugene became a member of the board of the St. Petersburg branch of the Yabloko party.
