Yaroslav Nilov


Yaroslav Yevgenyevich Nilov is a Russian politician and deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is member of the Chairman of the Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs. He is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He is one of the authors of the Russian Internet Restriction Bill

Biography

Nilov joined the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia in 1997 after which he helped create the party's young wing in the Lyuberysy Moscow Region. In 2005, he graduated from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute.
From 1998 to 2003, Nilov was an assistant to LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky and created the youth organization "Center for
Youth Initiatives". From 2003 to 2007, Nilov was continue as an assistant Zhirinovsky who at that time held the post of deputy chairman of the State Duma. From 2007 to 2011, Nilov was the Head of the Secretariat of Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky.
In March 2016, Zhirinovsky named Nilov, now a member of the LDPR Supreme Council, one of his possible successors.