Yury Mukhin

Yury Mukhin (Russian: Юрий Игнатьевич Мухин, born on March 22, 1949, in Dnipropetrovsk) is a Russian author, political figure and conspiracy theorist. He graduated from Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute in 1973. In 1995–2009 Mukhin was editor in chief of the Russian newspaper Duel. Mukhin is the leader of the People's Will Army ("Армия Воли Народа") - a public organization advocating for constitutional changes in the Constitution of the Russian federation and for the adoption of legislation establishing the direct responsibility of the President and of the Federal Assembly of Russia for their activities. Mukhin is the main proponent of the denial of the Soviet responsibility for the Katyn massacre in Russia. Mukhin is also a supporter of the "Putin must go" campaign and his website encourages other Russians to support the petition for Putin's, as well as current President Dmitry Medvedev's, resignation from power. In Dec 2008 the Zamoskvoretzky District Court of Moscow (Замоскворецкий районный суд Москвы) issued an order to shut down the newspaper and on June 18 Mukhin himself was sentenced to a suspended prison term of two years for public calls for extremist activity. This happened one year after a previous attempt to shut down the newspaper failed, following an appeal in the Greater Moscow District Court. In May 2009, Mukhin along with Andrei Sakharov and many other authors, publicists, historians and human rights activists, welcomed the creation of the Historical Truth Commission. He has also supported Moon landing conspiracy theories and KAL 007 shootdown conspiracy theories. Mukhin's writings have been described as antisemitic by the Russian "Agency for Jewish News" ("Агентство Еврейских Новостей").