Yunus-bek Yevkurov Net Worth

Background and career

General of the Army Yunus-bek Bamatgireyevich Yevkurov (born 23 July 1963) is a Russian military officer and politician who has served as a deputy minister of defense since 2019. He was previously the head of the Republic of Ingushetia from 2008 to 2019.

He is a career soldier, paratrooper, and Hero of the Russian Federation who was involved in numerous conflicts, including the Kosovo War and the Second Chechen War. On 22 June 2009, Yevkurov was seriously injured following a car-bomb attack on his motorcade in the city of Nazran.

As head of Ingushetia, Yevkurov claimed he had succeeded in stabilising the crime situation and bringing about positive social changes within the Russian republic. From September 2018 onward, he faced domestic opposition, following a controversial land transfer deal with the neighboring Republic of Chechnya.