Vladimir Lakeev: key obituary facts
Is Vladimir Lakeev dead? Yes. Vladimir Lakeev died on August 31, 2026, at age 77.
Cause of death: Vladimir Lakeev's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Vladimir Lakeev known for?
He was a politician.
More about Vladimir Lakeev
Born: 13 August 1949.
Place of birth: Moscow.
Gender: male.
Occupation: politician.
Nationality: Soviet Union, Russia.
Education: Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Also known as: Vladimir Lakeev, Vladimir Ivanovich Lakeev.
Vladimir Lakeev, a Russian politician and communist party organizer, died on August 31, 2026, aged 77.
Known also as Vladimir Ivanovich Lakeev, he was born in Moscow on August 13, 1949, and studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Lakeev served in CPSU party work from 1984, including as an instructor and later as deputy head and head of the ideological department of the Kirov district committee in Moscow.
From 1991 he was involved in the resistance movement against the bourgeois counter-revolution, became one of the leaders of the Moscow Committee of the Russian Communist Workers’ Party, and sat on the political council of Working Russia. He later served as a secretary of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation from 1994 and as its second secretary from 2000, and was First Secretary of the Central Committee of the United Communist Party in Russia.