Boris Kovalchuk

Boris Yuryevich Kovalchuk (; born 1 December 1977) is a Russian official who has served as Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of Russia since 2024. He is a son of Yury Kovalchuk.

Since April 20, 2006, he has led the Department of the Russian Government's Staff for implementation of the National Priority Projects.

Biography Kovalchuk was born on December 1, 1977, in Leningrad, which was then part of the Russian SFSR. In 1999 he graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg State University. After graduating he worked until 2006 as a legal consultant at the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Research Institute "Granit", which supplies telecommunications equipments while also from 2003 to 2006 being a member of the audit commission of the Rossiya Bank which his father owns.

On March 9, 2006, he was appointed assistant in the secretariat of then First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev. In the summer of 2010 he was approved as the full-time chairman of Inter RAO, which he did until March 2024.

Sanctions He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Boris Kovalchuk in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.