KOMLEV Iurii Ehduardovich

As the director of the Orenburg Regional Museum of Fine Arts, he cooperates with the occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, promotes the legitimisation of russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories and the integration of Ukrainian museums located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into the russian cultural space through the implementation of federal cultural and educational projects.
On 25 September 2024, Komlev took part in a meeting of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the so-called 'Donetsk People's Republic' on social policy, preservation and strengthening of traditional russian spiritual and legal values. During the event, he "highlighted the topic of promoting cultural heritage among the younger generation".
In September 2023, a delegation from the Orenburg Museum, led by Komlev, visited the Luhansk Art Museum and the Perevalsk Historical Museum in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region. During the visit, 2 exhibitions of russian artists were opened in the Luhansk Art Museum.
In 2018. Komplev participated in the implementation of the exchange and exhibition project "russia-Donbas. Orenburg-Donetsk" within the framework of the "russia-Donbass" integration programme, having organised an exhibition "Landscapes of Donbass in watercolours" at the Orenburg Museum.