Yuri Vadimovich Samodurov (Russian: Юрий Вадимович Самоду́ров; born 27 September 1951, Moscow)[1] is a Russian civil activist, publicist and public figure, candidate of geological and mineralogical sciences.[2][3]
On the lat 1980s Samodurov was one of the founders of the historical and civil rights society Memorial, and author of its first program.[4] From 13 January to 18 June 1993 he was acting director of the Vernadsky State Geological Museum. From 1996 to 2008 he was the director of Sakharov Center.
