Politician, journalist, political strategist

Born December 7, 1961

He was a member of the Democratic Union Party (1988-1990), deputy of the Lensoviet-Petrosoviet of the 21st convocation from March 1990 to December 1993.

Active participant in the resistance to the State Emergency Committee in August 1991. When Rear Admiral Viktor Khramtsov, representing the State Emergency Committee, rose to the podium of the Leningrad City Council, he did not have time to open his mouth when, according to journalist Masha Gessen, “deputy Vitaly Skoybeda, known for his temperament,” appeared next to him and pushed the admiral away from the microphone, as a result he did not stayed on his feet. At that moment, the head of the Leningrad City Council Alexander Belyaev entered the meeting room, who “turned to the rear admiral lying on the luxurious parquet floor and asked if he had a document confirming the introduction of a state of emergency in the city. There was no document, and Belyaev announced that there was no There is no state of emergency. Khramtsov crawled away…"

Skoybeda was the initiator of the renaming of Leningrad to St. Petersburg, the author of the formulation of the survey of the city's population. Initiator and participant in the sealing of Smolny, the ban on the activities of the CPSU in St. Petersburg.

Since 2000, in opposition to the Putin regime. Since 2004 - political emigrant in Georgia.

In March - July 2022, he was a volunteer in Ukraine, a fighter of the DUK PS (Volunteer Ukrainian Corps of the Right Sector). Was awarded.

Currently, he is a member of the Executive Council of the Congress of People's Deputies.

According to his political views, he is a right-wing libertarian.