Nikolay Dmitrievich Kovalyov (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Ковалёв; 6 August 1949 – 5 April 2019)[1] was a Russian politician and member of the State Duma, where he chaired the Duma's Veterans' Committee.

[2] He said in 1996: "There has never been such a number of spies arrested by us since the time when German agents were sent in during the years of World War II.

"[3] He also publicly speculated that Boris Berezovsky might be involved in the death of Alexander Litvinenko.

[4] During the Bronze Soldier Controversy in 2007, Kovalyov led a "fact finding mission" to Estonia, where the authorities were relocating a World War II memorial, including a two meter tall bronze soldier in a Soviet uniform.

[6] The two-day visit by the delegation, originally set up to defuse a diplomatic dispute over the Bronze Soldier statue, only appeared to have escalated the feud, with the Estonian foreign minister and other Government officials refusing to meet with Kovalyov's delegation.