Background
He is a son of Yevgeny Zaostrovtsev, former Chief of the Karelian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) Directorate.
He is a son of Yevgeny Zaostrovtsev, former Chief of the Karelian Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) Directorate.
Until 1993 Yury Zaostrovtsev also had worked in Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (Committee for State Security) and its successors. In 1998–2004 he served in the Federal Security Service (Financial Stability Board), in 2000-2004 as a First deputy Director and the Head of the Economic Security Department. In 2004–2007 he was a first deputy chairman of the board of directors of Vneshekonombank.
Since August 2000 he has been a member of the board of directors of Sovkomflot.