Area of Professional Interest Strategies of regional development, project management, applied socio-cultural research.
Early years and education Sergey was born on April 25, 1954, in Moscow. In 1971 he entered the at the Chinese studies department. After two years he switched to the
MSU Philology department, graduated in 1978 and in 1984 defended his thesis and obtained a Ph.D. in History of Arts. In the same year, he became Director of the Institute of Social Sciences of
RANEPA.
Detention On October 13, 2021, Zuev was detained and questioned as a suspect in
Marina Rakova Case, a former Deputy Education Minister who had been accused of alleged stealing 50 mln roubles of state money meant for the educational program at MSSES under the direction of Zuev. On October 20, he was hospitalized with
hypertensive emergency and had heart surgery soon afterwards. His arrest was prolonged until March 7, 2022. After that the defense requested his transfer under house arrest again, but with no success As stated by Alexander Khiridgy, a member of the Public Monitoring Commission, by February 2022 Zuev's health had deteriorated so much that he no longer could stand up from the bed. No contacts with the relatives were allowed. No investigation acts were carried out during the detention time. On April 3, Zuev's family paid 6 mln roubles as a partial compensation of the sum he allegedly embezzled. As explained by the lawyers, it was done in a hope that Zuev could be moved from the detention center under house arrest. Still, the court prolonged the arrest until June 5, 2022. On June 7, 2022, Marina Rakova pleaded guilty and testified against Vladimir Mau. She also offered to compensate all incriminated damage. On August 3, the court changed Zuev's measure of restraint from jail to house arrest. Still, he was denied walk time that he asked for to use for medical visits. By August 22, when the prosecution announced the completion of the investigation, Mau was the only accused in the case who denied any wrongdoing. Only on November 3, 2022, the court agreed to change Zuev's measure of restraint from house arrest to prohibition of certain actions.
Sentence On 19 March 2024, the court found Zuev guilty of large-scale fraud and sentenced him to a 4-year suspended prison term.{{cite web == Family ==