Yuriy Olexandrovych Meshkov (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Мєшков, Russian: Юрий Александрович Мешков (Yuriy Alexandrovich Meshkov); born October 25, 1945) is a former Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist in Crimea. Yuriy Meshkov served as the only President of Crimea (an autonomous republic of Ukraine, currently Annexed by Russia) from 1994 to 1995.Eleven days after his first return to Crimea since 1995, Meshkov was deported from Ukraine on July 13, 2011 with the restriction of entry for 5 years.