Andrey Bogdanov is a Russian political strategist, politician and a prominent Freemason, serving as Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of Russia (GLoR) since June 2007. He is a member of the 33° Scottish Rite. The Grand Lodge of Russia, headed by Andrey is recognized by the United Grand Lodge of England (the world's oldest Grand Lodge, "Commission for the Recognition of the Conference of Grand Lodges (Grand Masters) of North America", the Grand Lodge of Ireland, the Grand Lodge of Scotland and by more than 100 other Grand Lodges around the world as corresponding to "standards of recognition".

In July 2010, Andrey was re-elected to the post of Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia until 2015. In September 2010 Andrey was admitted to the Holy Royal Arch in the Royal Somerset House & Inverness Chapter (London) in the United Kingdom. He subsequently began establishing Royal Arch Freemasonry in Russia.

On 28 March 2015, at the GLoR annual assembly, Andrey was again re-elected as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Russia. According to the General Regulations of the GLoR, he will hold the post of Grand Master for a further 5 years, until 2020. At that point he will have held the office continuously for 14 years.

As a politician, Andrey was a candidate for the post of President of Russia in the 2008 elections, one of the founders and leaders of the Right Cause party (2008-2012), one of the main founders of the Democratic Party of Russia, the Communist Party of Social Justice, the People's Party of Russia, a new The Social Democratic Party of Russia, the Civic Position Party, the People's Alliance and the Union of Citizens, as well as the Third Power bloc.