Oleg Smolin

Oleg Smolin
Олег Смолин
Member of the State Duma
for Omsk Oblast
Assumed office
5 October 2016
Preceded byConstituency established
ConstituencyMoskalenki (No. 140)
In office
17 January 1996 – 24 December 2007
Constituency Omsk (No. 129)[a]
Member of the State Duma
(Party List Seat)
In office
24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 72)
Poludino, Magzhan Zhumabayev District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyCPRF
Alma materOmsk State Pedagogical University
Ural State University

Oleg Nikolayevich Smolin (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Смо́лин; born 10 February 1952) is a Russian politician. He is a State Duma deputy, as a member of the Communist Party.[1][2] He is blind, and was the vice president of the Russian Paralympic committee.[3]

He was the only member of the State Duma who voted against the recognition of the separatist Lugansk People's Republic. But he then stated that he made a mistake when casting his vote, and asked to correct the vote tally.[4]

However, he later said that he was "shocked" by the invasion and express that "military force should be used in politics only as a last resort"[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Omsk has been constituency No. 139 since 2016

References

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  1. ^ 24 сентября 2009 г. на Рублевском шоссе был ограблен депутат Госдумы от КПРФ Олег Смолин
  2. ^ Г.А. Зюганов о нападении на депутата-коммуниста Госдумы Олега Смолина: Это очередной факт, свидетельствующий о переходе административного давления на коммунистов в стадию политического разбоя и насилия
  3. ^ Winning, Alexander (2013-03-10). "One Year Before Paralympics, Support for Disabled Improving". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  4. ^ "«Мы смогли б сохранить Союз». Омский политик оценил важность подписания договора о дружбе с Донбассом". 23 February 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Anti-war sentiment grows in Russia as troops close in on Ukrainian capital". PBS. 26 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
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