Oleg Smolin

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Smolin.
Oleg Smolin
Олег Смолин
Member of the State Duma
for Omsk Oblast
Incumbent
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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