Oleg Smolin | |
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Олег Смолин | |
Member of the State Duma for Omsk Oblast | |
Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Constituency | Moskalenki (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 | Poludino, Magzhan Zhumabayev District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union | 10 February 1952
Nationality | Russian |
Political party | CPRF |
Alma mater | Omsk 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]
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