Viktor Alksnis
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Viktor Imantovich Alksnis (Russian: Виктор Имантович Алкснис, Latvian: Viktors Alksnis; born 21 June 1950) is a Russian politician and former Soviet Air Force colonel of Latvian descent.[1][2] He is the chairman of the Russian Center of Free Technologies,[3] an organization intended to promote Free Software and open standards in Russia. He is a former member of the USSR Supreme Soviet, a member of the Russian All-People's Union and has also represented the Rodina (Motherland-National Patriotic Union) party in the Russian State Duma. From 2003 to 2007, he represented the People's Union party in the Fourth Duma.[4][5]
Viktor Alksnis | |
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Member of the State Duma | |
In office January 2000 – November 2007 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1950-06-21) June 21, 1950 (age 73) Tashtagol, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | Russian |
Nationality | Latvian |
Due to his political views and personal style, Alksnis was nicknamed "the Black Colonel",[6][7][8] an allusion to the Soviet term "Black Colonels" (Russian: Чёрные полковники) for the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.