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]

Quick Facts Member of the State Duma for Omsk Oblast, Preceded by ...
Oleg Smolin
Олег Смолин
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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)[lower-alpha 1]
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
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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

  1. Omsk has been constituency No. 139 since 2016

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