Lev Shlosberg | |
|---|---|
Лев Шлосберг | |
 Shlosberg in 2015 | |
| Member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies | |
| In office 18 September 2016 – 30 September 2021 | |
| In office 15 December 2011 – 24 September 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lev Markovich Shlosberg 30 July 1963 Pskov, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Yabloko |
Lev Markovich Shlosberg (Russian: Лев Ма́ркович Шло́сберг; born 30 July 1963) is a Russian politician, human rights activist, journalist, historian[1] chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of its federal political committee.[2][3]
Shlosberg is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He joined Yabloko in 1994, becoming head of the Pskov branch of the party in 1996. From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies.
He has gained fame in August 2014 when he made a publication for the newspaper «Pskovskaya guberniya», where he spread information about the suspicious deaths of troops of 76th Guards Air Assault Division, Leonid Kichatkin and Alexander Osipov.[4] Shlosberg claimed they died fighting in the Donbass.
In 2015, Shlosberg was deprived of authority by a court and by vote of fellow deputies. Shlosberg claims this was politically motivated.[5][6] That year, he ran for the post of chairman of the democratic party Yabloko. He was defeated by Emilia Slabunova in the second round.[7]
On 4 July 2016 he announced he was running for Parliament, in that year's State Duma Election, but lost the election in his constituency, coming in fifth with around 6% of the vote.[8][9] Nonetheless, that same election, Yabloko won one seat in the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies, and Shlosberg returned to the legislature.[10][11]
In 2021, Shlosberg decided to run in the 2021 State Duma Elections, again as a candidate of Yabloko. However this time he is running in the Khovrino constituency in Moscow, instead of his home district of Pskov.[12]
He also ran in the simultaneous Pskov Oblast Assembly elections. On 3 August 2021 his registration as a candidate was declined, due to alleged links with banned Anti-Corruption Foundation. However, on the next day he was registered, due to the fact that the court decision to ban Anti-Corruption Foundation was not yet final.
Regarding State Duma elections, however, on 9 August 2021 Moscow city court annulled his registration as a candidate, also due to alleged links with Anti-Corruption Foundation. Then he was also excluded from the federal Yabloko party list.[13]
In April 2022, following the increased repression after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian police filed charges against him and his wife for having "discredited" the Russian military.[14]
| Regional Leader | Party | Seats Won | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yelena Bibikova | United Russia | 26 | 113,559 | 37.41% | |
| Anatoly Koposov | CPRF | 9 | 75,192 | 24.77% | |
| Mikhail Bryachak | A Just Russia | 4 | 45,596 | 15.02% | |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky[Footnote 1] | LDPR | 3 | 43,003 | 14.17% | |
| Lev Shlosberg | Yabloko | 1 | 20,387 | 6.72% | |
| Regional Leader | Party | Seats Won | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrey Turchak | United Russia | 33 | 101,189 | 44,14% | |
| Aleksandr Rogov | CPRF | 5 | 45,981 | 20,06% | |
| Vladimir Zhirinovsky[Footnote 1] | LDPR | 3 | 34,053 | 14,85% | |
| Oleg Bryachak | A Just Russia | 2 | 20,490 | 8,94% | |
| Lev Shlosberg | Yabloko | 1 | 13,964 | 6.09% | |
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksandr Kozlovsky | United Russia | 94,372 | 40.88% | |
| Aleksandr Rogov | CPRF | 33,472 | 14.5% | |
| Oleg Bryachak | A Just Russia | 28,819 | 12.48% | |
| Anton Minakov | LDPR | 21,463 | 9.3% | |
| Lev Shlosberg | Yabloko | 13,669 | 5.92% | |
| Vyacheslav Evdokimenko | CR | 11,701 | 5.07% | |
| Mikhail Khoronen | Patriots | 6,415 | 2.78% | |
| Konstantin Vilkov | Rodina | 3,636 | 1.57% | |
| Anna Galkina | Civic Platform | 2,886 | 1.25% | |
| Vasiliy Krasnov | Party of Growth | 2,805 | 1.22% | |
| Remm Malishkov | Greens | 2,015 | 0.87% | |
| Buisultan Khamzaev | GS | 1,222 | 0.53% | |
| Invalid Votes | 8,378 | 3.63% | ||
