Oleg Smolin | |
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| Member of the State Duma from Omsk Oblast's Moskalenki constituency | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office 17 December 1995 – 24 December 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Oleg Nikolayevich Smolin 10 February 1952 Poludino, Magzhan Zhumabaev District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan) |
| 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]
