Boris Sergeevich Kashin (russian: Борис Сергеевич Кашин; born July 3, 1951 in

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, Professor at the MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics. Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation since 2000. He graduated from the MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in 1973. And then entered to the

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, where he currently works. In 1976 he defended his

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's Dissertation. In 1977 he defended his doctoral dissertation. In 1990 he received the title of Professor. Member of the

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since 1980. He was elected a corresponding member of the

in 1997. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal ''

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''. In 2012, as a deputy of the

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, Kashin was among the initiators of the bill of the Dima Yakovlev law.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kashin, Boris 1951 births Living people Soviet mathematicians Russian mathematicians Academic staff of Moscow State University Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Communist Party of the Russian Federation members Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)