Lyubov Konstantinovna Sliska (russian: Любовь Константиновна Слиска, born October 15, 1953, in

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, as Lyubov Timoshina, russian: Любовь Тимошина) is a Russian politician.

Career

Since January 2000, she has been a deputy of the

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and a First Deputy Speaker of it (

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and later

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faction). When the city's council of the

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town

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decided on April 9, 2009 to remove a

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-era statue to the

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soldier and move it to a museum of Soviet totalitarianism, saying the statue had no historical or cultural value. Sliska stated such decisions could only be made by a "criminal regime." "They have long turned a blind eye to

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marches, portraying those who massacred people as heroes," Sliska said, adding the decision revealed lawmakers` disrespect for the soldiers who liberated Ukraine.Russian MP slams decision to remove WWII statue in west Ukraine

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(April 9, 2009)

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Школа злословия с участием Любови Слиски
Living people 21st-century Russian politicians 21st-century Russian women politicians 1953 births Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Russian jurists Actors from Saratov {{russia-politician-stub