Maxim Alexandrovich Suraykin (russian: link=no, Максим Александрович Сурайкин; born 8 August 1978) is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the political party
Communists of Russia
The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...
(2012–2022) and member of the Legislative Assembly of
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast (russian: Ульяновская область, ''Ul’janovskaja oblast’'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. Populati ...
(2018–2022).
Suraykin was
Communists of Russia
The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...
's candidate for the 2018 presidential election.
Life and career
Suraykin was born on 8 August 1978 in Moscow.
In 1993, Suraykin was one of the defenders of the
Supreme Soviet.
In 2000, he graduated from
Moscow State University of Railway Engineering
The Russian University of Transport (RUT (MIIT); russian: «Российский университет транспорта», РУТ (МИИТ)), officially the Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Russian University of tran ...
.
After graduating, he founded and for ten years ran a computer equipment repair company.
Suraykin worked as a lecturer at the Department of Management of Moscow State University of Railways.
From 1996 to June 2004, he was a member of the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
. He was the Secretary of the Kirov District Committee of the Communist Party of Moscow. He was elected a member of the Moscow City Committee of the Communist Party, a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, and a delegate of the IX Congress of the Communist Party. Suraykin was part of the leadership of the youth section of the Communist Party in Moscow.
He was elected advisor of the District Assembly of the
Tverskoy District of Moscow (1997–1999), and he worked in the Commission on Affairs of Minors.
In June 2002, he was elected Secretary of the Central Committee of the all-Russian public organization "Union of Communist youth of the Russian Federation" (SKM RF) on organizational and personnel work. In November 2004, he became the first Secretary of Central Committee SKM RF.
In 2010, he headed the public organization Communists of Russia and in 2012 the party
Communists of Russia
The Communist Party "Communists of Russia" (CPCR; russian: Коммунистическая партия «Коммунисты России»; КПКР; ''Kommunisticheskaya partiya «Kommunisty Rossii»'', ''KPKR'') or simply Communists of Russi ...
.
In 2013, Suraykin was nominated as a candidate at
Moscow mayoral election, but he was not registered due to late submission of documents.
In 2014, he ran for Governor of the
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (russian: link=no, Нижегородская область, ''Nizhegorodskaya oblast''), is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,310,5 ...
, and he ran for Governor of the
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast (russian: Ульяновская область, ''Ul’janovskaja oblast’'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. Populati ...
in 2016. Both times, he lost the elections.
In the
2018 regional elections, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of
Ulyanovsk Oblast
Ulyanovsk Oblast (russian: Ульяновская область, ''Ul’janovskaja oblast’'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It is located in the Volga Federal District. Its administrative center is the city of Ulyanovsk. Populati ...
. On 19 September, he was elected Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly. He joined the Committee on budget and economic policy, as well as the Committee on social policy, local self-government and civil society development.
After the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
, he proposed expelling foreign professional athletes from Russia as a retaliation against Western sanctions. On 18 March 2022, the extraordinary congress of the Communists of Russia voted to oust Suraykin for his alleged connections with "
unfriendly countries", fraud and "bourgeois way of life", and appointed
Sergey Malinkovich
Sergey Alexandrovich Malinkovich (russian: Сергей Александрович Малинкович; born 27 May 1975) is a Russian politician, current leader of the Communists of Russia party and founder of the Communists of Petersburg and ...
instead. Suraykin called the congress "fake" and said that he is still supported by the majority of the party members.
2018 presidential campaign
In December 2016, it became known that the Communists of Russia nominated Suraykin for the presidential election in 2018. On 28 May 2017, the Plenum of the Central Committee of the "Communists of Russia" nominated Maxim Suraykin as candidate to participate in presidential election in 2018.
On 24 December Maxim Suraykin was officially nominated at the Communists Russia National Convention. On the same day he submitted to the
Central Election Commission.
During the election campaign, Maxim Suraykin strongly criticized the Communist party for the nomination of businessman
Pavel Grudinin as presidential candidate. Suraykin said:
Also, he criticized the leader of the
Left Front Sergey Udaltsov for supporting Grudinin:
In his opinion, this decision is fraught with Sergei Udaltsov that he will turn away his supporters:
At the same time, Suraykin himself was also criticized by the Communist party. He was accused of
spoiling, especially after the release of his campaign video and logo, which completely copied the video and logo of Pavel Grudinin.
На центральных телеканалах появился рекламный ролик одного из кандидатов полностью повторяющий предвыборный агитационный материал Павла Грудинина
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During the campaign Suraykin made several trips around the country. Following the election, he scored 499,342 votes (0.68%), taking seventh (penultimate) place.
Electoral history
References
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1978 births
Living people
People from Moscow
Russian communists
Communists of Russia politicians
Former members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Neo-Stalinists
Politicians from Moscow
Russian Marxists
21st-century Russian politicians
Candidates in the 2018 Russian presidential election
Mordvin people