Mihhail Stalnuhhin,

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as Mikhail Anatolyevich Stalnukhin (

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: Михаил Анатольевич Стальнухин; born 15 September 1961,

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

) is an Estonian politician, representing the

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from 1996 to 2022. He is a member of the

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, representing

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. He was also the chairman of the

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

City Council in 2003–2011 and the chairman of the Riigikogu state budget control committee in 2017–2019.

Education

Graduated from

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in 1995 with a degree in Estonian philology.

Politics

Stalnuhhin has been a member of the Narva City Council on and off again, from 1994 to 1995, from 1999 to 2003, and, eventually, was the chairman of the City Council from 2003 to 2011. He has been a member of the Riigikogu on and off again since 1999. He initially was a member from 1999 to 2007, but withdrew from the Riigikogu in favor of being a part of the Narva City Council. He also applied for the 2011 Riigikogu elections, received 8,584 votes and was elected again. In the 2015 Riigikogu elections, he again received 3,648 votes in his constituency of

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, and became elected again. He is the chairman of the Riigikogu state budget control committee. He was a candidate for the

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in Estonia and received 11,550 votes, but was not elected. He was the third Centre Party candidate after

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and

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. At the beginning of 2013, Stalnuhhin was fined because he walked in Narva with a dog without a leash. On 29 September 2015, the press reported that Stalnuhhin leased a Honda CR-V for his spouse Irina, whose expenses she paid with a payback allowance, for

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744 a month. Stalnuhhin does not have a drivers license. Several Riigikogu members condemned Stalnuhhin's behavior, among them Speaker of the Riigikogu Eiki Nestor. In 2015, the Estonian Taxpayers Association awarded Stalnuhhin the title of Taxpayer's Enemy. In September 2022 Stalnuhhin was expelled from the Centre Party after calling members of the Government "fascists".

Works

* "Novellid", 1999 * "Eesti-vene õppesõnastik" koostöös E. Väljaga 1998 * "Vene-eesti õppesõnastik" koostöös E. Väljaga 1997 * "Eesti keel iseõppijale" I–III osa 1994–1996

References

External links

Mihhail Stalnuhhin's website

Stalnuhhin's profile on the Riigikogu website

Стальнухин: Сила — не синоним анархии
(29 April 2007, Delfi, in Russian)
Russian mayor in the Republic of Estonia (in Russian)

Maailm ei ole mustvalge, vaid värviline
(''in Russian'') {{DEFAULTSORT:Stalnuhhin, Mihhail 1961 births Living people Politicians from Tartu People from Narva Estonian people of Russian descent Estonian Centre Party politicians Members of the Riigikogu, 1999–2003 Members of the Riigikogu, 2003–2007 Members of the Riigikogu, 2007–2011 Members of the Riigikogu, 2011–2015 Members of the Riigikogu, 2015–2019 Members of the Riigikogu, 2019–2023 Tallinn University alumni