Mikhail Nikolaevich Matveyev (russian: Михаил Николаевич Матвеев, born 13 May 1968) is a Russian politician and historian. 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. A ...

, Matveyev represents the Promyshlenny constituency in the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper house ...

Education

In 1992, Matveyev graduated with honors at

Samara State University Samara State University (russian: Самарский государственный университет) was a classical multi-faculty university and a leading educational institution of higher education in Samara Oblast, Russia. It consists ...

Political career

He was elected to the

in the Promyshlenny constituency in the

2021 Russian legislative election Legislative elections were held in Russia from 17 to 19 September 2021. At stake were 450 seats in the 8th convocation of the State Duma, the lower house of the Federal Assembly. Going into the elections, United Russia was the ruling party aft ...

after a recount and legal challenge. In February 2022, Matveyev voted in favor of the recognition of the separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics but later spoke out against the "special military operation", stating that he had not intended the recognition to precede an offensive war. In 2022, he officially supported the state-promoted narrative that Ukraine is governed by

Banderite A Banderite or BanderoviteAlso referred to as ''Banderivets'', ''Banderovets'', ''Banderovtsy'', ''Benderovets'', ''Banderite'', ''Bandera'', or ''Banderlog''. ( uk, бандерівець, bandеrivets; pl, Banderowiec; russian: бандер� ...

s and "neo-Nazis", and his only criticism concerned military operations outside of Donbass. On 12 September 2022, Matveyev proposed that Russian governors and lawmakers enlist in the Russian army as volunteers.

References

1968 births Living people Politicians from Dnipro 21st-century Russian historians 21st-century Russian politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Communist Party of the Russian Federation members Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine Samara State University alumni {{Russia-politician-stub