Oleg Kolesnikov (russian: Олег Алексеевич Колесников; born September 11, 1968, Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the

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, and 8th State Dumas. In 1989, Kolesnikov started engaging in business, first as an assistant broker on the stock exchange and then as deputy director. From 1996 to 1998, he served as an assistant on commerce and economics at the Chelyabinsk network of pharmacies named "Klassika". In 2005, he was elected deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Chelyabinsk Oblast and ran for the

Liberal Democratic Party of Russia ) , abbreviation = LDPR (English)ЛДПР (Russian) , native_name = , newspaper = ''For the Russian People'' , youth_wing = , seats1_title = Seats in the Federation Council , seats1 = , seats2_title ...

. In 2007, he became deputy of the

5th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 5th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации V созыва) is a forme ...

from the Chelyabinsk Oblast constituency. In 2011, he left the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia to become a member of the United Russia. In 2011, 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the

, and 8th State Dumas respectively. In 2019–2021, Kolesnikov was involved in a series of scandals. For instance, it was revealed that in the 1990s, he was convicted of violating three articles of the

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, including "sale and distribution of drugs", "engagement in prohibited types of individual activities", and "conduction of illegal business". At the same time, the accumulated debts of Kolesnikov and his wife's business exceeded 1.3 billion rubles. Despite it, Kolesnikov's candidacy was still supported by the governor

Aleksey Teksler Aleksey Leonidovich Teksler (Russian: Алексей Леонидович Текслер; born on 19 January 1973), is a Russian statesman and politician who is currently the 5th Governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast since 20 September 2019. He is also ...

. According to the local media, in exchange for the support, Kolesnikov promised to build in the region a new aquapark.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.

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