Oleg Nikolayevich Smolin (russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Смо́лин; born 10 February 1952, the village Poludino,
North Kazakhstan Region
North Kazakhstan Region ( kk, Солтүстік Қазақстан облысы, translit=Soltüstık Qazaqstan oblysy; russian: Северо-Казахстанская область, translit=Severo-Kazakhstanskaya oblast) is a region of Kazakh ...
) is a Soviet and Russian politician and philosopher, a specialist in the philosophy of politics and social philosophy.
State Duma deputy, member of the Communist Party faction, First Deputy Chairman of the Education Committee of the State Duma. Doctor of Philosophy, corresponding member of Russian Academy of Education. President of the Society ''
Znanie'' of Russia. Chairman of the All-Russian Public Movement ''Education for All''.
He is almost blind from birth.
First Vice-President of the Russian Paralympic Committee, the vice-president of the All-Russian Society for the Blind (VOS), an honorary member of the All-Russian Society for the Disabled.
Cavalier of the Golden Honorary sign ''Public Recognition''. Order of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of States — members of the
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. ...
''Commonwealth''.
He was the only member of the
State Duma who voted against the recognition of the separatist
Lugansk People's Republic
The Luhansk or Lugansk People's Republic (russian: Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика, Luganskaya Narodnaya Respublika, ; abbreviated as LPR or LNR, rus, ЛНР) is a disputed entity created by Russian-backed ...
. However, he later stated he made a mistake when casting his vote, and asked to correct the vote tally. He fully supports 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. ...
, and called for the "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine.
References
External links
Официальный сайт Олега СмолинаСтраницана сайте
ГД РФ
Страницана сайте
КПРФ
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1952 births
Living people
People from North Kazakhstan Region
Russian philosophers
Academicians of the Russian Academy of Education
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1994–1996)
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Communist Party of the Russian Federation members
Russian blind people
Blind politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Second 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)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)