Senator Vladimir Petrovich Lukin, sometimes (rarely and erroneously) Lokin, (russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Луки́н; born 13 July 1937, in

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) is a Russian politician who served as Human Rights Commissioner of

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from February 2004 to March 2014. He was the President of the

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from 1997 to 2021. He was the Russian Ambassador to the United States from 1992 to 1994.

Political activity

In 1990s, Lukin was one of the founders of the liberal-democratic

Yabloko The Russian United Democratic Party Yabloko (RUDP Yabloko) (russian: Росси́йская объединённая демократи́ческая па́ртия «Я́блоко», Rossíyskaya obyedinyónnaya demokratícheskaya pártiya "Y ...

Party (the letter L in "Yabloko" came from his name). He previously served as the deputy chairman of the

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, chair of the Duma's Foreign Affairs Committee and as

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. He is a director on the board of the

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(NTI), and is also a former Ambassador to the United States. He is considered a long-time specialist in U.S.-Soviet/Russian strategic arms control issues and is a member of Russia's

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, an independent association of national security experts. On 18 February 2009, at President Medvedev's recommendation, the Russian Duma voted him another five-year term as human rights commissioner. This term expired in March 2014, and Lukin was replaced by

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. He is Russian.

Awards

In 2014, Lukin was awarded the

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Vladimir Lukin, Deputy Chairman of the Yabloko Association
1937 births Living people Politicians from Omsk Ombudsmen in Russia Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Russian Federation) Ambassadors of Russia to the United States Yabloko politicians Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the Paralympic Order Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class First convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000) {{Russia-diplomat-stub