Roman Ivanovich Khudyakov (russian: Ромáн Ивáнович Худякóв; born 28 January 1977 in

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

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) is a

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n-born

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n politician. On 1 August 2006 he was elected chairman of the

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at the party's founding congress. In 2011 he was a candidate to State Duma of

but lost the elections. On 16 May 2012 the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia decided to hand over to him a deputy mandate that became available after Aleksey Ostrovskiy received his position of

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governor. In 2016 he was expelled from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia and the

. He later sought re-election with the Rodina party but lost to United Russia candidate Alexander Zhupikov.

Gagauzia referendum

On 2 February 2014, Gagauzia held a referendum where an overwhelming majority of voters opted for closer ties with Russia over EU integration and also opted for the independence of Gagauzia if Moldova chooses to enter EU. Khudyakov attended the referendum as an observer.

2018 presidential campaign

On 21 December 2017, at the Convention of the party Chestno (Honestly), Roman Khudyakov was nominated as a presidential candidate for the 2018 election. On the same day Khudyakov submitted documents to the CEC for official registration as a presidential candidate. Since Khudyakov was nominated by the non-parliamentary party, he had to collect 100,000 signatures in his support to register. On 22 January 2018, Roman Khudyakov handed the collected signatures to the CEC, but immediately announced the withdrawal of his candidacy from the election and the support of the incumbent President

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Controversy

On 8 July 2014 Khudyakov declared that the image of

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...

driving

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on the portico of the Bolshoi Theatre in

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on the 100-ruble banknote constitutes as pornography because the image shows Apollo's genitals and should only be available to people older than 18 years of age. Since it is impractical to limit the access of minors to banknotes, he requested in his letter to the Governor of the Bank of Russia

Elvira Nabiullina Elvira Sakhipzadovna Nabiullina (russian: Эльвира Сахипзадовна Набиуллина; tt, Эльвира Сәхипзадә кызы Нәбиуллина, Elvira Säkhipzadä Kyzy Näbiullina; ba, Эльвира Сәхипз ...

to urgently change the design of the banknote. He was ignored and, , recently printed 100-ruble notes sport the same image.

References

External links

Tiraspol Times: "In PMR, Zhirinovsky followers form new political party"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khudyakov, Roman 1977 births Living people People from Tiraspol Liberal Democratic Party of Russia politicians Liberal Democratic Party of Pridnestrovie politicians Rodina (political party) politicians Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)