Oleg Smolin

Oleg Nikolayevich Smolin (Russian: Оле́г Никола́евич Смо́лин; born 10 February 1952) is a Russian politician. He is a State Duma deputy, as a member of the Communist Party.^[1][2] He is blind, and was the vice president of the Russian Paralympic committee.^[3]

Preceded byConstituency established

ConstituencyMoskalenki (No. 140)

Constituency Omsk (No. 129)^[a]

Born (1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 74)

Poludino, Magzhan Zhumabayev District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union

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Oleg Smolin
Олег Смолин
Member of the State Duma for Omsk Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 October 2016
Preceded by	Constituency established
Constituency	Moskalenki (No. 140)
In office 17 January 1996 – 24 December 2007
Constituency	Omsk (No. 129)[a]
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-10) 10 February 1952 (age 74) Poludino, Magzhan Zhumabayev District, North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Party	CPRF
Alma mater	Omsk State Pedagogical University Ural State University

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He was the only member of the State Duma who voted against the recognition of the separatist Lugansk People's Republic. But he then stated that he made a mistake when casting his vote, and asked to correct the vote tally.^[4]

However, he later said that he was "shocked" by the invasion and express that "military force should be used in politics only as a last resort"^[5]