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December 2018 Primorsky Krai Gubernatorial Election
The Primorsky Krai gubernatorial recall election were held on 16 December 2018. Election was scheduled after the cancellation of the results of the elections held in September. Previous events On 4 October 2017, Governor Vladimir Miklushevsky resigned, and Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Andrey Tarasenko as Acting Governor. Snap gubernatorial election were held on a Single Voting Day on 9 September 2018. In the first round of elections, none of the candidates was able to gain an absolute majority. To the second round, which was scheduled for 16 September, came the incumbent Acting Governor Andrey Tarasenko, nominated by the United Russia, and Andrey Ishchenko, nominated by the Communist Party. The second round of election caused a wide public response due to the conflict situation that arose when counting the votes cast for the candidates in the second round. In the process of receiving the results from the polling stations all the time with a margin of about 5% w ...
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Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal (; born April 10, 1952) is an American actor, screenwriter and martial artist. A 7th- dan black belt in aikido, he began his adult life as a martial arts instructor in Japan and eventually ended up running his father-in-law's dojo. He later moved to Los Angeles where he had the same profession. In 1988, Seagal made his acting debut in '' Above the Law''. By 1991, he had starred in four films. In 1992, he played Navy SEAL counter-terrorist expert Casey Ryback in '' Under Siege''. During the latter half of the 1990s, Seagal starred in three more feature films and the direct-to-video film '' The Patriot''. Subsequently, his career shifted to mostly direct-to-video productions. He has since appeared in films and reality shows, including '' Steven Seagal: Lawman'', which depicted Seagal performing his duties as a reserve deputy sheriff. Seagal is a guitarist and has released two studio albums, '' Songs from the Crystal Cave'' and '' Mojo Priest'', and perfo ...
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Yulia Tolmacheva
Yulia ( Юлия) is a female given name, the equivalent of the Latin Julia. It can be spelled Yulia, Yulya, Julia, Julja, Julija, Yuliia, Yuliya, Juliya or İulia. An alternative spelling is Ioulia/Gioulia (Greek) or Iuliia. Prononciations can differ, depending on where you are from. The name can be found in many countries, especially in Christian ones. (example: Germany, Bulgaria, Spain, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Italy etc) The name is of a Christian origin as well - Saint Julia of Corsica. A few notable people from some of the countries in which the name exist are shown below. People Yulia * Yulia Barsukova (born 1978), Russian rhythmic gymnast * Yulia Beygelzimer (born 1983), Ukrainian tennis player *Yulia Efimova (born 1992), Russian swimmer *Yulia Fedossova (born 1988), French tennis player born in Novosibirsk, Russia * Yulia Glushko (born 1990), Israeli tennis player * Yulia Latynina (born 1966), Russian writer and journalist *Yulia Livinskaya (born 1990), Russian fr ...
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Federation Council (Russia)
The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (the parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation. Each of the 89 federal subjects of Russia (including two annexed in 2014 and four more in 2022, that are not recognized by the international community) – consisting of 24 republics, 48 oblasts, nine krais, three federal cities, four autonomous okrugs, and one autonomous oblast – sends two senators to the Council, for a total membership of 178 Senators. In addition, the Constitution also provides for senators from the Russian Federation, which can be no more than 30 (up to seven of them for life), as well as (optionally) former presidents as life senators ( there are no such l ...
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Svetlana Goryacheva
Svetlana Petrovna Goryacheva (russian: Светла́на Петро́вна Горя́чева; née Bezdetko; born June 3, 1947) is a Russian politician. She was a deputy of the State Duma from the party A Just Russia, and served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Organization and the deputy parliamentary leader of A Just Russia. Goryacheva was born in Risovy, a village in Anuchinsky District, Primorsky Krai. She was an elected a deputy of the State Duma in 1995, and sat as such from 1996 until 2014. She is also a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Since September 2014, she has represented the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai in the Federation Council. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of parliamentary activity. Sanctions Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. Due to her support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 20 ...
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Alexey Kozitsky
Alexey, Alexei, Alexie, Aleksei, or Aleksey (russian: Алексе́й ; bg, Алексей ) is a Russian and Bulgarian male first name deriving from the Greek ''Aléxios'' (), meaning "Defender", and thus of the same origin as the Latin Alexius. Alexey may also be romanized as ''Aleksei'', ''Aleksey'', ''Alexej'', ''Aleksej'', etc. It has been commonly westernized as Alexis. Similar Ukrainian and Belarusian names are romanized as Oleksii (Олексій) and Aliaksiej (Аляксей), respectively. The Russian Orthodox Church uses the Old Church Slavonic version, Alexiy (Алексiй, or Алексий in modern spelling), for its Saints and hierarchs (most notably, this is the form used for Patriarchs Alexius I and Alexius II). The common hypocoristic is Alyosha () or simply Lyosha (). These may be further transformed into Alyoshka, Alyoshenka, Lyoshka, Lyoha, Lyoshenka (, respectively), sometimes rendered as Alesha/Aleshenka in English. The form Alyosha may b ...
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Communist Party Of Social Justice
The Russian Party of Freedom and Justice (RPSS; russian: Российская партия свободы и справедливости; РПСС, Rossiyskaya partiya svobody i spravedlivosti; RPSS) is a political party in Russia established and registered in 2012 as Communist Party of Social Justice. History The party was created with the participation of the leader of the Democratic Party of Russia and politician Andrey Bogdanov. In the 2013 elections in Volgograd, the party received 5.04% (9055 votes) breaking the five-percent threshold and received one seat in the city Parliament. In 2014, Bogdanov became party leader, succeeding Yuri Morozov in this post. Andrei Brezhnev, grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev, was elected First Secretary of the Central Committee of the party. In this year's election, Brezhnev was the candidate for the Parliament of Crimea and Sevastopol, but the party did not win any seats. In April ...
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Russian Ecological Party "The Greens"
) , colours = Green Teal , website partygreen.ru The Russian Ecological Party "The Greens" (REP "The Greens"; russian: Российская экологическая партия «Зелёные», Rossiyskaya ekologicheskaya partiya «Zelonyye») is a green political party in the Russian Federation. It was founded in 1992 as the Constructive-Ecological Movement of Russia " Kedr" (KEDR; russian: Конструктивно-экологическое движение России «Кедр», Konstruktivno-ekologicheskoye dvizheniye Rossii «Kedr»). In 2002 the party was transformed into the Russian Ecological Party "The Greens". The party endorsed Vladimir Putin in the 2018 Russian presidential election. History In the 2007 Russian regional elections "The Greens" gained 7.58% of the votes in the Samara Oblast, gaining deputies in the Samara Regional Duma. Before the 2007 parliamentary elections, the Russian Central Electoral Commission decided that the Russian Ecologica ...
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Oleg Mitvol
Oleg Lvovich Mitvol (russian: Олег Львович Митволь) (born October 3, 1966) is a Russian environmentalist, businessman and government official, known for his activity in the chair of environmental protection department. Career Media tycoon (1997-2003) In 1997 - 2003 Mitvol was the chairman of the JSC newspaper ''Novye Izvestia''. As media tycoon Boris Berezovsky, owner of the newspaper, had fled from Russia to London, Mitvol obtained a 76% share in the newspaper from him, but Berezovsky effectively continued to support the newspaper financially. However, on February 20, 2003, Oleg Mitvol, citing a decision of a meeting of the board, kept secret from the journalists despite their 24% share, accused Director General of Novye Izvestiya Igor Golembiovsky of misappropriation of funds and fired him. The publication was suspended. Berezovsky claimed that Mitvol's move was politically motivated, as the newspaper was opposed to President Vladimir Putin and on that very d ...
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Legislative Assembly Of Primorsky Krai
The Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai (russian: Законодательное собрание Приморского края) is the regional parliament of Primorsky Krai, a federal subject of Russia. The assembly exercises its authority by passing laws, resolutions, and other legal acts and by supervising the implementation and observance of the laws and other legal acts passed by it. Elections 2021 Chairmen References {{Regional parliaments of Russia Politics of Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai Primorsky Krai (russian: Приморский край, r=Primorsky kray, p=prʲɪˈmorskʲɪj kraj), informally known as Primorye (, ), is a federal subject (a krai) of Russia, located in the Far East region of the country and is a part of the ...
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