Valentin Sergeyevich Shurchanov (; 19 April 1947 – 18 December 2020) was a Russian politician and journalist. He was born in

Kanashsky District Kanashsky District (; , ''Kanaş rayonĕ'') is an administrativeLaw #28 and municipalLaw #37 district (raion), one of the twenty-one in the Chuvash Republic, Russia. It is located in the eastern central part of the republic and borders with Tsiv ...

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. From 1999 to 2003 and again from 2007 until his death, Shurchanov was a member of the

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. He was a member of the Communist Party. Valentin Shurchanov was Communist candidate for presidency of Chuvashia in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

and

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

. From 2005 to 2009 he was editor-in-chief of ''

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''. Shurchanov died from

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on 18 December 2020, in

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during the

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. He was 73.Умер депутат Госдумы Валентин Шурчанов

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1947 births 2020 deaths Members of the Federation Council of Russia (1996–2000) Third 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) Russian male journalists Communist Party of the Russian Federation members Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia People from Kanashsky District {{Russia-StateDuma-Deputy-stub

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