Viktor Vitalievich Pinsky (; born February 6, 1964,

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, Grodno Region) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 6th, 7th, and

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s. From 1987 to 1989, he was the head of the office of the military court of

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. Then, until 1996, he served as a judge of the military court of the city of Fokino, Primorsky Krai. From 2000 to 2005, Pinsky was the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai. In 2011, he was elected deputy of the

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from the Primorsky Krai constituency. In 2016 and 2021, he was re-elected for the 7th and

s, respectively. At the State Duma, Pinsky voted for the scandalous

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, for increasing the pension age, and other laws that are popularly known as "anti-national".

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the

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