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Lev Shlosberg
Лев Шлосберг
Shlosberg in 2015
Member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
In office
18 September 2016 – 30 September 2021
In office
15 December 2011 – 24 September 2015
Personal details
Born
Lev Markovich Shlosberg

(1963-07-30) 30 July 1963 (age 61)
Pskov, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyYabloko

Lev Markovich Shlosberg (Russian: Лев Ма́ркович Шло́сберг; born 30 July 1963) is a Russian opposition politician, human rights activist, journalist, historian[1] chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of its federal political committee.[2][3]

Biography

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Shlosberg is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He joined Yabloko in 1994, becoming head of the Pskov branch of the party in 1996. From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies.

He has gained fame in August 2014 when he made a publication for the newspaper «Pskovskaya guberniya», where he spread information about the suspicious deaths of troops of 76th Guards Air Assault Division, Leonid Kichatkin and Alexander Osipov.[4] Shlosberg claimed they died fighting in the Donbass.

In 2015, Shlosberg was deprived of authority by a court and by vote of fellow deputies. Shlosberg claims this was politically motivated.[5][6] That year, he ran for the post of chairman of the democratic party Yabloko. He was defeated by Emilia Slabunova in the second round.[7]

On 4 July 2016 he announced he was running for Parliament, in that year's State Duma Election, but lost the election in his constituency, coming in fifth with around 6% of the vote.[8][9] Nonetheless, that same election, Yabloko won one seat in the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies, and Shlosberg returned to the legislature.[10][11]

In 2021, Shlosberg decided to run in the 2021 State Duma Elections, again as a candidate of Yabloko. However this time he is running in the Khovrino constituency in Moscow, instead of his home district of Pskov.[12]

He also ran in the simultaneous Pskov Oblast Assembly elections. On 3 August 2021 his registration as a candidate was declined, due to alleged links with banned Anti-Corruption Foundation. However, on the next day he was registered, due to the fact that the court decision to ban Anti-Corruption Foundation was not yet final.

Regarding State Duma elections, however, on 9 August 2021 Moscow city court annulled his registration as a candidate, also due to alleged links with Anti-Corruption Foundation. Then he was also excluded from the federal Yabloko party list.[13]

In April 2022, following the increased repression after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian police filed charges against him and his wife for having "discredited" the Russian military.[14]

Electoral history

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2011 Elections to the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
Regional Leader Party Seats Won Votes %
Yelena Bibikova United Russia 26 113,559 37.41%
Anatoly Koposov CPRF 9 75,192 24.77%
Mikhail Bryachak A Just Russia 4 45,596 15.02%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky[Footnote 1] LDPR 3 43,003 14.17%
Lev Shlosberg Yabloko 1 20,387 6.72%
2016 Elections to the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
Regional Leader Party Seats Won Votes %
Andrey Turchak United Russia 33 101,189 44,14%
Aleksandr Rogov CPRF 5 45,981 20,06%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky[Footnote 1] LDPR 3 34,053 14,85%
Oleg Bryachak A Just Russia 2 20,490 8,94%
Lev Shlosberg Yabloko 1 13,964 6.09%
Pskov Constituency (No. 148)
2016 State Duma Election (Pskov Constituency)[15]
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Kozlovsky United Russia 94,372 40.88%
Aleksandr Rogov CPRF 33,472 14.5%
Oleg Bryachak A Just Russia 28,819 12.48%
Anton Minakov LDPR 21,463 9.3%
Lev Shlosberg Yabloko 13,669 5.92%
Vyacheslav Evdokimenko CR 11,701 5.07%
Mikhail Khoronen Patriots 6,415 2.78%
Konstantin Vilkov Rodina 3,636 1.57%
Anna Galkina Civic Platform 2,886 1.25%
Vasiliy Krasnov Party of Growth 2,805 1.22%
Remm Malishkov Greens 2,015 0.87%
Buisultan Khamzaev GS 1,222 0.53%
Invalid Votes 8,378 3.63%

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Though not from Pskov, Zhirinovsky is the leader of the Pskov chapter of LDPR.

References

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  1. ^ Meduza
  2. ^ Руководящие органы Псковского регионального отделения
  3. ^ Шлосберг о законе Димы Яковлева: нам предложили подписаться под подлостью
  4. ^ BBC Русская служба
  5. ^ Льва Шлосберга исключили из псковского парламента
  6. ^ "Outspoken Russian Lawmaker Expelled for Truth". Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Yabloko.ru
  8. ^ "Региональные группы партии "Яблоко" на выборах в Государственную Думу". yabloko.ru. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Избирательная комиссия Псковской области". pskov.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 27 October 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Шлосберга избрали в Псковское областное собрание". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  11. ^ Kara-Murza, Vladimir (21 September 2016). "Russia's 2016 Election: Despair, Apathy—and Hope?". World Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ Кандидаты «Яблока» на выборах в Госдуму VIII созыва. Одномандатные округа[permanent dead link‍]
  13. ^ ЦИК исключил Льва Шлосберга из списка "Яблока" на выборы в Госдуму
  14. ^ "Opposition Politician Accused of 'Discrediting' Russian Military". The Moscow Times. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  15. ^ "18 сентября 2016 года". www.pskov.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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