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Oleg Nilov

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Oleg Nilov
Олег Нилов
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Assumed office
21 December 2011
Personal details
Born (1962-05-08) 8 May 1962 (age 62)
Yasnoye, Slavsky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyA Just Russia - For Truth
Education

Oleg Anatolyevich Nilov (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Нилов; b. May 8, 1962, Kaliningrad Oblast) is a Russian politician and member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (since 2011), deputy head of the fraction of the A Just Russia party.[1][2]

Biography

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In 1985, he graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation.[1] He worked at a plant and was a Komsomol member.

In 1999, he graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and in 2004 from the Saint Petersburg State University.[1]

In 2014 he received a Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour.[2]

Sanctions

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On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]

Controversies

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In December 2022, during the charity event at the State Duma, where participants were supposed to fulfill a child's New Year's wish written on a card they select from a tree, Nilov made a comment regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A video of the event showed Nilov saying: "The boy Vova from Kiev dreams of rockets. Vova, you will get missiles. This is a joke, of course." His comment was met with criticism, and Artem Metelev, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Youth Policy, was seen covering his face with his hand in response.[5]

In April 2023, Nilov proposed a "military tax" of 2-3% on individuals to support the Russian army in the conflict with Ukraine.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Нилов Олег Анатольевич". Государственная Дума (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  2. ^ a b "Нилов, Олег Анатольевич". ТАСС. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Депутат Олег Нилов на акции «Елка желаний» пообещал «мальчику Вове из Киева» ракеты на Новый год. Услышав это, другой депутат закрыл лицо рукой". Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  6. ^ "В России предлагают ввести "военный налог" для нужд армии" (in Russian). 2023-04-12. Retrieved 2023-04-30.