1. Vyacheslav Volodin is a former aide to President Vladimir Putin.
33 Facts About Vyacheslav Volodin
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Vyacheslav Volodin is a former first deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia.
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Vyacheslav Volodin has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.
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Vyacheslav Volodin's father was the captain of the river fleet; he died at the age of 51 in 1969.
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Vyacheslav Volodin's sister is an employee of a consulting firm, and his brother is a military pensioner.
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Vyacheslav Volodin worked as a primary school teacher in a rural school.
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Vyacheslav Volodin worked as a lecturer and assistant professor while he studied in Petersburg.
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Since 2 August 2009 through the cooperative "Sosny", Vyacheslav Volodin is a business partner of Sergey Neverov, who was the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma and United Russia, Igor Rudensky, who was a member of the Presidium of the General Council of United Russia, Sergei Prikhodko, who was a Deputy Prime Minister, Konstantin Kosachev, who was the head of the Duma Committee on International Affairs at that time, Yu.
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Since 1992, Vyacheslav Volodin was the Deputy of the Head of Administration of Saratov, since 1994 deputy chairman of the Saratov Oblast Duma and in 1996 he was appointed to the Vice Governor of the Saratov region.
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On 12 May 2014, Vyacheslav Volodin was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
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Vyacheslav Volodin is barred from entering countries in the EU, and his assets in the EU have been frozen.
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Vyacheslav Volodin was sanctioned by the United Kingdom government the same year.
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In 2021, Vyacheslav Volodin was again nominated to the chairmanship of the 8th State Duma.
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Vyacheslav Volodin accused him of being unprepared and offered to report again in a month.
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On 6 April 2019, Vyacheslav Volodin proposed amendments to the Constitution allowing the State Duma to participate more actively in the formation of the government.
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Vyacheslav Volodin said that the participation of the State Duma in the formation of the government "would be consistent with the principles of proper balance of power" and "would provide a higher level of responsibility" in the work of Ministers.
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In July 2019, Vyacheslav Volodin again called for the introduction of appropriate amendments to the Constitution in his article in the Parliamentary Newspaper.
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Later, Vyacheslav Volodin's proposal was supported by the leaders of all opposition parliamentary parties.
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In November 2019, Vyacheslav Volodin said that due to Ukrainian nationalism and an alleged oppression of ethnic minorities, there was a chance that some regions may separate from Ukraine.
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On 24 February 2022, Vyacheslav Volodin said that "the purpose" of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is "to protect people living in Ukraine".
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Vyacheslav Volodin has denounced Russians who oppose the war as "traitors".
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On 6 July 2022, Vyacheslav Volodin warned that Russia could demand back the US state of Alaska, which was sold by Russia to the United States in 1867, if the United States continued to seize Russian assets abroad.
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Vyacheslav Volodin said that the State Duma will support deputies who want to enlist in the army and go to Ukraine.
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In September 2022, Vyacheslav Volodin met in Moscow with Chinese politician Li Zhanshu, who was then a CCP Politburo Standing Committee member and was considered one of the closest confidants of CCP general secretary Xi Jinping.
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In January 2023, Vyacheslav Volodin called the anti-war Russians in exile "scoundrels" and demanded the confiscation of their properties in Russia.
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Vyacheslav Volodin repeatedly called Russians who left Russia after the invasion of Ukraine as "traitors".
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On 22 January 2023, Vyacheslav Volodin threatened the use of nuclear weapons and claimed that Europe and the United States were leading the world into "global catastrophe" by providing military aid to Ukraine.
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On 3 June 2023, Vyacheslav Volodin represented Russia at the inauguration ceremony of re-elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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On 19 June 2023, Vyacheslav Volodin misrepresented Czech President Petr Pavel's remarks that Russians living in the West should be "monitored" and put under surveillance, and warned that Russians living abroad would be sent to concentration camps.
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Vyacheslav Volodin expressed support for Putin during the Wagner Group rebellion.
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In October 2023, Vyacheslav Volodin said that Russians who "desire the victory of the murderous Nazi Kyiv regime" should be sent to the far-eastern region of Magadan, known for its Stalin-era Gulag camps, and forced to work in the mines.
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Vyacheslav Volodin criticized Senator Frants Klintsevich, Chairman of the Russian Union of Veterans of Afghanistan.
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Vyacheslav Volodin spoke about the letter of Klintsevich, in which he indicates Volodin as the next President.