- Gennady Semigin
Gennady Yuryevich Semigin ( _ru. Геннадий Юрьевич Семигин, born March 23, 1961) is a Russian politician, the leader of
socialist Patriots of Russia party.Born March 23, 1961, in Khmelnitsky,
Ukraine ,Soviet Union , he studied inRiga on history faculty, and then inMoscow Institute of Jurisprudence . In 90's he run a successful business career. He is also a member ofRussian Academy of Science .In 1999 and in 2003 he was elected deputy of
State Duma fromCommunist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), in 2003 election he was #2 in CPRF list. The followng year his ambitions on party leadership led him to conflict with communist leaderGennady Zuganov . Many old communist viewed rich Semigin as an opportunist, who is not truly oppositional. They labeled him "a mole" - a slang term for infiltrating agent, and "the "Red oligarch" [http://www.rg.ru/2004/01/13/zuganov.html] ". Despite this, Semigin managed to be elected chairman of “People’s Patriotic Union of Russia” an umbrella organization that united Communist party with minor opposition parties.Semigin made several attempts to seize power from Zuganov, including organisation of separate CPRF congress. But
VTsIK didn't recognize Semigin's congress and pointed that only official CPRF congress was legal. This congress voted to expell Semigin and his allies from the party.In Duma, Semigin moved to
Rodina fraction, and in the same time he founded his own party "Patriots of Russia". He also organized "People's Government" - the group of leftists politicians includingSergey Glazyev ,Gennady Seleznev ,Gennady Gudkov , that pretended to be an "future government".Links
* [http://www.flb.ru/persprint/600.html]
* [http://www.compromat.ru/main/semgin/a.htm]
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