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Oleg Nilov | |
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| Олег Нилов | |
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| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| Assumed office 21 December 2011 | |
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| Born | (1962-05-08)8 May 1962 (age 62) Yasnoye,Slavsky District,Kaliningrad Oblast,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union |
| Political party | A Just Russia - For Truth |
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Oleg Anatolyevich Nilov (Russian:Олег Анатольевич Нилов; b. May 8, 1962,Kaliningrad Oblast) is a Russian politician and member of theState Duma of the Russian Federation (since 2011), deputy head of the fraction of theA Just Russia party.[1][2]
In 1985, he graduated from theSaint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation.[1]He worked at a plant and was aKomsomol member.
In 1999, he graduated from theRussian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration and in 2004 from theSaint Petersburg State University.[1]
In 2014 he received aRussian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour.[2]
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[4]
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, andArtem 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 theRussian army in the conflict with Ukraine.[6]
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