Gennady Semigin
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Gennady Yuryevich Semigin is a Russian politician, the leader of socialist Patriots of Russia
party.
Born March 23, 1961, in Khmelnitsky
, Ukraine
, Soviet Union
, he studied in Riga
on history faculty, and then in Moscow Institute of Jurisprudence. In the 1990s he ran a successful business. He is also a member of Russian Academy of Science.
In 1999 and in 2003 he was elected deputy of State Duma
from Communist Party of the Russian Federation
(CPRF), in 2003 election he was #2 in CPRF list. The following year his ambitions on party leadership led him to conflict with communist leader Gennady 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 expel 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 including Sergey Glazyev
, Gennady Seleznev, Gennady Gudkov
, that pretended to be an "future government".
Patriots of Russia
Patriots of Russia is a left-wing nationalist and socialist political party in Russia. It was established in April 2005 by Gennady Semigin, who was expelled from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation after he failed in a power struggle with Gennady Zuganov.-History:In 2006 Gennadiy Semigin...
party.
Born March 23, 1961, in Khmelnitsky
Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine
Khmelnytskyi is a city in Ukraine in the region of Podillia. It is located on the Southern Buh River and about from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. The town's original name was Płoskirów, later Proskurov, but in 1954 was renamed Khmelnytskyi. It is the center of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast in western...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, he studied in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
on history faculty, and then in Moscow Institute of Jurisprudence. In the 1990s he ran a successful business. He is also a member of Russian Academy of Science.
In 1999 and in 2003 he was elected deputy of State Duma
State Duma
The State Duma , common abbreviation: Госду́ма ) in the Russian Federation is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia , the upper house being the Federation Council of Russia. The Duma headquarters is located in central Moscow, a few steps from Manege Square. Its members are referred to...
from Communist Party of the Russian Federation
Communist Party of the Russian Federation
The Communist Party of the Russian Federation is a Russian political party. It is the second major political party in the Russian Federation.-History:...
(CPRF), in 2003 election he was #2 in CPRF list. The following year his ambitions on party leadership led him to conflict with communist leader Gennady Zuganov. Many old communist viewed rich Semigin as an opportunist, who is not truly oppositional. They labeled him "a mole
Mole (espionage)
A mole is a spy who works for an enemy nation, but whose loyalty ostensibly lies with his own nation's government. In some usage, a mole differs from a defector in that a mole is a spy before gaining access to classified information, while a defector becomes a spy only after gaining access...
" - a slang term for infiltrating agent, and "the Red oligarch
Business oligarch
Business oligarch is a near-synonym of the term "business magnate", borrowed by the English speaking and western media from post-Soviet parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics during the privatization in Russia and other post-Soviet...
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 expel Semigin and his allies from the party.
In Duma, Semigin moved to Rodina
Rodina
Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union was one of the four parties that controlled seats in the Russian legislature in 2003-2007...
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 including Sergey Glazyev
Sergey Glazyev
Sergey Yurievich Glazyev is a Russian politician and economist, Academician of Russian Academy of Science since 2008. He was a minister in 1993, a member of the State Duma in 1993-2007, and ran for President of Russia in 2004...
, Gennady Seleznev, Gennady Gudkov
Gennady Gudkov
Gennady Vladimirovich Gudkov is a Russian politician and businessman.In 1982–1992 he worked for the KGB.Since 2001, he has been a deputy in the State Duma of the Russian Federation; he was most recently elected to this post in December 2007....
, that pretended to be an "future government".