Leonid Eduardovich Slutskii is a member of the State Duma

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 of Russia

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. Slutsky is First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on International Affairs. He is dean of the international relations department at the Moscow State University

Moscow State University

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 of Economics, Information and Statistics. He has held senior banking positions and was an advisor to the mayor

Mayor

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 of Moscow

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. Slutsky also reported to a directorate of the Presidium

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 of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR. He holds an economics degree from the Moscow Economic-Statistical Institute. http://www.usrbc.org/Members-Only/Russian%20Government%20and%20Regions/duma/deputy.htm