Sergey Baburin
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Sergey Nikolayevich Baburin ' onMouseout='HidePop("73965")' href="/topics/Semey">Semipalatinsk
, Kazakh SSR
) is a Russian nationalist politician and is Vice Speaker of the Russian State Duma
and leader of the Party of National Revival "Narodnaya Volya". He was elected for the Rodina
bloc. He is a member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral and Procedural Law.
Baburin holds a Ph.D. in law from Leningrad State University and served as Dean of Law at Omsk State University
. In 1990, he was elected as peoples' deputy in the Supreme Soviet of Russia
. He was one of the few who voted against officially dissolving the USSR in December, 1991. He served in the Soviet army
in Afghanistan
and garnered several awards for his service. He was the founder and one of the leaders of the Russian All-People's Union
. During Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
he was one of the most outspoken leaders of anti-Yeltsin
opposition. Sergey Baburin is a conservative nationalist who counts Jean-Marie Le Pen
and Radovan Karadžić
among his personal friends.
In the 2007 Duma election campaign Baburin gained broad media attention by proposing a bill giving every Russian 4 million rubles (approximately 150 thousands in US dollars) as means of one-time compensation for wrongdoings of the privatization of state property in the early 90s. Curiosly this initiative would require about 22 000 billion USD - more than half of the current World GDP.
Semey
Semey , formerly known as Semipalatinsk and Alash-kala , is a city in Kazakhstan, in the northeastern province of East Kazakhstan, near the border with Siberia, around north of Almaty, and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk, along the Irtysh River.-History:The first settlement was in 1718,...
, Kazakh SSR
Kazakh SSR
The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Kazakh SSR for short, was one of republics that made up the Soviet Union.At in area, it was the second largest constituent republic in the USSR, after the Russian SFSR. Its capital was Alma-Ata . Today it is the independent state of...
) is a Russian nationalist politician and is Vice Speaker of the Russian 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...
and leader of the Party of National Revival "Narodnaya Volya". He was elected for the Rodina
Rodina
Rodina or Motherland-National Patriotic Union was one of the four parties that controlled seats in the Russian legislature in 2003-2007...
bloc. He is a member of the Committee on Civil, Criminal, Arbitral and Procedural Law.
Baburin holds a Ph.D. in law from Leningrad State University and served as Dean of Law at Omsk State University
Omsk State University
Omsk F. M. Dostoevsky State University , usually referred to as Omsk State University was founded in 1974 in the city of Omsk, Russia. The university has since grown significantly...
. In 1990, he was elected as peoples' deputy in the Supreme Soviet of Russia
Supreme Soviet of Russia
The Supreme Soviet of the Russian SFSR , later Supreme Soviet of the Russian Federation was the supreme government institution of the Russian SFSR in 1938–1990; in 1990–1993 it was a permanent parliament, elected by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation.The Supreme Soviet of...
. He was one of the few who voted against officially dissolving the USSR in December, 1991. He served in the Soviet army
Soviet Army
The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground...
in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...
and garnered several awards for his service. He was the founder and one of the leaders of the Russian All-People's Union
Russian All-People's Union
Russian All-People's Union was a Russian nationalist political party, formed in October 1991, in 2001 it merged into Narodnaya Volya. Its leader was Sergey Baburin....
. During Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
The constitutional crisis of 1993 was a political stand-off between the Russian president and the Russian parliament that was resolved by using military force. The relations between the president and the parliament had been deteriorating for a while...
he was one of the most outspoken leaders of anti-Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999.Originally a supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev, Yeltsin emerged under the perestroika reforms as one of Gorbachev's most powerful political opponents. On 29 May 1990 he was elected the chairman of...
opposition. Sergey Baburin is a conservative nationalist who counts Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
and Radovan Karadžić
Radovan Karadžic
Radovan Karadžić is a former Bosnian Serb politician. He is detained in the United Nations Detention Unit of Scheveningen, accused of war crimes committed against Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats during the Siege of Sarajevo, as well as ordering the Srebrenica massacre.Educated as a...
among his personal friends.
In the 2007 Duma election campaign Baburin gained broad media attention by proposing a bill giving every Russian 4 million rubles (approximately 150 thousands in US dollars) as means of one-time compensation for wrongdoings of the privatization of state property in the early 90s. Curiosly this initiative would require about 22 000 billion USD - more than half of the current World GDP.
External links
- "Zhirinovsky Is a New Version of Yeltsin" interview with Sergei Baburin, DemokratizatsiyaDemokratizatsiya (journal)Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization is an international interdisciplinary quarterly journal devoted to changes in the late Soviet Union and post-Soviet states. It is published by the World Affairs Institute. It covers the processes in these countries since 1985...
, Winter, 1994. - Roman Woronowycz "Russian Duma vice-chairman calls bilateral treaty with Ukraine a 'mistake'", The Ukrainian WeeklyThe Ukrainian WeeklyThe Ukrainian Weekly is the oldest English-language newspaper of the Ukrainian diaspora in the United States, and North America.Founded by the Ukrainian National Association, and published continuously since October 6, 1933, archived copies of the newspaper are available at leading libraries in the...
, December 20, 1998. - Yury Chernega, "State Duma Clones Rodina", KommersantKommersantKommersant is a commerce-oriented newspaper published in Russia. , the circulation was 131,000.- History :The newspaper was initially published in 1909, and it was closed down following the Bolshevik seizure of power and the introduction of censorship in 1917.In 1989, with the onset of press...
, July 8, 2005.