Lev Shlosberg Explained

Lev Shlosberg
Office:Member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
Election Date:18 September 2016
Termend:30 September 2021
Termstart:18 September 2016
Termstart2:15 December 2011
Termend2:24 September 2015
Birth Date:1963 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Pskov, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Party:Yabloko
Birth Name:Lev Markovich Shlosberg
Native Name Lang:ru

Lev Markovich Shlosberg (Russian: Лев Ма́ркович Шло́сберг; born 30 July 1963) is a Russian politician, human rights activist, journalist, historian[1] chairman of the Pskov Oblast branch of Yabloko, and a member of its federal political committee.[2] [3]

Biography

Shlosberg is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. He joined Yabloko in 1994, becoming head of the Pskov branch of the party in 1996. From 2011 to 2015 he was a member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies.

He has gained fame in August 2014 when he made a publication for the newspaper «Pskovskaya guberniya», where he spread information about the suspicious deaths of troops of 76th Guards Air Assault Division, Leonid Kichatkin and Alexander Osipov.[4] Shlosberg claimed they died fighting in the Donbass.

In 2015, Shlosberg was deprived of authority by a court and by vote of fellow deputies. Shlosberg claims this was politically motivated.[5] [6] That year, he ran for the post of chairman of the democratic party Yabloko. He was defeated by Emilia Slabunova in the second round.[7]

On 4 July 2016 he announced he was running for Parliament, in that year's State Duma Election, but lost the election in his constituency, coming in fifth with around 6% of the vote.[8] [9] Nonetheless, that same election, Yabloko won one seat in the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies, and Shlosberg returned to the legislature.[10] [11]

In 2021, Shlosberg decided to run in the 2021 State Duma Elections, again as a candidate of Yabloko. However this time he is running in the Khovrino constituency in Moscow, instead of his home district of Pskov.[12]

He also ran in the simultaneous Pskov Oblast Assembly elections. On 3 August 2021 his registration as a candidate was declined, due to alleged links with banned Anti-Corruption Foundation. However, on the next day he was registered, due to the fact that the court decision to ban Anti-Corruption Foundation was not yet final.

Regarding State Duma elections, however, on 9 August 2021 Moscow city court annulled his registration as a candidate, also due to alleged links with Anti-Corruption Foundation. Then he was also excluded from the federal Yabloko party list.[13]

In April 2022, following the increased repression after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian police filed charges against him and his wife for having "discredited" the Russian military.[14]

Electoral history

Regional Leader!Party!Seats Won!Votes!%
Yelena BibikovaUnited Russia26113,55937.41%
Anatoly KoposovCPRF975,19224.77%
Mikhail BryachakA Just Russia445,59615.02%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky[15] LDPR343,00314.17%
Lev ShlosbergYabloko120,3876.72%
Regional Leader!Party!Seats Won!Votes!%
Andrey TurchakUnited Russia33101,18944,14%
Aleksandr RogovCPRF545,98120,06%
Vladimir ZhirinovskyLDPR334,05314,85%
Oleg BryachakA Just Russia220,4908,94%
Lev ShlosbergYabloko113,9646.09%
Candidate!Party!Votes!%
Aleksandr KozlovskyUnited Russia94,37240.88%
Aleksandr RogovCPRF33,47214.5%
Oleg BryachakA Just Russia28,81912.48%
Anton MinakovLDPR21,4639.3%
Lev ShlosbergYabloko13,6695.92%
Vyacheslav EvdokimenkoCR11,7015.07%
Mikhail KhoronenPatriots6,4152.78%
Konstantin VilkovRodina3,6361.57%
Anna GalkinaCivic Platform2,8861.25%
Vasiliy KrasnovParty of Growth2,8051.22%
Remm MalishkovGreens2,0150.87%
Buisultan KhamzaevGS1,2220.53%
Invalid Votes8,3783.63%

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://meduza.io/feature/2015/12/25/rech-shla-prostite-ne-o-svadbe Meduza
  2. http://www.yabloko.ru/Pskov Руководящие органы Псковского регионального отделения
  3. http://www.aif.ru/politics/russia/291385 Шлосберг о законе Димы Яковлева: нам предложили подписаться под подлостью
  4. http://www.bbc.com/russian/rolling_news/2014/08/140829_rn_shlosberg_pskov_beaten.shtml BBC Русская служба
  5. https://meduza.io/news/2015/09/24/lva-shlosberga-isklyuchili-iz-pskovskogo-parlamenta Льва Шлосберга исключили из псковского парламента
  6. Web site: Outspoken Russian Lawmaker Expelled for Truth. https://web.archive.org/web/20151002032808/http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/vladimir-kara-murza/outspoken-russian-lawmaker-expelled-truth. usurped. October 2, 2015. 2016-09-25.
  7. http://www.yabloko.ru/news/2015/12/20 Yabloko.ru
  8. Web site: Региональные группы партии "Яблоко" на выборах в Государственную Думу. yabloko.ru. 2016-07-30.
  9. Web site: Избирательная комиссия Псковской области. 2021-07-28. pskov.izbirkom.ru. 27 October 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20031027194310/http://www.pskov.izbirkom.ru/. dead.
  10. Web site: Шлосберга избрали в Псковское областное собрание. 2016-09-25.
  11. Web site: Russia's 2016 Election: Despair, Apathy—and Hope?. https://web.archive.org/web/20160922124716/http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/vladimir-kara-murza/russia%E2%80%99s-2016-election-despair-apathy%E2%80%94and-hope. usurped. September 22, 2016. Kara-Murza. Vladimir. 21 September 2016. World Affairs.
  12. http://xn--80aalatjw8b3e/%20«Яблока»%20на%20выборах%20в%20Госдуму%20VIII%20созыва.%20Одномандатные%20округа Кандидаты «Яблока» на выборах в Госдуму VIII созыва. Одномандатные округа
  13. https://www.currenttime.tv/a/tsik-isklyuchil-lva-shlosberga-yabloko-vybory-gosduma/31429595.html ЦИК исключил Льва Шлосберга из списка "Яблока" на выборы в Госдуму
  14. Web site: 15 April 2022. Opposition Politician Accused of 'Discrediting' Russian Military . 15 April 2022 . The Moscow Times.
  15. Though not from Pskov, Zhirinovsky is the leader of the Pskov chapter of LDPR.