Leonid Slutsky (politician)

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Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky ( SLOOT-ski; Russian: Леонид Эдуардович Слуцкий; born 4 January 1968) is a Russian politician who has been the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia since 27 May 2022. Delegate to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2000 to 2022. With his party being associated with the hard right of the political spectrum, Slutsky's tenure as Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs has been eventful and widely covered in the national and international media. In 2018, he was the central figure of a sexual assault scandal in parliament. In 2022, he represented Russia during peace negotiations with Ukraine following the Russian invasion. The following year, he announced his candidacy in the 2024 Russian presidential election.

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