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Mikhail Delyagin

Russian author, politician, and economist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mikhail Delyagin
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Mikhail Gennadyevich Delyagin (Russian: Михаи́л Генна́дьевич Деля́гин, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil ɡʲɪˈnadʲjɪvʲɪdʑ dʲɪˈlʲæɡʲɪn]; born 16 March 1968) is a Russian author, economist and member of the State Duma.

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A member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Delyagin took part in the experts team by the Supreme Soviet council from 1990 to 1991 and obtained an academic degree in economics in 1998.

Director of the Problems issued by Globalization Institute (IPROG) and former chairman of the ideological council of the Rodina political party.

State Duma

In September 2021, Delyagin was elected to the State Duma. He was subsequently nominated deputy chairman of the Duma’s Committee on Economic Policy.[1]

In March 2022, Azerbaijan issued an arrest warrant for Delyagin on account of his incitement on public television.[1] The General Prosecutor’s Office filed a criminal lawsuit against Delyagin on charges of “open calls to start an aggressive war,” “terrorism,” and “cultivation of hate and hostility on national, racial, social or religious grounds" in response to Delyagin threats against the country. The prosecutor also asked Interpol for an international search warrant for the culprit.[2][3]

In February 2024 Delyagin supported a successful bill to increase the revenue floor beyond which Russians would need to pay taxes.[4]

Sanctions

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[6]

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