Sergey Leonov

Sergey Dmitrievich Leonov (Russian: Сергей Дмитриевич Леонов; born 9 May 1983) is a Russian politician from the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party. He has represented Roslavl constituency in the State Duma since the 2021 election.^[1]

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Sergey Leonov
Сергей Леонов
Leonov in 2018

Member of the State Duma for Smolensk Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2021
Preceded by	Olga Okuneva
Constituency	Roslavl (No. 176)
Senator from Smolensk Oblast
In office 27 September 2018 – 6 October 2021
Preceded by	Lyudmila Kozlova [ru]
Succeeded by	Irina Kozhanova

Personal details
Born	Sergey Leonov (1983-05-09) 9 May 1983 (age 42) Suvorov, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Education	Smolensk State Medical Academy Smolensk Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship

He was sanctioned by the United Kingdom in March 2022 for actions by Russia in Ukraine.^[2]

On 20 April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he proposed to forcibly take blood from Ukrainian war prisoners.^[3]

Biography

Sergey Dmitriyevich Leonov was born on May 9, 1983, in the town of Suvorov, Tula Oblast. Since 1990, his family has been residing in the city of Smolensk.^[4]

In 2000, he graduated from the N. M. Przhevalsky Gymnasium in Smolensk, and in 2006 — from the Faculty of Medicine of the Smolensk State Medical Academy. In 2009, he graduated with honors from the Non-State Higher Professional Education Institution "Institute of Business and Entrepreneurship," majoring in Organization Management.^[4]^[5]

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From 2008 to 2011, he served as Deputy Coordinator of the LDPR’s Smolensk Regional Branch, while also working as a public assistant to State Duma Deputy A. V. Ostrovsky in the Smolensk region (2009–2012).

In 2010, Sergey Leonov was elected deputy of the Smolensk District Duma of the Municipal District “Smolensky District” in Smolensk Oblast representing LDPR. In 2013, he was elected deputy of the Smolensk Regional Duma of the 5th convocation on the LDPR list and became Chairman of the Regional Duma Committee on Local Self-Government, Civil Service, and Relations with Public Organizations. At the time of his election, he was Director of the “Scientific Research Center for Biotechnology” LLC.

Since 2013, he has held the position of Coordinator of the LDPR’s Smolensk Regional Branch.

Member of the Federation Council from the legislative authority of Smolensk Oblast from September 27, 2018, to October 6, 2021. Coordinator of the LDPR Smolensk Regional Branch from 2013 to 2021.

Deputy Chairman of the All-Russian Public Organization “Russian Union of Young Scientists.”

Deputy of the Smolensk Regional Duma of the 5th convocation, elected on the LDPR party list, from 2013 to 2018.

Member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (since 2021).^[6]

On October 6, 2021, the Federation Council terminated Leonov’s senatorial powers in connection with his election to the State Duma.^[7]

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