Vasily Shandybin
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Vasiliy Ivanovich Shandybin ([Василий Иванович Шандыбин] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) (July 25, 1941 in Tyomnoye village, Trubchevsky District (now in Bryansk Oblast) – December 30, 2009 in Moscow) was a Russian politician. He was a member of State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation until 2003. He failed to get re-elected and subsequently joined the Rodina party, intending to run at the next elections.
Shandybin was a former metalworker and was well known for his bald head and his frank manners. On February 7, 2003, Shandybin threw a punch at independent far-right deputy Aleksandr Fedulov in a fight that broke out in the State Duma after Fedulov called CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov a "political prostitute" during the session.
Shandybin was involved in many charitable activities in favour of orphans asylum, poors, schools and pensioners [citation needed].
See also
- Communist Party of the Russian Federation
- Rodina
- History of post-Soviet Russia
- Politics of post-Soviet Russia
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