Lev Shlosberg

Lev Markovich Shlosberg (Russian: Лев Ма́ркович Шло́сберг; born 30 July 1963, Pskov) 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]

Lev Shlosberg
Member of the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
In office
18 September 2016 – 30 September 2021
In office
15 December 2011 – 24 September 2015
Personal details
Born
Lev Markovich Shlosberg

(1963-07-30) 30 July 1963
Pskov, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyYabloko

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
2011 Elections to the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
Regional Leader Party Seats Won Votes %
Yelena Bibikova United Russia 26 113,559 37.41%
Anatoly Koposov CPRF 9 75,192 24.77%
Mikhail Bryachak A Just Russia 4 45,596 15.02%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky[Footnote 1] LDPR 3 43,003 14.17%
Lev Shlosberg Yabloko 1 20,387 6.72%
2016 Elections to the Pskov Oblast Assembly of Deputies
Regional Leader Party Seats Won Votes %
Andrey Turchak United Russia 33 101,189 44,14%
Aleksandr Rogov CPRF 5 45,981 20,06%
Vladimir Zhirinovsky[Footnote 1] LDPR 3 34,053 14,85%
Oleg Bryachak A Just Russia 2 20,490 8,94%
Lev Shlosberg Yabloko 1 13,964 6.09%
Pskov Constituency (No. 148)
2016 State Duma Election (Pskov Constituency)[15]
Candidate Party Votes %
Aleksandr Kozlovsky United Russia 94,372 40.88%
Aleksandr Rogov CPRF 33,472 14.5%
Oleg Bryachak A Just Russia 28,819 12.48%
Anton Minakov LDPR 21,463 9.3%
Lev Shlosberg Yabloko 13,669 5.92%
Vyacheslav Evdokimenko CR 11,701 5.07%
Mikhail Khoronen Patriots 6,415 2.78%
Konstantin Vilkov Rodina 3,636 1.57%
Anna Galkina Civic Platform 2,886 1.25%
Vasiliy Krasnov Party of Growth 2,805 1.22%
Remm Malishkov Greens 2,015 0.87%
Buisultan Khamzaev GS 1,222 0.53%
Invalid Votes 8,378 3.63%

Notes
  1. Though not from Pskov, Zhirinovsky is the leader of the Pskov chapter of LDPR.

References
  1. Meduza
  2. Руководящие органы Псковского регионального отделения
  3. Шлосберг о законе Димы Яковлева: нам предложили подписаться под подлостью
  4. BBC Русская служба
  5. Льва Шлосберга исключили из псковского парламента
  6. "Outspoken Russian Lawmaker Expelled for Truth". Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. Yabloko.ru
  8. "Региональные группы партии "Яблоко" на выборах в Государственную Думу". yabloko.ru. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  9. "Избирательная комиссия Псковской области". pskov.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 27 October 2003. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. "Шлосберга избрали в Псковское областное собрание". Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  11. Kara-Murza, Vladimir (21 September 2016). "Russia's 2016 Election: Despair, Apathy—and Hope?". World Affairs. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. Кандидаты «Яблока» на выборах в Госдуму VIII созыва. Одномандатные округа
  13. ЦИК исключил Льва Шлосберга из списка "Яблока" на выборы в Госдуму
  14. "Opposition Politician Accused of 'Discrediting' Russian Military". The Moscow Times. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  15. "18 сентября 2016 года". www.pskov.izbirkom.ru. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
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