Dmitry Kuznetsov (politician)

Dmitry Vadimovich Kuznetsov (Russian: Дмитрий Вадимович Кузнецов; born 5 March 1975, Moscow) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

Dmitry Kuznetsov
Дмитрий Кузнецов
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Assumed office
20 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1975-03-05) 5 March 1975 (age 49)
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political partyA Just Russia — For Truth
Alma materMoscow State University

In 1997, Kuznetsov graduated from Moscow State University. From 1997 to 2015, he was engaged in marketing and worked as a producer in showbusiness. He also worked at the Media Star company founded by Yuri Aizenshpis. In June 2019, he joined the All-Russia People's Front. In 2020, Kuznetsov was appointed secretary of the central committee of the For Truth party initiated by writer Zakhar Prilepin. In 2021, the party was merged with the parties A Just Russia and Patriots of Russia. Since October 2021, he has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma,[1][2][3] having received the mandate previously declined by Prilepin following the 2021 Russian legislative election.[4][5]

After 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kuznetsov declared the party's plans to open branches in Kherson and Lugansk. In his interview, he also mentioned that Russia needs to be "self-cleaned".[6]

In November 2023, he made a proposal to Christian parliamentarians from different countries to unite for the protection of traditional values and peacemaking efforts around the world.”[7]

Together with parliamentarians and public figures from Europe, Russia, Latin America and Africa, he created the organizing committee of the “World Christian Association of Parliamentarians" and the “Commission on Value-Based Humanitarian Cooperation and Interreligious Dialogue BRICS+” for international cooperation based on common spiritual and moral values. [8]

As part of the work of the organizing committee of the World Christian Association of Parliamentarians, he organized a humanitarian medical mission to help refugee children and displaced persons in African countries and visiting prisoners.[9] [10] [11]

In the spring of 2023, together with the office of the Ukrainian Ombudsman, he started mutual verification of the conditions of the captives and asked the President of the Russian Federation to assist in the issue of exchange of civilian prisoners.[12]

Dmitry Kuznetsov created the program “ MPs' Headquarters for Assistance to Mobilized Soldiers and their Families”. The essence of the program is to protect the rights of soldiers and solve problems with payments, documents, social protection, necessary medical care and other. Kuznetsov received more than 10000 requests. More than 50 thousand people received help.[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Кузнецов, Дмитрий Вадимович" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  2. ^ "Дмитрий Вадимович Кузнецов". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  3. ^ "Депутатский мандат Прилепина получил его соратник Кузнецов". Интерфакс. 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  4. ^ О регистрации депутата Государственной Думы Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созыва Кузнецова Дмитрия Вадимовича [On registration of Dmitry Vadimovich Kuznetsov, deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation] (resolution 67/489-8) (in Russian). Central Election Commission. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Депутатский мандат Прилепина получил его соратник Кузнецов" [Prilepin's deputy mandate was received by his ally Kuznetsov]. Interfax (in Russian). Russia. 20 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Руководитель штаба Прилепина депутат Кузнецов: «Требуется самоочищение страны»". Федерал Пресс. 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
  7. ^ "А National spiritual meal was held in Moscow". Телеканал Благая весть / Good news TV. 2023-11-20. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  8. ^ "BRICS COMMISSION FOR HUMANITARIAN CO-OPERATION ESTABLISHED AT THE MULTIPOLARITY FORUM". African Initiative. 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  9. ^ "World Christian association of parliamentarians to help refugee children in Uganda". African Initiative. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  10. ^ "70 médecins stagiaires formés sur les basiques d'accouchement à Kinshasa". Ouragan. 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  11. ^ "DEPUTIES VISITED PRISONERS IN RUSSIA AND AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND PRESENTED THEM WITH GIFTS". African Initiative. 2023-12-30. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  12. ^ "Дать поручение об обмене гражданских пленных просят Путина в Думе". Милосердие портал Mercy portal. 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  13. ^ "Вручение литературной Премии имени Владлена Татарского и отчёт Центра помощи мобилизованным Федерального штаба Захара Прилепина". Ваши Новости. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-07-21.