Nikolai Bondarenko

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Nikolai Bondarenko
Николай Бондаренко
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Member of the Saratov Oblast Duma
In office
September 2017 – Incumbent
Member of the Saratov City Duma
In office
March 2011 – September 2016
Personal details
Born
Nikolai Nikolaevich Bondarenko

(1985-06-03) 3 June 1985 (age 36)
Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyCommunist Party of the Russian Federation
Alma materSaratov State Academy of Law
Websitebondarenkoblog.ru
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers1.47 million[1]
(16 June 2021)
Total views184 million[1]
(16 June 2021)

Nikolai Nikolaevich Bondarenko (Russian: Николай Николаевич Бондаренко; born 3 June 1985) is a Russian opposition politician and blogger. He has served as a deputy of the Saratov Oblast Duma since September 2017 as a member of the Communist Party. Previously, he was a deputy of the Saratov City Duma from 2011 to 2016.[2]

Bondarenko is known for his criticism of the ruling United Russia party.[3][2]

Early life[]

Nikolai Bondarenko was born in Saratov on 3 June 1985. After finishing school, he attended the Saratov State Academy of Law and graduated in 2007.[2]

Career[]

In 2011, Bondarenko was elected to the Saratov City Duma through party lists, despite losing in his constituency. In 2017, he was elected to the Saratov Oblast Duma as a member of the Communist Party.[2]

In 2018, Bondarenko became known for his harsh criticism of the government in regards to the pension reform and supported the protests against the reform. In October, he was detained after attending a protest in Saratov.[2][4] Bondarenko also staged an experiment trying to survive on the monthly pension of 3,500 rubles and called it "genocide".[5] In 2020, Bondarenko was put forward as a candidate for post of representative to the Federation Council from the Saratov Oblast Duma (In Russia, half of the Senators are elected by the regional parliaments, of the subjects which they represent).

On 8 February 2021, Bondarenko was detained on charges of violating protest rules. His colleagues said he attended the pro-Navalny protests on 31 January as an observer. Olga Alimova, the Saratov regional branch leader of the Communist Party, linked Bondarenko's detention with his stated plans to run for the State Duma elections later in the year, where he would compete with State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin and is considered a strong challenger. The leader of the Communist Party, Gennady Zyuganov, said he would defend him in court and fight for his release.[6] A commission of the Saratov Oblast Duma also accused Bondarenko of corruption for receiving advertising revenues and donations through his YouTube channel. In response, he called the accusation "absurd" and politically motivated.[7] The Saratov Oblast Duma, by a majority vote, adopted a draft resolution declaring that Bondarenko violated the law.[8] A court also fined him 20,000 rubles, which he appealed.[9]

In 2021, Bondarenko announced that he is running for the State Duma from the Balashov constituency in the 2021 Election. However, there have been rumors that the Central Election Commission may ban Bondarenko from running due to him allegedly spreading extremist material on his YouTube channel.[10]

Electoral history[]

2017 Saratov Oblast Duma election (Oktyabrsky Constituency)[11]
Candidate Votes %
Nikolai Bondarenko 8424 24.25%
Viktoria Alekseeva 8366 24.08%
Yekaterina Melnikova 6849 19.71%
Sergei Burhanov 5630 16.21%
Andrei Mairov 5472 15.75%
2020 election of the representative to the Federation Council from the Saratov Oblast Duma
Candidate Party Votes
Oleg Alekseev United Russia 25
Nikolai Bondarenko CPRF 6
Stanislav Denisenko LDPR 2

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Дневник Депутата". YouTube.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Николай Бондаренко". svpressa.ru.
  3. ^ "'Better Jail Than A Cemetery': Russian Regional Lawmaker Detained After Announcing Plans To Challenge Duma Speaker". rferl.org. 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Russian Police Detain Communist Lawmaker Over Pension Protest". The Moscow Times. 2 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Russian Lawmaker Tries to Survive on $50 Pension, Calls It 'Genocide'". The Moscow Times. 14 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Russian Communist Lawmaker Detained for 'Observing' Navalny Protests". The Moscow Times. 8 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Депутата Бондаренко обвинили в коррупции из-за донатов на YouTube". rbc.ru. 9 February 2021.
  8. ^ ""Беззаконие, произвол и вседозволенность стали обыденностью в России"". znak.com. 25 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Саратовский депутат Николай Бондаренко обжаловал штраф за участие в митинге". tass.ru. 17 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Кандидат в депутаты от КПРФ Николай Бондаренко рассказал, что его вызвали в полицию для составления протокола за экстремизм". Медиазона (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  11. ^ "Центральная избирательная комиссия Российской Федерации". www.saratov.vybory.izbirkom.ru. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
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