Oleg Smolin
Oleg Nikolayevich Smolin (; born February 10, 1952, the village Poludino, North Kazakhstan Region) is a Soviet and Russian politician and philosopher, a specialist in the philosophy of politics and social philosophy. State Duma deputy, member of the Communist Party faction, First Deputy Chairman of the Education Committee of the State Duma. Doctor of Philosophy, corresponding member of Russian Academy of Education. President of the Society "" of Russia. Chairman of the All-Russian Public Movement "Education for All". He is almost blind from birth. First Vice-President of the Russian Paralympic Committee, the vice-president of the All-Russian  Society for the Blind (VOS), an honorary member of the All-Russian Society for the Disabled. Cavalier of the Golden Honorary sign "Public Recognition". Order of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of States — members of the Commonwealth of Independent States "Commonwealth". He was the only member of the State Duma who voted against the recognition of the Lugansk People's Republic. However, he later claimed he made a mistake when casting his vote, and asked to correct the vote tally.