Boris Komotsky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Olegovich and the family name is Komotsky.
Boris Komotsky
MP
Борис Комоцкий
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Incumbent
Assumed office
12 October 2021
In office
21 December 2011 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1956-01-31) 31 January 1956 (age 68)
Potsdam, East Germany
Political partyCommunist Party of the Russian Federation
EducationMoscow State University (DPhil)
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Professor

Boris Olegovich Komotsky (Russian: Борис Олегович Комоцкий; born 31 January 1956) is a Russian political figure, editor of the Pravda newspaper and a deputy of the 6th and 8th Russian State Dumas.[1]

From 1978 to 1990, Komotsky taught scientific communism. In 1990, he participated in the creation and then the work of the press center of the Supreme Soviet of Russia. He is one of the founders of the Center for Research of Political Culture of Russia. In March 1996, he joined the group of consultants and speechwriters of the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov. From 2005 to 2009, he was the Deputy Chief Editor of the Pravda newspaper; in 2009 he was appointed to the post of editor, which he still holds. From 2011 to 2016, he was the deputy of the 6th State Duma. In 2021, he was re-elected for the 8th State Duma.[1][2][3]

Sanctions

In 2022, Komotsky was sanctioned by the United Kingdom government in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Комоцкий, Борис Олегович" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  3. ^ "Борис Олегович Комоцкий". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.


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