Smashnev Ruslan Vladimirovich

Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (upper house of the federal parliament). This state body is responsible for the political and legal support of the aggressive war against Ukraine, which included issuing permission for the use of Russian military forces outside the territory of Russia. Former First Deputy Governor of Smolensk Oblast. Managed a regional state body of the Russian Federation that supported or implemented actions or policies that undermined or threatened the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.