Oleg Smolin

Oleg Nikolayevich Smolin (Оле́г Никола́евич Смо́лин; born 10 February 1952) is a Russian politician. He is a State Duma deputy, as a member of the Communist Party. He is blind, and was the vice president of the Russian Paralympic committee.

He was the only member of the State Duma who voted against the recognition of the separatist Lugansk People's Republic. But he then stated that he made a mistake when casting his vote, and asked to correct the vote tally.

However, he later said that he was "shocked" by the invasion and express that "military force should be used in politics only as a last resort"