Sergey Mironov

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Mikhailovich and the family name is Mironov.

For Russian footballer, see Sergey Nikolayevich Mironov.

Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (Russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Миро́нов; born 14 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He was chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, from 2001 to 2011. He leads the faction A Just Russia in the Parliament of Russia.

Sergey Mironov
Сергей Миронов
Mironov in 2022
Parliamentary leader of A Just Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2011
Preceded by	Nikolai Levichev
Deputy of the State Duma
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 June 2011
3rd Chairman of the Federation Council
In office 5 December 2001 – 18 May 2011
President	Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev
Preceded by	Yegor Stroyev
Succeeded by	Aleksander Torshin (acting)
Russian Federation Senator from Saint Petersburg
In office 13 June 2001 – 18 May 2011
Preceded by	Sergey Tarasov
Succeeded by	Vadim Tyulpanov
Leader of A Just Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 October 2013
Preceded by	Nikolai Levichev
In office 28 October 2006 – 16 April 2011
Succeeded by	Nikolai Levichev
Personal details
Born	Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (1953-02-14) 14 February 1953 (age 70) Pushkin, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	A Just Russia (2006-present)
Other political affiliations	Russian Party of Life (2002-2006)
Spouse	Irina Yurievna Mironova
Children	Yaroslav (son), Irina (daughter)
Signature
Website	www.mironov.info www.mironov.ru
Sergey Mironov's voice Recorded 12 May 2014

Life and career

In 1967 he joined the Komsomol.

In the 1970s, Sergey Mironov served in the airborne troops in the Soviet Army. In 1973 he was elected as deputy secretary committee of the Komsomol on ideological educational work at the Leningrad Mining Institute. After graduating from the Institute he worked as an engineer-geophysicist. After a brief time of working as an entrepreneur, he entered politics and, in 1994, was elected deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly. In June 2000, he was elected vice-Chairman of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly and, in 2001, entered the Federation Council of Russia as a representative of St. Petersburg. In December 2001, Sergey Mironov was elected to be a Speaker of the Federation Council. Since February 2003, Sergey Mironov has been the Chairman of the Council of Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of States – members of the Commonwealth of Independent States and since April 2003 – Chairman of the Russian Party of Life. Sergey Mironov is from Saint Petersburg.

Mironov was a candidate in the 2004 presidential election. He was not considered to be a serious candidate and was quoted as saying: "We all want Vladimir Putin to be the next president."^[1] He polled less than one per cent of the vote.

In October 2006, he became the leader of the new left-wing opposition party A Just Russia (Справедливая Россия), which was formed by uniting Rodina, Mironov's Russian Party of Life, and the Russian Pensioners' Party. This effectively makes him the leader of the opposition as the three parties together would be stronger than the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Mironov has several times proposed an amendment to the Russian constitution that would allow the President to be elected for 3 consecutive 5 or 7 year terms. In 2007, Boris Gryzlov, leader of the rival United Russia party, said that changing the constitution would be unacceptable. Mironov is considered to be more socialistic oriented, as he pushes for setting up special agricultural exchanges for state purchases of agricultural goods and for more state intervention in regulating prices of basic food stuff.

In the March 2012 presidential election, he received 3.86% of the votes.^[2]

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he referred to the Ukrainian government as a "Nazi regime" that "had to be destroyed".^[3]

In January 2023 he posted a photo of himself posing with a sledgehammer branded with Wagner Group logo atop an engraving of a pile of skulls. ^[4] This sledgehammer was presented to him by the Wagner Group.^[5]

Russians critical of the 2022 Russian mobilization have used social media and other electronic means (e.g. Twitter) to enquire en masse Russia's top officials, who support war with Ukraine and mobilization, whether they themselves or their sons would go to the front. Most of them refused to answer or gave excuses, such as Mironov.^[6]

In late 2022, Russian opposition politician Nikita Yuferev accused Mironov of violating Russia's 2022 war censorship laws.^[7]

Sanctions

In March 2014, Mironov was included in list of Russian government sanctioned individuals because of their direct or alleged indirect involvement in the 2014 Crimean crisis.^[8][9][10] On 25 July 2014, amidst an armed insurgency in Eastern Ukraine,^[11] the Ukrainian Interior Ministry launched criminal proceedings against Mironov for alleged financial support to the armed insurgents.^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Mironov was sanctioned by the United Kingdom government in 2014 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. ^[18]

Political positions

Mironov opposes the legalization of short-barreled firearms in Russia, but, at the moment, admits the presence of such weapons in those who have served in the country's armed forces to have such weapons, thus softening his categorical position on this issue.^[19] Mironov himself has six premium short-barreled pistols. He also opposes euthanasia. Mironov's political views are leftist, which he has repeatedly stated. He is a supporter of a progressive scale of taxation and a tax on luxury. In 2005, he was the first politician to propose declaring the income of family members of civil servants.

He is a supporter of the introduction of the death penalty for pedophilia.^[20]

The Project "Do or Go!"

On 11 February 2016, Mironov announced the start of an all-Russian campaign to collect 10 million signatures under demands against the prime minister and ministers.^[21][22] Mironov's project provides for the resignation of the government if the following demands of the Russians are not met. Their list is replenished during the action in accordance with the proposals of citizens.^[23]

During the first day of the action, over 70,000 signatures were collected, by August 2016 - about 5 million.^[24] The first signature under the requirements within the framework of the project "Do or Go!" was put by himself Mironov. If all 10 million signatures are collected, Mironov's ultimatum will become the most massive officially registered protest action against the actions of the government in the entire history of Russia.

Mironov's project was preceded by a successful action to collect a million signatures against payments for capital repairs until the state fulfilled its obligations to citizens.^[25][26]

Personal life

 

Mironov with Vladimir Putin on 27 June 2018

His third wife Irina Yurievna Mironova is an officer apparatus to the Interparliamentary Assembly of the CIS.^[27] They have a son and a daughter.

In 2008, President Vladimir Putin awarded Mironov the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd degree.

In 2011, after an initiative of United Russia in the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, Mironov was recalled from the Federation Council.

Wealth

According to The Insider in a report published in January 2022, Mironov's family owns an elite apartment in Moscow worth 350 million rubles, which is almost 70 times more than the politician's officially declared annual income.^[28] The apartment has an area of 235 square meters and is located in the residential complex "Park Palace" on Prechistenskaya embankment. Mironov's ex-wife Olga and their minor son live in it, and since 2015 its official owner has been Olga's brother, who could not buy such expensive real estate with his own money, since the annual revenue of his business is less than 14 million rubles.^[28] The Insider called the divorce of Sergey and Olga Mironov fictitious, noting that she continues to wear a wedding ring on her finger and that her Facebook page still indicates that she is married to Mironov.^[28][29]

Electoral history

Main article: Electoral history of Sergey Mironov

 

Mironov with Vladimir Zhirinovsky and Gennady Zyuganov on 20 February 2019

2004 presidential campaign

See also: 2004 Russian presidential election

Mironov ran for president in the 2004 presidential election as the nominee of the Russian Party of Life. His candidacy was seen largely as a ploy to lend credence to the contest, as he was widely known to be a strong supporter of Vladimir Putin.^[30][31][32] He was even quoted as declaring, "We all want Vladimir Putin to be the next president."^[33]

Mironov's campaign slogan was "Justice and Responsibility".^[32]

Most Russians were unfamiliar with Mironov and were disinterested in his candidacy.^[34][35]

2012 presidential campaign

See also: 2012 Russian presidential election

Running in 2012 as the A Just Russia nominee, Mironov called for a return to a socialist model of government.^[33] Mironov was nominated by his party on 10 December 2011.^[36]

While he stated that he predicted a Putin victory, he declared that he would support Gennady Zyuganov in a hypothetical runoff against Putin.^[33]

Honours and awards

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd class (14 February 2008) - for outstanding contribution to the strengthening and development of Russian statehood and parliamentarism
• Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2003)
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" (2005)
• Collar of the Order of Merit of Peru (2005)
• Medal of Honour (South Ossetia, October 9, 2009) - for outstanding contribution to the maintenance of peace and stability in the Caucasus, active support in upholding the independence of South Ossetia and its international recognition, help in restoring the ruined economy of the republic
• Order of St. Sergius, 1st class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2008) and 2nd class (2003)
• Medal "For military cooperation" (Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, 2005)
• Badge of Honour "For merits in development of parliamentarism" and Certificate of Merit of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation
• Badge "For merits in strengthening cooperation with the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation" (2006)
• Medal "For outstanding contribution to the Collector business in Russia"
• Three times awarded personal firearms - Makarov, PMM and Vector pistols
• Honorary Doctor of Nizhny Novgorod State University, Bashkir State University (2006), National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Russian State Social University, Mongolian University of Science and Technology, Far Eastern State University of Communications, Moscow State Forest University, Slavonic University (Moldova, 2007), Khakassia State University NF Katanova and Russian-Tajik Slavonic University
• Professor Emeritus of the North-West Academy of Public Administration (2004), Perm State Technical University and Bryansk State University
• Honorary Professor of South-Ural State University (2003) and Moscow State Pedagogical University
• Honorary Citizen of Makhachkala (2006)

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External links

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