Vasiliy Shandybin

Vasiliy Ivanovich Shandybin ( _ru. "Василий Иванович Шандыбин") (born July 25 1941 in Bryansk) is a Russian politician. He was a member of State Duma representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation until 2003. He failed to get re-elected and subsequently joined the Rodina party.

Shandybin is a former metalworker and is well known for his bald head and his frank manners. On February 7, 2003, Shandybin threw a punch at independent far-right deputy Aleksandr Fedulov in a fight that broke out in the State Duma after Fedulov called CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov a "political prostitute" during the session. Shandybin is involved in many charitable activities in favour of oprhans asylum, poors, schools and pensioners.

See also

* Communist Party of the Russian Federation
* Rodina
* History of post-Soviet Russia
* Politics of post-Soviet Russia

References

* [http://www.peoples.ru/state/politics/shandibin/]

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZGaaqH2o6I; Video of the Duma brawl between Shandybin and Fedulov ( from youtube)]