“kill the Russian economy and plunge our people into despair and hunger, to get our country on its knees”
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Dmitry Rogozin
Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin is a Russian nationalist politician serving as the senator from the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye Oblast since 23 September 2023. He previously served as General Director of Roscosmos from 2018 to July 2022, as deputy prime minister in charge of the defense industry from 2011 to 2018, and as Russia's ambassador to NATO from 2008 to 2011.
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culture · Russian politician (born 1963) · journalist · politician · diplomat · also Dmitry Rogozin, Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin, Dmitri O. Rogozin, Rogozin
Born 21 December 1963 · Q737463
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2026· 4 entries
“honor for me to defend the interests of the Zaporozhye Oblast and Novorossiya as a whole”
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“what appeared in the place of Ukraine is an existential threat to the Russian people, Russian history, Russian language and Russian civilization. If we do not put an end to them, as, unfortunately, our grandfathers failed to, our grandchildren will be dying while putting an end to them at even greater cost. So let”
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“Russia giving up its colonial possessions makes it necessary to look in a different way at our diplomacy in the era of Gorbachev and Yeltsin, trading away pieces of the Soviet Empire”
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2023· 2 entries
Claimed: “"No proof US landed on moon"” — rated False by VOA.
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Became the victim of a hoax when he added the fictional pro-Kremlin poet Gennady Rakitin as a "friend" on VKontakte
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2022· 2 entries
Claimed: ““Elon Musk is involved in supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communications.”” — rated False by VOA.
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Claimed: ““Taking the satellite group of any country offline is actually a casus belli, a reason for war.”” — rated misleading by VOA.
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2019· 1 entry
Rogozin owns a 800 m2 (8,600 sq ft) dacha north of Moscow worth about $3 million in 2019.
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2017· 1 entry
Claimed: ““‘Design and construction of facilities for military operations training in urban terrain’ – the Americans are starting to train Moldovan saboteurs and special forces in the event of new armed conflict with Transdniester.”” — rated False by VOA.
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2016· 1 entry
His son Alexei Rogozin was appointed deputy director of the Property Department of the Ministry of Defense (Russia)
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2015· 3 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University (2015).
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Rogozin stated that Russia's defence sector has "many other ways of traveling the world besides tourist visas" and "tanks don't need visas"
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Rogozin was the head of Russia's Arctic Commission
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2014· 2 entries
Rogozin was involved in several diplomatic conflicts following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
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Alaska Betrayed and Sold: The History of a Palace Conspiracy, by Ivan Mironov
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2011· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation (2011–2018).
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2008· 3 entries
A move that was unconstitutional because Lukashenko is not a Russian citizen
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Rogozin was appointed by the Medvedev–Putin duumvirate as the Russian ambassador to NATO
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Career landmark: Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO (2008–2011).
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2005· 1 entry
From standing for the 2005 Moscow City Duma election, for using the chauvinist slogan "Let's Clean the Garbage
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2003· 3 entries
“Upon US request, Romania has closed its airspace for my plane. Ukraine doesn't allow me to pass through again. Next time I'll fly on board TU-160.”
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Rogozin became one of the leaders of the Rodina (Motherland) "national-patriotic" coalition, which won 9
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Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2003–2007).
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2002· 1 entry
Was appointed a Special Representative of the Russian president to deal with Kaliningrad problems that arose by the Baltic states joining the European Union
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2000· 2 entries
Career landmark: Representative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2000–2004).
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Career landmark: member of the State Duma (2000–2003).
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1999· 1 entry
And then appointed the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, drawing a lot of media attention and a share of criticism for some of his flamboyant public remarks
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1997· 1 entry
And he became a vocal activist for protection of rights of ethnic Russians in countries that gained independence from the Soviet Union
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1993· 1 entry
Rogozin joined the Congress of Russian Communities led by General Alexander Lebed and, after its founder died in a 2002 helicopter crash, Rogozin became joint leader with Sergey Glazyev of what became the Rodina party, w
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1992· 1 entry
Rogozin fought in the Transnistria War against Moldovan forces as a soldier of a volunteer detachment
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1986· 2 entries
Studied at MSU Faculty of Journalism (1981–1986).
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With a degree in journalism, and in 1988 he graduated from the University of Marxism–Leninism under the Moscow City Committee of the CPSU with a degree in economics
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1969· 1 entry
Saying he had yet to see conclusive proof
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-12-21.
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