Viktor Alksnis
Viktor Imantovich Alksnis (Russian: Виктор Имантович Алкснис, Latvian: Viktors Alksnis; born 21 June 1950) is a Russian politician and former Soviet Air Force colonel of Latvian descent. He is the chairman of Russian Center of Free Technologies, an organization intended to promote Free Software and open standards in Russia. He is a former member of the USSR Supreme Soviet, a member of the Russian All-People's Union and has also represented the Rodina (Motherland-National Patriotic Union) party in the Russian State Duma. From 2003 to 2007, he represented the People's Union party in the Fourth Duma.
Viktor Alksnis | |
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As a Russian State Duma Deputy | |
| Member of the State Duma | |
| In office January 2000 – November 2007 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 21, 1950 Tashtagol, Kemerovo Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Nationality | Latvian |
Due to his political views and personal style, Alksnis was nicknamed "the Black Colonel", an allusion to the Soviet term "Black Colonels" (Russian: Чёрные полковники) for the Greek military junta of 1967-1974.