ALEKSEY MITROFANOV

'Aleksey Valentinovich Mitrofanov' (Russian: Алексей Валентинович Митрофанов, also transliterated as Alexei Mitrofanov; born March 16, 1962 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian politician, deputy of State Duma of Russia from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia. He is Deputy Chairman of the State Duma's Committee on Credit Organizations and Financial Markets, and is a member of the LDPR Supreme Council.
Since 1991-til 1993 was active as a music manager for Aleksey Afanasiev (www.canarias.net.ru) and the bands Bravo and Mirage.
He ran for mayor of Moscow in 1999 and again in 2003, unsuccessfully both times. Mitrofanov served in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union. He holds degrees in international relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and from the USA-Canada Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. [1]
In 2005 he made and released a controversial erotic movie titled "Yuliya", which portrayed two people called Misha and Yuliya in various sex scenes who resembled then ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko and President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili. He is also known for his strident nationalist comments.
In 2006, his book t.A.T.u. Come Back was published, a text message collection inspired by t.A.T.u. The story is of two lesbian girls.
He left the LDPR in August 2007 to join the Fair Russia party led by Sergei Mironov. LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky said Mitrofanov's departure would actually improve Mitrofanov's former party's image.^[1]

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1. Mitrofanov Abandons LDPR To Join A Just Russia's Ranks. ''The Moscow Times''. August 30, 2007.