Leonid Kalashnikov

{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1960)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Леони́д Кала́шников}}}}

|image = Leonid Kalashnikov 2019.png

|caption = Kalashnikov in 2019

|office = Member of the State Duma for Samara Oblast

|term_start = 12 October 2021

|term_end =

|predecessor = Vladimir Bokk

|constituency = Tolyatti (No. 159)

|office1 = Member of the State Duma
(Party List Seat)

|term_start1 = 24 March 2010

|term_end1 = 12 October 2021

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|8|6|df=y}}

|birth_place = Stepnoy Dvorets, Buryat ASSR, RSFSR, USSR

|party = Communist Party of the Russian Federation

|education = East Siberian Technological Institute

}}

Leonid Ivanovich Kalashnikov ({{langx|ru|Леони́д Ива́нович Кала́шников}}; born 6 August 1960) is a deputy for the Communist Party in the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation. He is the head of the committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs,

Eurasian Integration and Relations with Compatriots.{{cite web|url=https://mospat.ru/en/2013/10/09/news92386/|title=Mr. Leonid Kalashnikov, deputy chairman of State Duma Committee on International Affairs, meets with Christian hierarchs from Syria - The Russian Orthodox Church|website=mospat.ru}}{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/872824/armenia%E2%80%99s-parliament-speaker-receives-russian-delegation-led-by-leonid-kalashnikov.html|title=Armenia's Parliament Speaker receives Russian delegation led by Leonid Kalashnikov|date=22 December 2016 |publisher=}}

Kalashnikov was sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Office of Foreign Assets Control. "Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions" published 17 March 2022. {{Federal Register|87|15305}}