[citation needed] Born at Serov in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Gennadiy Seleznyov went to school from 1954 to 1964.

When Prime Minister Sergei Kiriyenko opened the markets, Seleznyov protested saying the Russian economy wasn't ready yet.

[3]Dissident Alexander Litvinenko later described the incident as a case of the FSB mixing up the dates of the planned bombings,[4] though controversy still surrounds the cause of the early announcement.

[5] Seleznyov originally supported the new President Vladimir Putin when the latter made a majority, making an alliance with the centrists and the ultra-rightist Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.

In 2003 the party United Russia supporting President Putin took the majority in the Duma and Boris Gryzlov became the new Speaker.

The party did very badly although Seleznov won a single member mandate in St Petersburg, beating liberal MP Irina Khakamada.

Gennadiy Seleznyov died from complications due to lung cancer in Moscow on 19 July 2015.