Description: (Geologist)
Marina Yevgenyevna Salye was a prominent Russian geologist and politician known for her roles in the legislative assembly of Leningrad (later St. Petersburg) and the Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR. She was a leader of the Radical Democrats and gained recognition for being the first to accuse Vladimir Putin of corruption while serving on the Leningrad City Council. Salye was also a signatory of the "Putin must go" manifesto and a member of the People's Freedom Party before her passing in 2012.