Vasily Illarionovich Selyunin (ru|Василий Илларионович Селюнин) (December 30, 1927August 27, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian opinion journalist, writer and public figure, influential during the perestroika period in the Soviet Union, member of the 1st Russian State Duma. He described his views a liberal. He was a signatory of the Letter of Forty-Two. He died of cancer.[1] [2]