Elena Yampolskaya

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Yampolskaya.
Elena Yampolskaya
Елена Ямпольская
Yampolskaya in 2018
Adviser to the President of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 May 2024
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
5 October 2016 – 21 May 2024
Succeeded byAnatoly Ivanov
Personal details
Born20 June 1971 (1971-06-20) (age 53)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia
EducationRussian Academy of Theatre Arts
OccupationJournalist

Elena Alexandrovna Yampolskaya (Russian: Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Ямпо́льская; born 20 June 1971[1]) is a Russian politician, journalist, writer and theater critic. She is a member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII and VIII convocations since 2016. Yampolskaya is the Chair of the Committee for Culture of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation since 25 July 2018.[2][3] She served as Chief editor of the newspaper Culture (2011–2019).

Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation since May 14, 2024.[4]

Yampolskaya became the victim of a hoax when she added the fictional pro-Kremlin poet Gennady Rakitin as a "friend" on VKontakte.[5]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Энциклопедия: Ямпольская, Елена Александровна" [Encyclopædia: Yampolskaya, Elena Aleksandrovna]. TASS (in Russian). Информационное агентство России ТАСС. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Елена Александровна Ямпольская". Государственная Дума (in Russian). Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Елена Ямпольская возглавила комитет Госдумы по культуре". Российская газета (in Russian). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Подписаны указы о назначении в руководстве Администрации Президента". kremlin.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Anti-war activists dupe Russian officials with translations of Nazi poetry". Meduza. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Consolidated list of financial sanctions targets in the UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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