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Yelena Drapeko

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Yelena Drapeko
Елена Драпеко
Member of the State Duma for Saint Petersburg
Assumed office
5 October 2016
Preceded byconstituency re-established
ConstituencyNortheast St. Petersburg (No. 214)
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office
18 January 2000 – 5 October 2016
Personal details
Born (1948-10-29) 29 October 1948 (age 76)
Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Oblast Kazakh SSR, USSR
Political party
Spouse
(m. 1978; div. 1991)
ChildrenAnastasia (born 1984)
EducationLGITMiK
Occupation
  • Actress
  • Politician
Awards
Military service
Years of service1972-present

Yelena Grigoryevna Drapeko[note 1] (Russian: Еле́на Григо́рьевна Драпе́ко; born 29 October 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress.[2] She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1972. She is also a member of the State Duma since 2000.

Career

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On December 19, 1999 Drapeko was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the III convocation from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the Federal district.[3]

On December 7, 2003, she became a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IV convocation on the list of the Communist Party.[3] In 2004 she was expelled from the Communist Party, remained an independent deputy. In early 2007 she joined Gennady Semigin's People's Patriotic Union Rodina faction, and in mid-2007 she joined Alexander Babakov's A Just Russia – Rodina faction.

On December 2, 2007 she was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the V convocation from the Party A Just Russia Party.[3]

On the December 4, 2011 she was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation from the Party A Just Russia.[3]

In 2016-2021 she was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation from A Just Russia.

Since September 19, 2021 she is a Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VIII convocation. She was elected from the Party A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth.[3]

Sanctions

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On 29 November 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she claimed that Ukraine as a separate country doesn't exist, that Ukraine is Russian, that the Ukrainian people would benefit from a Russian takeover, and that it was surprising that the Western countries were assisting Ukraine against the Russian attack.[4]

In December 2022, the European Union sanctioned Drapeko in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Selected filmography

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Honours and awards

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also transliterated as Elena Grigorievna Drapeko[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Elena Grigorievna Drapeko". State Duma. Moscow. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Елена Драпеко". lenta.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Драпеко, Елена Григорьевна". ТАСС. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Russia's Imperial Farce". Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  5. ^ "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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