Elena Andreyevna Vtorygina (russian: Елена Андреевна Вторыгина; born 17 August 1957,

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies o ...

) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 5th, 6th,

7th 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube (algebra), cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion ...

, and

8th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созы� ...

s. In 1979, Vtorygina started working as the Chairman of the trade union committee of the specialized school 15. From 1982 to 1986, she was the methodologist in the trade union committee of the Solombala Pulp and Paper Mill. In the 1990s, Vtorygina became the head of the regional public organization "Union of Business Women". In 1999, she started working at the administration of the

Arkhangelsk Oblast Arkhangelsk Oblast (russian: Арха́нгельская о́бласть, ''Arkhangelskaya oblast'') is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). It includes the Arctic Ocean, Arctic archipelagos of Franz Josef Land ...

. In December 2004, she was elected deputy of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Assembly of Deputies of the 4th convocation. In 2007, she was elected deputy of the 5th. On May 18, 2011, she voluntarily resigned the mandate in favor of

Sergey Mironov Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Миро́нов; born 14 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian ...

after he lost his place at the

Federation Council The Federation Council (russian: Сове́т Федера́ции – ''Soviet Federatsii'', common abbreviation: Совфед – ''Sovfed''), or Senate (officially, starting from July 1, 2020) ( ru , Сенат , translit = Senat), is th ...

. In 2012, she was appointed Advisor to the Governor of the Arkhangelsk Oblast Igor Orlov (politician) Igor Orlov. In March 2013,

Vladimir Pekhtin Vladimir Alekseyevich Pekhtin (russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Пе́хтин; born 9 December 1950) is a Russian politician. He was a deputy of the State Duma for the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th convocations. He chaired the par ...

resigned his deputy powers ahead of schedule, and on April 3, Elena Vtorigina received a vacated mandate and became a member of the

6th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 6th convocation (Russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации VI созыва) is a fo ...

. In 2016 and 2021, she was elected deputy of the

, and

s, respectively.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

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1957 births Living people Politicians from Arkhangelsk United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian women politicians Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Seventh convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions {{Russia-politician-stub