Sergei Vladimirovich Zheleznyak (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Железня́к; born 1970) is a Russian politician. In 2007 he was elected as a member of

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and became its Deputy Chairman in June 2012. He was a member of the State Duma's Committee on International Affairs. Prior to his political career he was an advertising, media, and public relations executive. Following his nomination Zheleznyak co-authored a law which allowed the government to block websites that it sees harmful for children. He also co-authored a law which would force internationally funded non-profit organizations to register as "foreign agents". In 2013 he spoke to

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about prohibition of

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in theatres after seeing a '' Golden Mask'' winner play called ''

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''. In May of the same year Zheleznyak suggest the Duma to pass a bill that would make criticism of the World War II coalition member states' illegal and will be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years. In June 2013 he told ''Economics and Life'' online journal that

"The US, which presents itself as a bastion of democracy, has in fact been carrying out minute-by-minute surveillance of tens of millions of citizens of Russia and other countries"

Following this remark which was in reference to

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's leak, he referred to anti-gay law in Russia that it is an American reproach of sticking their noses into the personal correspondence of tens of millions of Russian citizens.

Sanctions

As a result of the

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, the

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under

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blacklisted Sergei Zheleznyak.

Personal life

Zheleznyak's daughter, Anastasia Zheleznyak, lives in London. Two of his children were educated in the UK.

References

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