Olga Viacheslavovna Glatskikh (russian: Ольга Вячеславовна Глацких; born 13 February 1989) is a retired Russian

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. She won a gold medal in the group competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Gymnastics"
''databaseOlympics.com''. Retrieved 12 June 2008. In 2006, she was decorated by the

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by presidential decree.

2018 scandal

As of 2018, Glatskikh was the director of the Department of Youth Politics of Sverdlovsk Oblast. On 5 November, she made national headlines when, speaking in

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, she stated that the state did not ask the citizens to make children and therefore the children should not expect to receive any support from the government. The governor, Yevgeny Kuyvashyov, on the same day dismissed the statement by Glatskikh as incorrect. Glatskikh was suspended from her job on the next day, while the Investigative Committee of Russia began an investigation into allegations of corruption and misappropriation of approximately 131 million

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( million

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) in her department.

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* * 1989 births Living people Russian rhythmic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts for Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics United Russia politicians 21st-century Russian women politicians Russian sportsperson-politicians Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation alumni 21st-century Russian women {{Russia-politician-stub