Svetlana Petrovna Goryacheva (russian: Светла́на Петро́вна Горя́чева; née Bezdetko; born June 3, 1947) is a Russian politician. She was a deputy of the
State Duma from the party
A Just Russia
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, and served as Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Rules and Organization and the deputy parliamentary leader of A Just Russia. Goryacheva was born in Risovy, a village in
Anuchinsky District
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,
Primorsky Krai
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She was an elected a deputy of the State Duma in 1995, and sat as such from 1996 until 2014. She is also a member of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
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The Assembly is made up ...
.
Since September 2014, she has represented the
Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai in the
Federation Council
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. First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Rules and Organization of parliamentary activity.
Sanctions
Sanctioned by the
UK government in 2022 in relation to
Russo-Ukrainian War
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Due to her support of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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, the
EU,
US,
UK, and other countries added Goryacheva to their sanctions lists.
References
External links
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1947 births
Living people
People from Primorsky Krai
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Soviet jurists
20th-century jurists
Russian jurists
Communist Party of the Soviet Union members
Communist Party of the Russian Federation members
A Just Russia politicians
Soviet politicians
Soviet women in politics
21st-century Russian women politicians
20th-century Russian women politicians
Defenders of the White House (1993)
Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions
Second convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Third convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fourth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Fifth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Sixth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)