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Svetlana Goryacheva

Svetlana Petrovna Goryacheva (Russian: Светла́на Петро́вна Горя́чева; née Bezdetko; born June 3, 1947)[1] is a Russian politician. She was a deputy of the State Duma from the party A Just Russia, 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, Primorsky Krai.

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.[2]

Since September 2014, she has represented the Legislative Assembly of Primorsky Krai in the Federation Council. 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.[3]

Due to her support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the EU, US, UK, and other countries added Goryacheva to their sanctions lists.[4][5][6]

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