Sergei Zheleznyak
Member of the State Duma from Moscow's Perovo constituency
In office
10 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Deputy Secretary of the General Council of United Russia
In office
2011 – 26 July 2018
Personal details
Born (1976-10-28) 28 October 1976
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia

Sergei Vladimirovich Zheleznyak (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Железня́к; born 1970) is a Russian politician.[1] In 2007 he was elected as a member of State Duma 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.[2]

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".[3] In 2013 he spoke to RIA Novosti about prohibition of pedophilia in theatres after seeing a Golden Mask winner play called A Midsummer Night's Dream.[4] 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.[3] 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 Edward Snowden'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.[5]

Sanctions

As a result of the 2014 Crimean crisis, the federal government of the United States under Barack Obama blacklisted Sergei Zheleznyak.[6][7][8][9][10][11]

Sanctioned by the UK government on 18 March 2014 in relation to actively supporting the use of Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. [12]

Personal life

Zheleznyak's daughter, Anastasia Zheleznyak, lives in London.[13] Two of his children were educated in the UK.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Alec Luhn (23 May 2014). "Russia toughens up punishment for separatist ideas – despite Ukraine". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Duma Vice-Chair: Russian-speaking people in Ukraine risk 'genocide'". 13 March 2014. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "United Russia to Dismiss Shamed Isayev as Party Ideologist". The Moscow Times. 8 November 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Sergey Zheleznyak, proposed to prohibit the promotion of pedophilia in the theater". Black Bear Entertainment. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Russia needs to reclaim its 'digital sovereignty' from US, says MP". The Guardian. 19 June 2013. Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine". The White House - Office of the Press Secretary. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine". US Department of the treasury. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "www.treasury.gov". 20 March 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)
  10. ↑ Shuklin, Peter (21 March 2014). "Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions". liga.net. Archived from the original on 7 February 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  11. ↑ President of The United States (19 March 2016). "Ukraine EO13661" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. ↑ Elisabeth Braw (30 July 2014). "Educating Their Children Abroad Is the Russian Elite's Guilty Secret". Newsweek. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Sanctioned Russian oligarchs found sanctuary in Britain". The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (en-GB). Retrieved 2022-03-15.
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