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Elena Tsunaeva

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Elena Tsunaeva
Елена Цунаева
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Personal details
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969 (age 55)
Volgograd, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materVolgograd State University

Elena Tsunaeva (Russian: Елена Моисеевна Цунаева; born 13 January 1969, Volgograd) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

Biography

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In 2010, Tsunaeva was granted a Candidate of Sciences in History degree. For 18 years, from 1992 to 2010, she worked as a teacher at schools and institutes of the Volgograd Oblast. Starting from the 1980-s she has been engaged in field search expeditions to search for and reburial the remains of Soviet soldiers. Tsunaeva even co-founded the Volgograd public organization titled "Poisk" (English: Search). In 2000, she became a researcher at the Research Institute for Problems of the Economic History of Russia in the 20th Century of the Volgograd State University. In 2015, she joined the organizational committee of the Immortal Regiment movement. In 2017, she became a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. On 29 November 2018 she was elected one of five co-chairs of the All-Russia People's Front. Since September 2021, she has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1][2][3][4]

Sanctions

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Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Цунаева, Елена Моисеевна" (in Russian). ТАСС. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  3. ^ "В Новгородской области Елена Цунаева подала документы на участие в праймериз "Единой России"" (in Russian). Информационный портал «Новгородские ведомости». 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  4. ^ "Цунаева Елена Моисеевна" (in Russian). Федерал Пресс. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.