Elena Shumilova

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Elena Shumilova
Елена Шумилова
Senator from the Komi Republic
Assumed office
24 September 2020
Preceded byValery Markov [ru]
Personal details
Born
Elena Shumilova

(1978-04-01) 1 April 1978 (age 46)
Koygorodsky District, Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union
Political partyUnited Russia

Elena Borisovna Shumilova (Russian: Елена Борисовна Шумилова; born 1 April 1978) is a Russian politician and journalist who is serving as a senator from the Komi Republic since 24 September 2020.[1]

Biography[edit]

In 1998, Shumilova graduated from the Pedagogical College, named after Ivan Kuratov. In 2011, she also received a degree from the Komi State Pedagogical Institute. From 2000 to 2010, she worked as a journalist in the local republican media. In 2015, she was elected deputy of the Koygorodsky District council. The same year, she joined the All-Russia People's Front. On 13 September 2020, she became a senator from the Komi Republic.[1][2]

As of October 19, 2022, Shumilova was under personal sanctions introduced by the European Union, the United Kingdom, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Ukraine, New Zealand, for ratifying the decisions of the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic and between the Russian Federation and the Luhansk People's Republic" and providing political and economic support for Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories.[3][4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Шумилова, Елена Борисовна". ТАСС. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  2. ^ "Елена Борисовна Шумилова". Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ "Shumilova Elena Borisovna". War and sanctions. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  4. ^ "Sanctions – Russian invasion of Ukraine". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ^ "Official Journal of the European Union". European Union. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ^ "Treasury Imposes Swift and Severe Costs on Russia for Putin's Purported Annexation of Regions of Ukraine". US Department of the treasury. 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-03-01.