Olga Amelchenkova | |
Native Name Lang: | ru |
Office: | Deputy of the 8th State Duma |
Term Start: | 19 September 2021 |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1990 |
Birth Place: | Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR |
Alma Mater: | Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics |
Olga Nikolayevna Amelchenkova (Russian: Ольга Николаевна Амельченкова; born on 5 September 1990 in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast) is a Russian political figure, deputy of the 8th State Duma convocation. After graduating from the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics in 2012, she was hired on a competitive basis to the administration of the Leningrad Oblast where she specialized on youth policies. In 2015 she co-founded the All-Russian Volunteers of Victory movement.[1] In January 2022, she suggested recognizing the Siege of Leningrad as an act of genocide.[2]
In 2017 Amelchenkova became a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. In 2018, Central Election Commission registered her as a trustee of the presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.
In September 2021, she was elected to the State Duma of the 8th convocation, running from the United Russia.[3] She represents the Leningrad Oblast and Pskov Oblast constituencies.[4]
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned her as a member of the State Duma in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]