| Svetlana Bessarab | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Office: | Deputy of the 8th State Duma |
| Term Start: | 19 September 2021 |
| Office2: | Deputy of the 7th State Duma |
| Term Start2: | 5 October 2016 |
| Term End2: | 12 October 2021 |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Krasnodar, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia |
Svetlana Viktorovna Bessarab (Russian: Светлана Викторовна Бессараб; born 7 December 1970, Krasnodar) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 7th and 8th State Duma convocations.[1]
In 1999 Bessarab graduated from the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, and in 2001 she received an MA degree from the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Jurisprudence).[1] She started her political career in 2012 when she ran for the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Krai. In 2013 was appointed the chairman of the Kuban branch of the All-Russia People's Front.[1]
Since 2016 she has served as deputy of the 7th[2] (2016-2021) and 8th State Duma (since 2021) convocations. She represents the Krasnodar Krai.[3]
She was one of the initiators of the law on life imprisonment for pedophiles, adopted by the State Duma and signed by Vladimir Putin at the beginning of 2022.[4] [5]
From 2016 to 2019, she served as a deputy of the State Duma of the VII convocation, co-authored 72 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws.[6]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [7]
On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned her in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[8]