Yelena Drapeko Explained

Honorific Suffix:MP
Office:Member of the State Duma for Saint Petersburg
Term Start:5 October 2016
Predecessor:constituency re-established
Constituency:Northeast St. Petersburg (No. 214)
Office1:Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
Term Start1:18 January 2000
Term End1:5 October 2016
Birth Date:29 October 1948
Birth Place:Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Oblast Kazakh SSR, USSR
Children:Anastasia (born 1984)
Blank1:Religion
Education:LGITMiK
Awards:
Serviceyears:1972-present

Yelena Grigoryevna Drapeko (Russian: Еле́на Григо́рьевна Драпе́ко; born 29 October 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress.[1] She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1972. She is also a member of the State Duma since 2000.

On 29 November 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she claimed that Ukraine as a separate country doesn't exist, that Ukraine is Russian, that the Ukrainian people would benefit from a Russian takeover, and that it was surprising that the Western countries were assisting Ukraine against the Russian attack. [2]

Sanctions

In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Yelena Drapeko in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Selected filmography

Honours and awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Елена Драпеко . 3 December 2011 . lenta.ru.
  2. Web site: Russia’s Imperial Farce . 1 December 2022 . 4 December 2022 . Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA).
  3. Web site: COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022 . 8 February 2023.