Yuliya Drozhzhina Explained

Native Name Lang:ru
Office:Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Term Start:19 September 2021
Birth Date:1 March 1990
Birth Place:Zarinsk, Altai Krai, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Alma Mater:Altai State Technical University

Yuliya Drozhzhina (Russian: Юлия Николаевна Дрожжина; born 1 March 1990, Zarinsk, Altai Krai) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

From 2014 to 2016, Drozhzhina was the head of the organizational department of the Russian National Youth Organization "Russian Students' Teams". In 2016, she was appointed head of the Moscow branch of the organization. In 2018, she coordinated volunteers during the Vladimir Putin's presidential campaign.[1]

Since 2021, she has served as a deputy of the 8th State Duma from the Moscow constituency. She ran with the United Russia. Initially, Yulia Drozhzhina did not make it to the party lists. However, three people before her rejected their mandates, and she received the place on 7 October.[2] [3] Drozhzhina became the last registered deputy of the 8th State Duma.[4]

Sanctions

She is one of the members of the State Duma the United States Treasury sanctioned on 24 March 2022 in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]

Sanctioned by Canada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security.[6] and by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Дрожжина, Юлия Николаевна . ТАСС Энциклопедия. ru. 2022-02-18.
  2. Web site: В Госдуму неожиданно прошла командир студотрядов, выросшая в Алтайском крае. 2021-10-07. Артём Кузнецов. amic. ru. 2022-02-18.
  3. Web site: Руководитель московских студотрядов, уроженка Алтайского края, неожиданно стала депутатом Госдумы. 2021-10-07. Катунь 24. ru. 2022-02-19.
  4. Web site: ЦИК зарегистрировала последнего депутата. 6 October 2021. Царьград. ru. 2022-02-19. 2021-10-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211006102119/https://tsargrad.tv/news/cik-zaregistriroval-poslednego-deputata_426132. live.
  5. Web site: U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO . 2022-04-10 . U.S. Department of the Treasury . en.
  6. Web site: Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (SOR/2014-58) . 24 June 2023.
  7. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.