Elena Yampolskaya

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovna and the family name is Yampolskaya.

Elena Alexandrovna Yampolskaya (Russian: Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Ямпо́льская; born 20 June 1971^[1]) is a Russian politician, journalist, writer and theater critic. She is a member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII and VIII convocations since 2016. Yampolskaya is the Chair of the Committee for Culture of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation since 25 July 2018.^[2][3] She served as Chief editor of the newspaper Culture (2011–2019).

Elena Yampolskaya
Елена Ямпольская
Yampolskaya in 2018
Adviser to the President of Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 May 2024
Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)
In office 5 October 2016 – 21 May 2024
Succeeded by	Anatoly Ivanov
Personal details
Born	20 June 1971 (1971-06-20) (age 54) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	United Russia
Education	Russian Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupation	Journalist

Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation since 14 May 2024.^[4]

Yampolskaya became the victim of a hoax when she added the fictional pro-Kremlin poet Gennady Rakitin as a "friend" on VKontakte.^[5]

Sanctions

She was sanctioned by the UK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.^[6]