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Alexander Khinshtein | |
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| Александр Хинштейн | |
_(cropped).jpg) Khinshtein in 2024 | |
| ActingGovernor of Kursk Oblast | |
| Assumed office 5 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Alexei Smirnov |
| Member of theState Duma forSamara Oblast | |
| In office 25 September 2018 – 11 December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nadezhda Kolesnikova |
| Constituency | Samara (No. 158) |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016 | |
| Member of the State Duma for Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | |
| In office 29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Nikolay Kosterin |
| Succeeded by | constituencies abolished |
| Constituency | Semyonov (No.122) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1974-10-26)26 October 1974 (age 50) Moscow,RSFSR,USSR |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Spouses | Yulia Fedotova (divorced)
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| Children | 2 sons |
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| Occupation | Journalist |
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| Years of service | 2016–2018 |
| Rank | Junior lieutenant |
Alexander Yevseyevich Khinshtein (Russian:Алекса́ндр Евсе́евич Хинште́йн; born 26 October 1974,Moscow,Russian SFSR,USSR) is a Russian journalist and politician.
Alexander Khinshtein was born on October 26, 1974 in Moscow.[1]
He graduated from high school in 1991. In 1996-2001, Khinstein studied at the Faculty of Journalism atMoscow State University.[1]
In 2007 he graduated from theMoscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, majoring in law. In 2013 he completed the Presidential Reserve Management Training program at theRANEPA.[1]
In 2003 he was elected to the State Duma and joined United Russia.[1]
He is a deputy from theSamara constituency of theState Duma of theRussian Federal Assembly. He was a member of the4th,5th,6th and7th State Dumas. Until 2024, he was a member of the8th State Duma. Deputy Secretary of the General Council ofUnited Russia since 23 November 2019, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications since 22 January 2020.[2]
He is one of the architects ofanti-LGBT legislation that bans "promoting LGBT propaganda", saying, "LGBT today is an element of hybrid warfare and in this hybrid warfare we must protect our values, our society and our children,"[3]
Khinshtein supported theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[4] On 4 March 2022, the Duma passed a law introducingprison terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news" about Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Khinshtein said the law "concerns all citizens, not only Russian ones, because we are talking about actions against Russia."[5]
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On 5 December 2024, Khinshtein was appointed as acting governor ofKursk Oblast by presidentVladimir Putin[6]
Khinshtein was born in Russia to aJewish family. His father Yevsey Abramovich Khinshtein and mother Inna Abramovna Regirer are engineers.[7]
He was sanctioned by theUK government in 2022 in relation to theRusso-Ukrainian War.[8] Khinstein has also been sanctioned by the United States, the EU, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.[1]
Married twice. In 2008 he divorced his first wife, Yulia Fedotova. In 2016 he married actress Olga Polyakova (the pseudonym is Polya Polyakova), the couple have two sons: Artyom (born in 2014) and Lev (born in 2017).[1]
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