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Lyudmila Narusova | |
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Людмила Нарусова | |
 Narusova in 2018 | |
| Russian Federation Senator from theRepublic of Tuva | |
| Assumed office 23 September 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Mergen Oorzhak |
| In office 16 October 2002 – 13 October 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Chamyr Udumbara |
| Succeeded by | Aleksey Pimanov |
| Russian Federation Senator fromBryansk Oblast | |
| In office 14 October 2010 – 22 October 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Yurievich Petrov [ru] |
| Succeeded by | Mikhail Marchenko |
| Member of theState Duma | |
| In office 17 January 1996 – 18 January 2000 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1951-05-02)2 May 1951 (age 73) Bryansk,Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Our Home – Russia Russian Party of Life |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Ksenia Sobchak (daughter) |
| Alma mater | Leningrad State University |
| Profession | Professor |
| Website | l-narusova |
Lyudmila Borisovna Narusova (Russian:Людмила Борисовна Нарусова; born 2 May 1951) is a Russian politician, a member of theFederation Council of Russia, representingTuva.[1] From 2010 to 2012, she representedBryansk Oblast in the Federation Council of Russia.[2]
Narusova was born inBryansk,Russian SFSR,Soviet Union, the daughter of a Russian mother and of Boris Narusovich, a Jewish platoon commander in theRed Army and a lieutenant of theKomsomol, who later was appointed the director of the School for the Deaf in Bryansk.[3][4] In 1969–1974, she studied history at theLeningrad State University. Then, in 1977–1980, she studied history at the graduate school of theInstitute of History of theAcademy of Sciences of the Soviet Union and worked at the Leningrad State University. In 1980, she marriedAnatoly Sobchak.[5] After obtaining a Ph.D. in history (Russian:кандидат наук), she taught history at theSaint Petersburg Academy of Culture.[6]
Narusova entered Russian politics when shewas elected to theState Duma in 1995. She was a member of "Our Home – Russia" faction until 2006. Since 2000, Narusova became a host of TV-show "Freedom of speech" at St. Petersburg branch ofRTR.
In October 2002, she was elected a member of the Federation Council of Russia fromTuva Republic. Since 2010, Narusova served as a senator fromBryansk Oblast, but she was dismissed by Nikolay Demin, a former governor of Bryansk Oblast. In 2016, she became a member of the Federation Council of Russia from Tuva Republic for a new term.
In 2013, Narusova was expelled from theFair Russia party. However, she later claimed she had never formally been a member of a party.[7]
Narusova did not vote in favour of thepension reform in 2018.[8]
In response to2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Narusova on 27 February stated in a television interview: "I do not identify myself with those representatives of the state that speak out in favor of the war. I think they themselves do not know what they are doing. They are following orders without thinking." She also stated that Russian soldiers in Ukraine lay "unburied; wild, stray dogs gnawing on bodies that in some cases cannot be identified because they are burned."[9] On 4 March, Narusova told the Federation Council, in livestreamed proceedings, of the heavy losses Russian forces were suffering in Ukraine. She claimed to know of a 100-strong Russian conscript company of whom "only four were left alive" when the unit was withdrawn.[10] She criticized thecensorship law about "discrediting" Russian Armed Forces and its operations. In 2023, she was the only one to abstain voting for electronic draft in the Russian army mobilization.[8]
Narusova is the widow ofAnatoly Sobchak (1937–2000), who was a prominent Russian politician, mentor and teacher of bothVladimir Putin andDmitry Medvedev, and the mother ofKsenia Sobchak (born 1981), who is widely known in Russia as a presenter onDom-2 and other TV shows.
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