Sergei Zheleznyak
Sergei Zheleznyak (born 1970) is a Russian Member of Parliament.[1] In 2007 he was elected as a member of State Duma and then became its Deputy Chairman as of June 2012. Prior to the political career he was an advertising, media, and public relations executive.[2] Following his nomination he co-authored a law which allowed the government to block websites that it sees harmful for children. He also co-authored a law which would force internationally funded non-profit organizations to register as "foreign agants".[3] In 2013 he spoke to RIA Novosti about prohibition of pedophilia in theatres after seeing a Golden Mask winner play called A Midsummer Night's Dream.[4] In May of the same year Zheleznyak suggest the Duma to pass a bill that would make criticism of the World War II coalition member states' illegal and will be punished by imprisonment for up to 3 years.[3] In June 2013 he told Economics and Life online journal that
The US, which presents itself as a bastion of democracy, has in fact been carrying out minute-by-minute surveillance of tens of millions of citizens of Russia and other countries.
Following this remark which was in reference to Edward Snowden's leak, he referred to anti-gay law in Russia that it is an American reproach of sticking their noses into the personal correspondence of tens of millions of Russian citizens.[5]
His daughter Anastasia Zheleznyak lives in London.[6]
Sanctions
As a result of the 2014 Crimean crisis, the federal government of the United States under Barack Obama blacklisted Sergei Zheleznyak.[7][8][9][10][11][12]
References
- ^ Alec Luhn (May 23, 2014). "Russia toughens up punishment for separatist ideas – despite Ukraine". The Guardian. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ "Duma Vice-Chair: Russian-speaking people in Ukraine risk 'genocide'". March 13, 2014. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "United Russia to Dismiss Shamed Isayev as Party Ideologist". The Moscow Times. November 8, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sergey Zheleznyak, proposed to prohibit the promotion of pedophilia in the theater". Black Bear Entertainment. May 4, 2013. Archived from the original on January 20, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ "Russia needs to reclaim its 'digital sovereignty' from US, says MP". The Guardian. June 19, 2013. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Elisabeth Braw (July 30, 2014). "Educating Their Children Abroad Is the Russian Elite's Guilty Secret". Newsweek. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ "Executive Order - Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine". The White House - Office of the Press Secretary.
- ^ "Treasury Sanctions Russian Officials, Members Of The Russian Leadership's Inner Circle, And An Entity For Involvement In The Situation In Ukraine". US Department of the treasury.
- ^ www.treasury.gov
- ^ Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN)
- ^ Shuklin, Peter (March 21, 2014). "Putin's inner circle: who got in a new list of US sanctions". liga.net. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ President of The United States (March 19, 2016). "Ukraine EO13661" (PDF). Federal Register. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ru:Железняк, Сергей Владимирович - article in Russian Wikipedia
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