Anastasia Udaltsova

Anastasia Olegovna Udaltsova (Russian: Анастасия Олеговна Удальцова, born 2 September 1978) is a Russian politician and member of the 8th State Duma.

Anastasia Udaltsova
Анастасия Удальцова
Member of the State Duma
Assumed office
29 June 2022[1]
Preceded byValery Rashkin
Personal details
Born
Anastasia Olegovna Gorban

(1978-09-02) 2 September 1978
Cherkasy, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Political partyLeft Front (2008–present)
Communist Party of the Russian Federation (2021–present)
Other political
affiliations		Communist Party of Ukraine (1997–1998)
National Bolshevik Party (1998–2000)
Vanguard of Red Youth (2000–2008)
Spouse
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(m. 2001)​
ChildrenIvan Udaltsov (b. 2002),
Oleg Udaltsov (b. 2006)

Born in Cherkasy, Ukraine, Anastasia received Russian citizenship in 1998. Before moving to Moscow, she was briefly a member of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Then for two years she joined the Eduard Limonov's National Bolshevik Party. In 2000 Anastasia met Sergei Udaltsov, coordinator of the Vanguard of Red Youth, whom she married a year later. They have two sons.[2]

After the Left Front was founded in 2008, Udaltsova became its press secretary. She took an active part in 2011 post-election rallies, and after Sergei Udaltsov was arrested in the Bolotnaya Square case, Anastasia acted as the coordinator of the Left Front.[3]

Since 2013 she has been an assistant to the Communist State Duma member Valery Rashkin. In 2019, she ran for the Moscow City Duma in district 5, supported by Navalny's "Smart Voting". Udaltsova was narrowly defeated by pro-government candidate, TV presenter Roman Babayan.

In June 2021, she was nominated by the Communist Party for the 8th State Duma of Russia in the Nagatinsky constituency, her main rival was United Russia's Svetlana Razvorotneva. Leading in the three-day voting, Udaltsova lost election after the e-votes were talled and declared.[1][4] The media also reported on massive abuse of early voting in favor of United Russia party.[5]

On 2 June 2022, CPRF leader Gennady Zyuganov announced that Anastasia Udaltsova would be given the seat of Valery Rashkin, who was stripped of his parliamentary immunity.[6]

Sanctions

In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Anastasia Udaltsova in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

References
  1. "Кресло Рашкина в Госдуме получила Анастасия Удальцова". Novye Izvestia (in Russian). 29 June 2022.
  2. "Bio". Svobodnaya Pressa (in Russian). Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  3. Ларина, Юлия (19 March 2012). "Левый фронт и тыл" (in Russian). Ogoniok.
  4. "Ни в одном округе Москвы не победил кандидат в Думу от оппозиции". РБК (in Russian). 20 September 2021.
  5. "Как рисовалась победа "Единой России": Репортаж с двух параллельных избирательных участков". sobesednik.ru (in Russian).
  6. "Жена Сергея Удальцова Анастасия станет депутатом Госдумы". Interfax (in Russian). 2 June 2022.
  7. "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2023.
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