Natalya Kostenko
Наталья Костенко
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
12 October 2021
Deputy of the 7th State Duma
In office
5 October 2016 – 12 October 2021
Personal details
Born (1980-08-09) 9 August 1980 (age 43)
Malotenginskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Alma materKuban State University

Natalya Kostenko (Russian: Наталья Васильевна Костенко; born 9 August 1980, Malotenginskaya, Krasnodar Krai) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 7th and 8th State Dumas.[1]

Career

In 2005, Kostenko moved to Moscow, where she started working as a political commentator for the Nezavisimaya Gazeta. From 2008 to 2013, Kostenko served as a Kremlin correspondent for the Vedomosti newspaper. In 2013, she started working at the Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies, where, as a deputy director, she interacted with the Federal Coordinating Committee of the All-Russia People's Front. Since 2013, she has been part of the central headquarters of the All-Russia People's Front. On 18 September 2016 she was elected deputy of the 7th State Duma from the Krasnodar Krai constituency. In 2021, she was re-elected for the 8th State Duma.[2][3][4]

Sanctions

Sanctioned by Canada under the Special Economic Measures Act (S.C. 1992, c. 17) in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine for Grave Breach of International Peace and Security.[5] and by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [6]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned her in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Костенко, Наталья Васильевна" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ^ "Наталья Васильевна Костенко" (in Russian). Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. ^ "Костенко Наталья Васильевна" (in Russian). Федерал Пресс. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  5. ^ "Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations (SOR/2014-58)". Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  6. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  7. ^ "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.


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