Elena Yampolskaya

Elena Alexandrovna Yampolskaya (Еле́на Алекса́ндровна Ямпо́льская; born 20 June 1971 ) is a Russian politician, journalist, writer and theater critic. She is a member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the VII and VIII convocations since 2016. Yampolskaya is the Chair of the Committee for Culture of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation since 25 July 2018. She served as Chief editor of the newspaper Culture (2011–2019).

Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation since May 14, 2024.

Sanctions
Sanctioned by the UK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.