Elena Bondarenko

Yelena Veniaminovna Bondarenko (; born 10 June 1968) is a Russian politician for the United Russia party. She was born in Svetlograd, and represents Georgiyevsk in the State Duma.

Biography Yelena Veniaminovna Bondarenko graduated from the Stavropol Pedagogical Institute with a degree in History and Social Studies Education.

After graduation, she worked as a school teacher.

From 2000 to 2007, she was involved in public and social activities, heading several non-profit public organizations.

Since 2000, she served as the director of the Dmitry Kuzmin Charitable Public Foundation (the foundation was established by former mayor of Stavropol, Dmitry Kuzmin, who in 2007 became a defendant in criminal cases on charges of abuse of power and tax evasion; he is currently in hiding abroad).

On March 1, 2007, she was elected to the IV Convocation of the State Duma of Stavropol Krai through the single electoral district as a member of the political party A Just Russia: Motherland / Pensioners / Life. She chaired the Committee on Mass Communications, Information Technology, and Communications, was a member of the Committee on Social Policy, and was part of the A Just Russia faction.

She was a member of the Organizing Committee of the North Caucasus Youth Forum “Mashuk”, the Stavropol Regional Women's Council, and the Coordinating Council for the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises in Stavropol Krai. She also participated in the Heraldic Commission, the Council on Informatization and Information Security, and the regional organizing committee “Victory”. Additionally, she was part of the working group for the “Buy Stavropol” project and the working group on the implementation of the “Open Government” system.

In 2016, she placed first (77.22% of the votes) in United Russia’s preliminary voting in Georgievsky single-member district No. 68, but only sixth (19.77%) in the party-wide list voting.

On September 18, 2016, she was elected as a deputy to the 7th State Duma and became a member of the Committee on Culture.

From 2016 to 2019, during her term in the 7th State Duma, she co-authored 46 legislative initiatives and amendments to federal draft laws.

Sanctions Due to Bondarenko's public support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she was sanctioned by the European Union, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Ukraine, and New Zealand.