Sergey Zheleznyak

Sergei Vladimirovich Zheleznyak (; born 1970) is a Russian politician. In 2007 he was elected as a member of State Duma and became its deputy chairman in June 2012. He was a member of the State Duma's Committee on International Affairs. Prior to his political career he was an advertising, media, and public relations executive.

Following his nomination Zheleznyak 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 agents". 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. 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.

Sanctions As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the federal government of the United States under Barack Obama blacklisted Sergei Zheleznyak.

He was sanctioned by the UK government on 18 March 2014 in relation to actively supporting the use of Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea.

Personal life Zheleznyak's daughter, Anastasia Zheleznyak, lives in London. Two of his children were educated in the UK.