Yelena Afanasyeva

Yelena Vladimirovna Afanasyeva (; born 27 March 1975) is a Russian politician. She was a member of the State Duma between 2003 and 2014. She is a member of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia group. She attended Orenburg Educational Institute. She was selected to be a senator in the Federation Council from 26 September 2014, representing Orenburg Oblast.

Biography Afanasyeva was born 27 March 1975 in Orenburg.

In 1997 she graduated from Orenburg State Pedagogical University. In 2007 she graduated from the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. In 2012 she received a law degree from the Institute of World Civilizations.

She is a candidate of Historical Sciences since 2007.

In 2024 Elena Afanasyeva was appointed Senator of the Russian Federation from the Orenburg Oblast.

On March 9, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she was added to the sanctions list of all European Union member states for voting in favor of ratifying the treaties of friendship with the self-proclaimed LPR and DPR.

On March 23, 2022, she was included in Canada's sanctions list of “regime associates” for contributing to the violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

On September 30, 2022, she was sanctioned by the United States “for Putin's annexation of Ukrainian regions” and for supporting the law on so-called “fake news.” The U.S. Department of State noted that senators “voted to approve Putin's request to deploy troops to Ukraine, which served as an unfounded pretext for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine”.

On similar grounds, she has been under UK sanctions since March 15, 2022;

Family Divorced. He has a son and a daughter. His family resides in Moscow.