Mizulina is a deputy from which party. "I will not return to Raska": children and grandchildren of the most patriotic Russian officials who have long been living abroad

There are many outstanding personalities in the Russian political arena. Sometimes their image, statements and slogans become even more famous than the authors themselves.

Elena Mizulina managed to achieve considerable heights in her life: Doctor of Law, State Duma deputy, member of the Legislative Assembly, as well as chairman of the committee on family, women and children. But a wide audience of Russians knows her as the author of a number of scandalous laws that caused a different assessment from society, up to frankly negative.

Biography

Mizulina Elena Borisovna was born on December 9, 1954 in the small town of Bue, Kostroma Region. My father was an active member of the CPSU and after the Great Patriotic War he even headed the party department in the city of Bue. Perhaps it was the ideals and views that reigned in the house that influenced the upbringing of the girl. Since childhood, Elena has already striven to realize her ambitious plans, and even at school she prepared herself for a career as a diplomat.

However, by the will of fate, she ended up at the Faculty of Law of Yaroslavl State University. It was there, on her own course, that Elena Mizulina met her future husband, and soon the lovers signed.

Even during her studies, the girl showed herself to be an outstanding personality, she was a leader in the group. And at the end of her studies, she was able to enter Kazan University in the correspondence department. At the same time, she worked first as a laboratory assistant at the department of her own institute, and later as a consultant in the regional Yaroslavl court. Based on the materials of her observations and scientific experiments, Mizulina defended her dissertation in 1983.

Scientific activity

The young specialist increasingly began to show a strong character, but at the end of the 80s she still did not think about a political career, although she remained an exemplary member of the CPSU until 1991.

Elena Mizulina in these last years before perestroika was actively engaged in scientific activities. Her husband at that time was a prominent figure in the party, was a member of the regional committee and was responsible for ideological issues, therefore, for his wife, he easily managed to "knock out" the position of a senior researcher at the Yaroslavl State Pedagogical Institute. Elena Borisovna did not stop halfway here either, and for three years she headed the Department of History.

She did not abandon her scientific activity either, so in 1992 Mizulina defended another dissertation, which, according to her colleagues, made a great impression at the Institute of State and Law and became a real discovery in the scientific world.

Start of political activity

But the difficult 90s were already coming, the history of Russia of this period is directly connected with politics and only with it. The new reality left no one indifferent, and such an activist as Elena Borisovna Mizulina, due to her character and mental orientation, simply could not be caught up in this whirlwind of the fierce struggle between the old and the new world.

As in everything, in politics, the future deputy continued to move only towards success. And I tried to use all possible options for this. Elena Mizulina is one of the few people in Russian politics who is difficult to rank with any certain party with complete certainty. There was an opinion about her as a defector from one group to another, and indeed in 20 years she managed to change more than one party.

And Mizulina started as a member of the CPSU, besides, her husband was an active member there. The acquired connections through the party line once again helped Elena Borisovna climb the career ladder, this time to the Federation Council. Her candidacy was approved by all residents of the Yaroslavl region, and Mizulina became deputy chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and Judicial Legal Issues.

"Apple"

In 1995, there is a sharp turn in her life. Understanding the futility of the Communist Party during this period, Mizulina adjoins the party of absolutely left-wing views - Yabloko, which at that time was already represented in the State Duma by its own faction.

Perhaps such a drastic change was associated with a change in life and political views, but, according to observers, this is just another convenient way to get into power. Elena Mizulina, whose biography will continue to contain such actions, has shown that she is striving not to affirm someone else's ideals, but to formulate her own.

Being a member of this party, in 1995 she became a deputy of the State Duma of the II convocation. Already at this time, Mizulina begins to make sometimes very radical appeals. So, she was one of those who wanted to arrange an impeachment procedure for President Boris Yeltsin, dealt with legal issues, the materials of the commission's conclusion totaled more than 40 volumes.

In addition to legislative activities, Elena Mizulina has been a member of the OSCE Human Rights Committee since 1994. She repeatedly participates in all meetings and campaigns of Yabloko. And in 1999 she was again elected to the State Duma of the III convocation from the same party. However, the ambitions of State Duma deputy Elena Mizulina went beyond the not very popular center-left party, and two years later Elena Borisovna announced her decision not to confirm her membership in Yabloko, later saying that she was ashamed to be a member of a party that is gaining a small percentage in the elections. Her former associates reacted to this by calling Mizulina an adherent of fashion trends.

"Union of Right Forces" and "Fair Russia"

She decided to continue her career in the young liberal party "Union of Right Forces", among the founders of which were Boris Nemtsov, Irina Khakamada and Sergei Kiriyenko. But the Union of Right Forces failed to overcome the required threshold of votes, they failed in the elections, which did not prevent Mizulina from receiving an invitation to work in the Constitutional Court. In this position, she is remembered for her challenging the legality of the abolition of direct elections for regional governors. In 2005, Elena Borisovna completed her studies at the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of Russia.

The next party, which became native for Mizulina, was A Just Russia. The elections turned out to be more or less successful for "SR". And again, Elena Mizulina is a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

A landmark event was the nomination of her candidacy for the post of chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children. This work becomes her life's work, and much of her entire legislative activity is connected precisely with this area of ​​social problems.

Legislative activity

Deputy Elena Mizulina and her work in the State Duma received a mixed assessment among colleagues and in the rest of Russian society. Many refer to her demeanor as a personal PR tool to advance their political careers. Indeed, its decisions and appeals are sometimes quite radical.

The general public started talking about it in 2012, when the Duma adopted a series of regulations: “On the protection of children from information harmful to their health and development,” the so-called Internet censorship law. Elena Mizulina took an active part in the development of ideas and their further promotion. The bills gave the law enforcement authorities the right to block and close sites with questionable content without trial.

This initiative was harshly received by human rights activists and active Internet users. Someone considered it a tool to fight objectionable people and organizations, some accused the well-known deputy of infringing on freedom of speech, to which Elena Mizulina reacted ambiguously, declaring these defenders accomplices of pedophilia.

Often she spoke negatively about surrogate motherhood, and although she did not insist on the adoption of a banning law, she argued that propaganda of this method of procreation in Russia was not needed.

In her position as chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, Elena Mizulina proposed to tighten the rules for abortions for medical institutions. In particular, she sought to exclude this service from the insurance policy, and for violators - mandatory fines. The bill has not yet been passed.

In 2012, Mizulina advocated a ban on adoption for American citizens, and the law was later approved. And in 2016, the government supported the initiative of Elena Borisovna to close all baby boxes in the country. The main argument of the deputy was the assumption that this service would only provoke negligent mothers to leave their children to the mercy of fate.

Even more discussion was caused by one of her latest projects to replace the criminal punishment for domestic beatings with an administrative fine. A real war broke out on the Internet against innovations, the deputy was accused of officially calling to beat women.

public position

As mentioned above, for Mizulina, the priority was not the calls and slogans of her party, but her own opinion. Therefore, her words and actions more than once caused discontent among colleagues in the State Duma. But that never stopped her from continuing to speak her mind openly.

Everyone knows the attitude of State Duma deputy Elena Mizulina to family and marriage issues. She zealously fights for the purity and high morality of human relations. She completely denies the practice of surrogate motherhood, prohibits abortions, calls for the birth of three or more children in a family, introduces a tax on divorce, all her ideas were recorded in the draft “Concepts of State Family Policy until 2025”.

Mizulina is known for her active struggle against homosexual propaganda in Russia. She is the author of a number of bills prohibiting such families from raising children, even relatives. From the podium and from the TV screens, Elena Borisovna often speaks with direct claims and insults against the LGBT community.

One of Mizulina's most striking statements is the accusation of some political figures opposing her of belonging to the "pedophile lobby"

Scandals

Such is the State Duma deputy Elena Mizulina: her work, public position and personal life have long been obligingly submitted by the media to public court. There are not many women politicians in Russia, and even fewer who are so often at the center of scandals.

All her initiatives often border on radical measures and cause a wave of public discontent. So, after the adoption of the bill on censorship on the Internet, a number of Russian sites (including Wikipedia) went on strike, against which Mizulina spoke succinctly, calling the project leaders adherents of the "pedophile lobby".

In 2013, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation considered the appeal of Elena Mizulina on charges of a number of people supporting the LGBT community in Russia, who, according to the deputy, publicly insulted her. In the same year, she and members of her delegation were attacked by advocates of sexual minorities, although the latter did not acknowledge this fact.

Criticism

Mizulina is criticized for almost unlawful interference in the privacy of citizens, political scientists note the subjectivity of her statements: what she does not like does not suit the state. And categorically deny its initiatives and abroad. Elena Borisovna has repeatedly become the object of harsh criticism from foreign journalists and cultural figures. Thus, the English choreographer Ben Wright refused to cooperate with the Russian side precisely because of the deputy’s homophobic statements, and even called on the sports community to boycott the Sochi 2016 Olympics.

During her political career in 2014, Elena Mizulina becomes one of those who were sanctioned by the US and European governments. Later, Switzerland, Canada and Australia joined the countries prohibiting entry into their territory.

Elena Mizulina, whose photos on the Web are often subjected to satirical processing, ridiculing collages are created, is completely calm about all this activity around her. It can even be said that public opinion has absolutely no influence on its political decision-making.

Personal life

Her husband, Mikhail Yuryevich, was with his wife all his life, it was he who actively helped her at the very beginning of her political activity. He devoted himself to scientific work and became a candidate of philosophical sciences and an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at the RANEPA.

The son of Elena Mizulina also built a successful career. After graduating from MGIMO, he left for Europe and now works as a lawyer in a well-known firm. At one time, the media published information about her son's belonging to LGBT defenders, which led to indignation of journalists, because Mizulina herself is an ardent supporter of any gay propaganda. Her daughter also does not follow the precepts of her mother and has long been living alone, without children.

A well-known hobby of the scandalous deputy is the breeding of exotic cats, more than 20 years ago, a scandal was associated with this fact, when an aspiring politician demanded an increase in her own living space for a more comfortable stay for pets.

It is very difficult to evaluate the activities of such an amazing character as Elena Mizulina. Some of her initiatives are very controversial, much of her manner of submitting bills is similar to communist methods, is subjective. However, the main messages are not without meaning and call for the protection of the rights of women and children.

Childhood and family of Elena Mizulina

After attending school, she entered Yaroslavl State University in 1972, graduating five years later with a degree in law. Until 1984, she worked as a consultant in the regional court of Yaroslavl. Then she went to work at the local pedagogical institute. K.D.Ushinsky as an assistant.

The husband of Elena Borisovna, being at that time the head of the department of the regional committee of the CPSU, helped her to move to the position of senior researcher at the mentioned educational institution (according to him). Since 1987, the future politician has held the position of head of the department of Russian history at this university. In 1992, she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in Law.

Elena Mizulina - politician

In 2004, she was appointed to the post of representative of the State Duma in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation. She combined her activities in the judiciary with the work of the deputy head of the legal department of the State Duma apparatus. In 2007, she was elected to the State Duma of the 5th convocation.

In the period from 2011 to the present, Elena Mizulina is a deputy of the State Duma of the VI convocation, heads the Committee on Family, Women and Children, a member of the left-wing political party A Just Russia.

Some political scientists (for example, Alexander Kynev) at the same time believe that her work in the State Duma causes great harm to the image of this political force in the public opinion of its target - cultured and enlightened - voter.

Lawmaking by Elena Mizulina

The adoption of the document caused a lot of criticism from representatives of the Runet and human rights activists. In their opinion, it can provoke abuses by officials when compiling a "black list" of sites, and will be used to put pressure on resources objectionable to the authorities. The Russian-language Wikipedia, as a sign of disagreement, stopped its work for a day. The social network "Vkontakte", "LiveJournal", the search engine "Yandex" joined her protest. Mizulina reacted to the opposition of the Internet community by stating that some kind of “pedophile lobby” is behind it.

The openly discriminatory, according to opponents, Mizulina's legislative proposals to combat the formation of a positive idea of ​​homosexuality, speeches on the removal of children from non-traditional families were the subject of public outrage. Among them, Mizulina triumphantly brought to approval a project that enshrined in the administrative code punishment in the form of monetary penalties for "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors." The document caused such a resonance in the world that it jeopardized the prospect of holding the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Criticism of surrogacy

Elena Mizulina against abortion

To implement these norms, Mizulina, as part of a group of deputies who shared her convictions, proposed for consideration by the State Duma draft laws on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, providing for the imposition of penalties on women, doctors, medical institutions for violating the conditions and terms of abortion.

Elena Mizulina about adoption

The “Concept of State Family Policy until 2025” proposed by the Committee headed by Mizulina was also approved. It proposes the introduction of an additional state duty for divorce, establishes restrictive requirements for abortions, makes proposals to strengthen the role of the church in family policy, and recommends promoting large families.

Personal life of Elena Mizulina

The couple has two adult children. Daughter Ekaterina (born 1984) runs the Legal Capital foundation for social and legal initiatives, lives in Moscow separately from her parents, has no children. Son Nikolay (born 1978) is a successful lawyer, lives and works in Brussels, is a partner in the law firm Mayer Brown, is married to a Spanish citizen and has two children.

For outstanding services, Mizulina was awarded a number of state awards, among the latest in a number of which were the medal "For assistance to drug control authorities" (2013) and the medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For the return of Crimea" (2014).

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MIZULINA Elena Borisovna - Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 1993 - 1995. and since September 23, 2015, deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in 1995-2007 and since 2011-2015, professor at Yaroslavl State University in 1994-1995.

She was born on December 9, 1954 in the town of Bue, Kostroma Region. Her father Boris Mikhailovich Dmitriev - a front-line soldier, was shell-shocked, after the war he headed a department in the district committee of the CPSU. At school, she dreamed of entering MGIMO, but in 1972 she entered the Faculty of History and Law of Yaroslavl State University. She studied in the same group with her future husband Mikhail Mizulin; after the fourth year she married him. She graduated from the university in 1977 with a degree in law. She was assigned as a laboratory assistant to the University Department of Theory and Law.

In 1977-1984 she worked as a consultant, in 1984-1985 - a senior consultant of the Yaroslavl Regional Court. At the same time she studied at the correspondence postgraduate course of Kazan State University; in 1983 she defended her dissertation on the topic “The nature of supervisory proceedings in criminal proceedings (based on the materials of the Yaroslavl Regional Court)” for the degree of candidate of legal sciences.

In 1985, she moved to work as an assistant at the Yaroslavl State Pedagogical Institute. K. D. Ushinsky. According to Mizulina's husband, he, being the head of the ideological sector of the Yaroslavl Regional Committee of the CPSU, "punched" for Elena Borisovna the position of a senior researcher at the institute. In 1987, Mizulina received the position of head of the department of national history; She headed the department until 1990. Until August 1991 she was a member of the CPSU.

In 1992, at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences, she defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic “Criminal process: the concept of state self-restraint”. In 1992-1995 - associate professor, then professor at Yaroslavl State University.

In 1993, from the Choice of Russia bloc, she was elected to the first composition of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, where she was deputy chairman of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and Judicial Legal Issues, a member of the Commission on Regulations and Parliamentary Procedures. In 1995, she joined the Yabloko association and the Reforms - New Course movement. Since 1995, she headed the Yaroslavl regional public organization "Equilibrium".

In December 1995, Mizulina was elected to the State Duma of the 2nd convocation in the Kirov single-mandate constituency No. 189 from Yabloko. In the elections, 83,175 voters voted for her (V. G. Varukhin, who took second place, received half as many - 39,266 votes). In connection with her election as a deputy of the State Duma, Mizulina in January 1996 resigned ahead of schedule as a deputy of the Federation Council. In the State Duma of the second convocation, she was a member of the Yabloko faction, was deputy chairman of the committee on legislation and judicial and legal reform, deputy chairman of the subcommittee on state building and constitutional rights of citizens. Carried out legal registration of the failed impeachment of President Yeltsin in 1999.

In December 1999, she participated in the elections of deputies of the State Duma of the III convocation from Yabloko both in the Kirov single-mandate constituency No. 189 and on the party list. In the district, she scored only 33,027 votes (8.99%) and took 4th place (following S. I. Zagidullin - 23.56%, A. I. Tsvetkov - 18.44% and S. I. Zamoraev - 9.5%), but passed to the State Duma on the list of Yabloko.

In July 2000, she headed the Yaroslavl Union of Democratic Forces, which included representatives of Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces. In February 2001, she announced that she was not going to confirm her membership in Yabloko. In June of the same year, she joined the Union of Right Forces. Mizulina explained her departure from Yabloko by saying that she was "personally ashamed to be in a party that is gaining only 5% in the elections."

In the December 2003 elections, the Union of Right Forces failed to get its deputies into the State Duma. But E. B. Mizulina did not remain without a position: in February 2004 she was approved as a representative of the Duma in the Constitutional Court. As a representative of the State Duma in the Constitutional Court, in 2005 she defended the legality of the decision to cancel direct gubernatorial elections in Russia. She combined her work in the Constitutional Court with the duties of deputy head of the legal department of the State Duma apparatus. In 2005 she graduated from the Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation.

In 2007, she was elected to the State Duma of the 5th convocation and joined the Just Russia faction. In January 2008, she became the chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children. At the same time, A Just Russia initially nominated Svetlana Goryacheva to this post, which caused dissatisfaction with United Russia; Mizulina chaired the committee as a compromise figure.

In 2011, she was elected to the State Duma of the VI convocation, a member of the Just Russia faction, since December 21, 2011 - Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children. At the congress of A Just Russia, held in October 2013, she resigned from the position of a member of the central council of the party.

September 23, 2015 E. B. Mizulina became a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the executive branch of the Omsk region. In this regard, her powers as a deputy of the State Duma were terminated. E. B. Mizulina will work as a member of the Federation Council until September 2020.

Husband of E. B. Mizulina, Mikhail Yuryevich Mizulin, Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Political Science and Political Management of the RANEPA. When Mizulina was a deputy from Yabloko, he headed a party cell in Yaroslavl. He was the dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Yaroslavl State University named after P. G. Demidov.

The son, Nikolai Mizulin, studied at MGIMO, abroad - at the Universities of Bern and Oxford. Now he lives and works as a lawyer (according to some sources, a co-owner of a law firm) in the capital of Belgium, Brussels, and is a partner in the law firm Mayer Brown. Two of Mizulina's grandchildren also live in Brussels. Married to Spanish citizen Patricia Gonzalez Antón-Pacheco, daughter of a famous Spanish writer.

Daughter Ekaterina also lives separately from her mother, heads the Moscow fund of social and legal initiatives "Legal Capital", which is engaged in financial intermediation, publishing and advertising. According to press reports, the fund belongs to Elena Mizulina.

E.B. Mizulina is a lover of exotic breeds of cats, is fond of breeding indoor plants, plays the button accordion.

Awards: Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation; medal "In memory of the 850th anniversary of Moscow"; Order of Honor (2012); Laureate of the National Award for Public Recognition of Women's Achievements "Olympia" (2001); medal of the World Congress of Families (2010); Imperial Order of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia (2013, Russian Imperial House) - " in retribution of services to the Fatherland and the Russian IMPERIAL HOUSE and as evidence of OUR special goodwill.

The State Duma throughout the entire period of its existence did not enjoy great prestige in Russian society. And from the moment her speaker said that the parliament is not a place for discussion, many began to consider domestic lawmakers as participants in some kind of reality show similar to Dom-2.

This attitude is also facilitated by the appearance of a huge number of rather controversial and strange bills, as well as unexpected and shocking statements of deputies.

For mat - state "ban"

From Head of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children Elena Mizulina. One of the initiators of the creation of the law on the so-called "black lists of Runet" wants to amend it, which will expand the grounds for blocking websites, as well as blogger accounts in social networks.

As usual, the deputy explained the new initiative with numerous appeals from citizens who are concerned about the large amount of obscene language in Internet publications and social networks, which has a harmful effect on children.

Now, if the new bill is adopted, sites, forums and pages on social networks with obscene posts that are not deleted within a day will be blacklisted and blocked.

Skeptics express doubts about the reality of such a project - the same Roskomnadzor risks drowning in the number of complaints about seditious resources. In addition, innocent citizens may well suffer. Let's say a person went on vacation or simply did not appear on his page for two weeks, and during this time someone just out of hooliganism left an obscene comment on him. Formally, the owner of the page after some time may find that he is blocked as a malicious intruder.

MP from Bui

Interestingly, Elena Mizulina herself, according to her official biography, is a native of the city of Bui in the Kostroma region.

Mizulina began her political career in 1993, being elected from the Yaroslavl region to the first convocation of the Federation Council.

In 1995, Mizulina became a member of the Yabloko party and was elected to the State Duma. After six "apple" years, the deputy remained in the Duma, but already as a member of the Union of Right Forces. In 2003, after the resounding failure of the SPS in the elections, Mizulina became the representative of the State Duma in the Constitutional Court.

In the parliamentary elections of 2007, Elena Mizulina unexpectedly abruptly changes her political direction - having previously been in the liberal Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces, this time she speaks for the center-left A Just Russia, which positions itself.

The story of the emergence of Elena Mizulina as chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family Affairs, Women and Children is very curious. Initially, in 2008, the Spravorosy proposed for this post Svetlana Goryacheva, however, it caused a strong rejection among the United Russia party. Mizulina was chosen as a compromise, whose tenure in this position continued after 2011.

Mizulina against pedophiles

Wide public interest in the figure of Mizulina appeared in connection with the discussion of the law on the “black lists of Runet”. During a heated discussion between his supporters and opponents, the parliamentarian revealed a “pedophile lobby” among her opponents.

When in July 2012 the Russian Wikipedia announced a one-day strike in protest against the new law, Mizulina announced her intention to apply to the US Department of Justice with a request to check "where such actions and speeches come from." The deputy expressed confidence that Wikipedia was being manipulated by the “pedophile lobby” at that moment.

In August 2012, Mizulina connected the Headhunters organization to the development of the anti-pedophile law. The parliamentarian asked the activists to develop an automated system for tracking pedophiles on the Internet. After the discovery of certain phrases in the correspondence of a person, it was supposed to be taken under strict supervision with the possibility of further involvement of law enforcement agencies.

The topic of the "pedophile lobby" surfaced in an exchange of harsh remarks between Mizulina and Alfred Koch in June 2013. Koch, known for his scandalous speeches, said that. In response, Mizulina noted that the interest in her personal life proves that her opponents simply have no other arguments, and Koch, speaking about her son, may himself be a representative of the “pedophile lobby”. Koch replied that he reserves the right to be a representative of any lobby, even cannibalistic ones.

Mizulina against gays

Not limited to the first "anti-gay" law, Mizulina initiated the second, which involves a ban on the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-sex couples, as well as citizens of those countries in which same-sex marriages are legal.

In May 2013, Mizulina got the 2 × 2 channel, which played cartoons for adults all day on May holidays. But the worst thing is that, according to Mizulina, these cartoons contained hidden, unobtrusive propaganda of homosexuality. In what specific cartoons it was contained, the deputy did not specify.

Gay activists responded by lashing out at Mizulina's son, Nikolai, who lives and works in Belgium, where same-sex marriage has been legal for many years. Moreover, Nikolai Mizulin works for the law firm Mayer Brown, which is called one of the largest donors to the European LGBT community.

Deputy Mizulina said in response that in Belgium her son must obey local rules and “be tolerant.”

Mizulina and family values

In the shadow of swearing, gays and pedophiles, the project “Concepts of the state family policy of the Russian Federation for the period until 2025” developed by Mizulina remained. Meanwhile, it contains many interesting moments.

Already in the introductory part, the Russian family is declared neither more nor less than a “small church”. According to the document, only one in which there are three children will be considered a full-fledged family. It is a boon, based on the concept, that three or more generations of a family live under one roof.

Other great ideas include restricting abortions, prescription-only contraceptives, a federal divorce tax, and many, many other such measures.

Another revolutionary moment of the “Concept” is that, according to it, a wedding in a church can become the basis for state registration of marriage. That is, in fact, the registry office, a state institution, is invited to recognize the church document, despite the fact that the church in Russia is officially separated from the state.

In an interview with reporters, Mizulina explained that the emergence of such an initiative is due to the fact that at present there is a tendency for a young man and a girl who want to live together to get married without entering into a legal marriage.

To the great misfortune, corrosive journalists immediately interviewed the priests, who unanimously declared that they had not noticed such a trend. Moreover, the priests are quite satisfied with the current scheme, in which the wedding is carried out after the presentation of a document from the registry office.

Mizulina's communication with journalists in general infuriates the parliamentarian, and she even threatened to appeal to law enforcement agencies because of the "juggling" of her words.

The reason for the dissatisfaction was Mizulina's conversation with journalist of Ren-TV channel Marianna Maksimovskaya, in which the deputy explained what could and could not be shown in connection with the adoption of a law banning propaganda of homosexuality among children and adolescents.

The rather complex and ornate reasoning of Mizulina forced journalists to conclude that from now on, not only homosexual relationships will become seditious, but also, for example, heterosexual. Outraged, Mizulina said that this was not about a ban on oral sex and its other forms, but only about limiting information about it.

However, while Mizulina was explaining that her words were “distorted”, the Runet launched into cheerful discussions about how the “new reality” would look like, and even burst into a song by an unknown author “I call you my Mizulina”.

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Conservative, lobbyist, lightning rod

Elena Mizulina may lose the post of senator. But not because of the ridiculous words on the air

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TV channel "Russia 1". Talk show by Vladimir Solovyov dedicated to the tragedy in Kemerovo. An elderly well-dressed lady receives the floor and expresses her condolences to... President Vladimir Putin.

“I would like to express my condolences and support to our leader Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. For him, this is a stab in the back, this is a terrible shock! .. Because what he is doing for Russia today is incredible things, defending Russia on the external arena, carrying out reforms of incredible strength inside ... And suddenly - so mediocre! Behind him! And he has no time to constantly look back at how they finish what he, breaking through the walls, decides. He is our spiritual warrior, strong. But he also needs our support!” the woman says. This is Senator Elena Mizulina.

The statement of the already odious politician caused a flurry of indignation in social networks. The next morning, Sverdlovsk lawyer Roman Lukichev posted on Change.org calling on Senator Elena Mizulina to step down as a member of the Federation Council because of her statement regarding the tragedy in Kemerovo.

“Mizulina Elena Borisovna, when discussing the national tragedy, expressed her condolences not to the people who lost their relatives and friends, but to the president. She did not say a word about human grief, about dead children, did not offer anything as help to the victims, did not put forward ideas about preventing this in the future. On the ashes of the dead, on true grief, she praised only one face. It's inhuman, horrible and vile. In pursuit of servility, the desire to curry favor, Elena Borisovna crossed all human boundaries. I think that this is a man without a soul and heart. And such an act of this person is incompatible with the status of a member of the Federation Council, ”Lukichev believes.

For her part, Mizulina wrote on her Facebook page that a piece of broadcast on social networks was cut off and her words of condolence to the Kemerovo residents were not included in it.

Here is what Mizulina said before condoling to the president:

“I would like to express my condolences to the relatives, and first of all to the parents of those whose relatives, friends, adults or small children died in this shopping center. This is their grief. I remember very well when my brother died and my mother was alive, we went to the cemetery, my mother got into a hearse with my brother (her son) and said: “I want to be here alone.” Naturally, as a daughter, I wanted to be near her, she was at an advanced age. But she told me: “Lena, don’t, this is my grief, my mother’s grief.” Indeed, no one can ever make up for this loss. And we must understand this. But what can we do? We can sympathize and ease this test for families, this is a huge test, this is a grief that they will not only have to endure, but carry in their hearts for the rest of their lives. But with our kind participation, not with gossip and provocations, but with a kind, even kind word, a good word, a look, we can alleviate this suffering for them. In addition to words of condolence and support, I would like to turn to the Russians, to the residents of the Kemerovo region and say what is required of you in this situation: do not succumb to provocations, gossip and rumors. Do not discuss these rumors, especially in the presence of those who have suffered. You are making their problem worse. Help investigate these criminal cases. What do you need? We need honest, truthful testimony of eyewitnesses. Those who know, please go and tell us, no matter who, whoever is guilty or suspected in this situation, was Mizulina's preamble before her speech in defense of the president. Users of social networks were not convinced by this: Mizulina was asked why it was impossible to dwell on condolences to the residents.

year 2000. Elena Mizulina is still an oppositionist and liberal, a member of Yabloko Vladimir Fedorenko/RIA Novosti

Elena Mizulina is one of the representatives of the so-called ultra-conservative wing in Russian politics. It was she who became one of the initiators of laws banning gay propaganda in the media and pre-trial blocking of sites that post information about how to make drugs or how to commit suicide. The last law, covered with good intentions, brought the situation to the point of absurdity: the media lost the opportunity to talk, for example, about those who hanged themselves in the police station. Mizulina also managed to lobby for the decriminalization of domestic violence. The senator advocates raising the age limit for those who have sexual relations from 16 to 18 years old, calls for a ban on surrogacy and baby boxes in Russia. However, she is against the introduction of criminal liability for polygamy. Mizulina also advocates the removal of children, including relatives, from same-sex families. Mizulina also had an exotic initiative for a total ban on swearing on the Internet, but the matter has not yet gone further than talk.

To be fair, Elena Mizulina also has good initiatives. Among the latest is an amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure on mandatory video recording of interrogations of minors and the testimony of applicants under “pedophile” articles.

Elena Mizulina changed a large number of parties in her political biography. Over the years, she was in Yabloko, then in the Union of Right Forces, then in A Just Russia, while on the same air with Vladimir Solovyov she called herself part of the "president's team." In Yabloko, her former party colleagues recall Mizulina's attachment to personal comfort - for example, to having a company car, an office, an apartment in Moscow.

As an exponent of ultra-conservative views, Mizulina cooperates with a variety of lobbying groups in the field of family policy, maternity, childhood protection and, to some extent, information policy.

Among its partners are the Safe Internet League, anti-juvenile movements such as Sergei Kurginyan's All-Russian Parental Resistance, some security officials from the Investigative Committee, anti-pedophile movements, certain groups associated with the Russian Orthodox Church - but not with its highest echelon.

The interlocutor, close to the presidential administration, believes that Mizulina went to the Federation Council from the State Duma "on a political pension."

“She never had great influence of her own, but she accumulated merits over a certain time, and these merits under the administration of Vyacheslav Volodin allowed her to get a seat as a senator after leaving the State Duma,” the source says. - It is not a fact, however, that she will keep it, since she is a representative of the executive power of the Omsk region in the upper house of parliament, and her former party member, acting governor of the Omsk region, Alexander Burkov, may have his own plans for the place of senator. She has no merits before the administration of Sergei Kiriyenko, and she has no obligations to her. Putin has never really singled her out. Perhaps she is worried about whether she will retain her place as a senator after the autumn elections of the governor in the Omsk region, so she makes statements that should remind the authorities about her, ”says the source.

Elena Mizulina website

Another source close to the presidential administration notes that, despite the fact that Mizulina has accumulated a number of thematic lobbies around her, her counterparties do not belong to the highest echelon of Russian power and she is not an irreplaceable heavyweight. However, the source notes, it is not customary in the Russian authorities to meet the needs of society and campaigns demanding resignation - as, for example, the Kemerovo governor Aman Tuleyev is unlikely to be dismissed just when people demand it at rallies and in social networks.

Yevgeny Minchenko, head of the International Institute of Political Expertise, says that Mizulina is a hereditary politician (her father headed a department in the district committee of the CPSU), and at the same time an active person who is convenient for promoting various topics.

“You can’t call Mizulina someone’s permanent ally. At the same time, her odiousness does not really bother her, by and large, her role is not to influence public opinion, but to promote hardware schemes. She promotes topics among officials, and not among the population, while officials are not embarrassed by her odiousness. However, I do not think that it is a necessary element of the system. In my opinion, her future senatorship is not indisputable,” Minchenko said.

The head of the Petersburg Politics Foundation, Mikhail Vinogradov, says that, according to his estimates, Mizulina’s influence is not at its peak now, but the campaign against Mizulina, like the fight against Ukrainian pranksters who have thrown information about “hundreds of victims of the fire,” can be used by the authorities to switch public attention from the tragedy itself.