Alexander Khinshtein

Soviet and Russian journalist and politician
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Александр Хинштейн
Khinshtein in 2019
Member of the State Duma for Samara Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 September 2018Preceded byNadezhda KolesnikovaConstituencySamara (No. 158)Member of the State Duma
(Party List Seat)In office
24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016Member of the State Duma for
Nizhny Novgorod OblastIn office
29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007Preceded byNikolay KosterinSucceeded byconstituencies abolishedConstituencySemyonov (No.122) Personal detailsBorn (1974-10-26) 26 October 1974 (age 49)
Moscow, RSFSR, USSRPolitical partyUnited RussiaSpouses
Yulia Fedotova
(divorced)
  • Olga Polyakova
Children2 sonsEducation
  • Moscow State University
  • RANEPA
OccupationJournalist

Alexander Evseevich Khinshtein (Russian: Алекса́ндр Евсе́евич Хинште́йн; born 26 October 1974, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian journalist and politician. He is a deputy from the Samara constituency of the State Duma of the Russian Federal Assembly. He was a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th State Dumas. He is currently a member of the 8th State Duma. Deputy Secretary of the General Council of United Russia since 23 November 2019, Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications since 22 January 2020.[1] He is one of the architects of anti-LGBT legislation that bans "promoting LGBT propaganda", saying, "LGBT today is an element of hybrid warfare and in this hybrid warfare we must protect our values, our society and our children," [2]

Khinshtein with a member of the Madagascar delegation at the 2nd International Parliamentary Conference “Russia-Africa” in Moscow, 18 March 2023

Personal life

Khinshtein was born in Russia to a Jewish family. His father Yevsey Abramovich Khinshtein and mother Inna Abramovna Regirer are engineers.[3]

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[4]

Honours and awards

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Хинштейн Александр Евсеевич". Единая Россия.
  2. ^ "Russia's parliament passes law banning 'LGBT propaganda' among adults". Reuters. 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  3. ^ "Хинштейн Александр Евсеевич - компромат, биография, образование, национальность". zampolit.com.
  4. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

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