Yelena Drapeko

Soviet and Russian actress

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Yelena Drapeko


Member of the State Duma from St. Petersburg's North East constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 January 2000

Personal details
Born	Yelena Grigoryevna Drapeko (1948-10-29) 29 October 1948 (age 75) Uralsk, West Kazakhstan Region Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Political party	A Just Russia — For Truth
Occupation	Actress, politician
Awards
Military service
Years of service	1972-present

Yelena Grigoryevna Drapeko (Russian: Еле́на Григо́рьевна Драпе́ко; born 29 October 1948) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress.^[1] She has appeared in more than 30 films and television shows since 1972. She is also a member of the State Duma since 2000.

On 29 November 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, she claimed that Ukraine as a separate country doesn't exist, that Ukraine is Russian, that the Ukrainian people would benefit from a Russian takeover, and that it was surprising that the Western countries were assisting Ukraine against the Russian attack. ^[2]

Sanctions

In December 2022 the EU sanctioned Yelena Drapeko in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

Selected filmography

1972 The Dawns Here Are Quiet as Lisa Brichkina
1973 Eternal Call as Vera Inyutina
1973 Failure of Engineer Garin as duty at the hotel
1975 Between Day and Night as Zinaida
1983 Offered for Singles as Nina

Honours and awards

Lenin Komsomol Prize (1979)
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1980)
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997)
Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg" (2003)
Order of Friendship (2013)
Order of Honour (2018)

References

^ "Елена Драпеко". lenta.ru. Retrieved 3 December 2011.
^ "Russia's Imperial Farce". Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ "COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2022/2477 of 16 December 2022". Retrieved 8 February 2023.