Yelena Drapeko

On 19 December 1999 Drapeko was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the III convocation from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in the Federal district. On 7 December 2003, she became a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the IV convocation on the list of the Communist Party. In 2004 she was expelled from the Communist Party, remained an independent deputy. In early 2007 she joined Gennady Semigin's People's Patriotic Union Rodina faction, and in mid-2007 she joined Alexander Babakov's A Just Russia – Rodina faction. On 2 December 2007 she was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the V convocation from the Party A Just Russia Party. On the 4 December 2011 she was elected to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation from the Party A Just Russia. In 2016-2021 she was a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation from A Just Russia. Since 19 September 2021 she is a Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VIII convocation. She was elected from the Party A Just Russia – Patriots – For Truth. ==Sanctions==

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. In December 2022, the European Union sanctioned Drapeko in relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. ==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) ==Notes==