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Alexander Khinshtein

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Alexander Khinshtein
Александр Хинштейн
Khinshtein in 2024
Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 December 2024
Preceded byAlexei Smirnov
Member of the State Duma for Samara Oblast
In office
25 September 2018 – 11 December 2024
Preceded byNadezhda Kolesnikova
ConstituencySamara (No. 158)
Member of the State Duma
(Party List Seat)
In office
24 December 2007 – 5 October 2016
Member of the State Duma for
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
In office
29 December 2003 – 24 December 2007
Preceded byNikolay Kosterin
Succeeded byconstituencies abolished
ConstituencySemyonov (No.122)
Personal details
Born (1974-10-26) 26 October 1974 (age 50)
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
Spouses
Yulia Fedotova
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(divorced)​
  • Olga Polyakova
Children2 sons
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist

Alexander Evseevich Khinshtein (Russian: Алекса́ндр Евсе́евич Хинште́йн; born 26 October 1974, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian journalist and politician.

Career

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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 supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3] On 4 March 2022, the Duma passed a law introducing prison terms of up to 15 years for spreading "fake news" about Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Khinshtein said the law "concerns all citizens, not only Russian ones, because we are talking about actions against Russia."[4]

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

On 5 December 2024, Khinshtein was appointed as acting governor of Kursk Oblast by president Vladimir Putin[5]

Personal life

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Khinshtein was born in Russia to a Jewish family. His father Yevsey Abramovich Khinshtein and mother Inna Abramovna Regirer are engineers.[6]

Sanctions

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He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[7]

Honours and awards

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Notes and references

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  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. ^ ""I was for, he was against." How Russians injure and kill each other while arguing about the war in Ukraine". Mediazona. 16 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Russia Backs Jail Time For 'Fake' Army News, Restricts Media". Barron's. 4 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Putin Replaces Head of Partly Occupied Kursk Region". The Moscow Times. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Хинштейн Александр Евсеевич - компромат, биография, образование, национальность". zampolit.com.
  7. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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