Irina Filatova (russian: Ирина Анатольевна Филатова; born 8 August 1978,

Novosibirsk Novosibirsk (, also ; rus, Новосиби́рск, p=nəvəsʲɪˈbʲirsk, a=ru-Новосибирск.ogg) is the largest city and administrative centre of Novosibirsk Oblast and Siberian Federal District in Russia. As of the 2021 Census, ...

) is a Russian political figure and a deputy of the

8th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 8th convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации восьмого созы� ...

. After graduating from the Siberian Academy of Public Administration, Filatova became a Russian Federal Bar Association member. She led a private law practice specializing in civil law relations. In 2007, she joined the

Communist Party of the Russian Federation The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF; russian: Коммунистическая Партия Российской Федерации; КПРФ, Kommunisticheskaya Partiya Rossiyskoy Federatsii; KPRF) is a left-wing nationalist and c ...

. In 2008, she became a member of the Youth Public Chamber of Russia. From 2011 to 2018, she was an advisor to the deputy of the

6th 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second small ...

and

7th State Duma The State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the 7th convocation (russian: Государственная Дума Федерального Собрания Российской Федерации седьмого созы� ...

s Yury Afonin. From 2018 to 2021, she worked as an advisor on legal questions to

Gennady Zyuganov Gennady Andreyevich Zyuganov (russian: Генна́дий Андре́евич Зюга́нов; born 26 June 1944) is a Russian politician, who has been the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and served as M ...

. Since September 2021, she has served as deputy of the

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1978 births Living people Communist Party of the Russian Federation members Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation) 21st-century Russian women politicians Russian individuals subject to United Kingdom sanctions Politicians from Novosibirsk {{Russia-politician-stub