Irina Yarovaya
Irina Anatolyevna Yarovaya (Russian: Ири́на Анато́льевна Ярова́я; born 17 October 1966) née Chernyakhovskaya is a Russian political figure, a Deputy Chairman of the State Duma from United Russia Party and a member of her party's General Council.
Irina Yarovaya MP | |
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Ирина Яровая | |
Yarovaya in 2018 | |
| Deputy Chairman of the State Duma | |
| Assumed office 5 October 2016 | |
| Member of the State Duma for Kamchatka | |
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Konstantin Slyshchenko |
| Constituency | Kamchatka-at-large (No. 45) |
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | |
| In office 24 December 2007 – 12 October 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Irina Anatoleyvna Chernyakhovskaya 17 October 1966 Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Political party | United Russia |
| Other political affiliations | Yabloko (1997–2007) |
She has authored or co-authored multiple laws, including the toughening of responsibility for violating the rules of holding rallies, tightening immigration, criminal libel and registration requirements for 'foreign agents' for non-profit organizations with foreign funding. In 2014, she sponsored a bill prohibiting rehabilitation of Nazism. Another law known as the Yarovaya Law required in particular that telecommunications providers record all of their traffic and keep the record for three years (later shortened to six months). The first version of this counter-terrorism bill would have made it a criminal offense to fail reporting suspicious activities potentially linked with terrorism. This bill's language was subsequently watered down by the Duma.
Yarovaya is generally considered a reactionary, in that she sponsored laws limiting civil freedom in the name of state security. She was accused of producing low-quality bills possibly contradicting the Constitution of Russia.