title: Svetlana Bessarab
text: # Svetlana Bessarab
  
  Svetlana Viktorovna Bessarab (Russian: Светлана Викторовна Бессараб; born 7 December 1970, Krasnodar) is a Russian political figure and deputy of the 7th and 8th State Duma convocations.
  
  In 1999 Bessarab graduated from the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, and in 2001 she received an MA degree from the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Jurisprudence). She started her political career in 2012 when she ran for the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnodar Krai. In 2013 was appointed the chairman of the Kuban branch of the All-Russia People's Front.
  
  Since 2016 she has served as deputy of the 7th (2016-2021) and 8th State Duma (since 2021) convocations. She represents the Krasnodar Krai.
  
  She was one of the initiators of the law on life imprisonment for pedophiles, adopted by the State Duma and signed by Vladimir Putin at the beginning of 2022.
  
  ## Sanctions
  
  Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War.
  
  On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned her in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  
  