Inna Svyatenko

Background

Inna Yuryevna Svyatenko is a Russian politician who serves as Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Federal Assembly. In this position, she participates in the leadership of the chamber and in the organization of its legislative work and plenary proceedings. She has been a senator representing Moscow since 2019, giving her a prominent role in federal parliamentary affairs and in the representation of the capital’s interests at the national level.

Born on 6 September 1967, Svyatenko built her political career in Moscow’s municipal legislature before moving to the federal level. She served as a member of the Moscow City Duma from 2001 to 2019, a period that established her as a long-serving figure in the city’s political institutions. In 2019, she was appointed to the Federation Council as Moscow’s senator, marking her transition from city-level legislative work to national parliamentary service.

Her broader significance lies in her participation in the upper house’s agenda across domestic policy and legislative oversight. As a senior member of the Federation Council leadership, she is associated with the chamber’s formal functions and with the institutional work of Russia’s parliamentary system. Public appearances and official statements connected to her office have included events such as the opening of the MITT international tourism exhibition in Moscow, reflecting the Federation Council’s involvement in policy areas including domestic tourism and regional development.