Journalists were addressed by the chairman of the State Duma committee on family issues Tamara Pletneva.

Tamara Vasilyevna Pletnyova (Russian: Тама́ра Васи́льевна Плетнёва; née Shtrak, born November 22, 1947, Novodubrovskoe, Novosibirsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian politician.[1]

Deputy of the State Duma of the first (1993–1995), the second (1995–1999),[2] the third (1999–2003), the fourth (2003–2007), the fifth (2007–2011),[3] the sixth (2011–2016) and seventh convocations (2016-2021), a member of the Communist Party faction, member of the Permanent Commission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly on social policy and human rights[4] and the chairwoman of the Family, Women, and Children Affairs Committee in the State Duma.[5]

In March 2019, Pletnyova has called gays "sick" people who "must be cured".[6][7]

In 2020, Pletnyova called for a law that would tax on childless couples.(Russia used to have that tax from 1941-1990).[8]

References

  1. Гордитесь ли вы сегодняшней Россией? Что для вас означают слова «чувство Родины» и «национальное достоинство»? Вы смотрите в будущее с оптимизмом?
  2. Федеральное Собрание Российской Федерации: Биографический справочник
  3. Народная избранница бедного пенсионера
  4. В РФ могут ввести звание «Почётный гражданин Российской Федерации»
  5. Pletnyova Tamara Vasilyevna The State Duma. Persons (Rus.)
  6. Russian Lawmaker Says Gays Are 'Sick,' Must Be 'Cured' Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. March 6, 2019
  7. Gays Should Be 'Cured,' Russian Lawmaker Says The Moscow Times. March 6, 2019
  8. "Russian politician proposes a tax on childless couples".
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