Maria ally and Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights. Maria Lvova-Belova on a working trip to Chechnya. Lvova-Belova is said to supervise the mass kidnapping of orphaned children from Mariupol and other Ukrainian places in the full-out war of Russia on Ukraine in 2022. Photo: Press Service of the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights


Born and raised in Penza, she graduated from the A. A. Arkhangelsky College of Culture and Arts in 2002 as a 2000 to 2005 she worked as a guitar teacher at children's music schools in Penza. Lvova-Belova is the co-founder and head of the Penza regional public organization for promoting social adaptation "Blagovest." In 2011–14 and in 2017–19 she was a member of the Civic Chamber of Penza Oblast, at the same time in 2017–19 a member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation. In 2019, she was elected co-chair of the All-Russia People's Front regional headquarters. In 2019, Lvova-Belova joined the United Russia party (the ID card was given to her on November 23 by then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev). On November 24, she was elected to the Presidium of the General Council of the United Russia, and she became the co-chair of the working group to support civil society. In September 2020 reelected governor of Penza Oblast Ivan Belozertsev appointed Lvova-Belova as the member of the Federation Council of Russia from Penza Oblast's executive branch.[5] After the 2021 snap election she was reappointed by Oleg Melnichenko. On 27 October 2021, Russian president Vladimir Putin appointed Senator Maria Lvova-Belova as the federal Commissioner for Children's Rights, one month after previous commissioner Anna Kuznetsova became an MP. Lvova-Belova is said to supervise the mass kidnapping of orphaned children from Mariupol and other Ukrainian places in the full-out war of Russia on Ukraine in 2022.


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