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Karpovich Natalya Nikolaevna(September 19) - Russian statesman, previously worked as First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, world champion in biathlon among masters, president of the Women's Boxing Development Fund, silver medalist of the first women's world boxing championship in 2002, master of sports in boxing, master of sports in skiing racing Currently works as a lawyer and president of the Child Protection Foundation. Chairman of the Regional public organization"An association large families of the city of Moscow" (ROO OMSM) since 2014.

Biography

Education

  • Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen (1995);
  • Russian Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation (2009)

Books

  • “Chernobyl. Pages of life and love",
  • "Boxing through the eyes of a woman"
  • "My path to the presidency."

Family information

Daughter Elena from her first marriage - born in 1989;

Son Alexander from his second marriage to Eybog Sergei Nikolaevich (1964-1998) (the husband died when the child was one year old);

In 2004, Karpovich married her coach Nikolai Kibkalo. From this marriage Natalya has a daughter, Anna. In 2006, the couple adopted from orphanage boy Danilo. A year later they broke up.

From her affair with St. Petersburg businessman Vladimir, Natalya has two more children, Sergei and Natalya.

In 2011, Natalia and her husband handed Danila back to Orphanage, citing his aggression towards their own children.

In 2015, Natalia Karpovich gave birth to her sixth child.

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The depot, the prisoners, and the marshal's convoy stopped in the village of Shamsheva. Everything huddled around the fires. Pierre went to the fire, ate the roasted horse meat, lay down with his back to the fire and immediately fell asleep. He slept again the same sleep that he slept in Mozhaisk after Borodin.
Again the events of reality were combined with dreams, and again someone, whether he himself or someone else, told him thoughts, and even the same thoughts that were spoken to him in Mozhaisk.
“Life is everything. Life is God. Everything moves and moves, and this movement is God. And as long as there is life, there is the pleasure of self-consciousness of the deity. Love life, love God. It is most difficult and most blissful to love this life in one’s suffering, in the innocence of suffering.”
“Karataev” - Pierre remembered.
And suddenly Pierre introduced himself to a living, long-forgotten, gentle old teacher who taught Pierre geography in Switzerland. “Wait,” said the old man. And he showed Pierre the globe. This globe was a living, oscillating ball that had no dimensions. The entire surface of the ball consisted of drops tightly compressed together. And these drops all moved, moved and then merged from several into one, then from one they were divided into many. Each drop sought to spread out, to capture the greatest possible space, but others, striving for the same thing, compressed it, sometimes destroyed it, sometimes merged with it.
“This is life,” said the old teacher.
“How simple and clear this is,” thought Pierre. “How could I not know this before?”
- There is God in the middle, and every drop strives to expand so that largest sizes reflect it. And it grows, merges, and shrinks, and is destroyed on the surface, goes into the depths and floats up again. Here he is, Karataev, overflowing and disappearing. “Vous avez compris, mon enfant, [You understand.],” said the teacher.
“Vous avez compris, sacre nom, [You understand, damn you.],” a voice shouted, and Pierre woke up.
He rose and sat down. A Frenchman, who had just pushed aside a Russian soldier, sat squatting by the fire and was frying meat that had been put on a ramrod. Veiny, rolled-up, hairy, red hands with short fingers deftly turned the ramrod. A brown gloomy face with frowning eyebrows was clearly visible in the light of the coals.
“Ca lui est bien egal,” he grumbled, quickly turning to the soldier standing behind him. -...brigand. Va! [He doesn't care... a robber, really!]
And the soldier, twirling the ramrod, looked gloomily at Pierre. Pierre turned away, peering into the shadows. One Russian soldier, a prisoner, the one who had been pushed away by the Frenchman, sat by the fire and ruffled something with his hand. Looking closer, Pierre recognized a purple dog, which, wagging its tail, was sitting next to the soldier.
- Oh, did you come? - said Pierre. “Ah, Pla...” he began and didn’t finish. In his imagination, suddenly, at the same time, connecting with each other, a memory arose of the look with which Plato looked at him, sitting under a tree, of the shot heard in that place, of the howl of a dog, of the criminal faces of two Frenchmen who ran past him, of the filmed a smoking gun, about the absence of Karataev at this halt, and he was ready to understand that Karataev was killed, but at the same moment in his soul, coming from God knows where, a memory arose of the evening he spent with the beautiful Polish woman, in the summer, on the balcony of his Kyiv house. And yet, without connecting the memories of the current day and without drawing a conclusion about them, Pierre closed his eyes, and the picture summer nature mixed with the memory of swimming, of a liquid oscillating ball, and he sank somewhere into the water, so that the water converged over his head.
Before sunrise, he was awakened by loud, frequent shots and screams. The French ran past Pierre.
- Les cosaques! [Cossacks!] - one of them shouted, and a minute later a crowd of Russian faces surrounded Pierre.
For a long time Pierre could not understand what was happening to him. From all sides he heard the cries of joy of his comrades.
- Brothers! My dears, my dears! - the old soldiers cried, crying, hugging the Cossacks and hussars. Hussars and Cossacks surrounded the prisoners and hurriedly offered them dresses, boots, and bread. Pierre sobbed, sitting among them, and could not utter a word; he hugged the first soldier who approached him and, crying, kissed him.
Dolokhov stood at the gate of a ruined house, letting a crowd of disarmed French pass by. The French, excited by everything that had happened, spoke loudly among themselves; but when they passed by Dolokhov, who was lightly whipping his boots with his whip and looking at them with his cold, glassy gaze, promising nothing good, their conversation fell silent. On the other side stood the Cossack Dolokhov and counted the prisoners, marking hundreds with a chalk line on the gate.

Karpovich Natalya Nikolaevna, deputy State Duma fifth convocation (2007-2011).

Education

Graduated from a pedagogical college.
Graduated from bodyguard school.
In 1995 she graduated from the Russian State University Pedagogical University them. A.I. Herzen.
In 1998 she graduated from St. Petersburg State University.

Professional activity

Repeated prize-winner and winner of Russian boxing championships, as well as World and European championships (14 medals at the Russian and International level).
Master of Sports in cross-country skiing.
World champion in biathlon among masters.
Organized and ruled international women's boxing competitions (Russia - USA, Russia - Sweden, 1st international tournament with participants from 14 countries).
She worked as a teacher at school.
She was a lawyer for the Soyuz-Chernobyl organization, a lawyer.
In 2002, she won the silver medal at the first women's world boxing championship.
She worked as a bodyguard.
In 2006 she opened the “System Training Center healthy person».
In 2007, she was elected to the State Duma of the fifth convocation as part of the federal list of candidates nominated by the All-Russian political party "United Russia".
Member of the United Russia faction.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children.

Her family will welcome a sixth child in the fall.

God willing, deputy Natalya Karpovich will become a mother in the fall, entering the history of the Russian parliament as the first woman to give birth to two in one term of office. This will be the sixth child in her family.

Family of Natalia Karpovich. There are still five children. Photo from the deputy's archive.

Natalya Nikolaevna - first deputy chairman of the Committee on Women, Family and Children, and personal experience a mother of many children is not at all out of place here. Moreover, if anyone thinks that maternity leave, childbirth and caring for a baby have knocked her out of action, she is seriously mistaken. Ms. Karpovich has a reputation as a hard worker. “Last time I gave birth on Friday, and on Tuesday I already went to work,” she recalls in a conversation with an MK correspondent and hopes that now, “God willing, everything will turn out well” - and she won’t stay at home.

Naturally, the question arises: how? election campaign, which starts in September? The deputy does not know whether she will be able to get on the party list again.” United Russia”: it depends on the voters, the results of the primaries and the decision of the leadership. But in the Duma she is very interested: “I now live according to the formula happy person when you want to go to work in the morning and home from work in the evening...”

The birth is expected at the end of September - beginning of October. It is not yet clear who will be born, but “from my feelings and experience it seems that it is a boy.” She actually would like a girl, “otherwise there will be a preponderance of boys in the family.”

Natalya Nikolaevna’s eldest daughter will already be 21 years old by the time her brother or sister appears; she is a full-time student at the Pediatric Academy in St. Petersburg. The other four live in Moscow: son Sasha, who will turn 14 in October, 7-year-old daughter Anya, Foster-son, 4-year-old Danya, and the “Duma child” Seryozha (he is 2.5 years old). Independent, big family for them it’s the norm, everyone really wants a child: “There were a lot of cries of happiness when they found out...”

How does Mrs. Karpovich manage such a crowd? “When I lived in St. Petersburg, my grandmother helped, but here after Seryozha’s birth I had to hire a nanny. She lives with us and is practically part of the family.” And in general, the older ones help with the younger ones. As a deputy, Natalya Nikolaevna was given official housing in a house on Olof Palme Street, and the apartment suits her. This woman is not used to waiting for something and begging for something: “I don’t think that anyone owes me anything, a person himself must be responsible for his own deeds and actions. There is education, a profession, strength - that means there is an opportunity to raise children.” Before joining the Duma, she worked as a lawyer.

“Children are the main investment in the future, and they will not be lonely together, and their parents will not be lonely when they grow old,” says Natalya Nikolaevna. She says she always dreamed of a big round table, a big Christmas tree, big family: “Now I already have all this, but so far there is only one gift under the tree - mine. Now I dream that when I become an elderly lady, children and families will come to me for the holidays, and there will be many, many gifts for me under the tree...”

Rumors about the pregnancy of the master of sports in cross-country skiing and boxing, 38-year-old Natalya Karpovich, are slowly beginning to circulate around the building in Okhotny Ryad. Some people think that she just gained weight, others have guesses. More observant women have already begun to come up and ask: really?

Yes. It happens.

Karpovich Natalya Nikolaevna(September 19, 1972) - Russian statesman, previously worked as First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children, world champion in biathlon among masters, president of the Women's Boxing Development Fund, silver medalist of the first women's world boxing championship in 2002, master of sports in boxing, master of sports in cross-country skiing. Currently works as a lawyer and president of the Child Protection Foundation. Chairman of the Regional Public Organization “Association of Large Families of Moscow” (ROO OMSM) since 2014.

Biography

  • Repeated medalist and winner of Russian boxing championships,
  • Repeated medalist and winner of the World and European Championships (14 medals of Russian and international level).
  • Master of Sports in cross-country skiing.
  • World champion in biathlon among masters.
  • Organizer of international women's boxing competitions:
    • Russia - USA,
    • Russia - Sweden,
    • 1st international tournament with participants from 14 countries.
  • She worked as a teacher at school.
  • Worked as a lawyer for the Soyuz-Chernobyl organization,
  • 2000 - became silver medalist Russian Championship in the weight category up to 71 kg.
  • She worked as a lawyer.
  • 2002 - Winner of the silver medal at the first women's world boxing championship.
  • She worked as a bodyguard.
  • She worked as a lawyer for the Soyuz-Chernobyl organization.
  • 2006 - opened the Center for Systematic Training of a Healthy Person.
  • 2007 - elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation as part of the federal list of candidates nominated by the All-Russian political party "UNITED RUSSIA".
  • 2011 - became president of the Child Protection Foundation.
  • Worked as a TV presenter for the “Reflection” program on “100 TV” St. Petersburg
  • 2014 - was a proxy in the elections of the Governor of St. Petersburg.

Education

Books

  • “Chernobyl. Pages of life and love",
  • "Boxing through the eyes of a woman"
  • "My path to the presidency."

Family information

Daughter Elena from her first marriage - born in 1989;

Son Alexander from his second marriage to Eybog Sergei Nikolaevich (1964-1998) (the husband died when the child was one year old);

In 2004, Karpovich married her coach Nikolai Kibkalo. From this marriage Natalya has a daughter, Anna. In 2006, the couple adopted a boy, Danila, from an orphanage. A year later they broke up.

From her affair with St. Petersburg businessman Vladimir, Natalya has two more children, Sergei and Natalya.

In 2011, Natalia and her husband returned Danila to the orphanage, citing his aggression towards their own children.

In 2015, Natalia Karpovich gave birth to her sixth child.

Her biography would be enough for several ordinary destinies. Sports victories, graduation diplomas from the best universities in St. Petersburg. Death of her beloved Chernobyl husband, work as a lawyer in the Soyuz-Chernobyl organization. Today Natalya Nikolaevna is a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children. Recently, Natalya Karpovich gave birth to her fifth child.

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Natalya Karpovich graduated from the Russian State Pedagogical University named after. A.I. Herzen. In 1998 she graduated from St. Petersburg State University (Faculty of Law). Repeated prize-winner and winner of Russian boxing championships, as well as world and European championships (14 medals at Russian and international levels). World champion in biathlon among masters. She worked as a bodyguard, a school teacher, a lawyer for the Soyuz-Chernobyl organization, and a lawyer. In 2006, she opened the Center for Systematic Training of a Healthy Person.
In 2007, she was elected to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the fifth convocation as part of the federal list of candidates nominated by the All-Russian political party “United Russia”. First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family, Women and Children.
Author of three books: “Chernobyl. Pages of life and love”, “Boxing through the eyes of a woman”, “My path to the presidency”.
President of the Women's Boxing Development Fund.

- Natalya Nikolaevna, you are a young woman, but you already have an absolutely fantastic biography. Skiing, boxing, sports awards, teacher and bodyguard, lawyer, deputy, writer......and mother of five children. What keeps you moving forward all the time? And how do you manage to combine so many things, positions, responsibilities?
- Fantastic? She doesn’t seem particularly outstanding to me - it’s just the way life turned out. Somewhere there are circumstances, somewhere there are my dreams, desires...
The desire to be ahead was always there. And most importantly, I love life very much. I really want to do a lot. As I grew older, I realized that any task, any goal is like a mathematical equation that must be solved at all costs. There is a solution method. You start thinking and you decide. The main thing is to decide on the goal in time.
- Does your ability to take a punch in the literal sense of the word help you in your current work? What character traits, developed over years of sports, are especially useful in politics and life? And why did you, after parting with biathlon, choose boxing, which is traditionally considered not the most feminine sport - a traumatic and physically exhausting sport?
- Boxing is indeed stereotypically considered a non-female sport. But having dedicated 28 years to the sport, I can say that in big sport there are no men and women, but only athletes. All life experiences, especially those that we receive as a result of some situations that are not very pleasant for us, are the hardening that teaches us perseverance. The first blow, the second, the third - if you have learned to draw the right conclusions, you will no longer repeat your previous mistakes. For me, sport is like air, not just a hobby, but a way of life.
Purposefulness, patience, endurance, the ability to pull yourself together at the right moment - it all comes from sports. Outside the ring - it doesn’t matter whether it’s business, politics or just solving some vital problem - everything is the same. You should always soberly assess how serious the problem facing you is and play out in advance different situations that may arise.
- 2008 was declared the Year of the Family. Your Committee oversees issues related to childhood and family. Which of the things that have been done, in your opinion, can be called the most important achievements and what tasks do you consider to be the top priorities for the country to support the institution of family and women with children?
- In my opinion, the most important thing is that we started talking about family. In the twenty years that have passed since perestroika, people have become so tired of everyday and financial problems that many family, cultural, and social values ​​have been pushed into the background. Why is our social sphere in such a difficult situation today? The housing issue and benefits, pensions - wherever you look, there are problems everywhere. It was the institution of the family that suffered the most. When we were growing up, a two-child family was the norm. Today, young people often do not plan to give birth at all or put it off until better times, when a career is made, everything is decided everyday problems... And the majority are inclined towards a small family. Yes, in Lately the birth rate is increasing. But it’s too early to calm down. The state has introduced many incentive programs: this and maternal capital, and an increase in benefits and compensation. Housing projects “Young Family” and “State Employee” have appeared, and kindergartens are being built. Today the entire infrastructure is being built anew. All this is there, and much is already working. A lot of parliamentary hearings and round tables were held, where a variety of topics were discussed - orphans, disabled children, and children in difficult situations. life situation, and issues related to the legal system - juvenile justice, jury trials, all issues related to child delinquency. The Committee develops laws aimed at protecting the interests of children. I hope that they will be considered by the State Duma in the near future.
- They had just started talking about overcoming the demographic crisis - and the financial crisis began. Surely many who were planning to give birth will now want to postpone it until better times...
- If you look at what the government and the state have done so far in this area: the budget has been adopted, all the funds necessary for the implementation of the programs have been pledged - the money will be paid. That is, the state will fulfill all its promises. Of course, the crisis will be felt - someone will lose their job, someone will lose their usual standard of living. But as a woman who recently gave birth to her fifth child, I’ll tell you honestly - I’m not afraid. And this is not because I am a deputy of the State Duma, I also had different situations in my life. And the salary was not the highest. I gave birth when I was a student, I lived in a dormitory, and at the moment when I lost my job altogether, I lived in a communal apartment without amenities, and my husband, a liquidator of the Chernobyl accident, died... During the war, they also gave birth to children, but life was much harder. What’s more difficult is that life itself might not exist tomorrow. But they gave birth! And I think that even now nothing will stop those who want a normal family, want children. And if the state does not renounce its obligations, the guarantees promised to us, then there is no reason to panic. You just need to understand that each of us lives not only for ourselves. I am sure that everything I have achieved in life is thanks to the fact that I have children. You are responsible for them, which means that if you fall, you must get up and move forward again.
- You deal with issues related to orphans. What is the reason, in your opinion, that their number continues to grow? What is being done to simplify the adoption procedure for Russians? What forms - patronage, guardianship, family orphanages - are the most successful? How effective is the supervision of adopted children - not only in Russia, but also abroad?
- Today, 90% of children in orphanages are social orphans. And I will say this not as an official, but as a mother whose fourth child is a social orphan taken from an orphanage. I believe that those who give birth and leave their children in orphanages should be punished. They must pay child support for this child without entrusting all the care of him to the state. They may object to me - then they will start getting rid of children, having abortions more often, even killing... I don’t think so. Because in parallel with responsibility for maintenance and upbringing, it is necessary to introduce criminal liability. This is a crime against life. Often, after the first abandoned baby, such mothers give birth to a second and a third, and abandon them in the same way. And they don’t consider themselves criminals. I believe this is due to impunity.
As for the adoption procedure, yes, it needs to be simplified. And we are doing this. But this question is completely ambiguous, because changes will be required not only in the adoption procedure itself, but also in many legislative acts. The law on guardianship and trusteeship, which has now been adopted in the first reading, is also, of course, imperfect; it is currently being finalized. This law will change many things, including to expand forms of guardianship, such as foster care. Adopting right away is very difficult, and not just formally. Serious psychological problems must be taken into account first. It seems to me that there should be some kind of adaptation period - a time when parents and children get used to each other, have the opportunity to understand whether they can be around all their lives, be together, whether they can love each other. Someone else's child must become your own. He needs affection, warmth, care. All this is impossible without love. And all forms are successful if the child grows up in a family. And foster care, and guardianship, and family orphanages.
International adoption is also a difficult issue. My point of view is that it should stay. Since in many countries the system social support more developed, disabled children and children over 10 years old can be adopted. We - and this is the objective truth - still have a lot of problems in this area. In addition, in our country, potential adoptive parents are only willing to take in small children, up to three years old. After three, a child’s chances of finding a family are reduced by 80%. Russians practically do not adopt children over ten years old. And abroad, many are ready to take older children into their families; they are not stopped by the presence of diseases in the child. Therefore, international adoption is a solution for those who have no chance of finding a family in Russia. We have serious work ahead of us not only to improve Russian legislation in this area, but also in international conventions and legislative acts. In my opinion, a child, even adopted abroad, must remain a citizen of Russia until the age of 18. And the state must constantly monitor the conditions in which children live, both in our country and abroad. Many in the Committee agree with me, but today we do not yet have a consensus on all issues.
- Despite the fact that your colleagues tried to dissuade you, you, being pregnant, risked flying to Tskhinvali during the South Ossetian conflict. What was the essence of the “The Future of Russia in the Hands of Mothers” campaign, for which you flew there? And what is the current situation in South Ossetia with children's rights?
- I wanted to see everything with my own eyes. I really wanted to go there and support these women. I know how hard it is to lose loved ones, to bury those who are dear to you. And I don’t regret at all that I flew there. Today I can talk about what happened in Ossetia not from someone’s words, but completely objectively - I saw everything with my own eyes. I believe that people have the right to know how everything happened. Therefore, she spoke a lot, traveled with deputies of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, members of United Russia, who spoke in the parliaments of other countries explaining the situation in South Ossetia. She spoke at OSCE meetings and at various international meetings.
At the forum we organized, we gathered the mothers of Tskhinval and Beslan and discussed with them all the problems that concern them. The resolution adopted at this forum was transmitted to the government and our Committee. Yes, there are many problems. Ossetian children not only need an established life, although this is very important, they need psychological rehabilitation. Our job is to help them cope with these memories. They should have the opportunity to travel outside the republic and communicate with their peers. They need to know that they are not alone in their grief. They need to be pulled out of this nightmare they have experienced. The loss of loved ones is a universal human problem. At the forum, mothers adopted an appeal to governments different countries. The point of this appeal is that this should not happen again. Behind every letter there is human pain, which is understandable to anyone who has loved ones.
- The situation with the distribution of traditional gender roles has been changing recently. Women often began to earn more men, do business. And they want men to lead on equal terms with them household. How do you assess such changes?
- Gender equality is one thing. Constitutional rights, legislative rights, right to significant social roles in a variety of fields of activity - all this should be mandatory. But the positions of ardent feminists are not close to me. I consider the emphasis on the role of women to be largely artificial. Let's be honest - what does a woman need most of all? Shoulder loved one. A woman cannot be happy if she is not loved. No matter how strong she is. She wants to have children. Profession, success - it's all important. But without family, happiness is impossible.
As for the fact that women began to earn more, it’s just that in difficult times women are able to mobilize, because they always bear responsibility not only for themselves, but first of all for their children. Therefore, women are ready to take on difficult work, do business, start your own business - as long as the children do not need anything. Yes, I think this situation is normal and understandable. Men are more afraid of making mistakes. A woman is not afraid of mistakes. Well, it didn’t work out, so what? She will still justify herself. And it will start all over again. After perestroika, additional opportunities opened up - women did not miss them. Men are more inert and do not really like change. Yes, we are different, and is that bad? But roles in the family, in my opinion, should still be distributed traditionally. I believe that the final word, no matter how much someone earns, should belong to the man. My favorite film is “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears.” Remember how Zhora says: “In our family, I will decide everything!” And that's probably right. In any case, I always strive for this. Yes, everything can be discussed, but the decision must be made by the man. A woman should delegate this right to him so that he feels like a man. And then, men most often resist precisely when some opinion is imposed on them. And if we agree, then they are ready to compromise.
-In November, your family welcomed a fifth child. Who was born and what was their name? Apparently, you are not going on maternity leave?
- Yes, I didn’t take any vacation. I worked on Thursday and went to the maternity hospital on Friday. I already went to work on Tuesday. You could say that she planned the birth herself. The deadline was approaching, there was a gap in work. I, like all athletes, hear my body well. They named their son Seryozha, in honor of my second husband, who left so early. Now the baby is with a nanny. But I go to feed him. If I don’t have time, I leave the milk.


- How do you manage such a large family?
- Children are the most important thing in my life. Eldest daughter already eighteen. I gave birth to her early, when I was seventeen years old. Four years later, my husband and I separated - this, alas, is the fate of many early marriages. She raised her alone. Now she is studying at the Institute of Culture, at the directing department, working in Ostankino on Channel One, as an assistant director. For me, Lena is a friend, a support, and a person who understands and supports me. My son Sasha is eleven years old and goes to school. A very lively, nice, kind boy. He was only a year old when his dad passed away. Anya will be five years old in May. This is a child who requires a lot of attention; you cannot talk to her in a raised voice, only on equal terms and in a friendly way. Very modern, fashionable - this is our family toy. Daniil is almost four. Yes, he is not related to me by blood, but I can’t imagine now that he wouldn’t be with us. Is he a stranger? He is mine, he is ours. We all love him. She and Anya go to kindergarten, learn English.
With age came the understanding that there should be a lot of children. I've always had a dream. Now I’m already a grandmother, and in the house there is a big table, a Christmas tree, gifts, and at this table there are many children and grandchildren. And I think it will happen. And I will be a very happy grandmother. Yes, even now I feel great joy when they all gather at one table - I look and understand that I am not living in vain.
-Do you have time to rest?
- All free time I spend it with my family. If I promised my children something, I will definitely do it. In the evenings we draw and watch cartoons together. On weekends we go somewhere to the park or to a children's play, to a cafe, go out of town, go skiing, or to " Child's world" go shopping. Yesterday, for example, everyone wrote letters to Santa Claus. We are all very friendly.
- Where do you feel at home - in Moscow or St. Petersburg?
- I feel good everywhere. I am a nomad in life. Since childhood I have been going to competitions and training camps. St. Petersburg is, of course, my city, I love it very much. I was a Leningrader - not even a St. Petersburger, just a Leningrader - and I remained one. But I also feel comfortable in Moscow. I feel good here. Whether I will return to St. Petersburg or stay here, I have no idea. I haven’t thought much ahead for a long time, not since Sergei died. Back then we made so many plans for the future, but none of them were destined to come true. And I stopped looking so far.
- What of what happened in your life seems most surprising to you?
- A lot of things surprise and delight me. The men I have met in my life amazing people, who gave me a lot and taught me a lot. The fact that I have such wonderful children, that there are so many of them, how quickly they grow. It’s surprising that I became a deputy of the State Duma. A few years ago I never thought that this would happen. And now I’m happy to come to work here, and I really like what I do. Life in general is an amazing thing. The formula of a happy person - “in the morning - happy to go to work, in the evening - happy to go home” - is quite applicable to me.
-What peaks do you still plan to conquer? And is your life plan valid today, according to which you intend to eventually occupy the post of President of the country?
- I'm a big romantic. About five years ago, when I was asked on television about my life plans, I said that on a personal level I want another child and... to become the president of the country. I didn’t even expect such a phrase from myself. Nevertheless, this desire remains valid. But I would also really like to be needed and useful in my current job, in politics, in the legislative sphere. And for myself - another child!

Irina Ovechkina



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