Alexander Starovoitov

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Starovoitov (Russian: Александр Сергеевич Старовойтов; born on 28 January 1972), is a Russian social and political figure, who is a Member of Parliament, a deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the sixth and seventh convocations from the LDPR party.

Alexander Starovoitov
Александр Старовойтов
Member of Parliament in the State Duma
Assumed office
2011
Personal details
Born
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Starovoitov

(1972-01-28) 28 January 1972
Balashikha, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party of Russia
Children2

Biography

Aleksandr Starovoitov was born in Balashikha, in the Moscow Oblast on 28 January 1972.

Education and career

In 1997, he graduated from the Academy of the FSB of with the faculty of counterintelligence and a lawyer with knowledge of the Japanese language.

He served in the Unit for Combating Illegal Armed Forces and Banditry of the Federal Security Service Directorate of the Russian Federation in Moscow and Moscow Oblast.

From the beginning of the 2000s, he worked in various managerial positions in large commercial structures. In 2007, he was invited to work in the Central Office of the LDPR.

From 2008 to 2009 he was the head of the LDPR of the Moscow Oblast.

Since July 2009, on a personal order from Vladimir Zhirinovsky, he was seconded to Astrakhan to head the Astrakhan regional branch of the LDPR.

On 14 March 2010, Starovoitov was elected as a deputy of the City Council of the municipality "city of Astrakhan".

On 4 December 2011, he was elected as a deputy of the State Duma of the VI convocation from the LDPR.

In 2013, he was honored by the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration with Sociology of Management.

On September 18, 2016, he was elected to the State Duma of the 7th convocation according to the federal list of the LDPR (No. 1 in the regional group No. 51, Belgorod Oblast).[1]

Controversy

On 30 April 2015, Staronoikov rails against Apple Inc. and the Irish pop rock band U2, with their album, Songs of Innocence, saying Apple is spamming youths and asked the General Prosecutor of Russia to investigate the distribution of gay propaganda.[2] Staronoikov also says the U2 album art promotes sex between men, and the newspaper Izvestia, quotes Yevgeny Tonky, a lawyer, who says he's ready to sue Apple for compensation for moral damages on behalf of his own son.

In November 2014, following Tim Cook’s announcement that he is gay, a university in St. Petersburg removed a monument to Steve Jobs and Apple. The decision was widely viewed as a direct response to Cook's coming out.[3]

Family

He is a single father of children.

References
  1. Сведения о проводящихся выборах и референдумах
  2. "Russian politician denounces Apple's U2 album gift as 'gay propaganda'". The Guardian. 2015-04-30. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  3. "Russian iphone statue removed after Apple CEO comes out as gay - video". The Guardian. Reuters. 2014-11-04. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
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