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Valentina Aleksandrovna Petrenko

(born August 23, 1955, Kazakh SSR) - Soviet and Russian statesman, member of the Federation Council since 2001 from the Government of the Republic of Khakassia [2]. Member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy. Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences.

Social and political activities

From 1979 to 1988, she first worked as an instructor in the Leninsky district committee of the CPSU, then as secretary and first secretary of the Rostov regional committee of the Komsomol. From May 1988 to 1991, she was chairman of the district council and first secretary of the Zheleznodorozhny district committee of the CPSU of Rostov-on-Don. In 1989 she graduated from the Rostov Higher Party School.

In 1990, she was elected people's deputy of the RSFSR (she was the chairman of the presidium of one of the regional councils of Rostov-on-Don). Since the fall of 1993, after the dissolution of the Supreme Council, she worked as deputy head of the administration of the Rostov region for general issues. Later she received the position of adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In December 1993, in Rostov-on-Don, a group of criminals broke into a school and took a group of children and a teacher hostage, demanding a ransom. They demanded 10 million US dollars and a helicopter to fly out. Valentina Petrenko was among those who negotiated with the terrorists, persuading them to release the children and offered herself as a hostage instead of the children. As a result, the terrorists’ demands were partially satisfied; they tried to fly by helicopter to Dagestan, where they were detained.

In 1996, she was hired by the Security Service of the President of the Russian Federation, where she worked as a consultant to the chief, and later in the Main Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation for Domestic and Foreign Policy as Deputy Head of the Department for Interaction with the Subjects of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. In 1998, she worked as deputy head of the department for organizing the work of the Federation Council and relations with government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of the apparatus of the Federation Council

On April 26, 2001, she became a member of the Federation Council from the government of the Republic of Khakassia. Since January 2002, she headed the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare. Since August 2002 - member of the board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation[2].

In 2012, she was elected chairman of the All-Russian public movement “Mothers of Russia” [4].

Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Council of the Russian Party of Life (later the party is part of A Just Russia).

On April 5, 2013, she was expelled from the A Just Russia party. According to Nikolai Levichev, “for failure to fulfill the main party responsibilities provided for by the party charter, simply loss of contact with the party”[5]. According to Petrenko herself, she herself left A Just Russia long ago and is a member of United Russia[1].

Valentina Petrenko left the Federation Council why

Many Russians remember the senator from Khakassia Valentina Petrenko for her strange hairstyle. Bloggers, don’t feed them bread, argued “is it a wig or natural hair,” compared Petrenko’s hairstyle with an astrakhan fur hat, a beehive, as well as a head of cabbage, and wondered “how does she do it?!” and made photos of the senator. Petrenko was called for a television interview and there they also necessarily “harassed” her hairstyle. Once, the writer and host of the “School of Scandal” Tatyana Tolstaya, with her usual tact, said that she invited Petrenko to her program not because she was interested in the work of a senator, but because she “intended to crush her hair.” Surprisingly, Petrenko herself reacts calmly to this entire hairstyle bacchanalia. As she spoke, she carried her hair with her head held high. But not everyone can afford it, writes crimea.kp.ru.

Not everyone remembers, but in nineteen ninety-four, Petrenko took part in an operation to rescue Rostov schoolchildren from captivity by terrorists, for which she was awarded an order for personal courage. Petrenko created the “Mothers of Russia” movement, led issues of family and childhood, and worked with human rights activists.

Petrenko was also remembered for her review of the scandalous dance of the bees, shown by participants in the Orenburg dance studio.

- You should show your butt only when you get married, to your loved one, and only when it is necessary! - Petrenko said on the air of one of the radio stations.

On Wednesday, December 5th, after seventeen years of work, Senator Petrenko left the Federation Council. Her term of office has expired. She said goodbye to her colleagues and gave the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko a New Year tree.

“Valentina Aleksandrovna was one of the brightest, most proactive, responsible senators, she did enormously responsible work both in the upper chamber and also carried out great public work,” says Valentina Matvienko at a meeting of the Federation Council.

Petrenko left her post in the Federation Council by the decision of thirty-one-year-old communist Valentin Konovalov, who won the 2nd round of gubernatorial elections in Khakassia. Yes, exactly the same one who said “hanging corrupt officials on poles.” After which he was given the nickname “hangman”. Konovalov’s Bolshevik heart did not skip a beat in front of Petrenko. He threw Pushkin (that’s what the senator was called on the Internet) from the ship of modernity. The next senator from Khakassia will be former deputy of the Abakan city council, sixty-nine-year-old Valery Usatyuk.

"Caricature" on Charlie Hebdo

On November 11, 2020, Valentina Petrenko presented a caricature for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cartoon is accompanied by two inscriptions: “Charlie Hebdo is not people: freaks!”, and also “Hell welcomes Charlie Hebdo”[9] with an error. Meanwhile, the Kommersant publication noted that the caricature is very reminiscent of a picture by the Ukrainian artist and musician Yuri Zhuravl, depicting politicians sitting in a cauldron during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych. It is noteworthy that in the caricature by Valentina Petrenko there is a man with a pitchfork, similar in shape to the Ukrainian trident, and under the cauldron there is a fire made of car tires - one of the symbols of Euromaidan.[10]

Biography[ | ]

Born in Kazakhstan[2]. Fluent in Polish, English and Spanish[3]. In 1977 she graduated from the Rostov State Pedagogical Institute with a degree in biology and chemistry teacher. Married, has a daughter[2].

From 1979 to 1988, she first worked as an instructor in the Leninsky district committee of the CPSU, then as secretary and first secretary of the Rostov regional committee of the Komsomol. From May 1988 to 1991, she was chairman of the executive committee of the district council and first secretary of the Zheleznodorozhny district committee of the CPSU of Rostov-on-Don. In 1989 she graduated from the Rostov Higher Party School.

In one of the “Let Them Talk” programs (November 6, 2011), Valentina Petrenko reported that during her studies in Rostov she attended lectures by Andrei Chikatilo, who worked as a teacher at that time. The senator sharply criticized the content of his lectures[4].

In 1990, she was elected as a people's deputy of the RSFSR (she was the chairman of one of the district councils of Rostov-on-Don). Since the fall of 1993, after the dissolution of the Supreme Council, she worked as deputy head of the administration of the Rostov region for general issues. Later she received the position of adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In December 1993, in Rostov-on-Don, a group of criminals broke into a school and took a group of children and a teacher hostage, demanding a ransom. They demanded 10 million US dollars and a helicopter to fly out. Valentina Petrenko was among those who negotiated with the terrorists, persuading them to release the children and offered herself as a hostage instead of the children. As a result, the terrorists’ demands were partially satisfied; they flew by helicopter to Dagestan, where they were later detained. According to the memoirs of pilot Valentin Padalka, V. Petrenko warned the terrorists about the impending capture[5].

In 1996, she was hired by the Security Service of the President of the Russian Federation, where she worked as a consultant to the chief, and later in the Main Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation for Domestic and Foreign Policy as Deputy Head of the Department for Interaction with the Subjects of the Russian Federation, Advisor to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation. In 1998, she worked as deputy head of the department for organizing the work of the Federation Council and relations with government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of the apparatus of the Federation Council.

On April 26, 2001, she became a member of the Federation Council from the government of the Republic of Khakassia. Since January 2002, she headed the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy and Healthcare. Since August 2002 - member of the board of the Ministry of Labor and Social Development of the Russian Federation[3]. In 2012, she was elected chairman of the All-Russian public movement “Mothers of Russia”[6]. Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Council of the Russian Party of Life, which later merged with A Just Russia.

Valentina Petrenko and VIA “PLAMYA” under the direction of Yulia Arinicheva at the “Opinion Leaders” award ceremony

In 2004, Petrenko defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic “Theoretical and organizational-pedagogical foundations of the system of socialization of students.” Ten years later, the Dissernet community published an analysis of Petrenko’s doctoral dissertation[7], during which incorrect borrowings from other works were identified, made in violation of the rules and requirements of the Higher Attestation Commission regulations and other regulatory documents[8][9].

In April 2013, she was expelled from the A Just Russia party. According to Nikolai Levichev, “for failure to fulfill the main party responsibilities provided for by the party charter, simply loss of contact with the party”[10]. Petrenko herself objected that she had long since left A Just Russia and was a member of United Russia[1].

On November 11, 2020, Valentina Petrenko presented a caricature for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The cartoon is accompanied by two inscriptions: “Charlie Hebdo is not people: freaks!”, and also “Hell welcomes Charlie Hebdo”[11] with an error. Meanwhile, the Kommersant publication noted that the caricature is very reminiscent of a picture by the Ukrainian artist and musician Yuri Zhuravl, depicting politicians sitting in a cauldron during the presidency of Viktor Yanukovych[12].

The powers of the member of the Federation Council ended on November 16, 2018. In November 2020, Petrenko left the Senate; she worked in the upper house of parliament for 16 years.

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As the owner of an original hairstyle, Petrenko became the subject of a large number of photoshops. In one interview, Petrenko stated that she was tired of answering questions about her hair: “I just have curly hair, I lift it up with a few pins, that’s all.”[11]

In one of the “Let Them Talk” programs (November 6, 2011), Valentina Petrenko reported that during her studies in Rostov she attended lectures by Andrei Chikatilo, who worked as a teacher at that time. The senator sharply criticized the content of his lectures [12].

Notes

1. ↑ 12
   [https://www.bfm.ru/news/212944 Lyudmila Narusova was expelled from A Just Russia]. Business FM (5.4.2013). Retrieved April 5, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6FzJolchJ Archived from the original on April 19, 2013].
2. ↑ 1 2 3
   [https://www.r-19.ru/mainpage/authority/predstavitel.html Member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Government of the Republic of Khakassia]. Portal of executive bodies of state power of the Republic of Khakassia. Retrieved February 26, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6F80JO6RP Archived from the original on March 15, 2013].
3. ↑ 1 2 Ushkanov V.
   [https://www.radiorus.ru/news.html?id=189006 “Persona grata”: Valentina Petrenko]. Radio Russia (02/01/2007). Retrieved February 26, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6F80L6cvO Archived from the original on March 15, 2013].
4. [https://er.ru/news/2012/2/26/materi-rossii-poddezhivayut-kandidaturu-vladimira-putina-na-post-prezidenta-rf/ “Mothers of Russia” support Vladimir Putin’s candidacy for the post of President of the Russian Federation] . United Russia (26.2.2012). Retrieved February 26, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6F80NZds8 Archived from the original on March 15, 2013].
5. [https://www.itar-tass.com/c1/697699.html ITAR-TASS: Ex-senator Lyudmila Narusova and member of the Federation Council Valentina Petrenko were expelled from A Just Russia]. Retrieved April 6, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6FzJks9Y0 Archived from the original on April 19, 2013].
6. [https://www.dissernet.org/expertise/petrenkova2004.htm Publication of the results of the examination of Valentina Petrenko’s dissertation on the Dissernet community server]
7. [https://www.19rus.info/index.php/vlast-i-politika/item/6747-skandalnaya-slava-khakasskogo-senatora-valentiny-petrenko-vykhodit-na-novyj-vitok/ The scandalous glory of the Khakass senator Valentina Petrenko enters a new stage]. 19Rus.Info. Information agency "Khakassia" (March 6, 2014). Retrieved November 9, 2014.
8. [https://polit.ru/news/2013/09/26/copy_paste_sovetfed/ The Society of Scientific Workers accused 9 senators of cheating and falsifying data in their dissertations]. Polit.ru (September 26, 2014). Retrieved November 9, 2014.
9. [https://www.rbc.ru/society/11/11/2015/564337519a79474dbf1d830e Senator Petrenko presented a cartoon on Charlie Hebdo]. RBC. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
10. [https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2851367 “Hell welcomes Charlie Hebdo”] // Kommersant. — 2015-11-11.
11. S. Korzun.
    [https://echo.msk.ru/programs/korzun/624877-echo/ No fools]. Echo of Moscow (06.10.2009). — Interview with V. Petrenko. Retrieved February 26, 2013. [https://www.webcitation.org/6F80Pyixc Archived from the original on March 15, 2013].
12. Let them talk.
    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT4X2C35clI&feature=youtu.be&t=1905 Let them talk. “Photo for memory” (04/06/2011)] (October 13, 2012). Retrieved July 13, 2020.

Petrenko Valentina Alexandrovna

Member of the All-Russian Political Party "United Russia". Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Full member of the Municipal Academy of the Russian Federation. Former member of the Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation from the Republic of Khakassia.

Valentina Petrenko was born on August 23, 1955 in the Rostov region. After school, from 1972 to 1977, she studied at the Rostov State Pedagogical Institute, specializing in biology and chemistry teacher. Then, until 1988, she worked in the Leninsky District Committee, first as an instructor, then as the first secretary of the Rostov Regional Committee.

From 1988 to 1991, Valentina Aleksandrovna served as chairman of the district council, first secretary of the Zheleznodorozhny district committee of the city of Rostov-on-Don.

In 1989 she graduated from the Rostov Higher Party School, becoming a specialist in the field of party and Soviet construction and a teacher of scientific communism. Later she successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences.

In 1990 she won the elections to people's deputies. She held the post of Chairman of the Presidium of one of the district councils of the city of Rostov-on-Don. After the dissolution of the Supreme Council, she worked as deputy head of the administration of the Rostov region for general issues. Subsequently, she received the position of adviser at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

In 1996, Petrenko was hired as a consultant to the chief of the security service of the President of Russia. Later he was appointed deputy head of the department for interaction with the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, adviser to the Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Main Directorate of the President of the Russian Federation for domestic and foreign policy.

In 1998, she held the post of deputy head of the department for organizing the work of the Federation Council and relations with government bodies of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of the Federation Council apparatus.

The Government of the Republic of Khakassia delegated Valentina Petrenko to the Federation Council. Empowered since April 26, 2001. Member of the Federation Council Committee on Social Policy.

In 2012, Valentina Alexandrovna was elected chairman of the public movement “Mothers of Russia”. Soon she became Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Council of the Russian Party of Life, which later joined the A Just Russia party. It is part of the United Russia WFP.

Valentina Petrenko, who held her post for almost seventeen years, said goodbye to her colleagues in the upper house of the Russian parliament on December 5, 2020. In November, the head of Khakassia, Valentin Konovalov, after his election, appointed a new senator from the executive branch of the republic to replace Valentina Petrenko. This was Abakan City Council Deputy Valeria Usatyuk, representing the Communist Party of the Russian Federation.

Married, raised a daughter.

Awards of Valentina Petrenko

Awards of Valentina Petrenko

Order of Honor (2007) Order "For Personal Courage" (1994) Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II degree medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg" medal "In memory of the 1000th anniversary of Kazan" Badge of Honor Federation Council "For services to the development of parliamentarism." Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. Full member of the Municipal Academy of the Russian Federation.

05.12.2018

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An excerpt characterizing Petrenko, Valentina Aleksandrovna

– Goodbye Damian... May your new life be happy and bright! You will still find your happiness, girl... And you will find good people. Farewell... Her heart quietly stopped... And the tormented soul flew freely to where no one could hurt her anymore. The sweet, kind girl left without knowing how wonderful and joyful her ragged, unlived life could have been... how many good people her Gift could have made happy... how high and bright her unknown love could be... and how loud and happy her voices could sound children not born in this life... Damiana’s face, which had calmed down in death, smoothed out, and she seemed simply asleep, she was so pure and beautiful now... Sobbing bitterly, I sank onto a rough seat next to her empty body... My heart froze with bitterness and resentment for her innocent , a life cut short... And somewhere very deep in my soul a fierce hatred rose, threatening to break out and sweep away this entire criminal, terrifying world from the face of the Earth... Finally, somehow gathering myself, I looked again at the brave girl-child, mentally wishing her peace and happiness in her new world, and quietly walked out the door... The horror she saw paralyzed my consciousness, depriving me of the desire to explore the papal basement further... threatening to bring down someone else's suffering on me, which could turn out to be even worse. Just as I was about to go upstairs, I suddenly suddenly felt a weak but very persistent call. Listening in surprise, I finally realized that they were calling me from here, from the same basement. And then, forgetting all my previous fears, I decided to check it out. The call was repeated until I came straight to the door from which it came... The cell was empty and damp, without any lighting. And in the very corner of it, a man was sitting on the straw. Coming closer to him, I suddenly screamed - it was my old friend, Cardinal Morone... His proud face, this time, was red with bruises, and it was clear that the cardinal was suffering. – Oh, I’m very glad that you are alive!.. Hello, monsignor! Have you tried to call me? He rose slightly, wincing in pain, and said very seriously: “Yes, Madonna.” I've been calling you for a long time, but for some reason you didn't hear. Although they were very close. “I helped a good girl say goodbye to our cruel world...” I answered sadly. - Why do you need me, Your Eminence? Can I help you?.. - This is not about me, Madonna. Tell me, your daughter's name is Anna, isn't it? The walls of the room began to shake... Anna!!! Lord, not Anna!.. I grabbed some protruding corner so as not to fall. – Speak, monsignor... You are right, my daughter’s name is Anna. My world was collapsing without even knowing the reason for what happened... It was enough that Caraffa mentioned my poor girl. There was no hope of expecting anything good from this. – When the Pope was “studying” me in the same basement last night, the man told him that your daughter had left the monastery... And for some reason Caraffa was very pleased with this. That's why I decided to somehow break this news to you. After all, his joy, as I understand it, brings only misfortune to everyone? Am I right, Madonna?.. - No... You are right, Your Eminence. Did he say anything else? Even some little thing that could help me? Hoping to get at least the slightest “addition,” I asked. But Morone just shook his head negatively... - I'm sorry, Madonna. He only said that you were very mistaken, and that love has never brought good to anyone. If that tells you anything, Isidora. I just nodded, trying to collect my thoughts, which were scattered in panic. And trying not to show Morona how shocked I was by the news he said, she said as calmly as possible: “Would you allow me to treat you, monsignor?” It seems to me that you could use my “witch” help again. And thank you for the message... Even the bad one. It’s always better to know the enemy’s plans in advance, even the worst, isn’t it?.. Morone carefully peered into my eyes, painfully trying to find in them the answer to some important question for him. But my soul closed itself off from the world, so as not to get sick... in order to withstand the upcoming test... And the cardinal was now greeted only by a trained “secular” look, which did not allow him to penetrate my soul, frozen in horror... - Are you really afraid, Madonna? – Morone asked quietly. – You are a thousand times stronger than him! Why are you afraid of him?!.. - He has something that I am not yet able to fight... And I am not yet able to kill him. Oh, believe me, Your Eminence, if only I found the key to this poisonous viper! I will ease your pain. But the cardinal, with a smile, refused. – Tomorrow I will be in another, calmer place. And I hope Caraffa will forget about me for a while. Well, what about you, Madonna? What will become of you? I can't help you out of your imprisonment, but my friends are quite influential. Can I be of assistance to you? – Thank you, monseigneur, for your concern. But I don’t have vain hopes, hoping to get out of here... He will never let me go... Not my poor daughter. I live to destroy it. He should have no place among people. “It’s a pity that I didn’t recognize you earlier, Isidora.” Perhaps we would have become good friends. And now goodbye. You can't stay here. Dad will definitely come to wish me “good luck.” There is no need for you to meet him here. Save your daughter, Madonna... And don’t give up to Karaffa. May God be with you! – What God are you talking about, monseigneur? – I asked sadly. “Surely, not the one to whom Caraffa is praying!” Morone smiled goodbye. I stood there for a moment, trying to remember the image of this wonderful man in my soul, and, waving goodbye, I went out into the corridor. The sky opened up with a flurry of anxiety, panic and fear!.. Where was my brave, lonely girl now?! What prompted her to leave Meteora?.. For some reason Anna did not respond to my persistent calls, although I knew that she heard me. This instilled even greater anxiety, and I only held on with the last of my strength so as not to succumb to the panic burning my soul, since I knew that Caraffa would certainly take advantage of any weakness of mine. And then I will have to lose, without even starting to resist... Secluded in “my” chambers, I “licked” old wounds, not even hoping that they would ever heal, but simply trying to be as strong and calm as possible in case of any opportunity start a war with Caraffa... There was no point in hoping for a miracle, since I knew perfectly well that in our case miracles were not expected... Everything that happens, I will have to do only myself. Inaction was killing, making me feel forgotten by everyone, helpless and unnecessary... And although I knew perfectly well that I was wrong, the worm of “black doubt” successfully gnawed at my inflamed brain, leaving there a bright trace of uncertainty and regrets... I did not regret that I was with Caraffa myself ... But I was terribly afraid for Anna. And also, I still couldn’t forgive myself for the death of my father and Girolamo, my beloved and the best people in the world for me... Will I ever be able to avenge them?.. Isn’t everyone right when they say that Caraffa cannot be defeated? That I won’t destroy him, but will just die stupidly myself?.. Was the North really right in inviting him to go to Meteora? And was it really possible that the hope of destroying the Pope all this time lived only in me?!.. And also... I felt that I was very tired... Inhumanly, terribly tired... Sometimes it even seemed - wouldn’t it really be better to go to Meteora?.. After all, someone went there?.. And for some reason they were not worried that people were dying around them. It was important for them to KNOW, to receive intimate KNOWLEDGE, since they considered themselves exceptionally gifted... But, on the other hand, if they were truly so “exceptional”, then how could they forget the simplest, but our very important commandment - do not retire while others need your help... How could they so easily close themselves, without even looking around, without trying to help others?.. How did they calm their souls?.. Of course, my “ “outraged” thoughts did not concern the children in Meteora in any way... This war was not their war, it concerned only adults... And the kids still had to walk long and persistently along the path of knowledge, so that later they would be able to defend their home, their relatives and all good people living on our strange, incomprehensible Earth. No, I was thinking specifically about adults... About those who considered themselves too “special” to risk their “precious” lives. About those who preferred to sit out in Meteora, inside its thick walls, while the Earth was bleeding and those as gifted as they were going to their deaths in droves... I have always loved freedom and valued the right of free choice of every individual. But there were moments in life when our personal freedom was not worth millions of lives of other good people... In any case, that’s what I decided for myself... And I wasn’t going to change anything. Yes, there were moments of weakness when it seemed that the sacrifice that was being made would be completely meaningless and in vain. That she would not change anything in this cruel world... But then the desire to fight returned again... Then everything fell into place, and with all my being I was ready to return to the “battlefield”, despite how unequal the war was... Long, hard days crawled along in a string of “unknowns”, and still no one bothered me. Nothing changed, nothing happened. Anna was silent, not responding to my calls. And I had no idea where she was, or where I could look for her...

A hero is not forever

Moscow, November 10, 2020. The woman with one of Russia's most extravagant hairstyles, a Russian senator, gives perhaps the most memorable press conference of the year.

A huge tragedy recently happened in this woman’s country. The plane, which was carrying several hundred Russian citizens, including small children, from a vacation in Egypt, crashed. The investigation does not exclude the possibility of a terrorist attack. The situation with compensation to relatives is completely unclear. The situation with the organization of the funeral and many other things is unclear.

A woman with a hairstyle gives a press conference. She utters incomprehensible remarks, from which it becomes clear that what worries her most about this tragedy is the reaction of one French small-circulation newspaper that published an idiotic caricature of this event. The woman says she drew a response cartoon and takes out a piece of paper. On it is a drawing stolen from the Internet with an unfunny caption; moreover, this drawing depicts the ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and his close circle, and it was drawn a year and a half ago by an artist who supported Euromaidan, which this woman was so opposed to.

Yes, it's funny, but they laugh at her. Someone feels painfully embarrassed by how this woman disgraces the profession of a senator on live television. Here she is asked by a Kommersant journalist: “Why aren’t you engaged in your professional, legislative activities?”, and in response she hears a strange remark that showing journalists a drawing printed from the Internet is also an activity. Another journalist asks her if she understands that this is a caricature of Viktor Yanukovych during the Ukrainian Euromaidan, and the answer is no less strange: “I don’t understand, I don’t understand, it’s more than hell.” Then a woman with a strange hairstyle declares that cartoons on religious topics should be banned, continuing to show the ill-fated leaflet with the image of Hell, and then - again something unintelligible.

Reading the reports from this event is incredibly embarrassing, because it is always a shame when parliamentarians of their country expose themselves to ridicule. Moreover, it’s a shame when an elderly woman exposes herself to ridicule, but, honestly, she’s just funny and nothing more. For a few more days Valentina Petrenko , whose hairstyle it stopped being fashionable to make fun of many years ago, will still remain - and deservedly so - the laughing stock of the Russian Internet. This is probably how she will go down in history in the end - a strange woman out of place with a caricature that is not hers and with a very strange, alas, unique hairstyle. And this is the case when you don’t feel sorry for the person.

Out of idle interest, I looked at the biography of Valentina Petrenko.

You will be surprised and not believe it, but this woman was once a hero. A little over 20 years ago, in 1994. Then, in Rostov-on-Don, a group of criminals broke into a school and took a group of children and a teacher hostage, demanding a ransom. They demanded 10 million US dollars and a helicopter to fly out. Valentina Petrenko was among those who negotiated with the terrorists, persuading them to release the children on behalf of the regional governor, Vladimir Chub . And, yes, she offered herself as a hostage instead of the children. As a result, the terrorists’ demands were partially satisfied; they tried to fly by helicopter to Dagestan, where they were detained. Valentina Petrenko participated in this operation and she is forever involved in the rescue of 15 children and a teacher. This same woman once conducted successful negotiations with terrorists and was ready to risk her own life for the sake of other people’s children.

His further career played a cruel joke on Petrenko. She was promoted, worked as an adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then in the Presidential Security Service, then in the Presidential Administration in the main department for domestic and foreign policy, then she was an adviser to the prime minister, and finally became a member of the Federation Council from Khakassia, which was completely alien to her.

Valentina Petrenko changed offices with some malachite writing instruments to others with the same instruments, her hair grew upward, and the reports written to her by various bosses swelled. Finally, for almost 15 years she has served as a senator, which is considered in political circles to be an honorary pension in a body that, as a rule, simply rubber-stamps the decisions of the State Duma.

Looking at the current Valentina Petrenko, I try to imagine what she was like when she persuaded the terrorists to release their children, because the current lady with this very hairstyle would not cause them anything but laughter. Which cloth table with malachite cutlery was the last for her as an individual? Where is the break?

I’m again rummaging through the Internet in search of details of her biography and looking, looking for this turning point, behind which there is a black void and press conferences when journalists laugh at her in the face. Where is some event from her life when a still young woman could say to herself: “Nothing makes sense to me anymore”?

No events. Simply - chronicles of political semi-oblivion, twenty years of bureaucracy and dullness. Probably Petrenko, the Petrenko who went to the terrorists, died gradually, and there was no final threshold or final edge in her life. Simply - years and years of ossification.

Perhaps it's time to draw a moral from this story. But I have no other moral for you, except that a hero is not forever, and, probably, few heroes manage to justify and prove their feat many times throughout their subsequent lives. And, of course, my personal answer to the question - does Petrenko’s current behavior justify the action she once committed - “No.” Doesn't justify it.

... Mineralnye Vody Airport. 1994 Raising her head high with a fashionable high hairstyle, not at all funny, a stately woman walks in. She will have to negotiate with terrorists on behalf of the governor. Her name is Valentina Petrenko. The curtain falls.