Evgenia Debryanskaya
Russian activist (born 1953) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Evgenia Evgenievna Debryanskaya (Russian: Евгения Евгеньевна Дебрянская; born 10 June 1953) or Yevgenia Debryanskaya is a Russian dissident and LGBT rights activist.
Evgenia Debryanskaya | |
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co-founder, Democratic Union, Libertarian Party | |
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Born | (1953-06-10) 10 June 1953 (age 70) Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Political party | Democratic Union, Libertarian Party |
Spouse | Aleksandr Dugin (formerly) |
Children | 1 |
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She was also the co-founder of the Osvobozhdenie (Freedom), a radical group that emerged out of the first homosexual movement in Russia and the Democratic Union.[1] Former leader of the Libertarian Party of the RSFSR.[2]
Debryanskaya advocated for the withdrawal of the Soviet army from Eastern Europe, opening of the Russian borders, and the legalization of same-sex marriage.[3] She was also the first wife of Aleksandr Dugin,[4] the Russian political activist, who has been referred to as Vladimir Putin's "Rasputin" by the Milken Institute, as well as "Putin's philosopher", and "Putin's brain".[5][6] Debryanskaya was called the first "open" lesbian in Russia in a 2008 interview in Ogoniok.[7]
Debryanskaya is also a writer and has directed auteur films.