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'''Elena Sharoykina''' ({{lang-rus|Шаройкина Елена Акинфовна}}, born 1979), is a Russian journalist, social communications and corporate consulting expert, environmental activist. She is director of the [[National Association for Genetic Safety]] (Moscow), and director of the Russian TV channel Tsargrad. Since 2020 she has been a Putin-appointed member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.oprf.ru/en/chambermembers/members/user/2695|title=OPRF - the list members of chamber (2020 year)|access-date=2022-04-18|archive-date=2023-05-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230502122123/https://old.oprf.ru/en/chambermembers/members/user/2695|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== Education and career ==
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'''Elena Sharoykina''' (Russian: Шаройкина Елена Акинфовна), is a Russian journalist, social communications and corporate consulting expert, environmental activist. She is director of the [[National Association for Genetic Safety]] (Moscow), coordinator for the international "FACTOR GMO" study, director of the Russian TV-Channel "Tsargrad". Her articles and comments on GM-technologies, global biotech companies and their connections with the military-industrial complex, as well as on other ecology-related issues, regularly appear in Russian and international press.


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Sharoykina graduated from the faculty of journalism at [[Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University]]. Her main speciality is TV journalism. She started professional career in Ukraine as a parliamentary journalist and an author of several TV programs on political and social problems.
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== Education & career ==


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As a public relations specialist she has taken part in a number of election campaigns and humanitarian projects. In early 2000 she established her own company in Moscow, Production Ru Communication Group, which has since specialized in providing marketing, political and social communication services. [[United Russia]] party, the government of [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Khanty]]-[[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Mansi Autonomous Okrug]] – UGRA, Financial corporation [[Uralsib|URALSIB]], [[Rosenergomash]], [[Russian Football Union]], Media Holding New Media Stars and others, were among clients of the company. In 2006 'White Wing' prize was awarded to Production Ru Communication Group in "Best PR-project in the nonprofit sphere"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pr-proba.ru/arxiv/2006/358|title=PROBA-IPRA Golden World Awards {{!}} SHORT-LIST 2006|website=pr-proba.ru|access-date=2016-03-10|archive-date=2016-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225082027/http://pr-proba.ru/arxiv/2006/358|url-status=dead}}</ref> nomination for the achievements of [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov]] re-election campaign for the President of [[FIDE|World Chess Federation]] ([[FIDE]]).
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Elena graduated from the faculty of journalism at [[Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University]]. Her main speciality is TV journalism. She started professional career in Ukraine as a parliamentary journalist and an author of several TV-programs on political and social problems.
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As a public relations specialist Elena has taken part in a number of election campaigns and humanitarian projects. In the beginning of 2000 she established her own company in Moscow "Production Ru Communication Group" which has since been specialized on providing marketing, political and social communication services. [[United Russia|United]] [[United Russia|Russia]] party, the government of [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Khanty]]-[[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Mansi]] [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Autonomous]] [[Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug|Okrug]] – UGRA, Financial corporation [[Uralsib|URALSIB]], [[Rosenergomash]], [[Russian Football Union]], Media Holding New Media Stars and others were among clients of the company. In 2006 'White Wing' prize was awarded to Production Ru Communication Group in "Best PR-project in the nonprofit sphere"<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pr-proba.ru/arxiv/2006/358|title=PROBA-IPRA Golden World Awards {{!}} SHORT-LIST 2006|website=pr-proba.ru|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> nomination for the achievements of [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov|Kirsan]] [[Kirsan Ilyumzhinov|Ilyumzhinov]] re-election campaign for the President of [[FIDE|World]] [[FIDE|Chess]] [[FIDE|Federation]] ([[FIDE]]).


Since April 2016 Elena has been director of the Russian [[:ru:Царьград ТВ|TV-chanell "Tsargrad-TV"]].
Since April 2016 Sharoykina has been director of the Russian TV channel [[Tsargrad TV]].


== Public activity ==
== Public activity ==
In 2004 Elena established non-government non-profit organization [[National Association for Genetic Safety|National Association for genetic safety]] (NAGS). Dr. Alexander Baranoff (29 Jul 1946, [[Moscow]], USSR - 14 Oct 2015, Moscow, [[Russia]]) from Koltzov Institute of [[Developmental biology|Developmental Biology]] of [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] was elected as president of NAGS. Elena was appointed as director of NAGS.
In 2004, Sharoykina established the anti-GMO organization [[National Association for Genetic Safety]] (NAGS).{{cn|date=April 2022}} Dr. Alexander Baranoff from Koltzov Institute of [[Developmental biology|Developmental Biology]] of [[Russian Academy of Sciences]] was elected as president of NAGS. Sharoykina was appointed as director of NAGS.


In November 2014 Elena became the main coordinator of the "Factor GMO"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-gmo-science-idUSKCN0IV24C20141111|title=GMO battles over 'settled' science spur new study of crops|date=2014-11-11|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2016-03-09}}</ref> international project - the world's largest and most comprehensive study on GMOs and its associated pesticides safety.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/11/largest-international-study-into-safety-of-gm-food-launched-by-russian-ngo|title=Largest international study into safety of GM food launched by Russian NGO|last=Vidal|first=John|date=2014-11-11|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mckay-jenkins-phd/coming-soon-major-gmo-stu_b_6344812.html|title=Coming Soon: Major GMO Study (Shhh, It Will Be Done in Secret by Russians)|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-03-09}}</ref>
In November 2014 Sharoykina became the main coordinator of the FACTOR GMO<ref>[https://www.oagb.ru/ FACTOR GMO]</ref> study, international project - touted to become the world's largest and most comprehensive study on GMOs' safety. The public was asked to donate US$ 25 million to fund the project. However, after a few months, the whole thing quietly disappeared, and was never heard of again. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://grist.org/food/russian-outfit-wants-25-million-to-secretly-study-gmos/|title=Russian outfit plans to spend $25 million to secretly study GMOs|date=23 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/11/largest-international-study-into-safety-of-gm-food-launched-by-russian-ngo|title=Largest international study into safety of GM food launched by Russian NGO|last=Vidal|first=John|date=2014-11-11|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mckay-jenkins-phd/coming-soon-major-gmo-stu_b_6344812.html|title=Coming Soon: Major GMO Study (Shhh, It Will Be Done in Secret by Russians)|website=The Huffington Post|date=18 December 2014|access-date=2016-03-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/factor-gmo-fake-science-russia|title=The World's Largest GMO Study Was Launched By Russians In 2014. Then It Disappeared.|website=BuzzFeedNews|access-date=2019-01-12}}</ref>


As an expert Elena participates in working groups on environmental and food safety issues in the State Duma,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fishretail.ru/news/krugliy-stol-o-kachestve-i-bezopasnosti-337088|title=Круглый стол: "О качестве и безопасности продуктов без использования ГМО"|website=fishretail.ru|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> Russian ministries and agencies on regular basis.<ref>http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/monsanto-winter-offensive-strikes-india-china-and-russia</ref> She takes part in news and analytical programs on federal TV channels,<ref>http://www.1tv.ru/sprojects_edition/si5962/fi35867</ref> and gives lectures on ecology and food safety at different public premises (Central House of artists, Red October etc.). She is a regular speaker on environmental forums, conferences and other events in Russia and abroad.
Sharoykina regularly participates in working groups on environmental and food safety issues in the State Duma,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fishretail.ru/news/krugliy-stol-o-kachestve-i-bezopasnosti-337088|title=Круглый стол: "О качестве и безопасности продуктов без использования ГМО"|website=fishretail.ru|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> Russian ministries and agencies. She takes part in news and analytical programs on federal TV channels,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.1tv.ru/sprojects_edition/si5962/fi35867|title = Время покажет. Выпуск от 09.02.2015}}</ref> and gives lectures on ecology and food safety at different public premises (Central House of artists, [[Red October (sweet factory)|Red October]] etc.).<ref>{{Citation|last=Inc.|first=TV Rain|title=Елена Шаройкина. История одной планеты, или мусорная катастрофа. Полная версия|date=3 September 2012|url=https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/lectures_on_the_rain/elena_sharojkina_istorija_odnoj_planety_ili_musornaja_katastrofa_polnaja_versija-329909/|accessdate=2016-10-09}}</ref>


Elena is an author and a member of the editorial council of the 'Science & Religion' magazine, a columnist of Russian newspapers 'Green City', '[[Vzglyad (newspaper)|Vzglyad]]', etc.
Sharoykina is an author and a member of the editorial council of ''Science & Religion'' magazine, and a columnist for Russian newspapers ''Green City''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gazetagreencity.ru/content/avtory|title=Авторы - Green City Review|website=gazetagreencity.ru|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref> and ''[[Vzglyad (newspaper)|Vzglyad]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vz.ru/opinions/2016/9/21/833682.html|title=Елена Шаройкина: Биотехнологическое НАТО у границ России|website=www.vz.ru|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref>


She is alleged to be an important player in Russian propaganda activities against Ukraine. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vsquare.org/the-man-who-wanted-more/|title = The man who wanted more|date = 14 October 2017}}</ref>
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She is a member of the Public control development Council in the Commitee on Public and Religious Organizations in the [[State Duma]].


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She is a member of the Public Control Development Council in the Committee on Public and Religious Organizations in the [[State Duma]].
== Lobbysts activity ==
According to the opponents, Elena Sharoykina played a key role in lobbying of anti-GMO legislation in Russia. After the introduction of the Russian Government's draft regulation for the GMOs governmental registration procedure in 2012, she became one of the main organizer and active participant of public campaign against this decree acceptance. NAGS organized a numerous pickets with slogans 'Say no to Monsanto!' and 'For GMO-free Russia', relevant petition was addressed to the [[President of Russia]] V. [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]].


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== Lobbying ==
In 2013 after the Government Decree № 839 was passed in spite of the public criticism, Elena along with the representatives of a number of non-profit organizations and biological and food safety experts filed an action in the [[Supreme Court of Russia]] to litigate the legitimacy of the act.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sustainablepulse.com/2013/12/19/russian-food-security-experts-aim-stop-gmo-registrations-supreme-court/|title=Russian Food Security Experts Fight GMO Registrations in Supreme Court|date=2013-12-19|website=Sustainable Pulse|access-date=2016-10-07}}</ref>
According to some assessments, Sharoykina has played a key role in lobbying for anti-GMO laws in Russia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://tass.com/opinions/763408|title=Russians eager to say NO to GMOs|newspaper=TASS|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref> Critics also claim that she was acting with the help of powerful government institutions of Russia behind her lobbying activities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbio.ru/page/46/id/3036/|title=Кто стоит за био-скандалистами из Общенациональной ассоциации генетической безопасности?|last=AlkoDesign.Ru|website=cbio.ru|access-date=2016-10-09}}</ref>

On 25 December 2013 Elena became one of the initiators of the open letter to the President of Russia V. Putin from the scientific, public and environmental organizations representatives with a demand to cancel Government Decree № 839 and impose temporary moratorium on GM-cultivation in Russia. In summer 2014 the Decree was postponed for 3 years and in June 2016 The State Duma passed anti-GMO law alongside the [[Yarovaya Law|Yarovaya law]].

Critics were also blaming E. Sharoykina that power ministries are standing behind her lobbying activity.

== Fiction and mass-media image ==
She is a prototype of one of the main characters of fantastic eco–bestseller written by Sergey Tarmashev<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tarmashev.com/book.php?p=n|title=Sergey Tarmashev official site|last=Tarmashev|first=Sergey|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> – "Heritage" and "Heritage II", which was published in 2010 and 2012. The author describes events leading the planet to the enormous genetic catastrophe caused by uncontrolled spread of GMOs. And the main characters struggle with a corrupt world government for the sake of humanity survival.

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== Views ==
Strong supporter of the [[sustainable development]] ideas,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sustainablepulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-08-08-Food-Safety-and-Sustable-Agriculture-Forum-2014-Beijing.pdf|title=Sustainable Pulse|last=Food Safety & Sustainable Agriculture Forum 2014, Beijing|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> [[alter-globalization]], [[social responsibility]] of states and [[transnational corporations]] for present and future human generations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.defenddemocracy.press/trust-monsanto-play-god/|title=Would you trust Monsanto to play God? - Defend Democracy Press|last=Press|first=Defend Democracy|date=2016-10-05|newspaper=Defend Democracy Press|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-06}}</ref>

Elena takes interest in the history of arts, psychology, comparative religion studies. She also produces documentaries in spare time.


==References==
==References==
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Elena Sharoykina (Russian: Шаройкина Елена Акинфовна, born 1979), is a Russian journalist, social communications and corporate consulting expert, environmental activist. She is director of the National Association for Genetic Safety (Moscow), and director of the Russian TV channel Tsargrad. Since 2020 she has been a Putin-appointed member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation.[1]

Education and career

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Sharoykina graduated from the faculty of journalism at Oles Honchar Dnipropetrovsk National University. Her main speciality is TV journalism. She started professional career in Ukraine as a parliamentary journalist and an author of several TV programs on political and social problems.

As a public relations specialist she has taken part in a number of election campaigns and humanitarian projects. In early 2000 she established her own company in Moscow, Production Ru Communication Group, which has since specialized in providing marketing, political and social communication services. United Russia party, the government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – UGRA, Financial corporation URALSIB, Rosenergomash, Russian Football Union, Media Holding New Media Stars and others, were among clients of the company. In 2006 'White Wing' prize was awarded to Production Ru Communication Group in "Best PR-project in the nonprofit sphere"[2] nomination for the achievements of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov re-election campaign for the President of World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Since April 2016 Sharoykina has been director of the Russian TV channel Tsargrad TV.

Public activity

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In 2004, Sharoykina established the anti-GMO organization National Association for Genetic Safety (NAGS).[citation needed] Dr. Alexander Baranoff from Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences was elected as president of NAGS. Sharoykina was appointed as director of NAGS.

In November 2014 Sharoykina became the main coordinator of the FACTOR GMO[3] study, international project - touted to become the world's largest and most comprehensive study on GMOs' safety. The public was asked to donate US$ 25 million to fund the project. However, after a few months, the whole thing quietly disappeared, and was never heard of again. [4][5][6][7]

Sharoykina regularly participates in working groups on environmental and food safety issues in the State Duma,[8] Russian ministries and agencies. She takes part in news and analytical programs on federal TV channels,[9] and gives lectures on ecology and food safety at different public premises (Central House of artists, Red October etc.).[10]

Sharoykina is an author and a member of the editorial council of Science & Religion magazine, and a columnist for Russian newspapers Green City[11] and Vzglyad.[12]

She is alleged to be an important player in Russian propaganda activities against Ukraine. [13]

She is a member of the Public Control Development Council in the Committee on Public and Religious Organizations in the State Duma.

Lobbying

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According to some assessments, Sharoykina has played a key role in lobbying for anti-GMO laws in Russia.[14] Critics also claim that she was acting with the help of powerful government institutions of Russia behind her lobbying activities.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "OPRF - the list members of chamber (2020 year)". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  2. ^ "PROBA-IPRA Golden World Awards | SHORT-LIST 2006". pr-proba.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. ^ FACTOR GMO
  4. ^ "Russian outfit plans to spend $25 million to secretly study GMOs". 23 February 2015.
  5. ^ Vidal, John (2014-11-11). "Largest international study into safety of GM food launched by Russian NGO". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  6. ^ "Coming Soon: Major GMO Study (Shhh, It Will Be Done in Secret by Russians)". The Huffington Post. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  7. ^ "The World's Largest GMO Study Was Launched By Russians In 2014. Then It Disappeared". BuzzFeedNews. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  8. ^ "Круглый стол: "О качестве и безопасности продуктов без использования ГМО"". fishretail.ru. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  9. ^ "Время покажет. Выпуск от 09.02.2015".
  10. ^ Inc., TV Rain (3 September 2012), Елена Шаройкина. История одной планеты, или мусорная катастрофа. Полная версия, retrieved 2016-10-09 {{citation}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Авторы - Green City Review". gazetagreencity.ru. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  12. ^ "Елена Шаройкина: Биотехнологическое НАТО у границ России". www.vz.ru. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  13. ^ "The man who wanted more". 14 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Russians eager to say NO to GMOs". TASS. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
  15. ^ AlkoDesign.Ru. "Кто стоит за био-скандалистами из Общенациональной ассоциации генетической безопасности?". cbio.ru. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
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