Sergey Boyarsky

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Sergey Boyarsky
Chairman of the State Duma committee on information policy
Incumbent
Assumed office
17 December 2024
Preceded byAlexander Khinstein
Deputy of the State Duma Russia
Incumbent
Assumed office
18 September 2016
ConstituencySaint Petersburg
Advisor to the Governor of Saint Petersburg
In office
23 April 2012 – 18 September 2016
Personal details
Born (1980-01-24) 24 January 1980
Leningrad, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
PartyUnited Russia
Parent(s)Mikhail Boyarsky, Larisa Luppian
EducationNorthwestern Management Institute Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

Sergey Boyarsky (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Боярский; born 24 January 1980, Leningrad) is a Russian political figure. Chairman of the State Duma committee on information policy from 17 December 2024.

Deputy of the 7th, 8th State Duma and 9th State Duma convocations.[1]

Biografy

Sergey Boyarsky was born in the family of the famous Russian actors Mikhail Boyarsky and Larisa Luppian, and he even played in several movies as a child.[2]

In 2002, he graduated from the Northwestern Management Institute, and in 2012 from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

In 2011 he ran for the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg of the 5th convocation.

In 2012 he was appointed Advisor to the Governor of Saint Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko. From 2012 to 2016, he was also the head of the TV-channel Saint Petersburg. In December 2021, he headed the Saint Petersburg branch of the United Russia.[1][3][4]

In 2016 Sergey Boyarsky was elected deputy of the 7th State Duma.[5] In 2021, he was re-elected for the 8th State Duma.[1]

Legislative activity

From 2016 to 2019, while serving as a deputy of the seventh convocation of the State Duma, Boyarsky co-authored 21 legislative initiatives and amendments to draft federal laws.[6]

In May 2021, together with fellow party member Yevgeny Revenko, he authored amendments to the law "On the Mass Media" that tightened the rules on citing other publications. Under the amended law, a media outlet is liable not only for its own publications but also for material cited from other outlets in cases where "the editor-in-chief [of the cited media outlet] cannot be identified and held liable". The amendments were introduced unexpectedly and adopted by parliament without debate.[7]

In December 2025, Boyarsky, along with several other deputies, authored amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation providing for fines for the distribution of audiovisual works containing material that discredits traditional Russian spiritual and moral values and/or promotes their rejection.[8]

Earlier, in July 2025, amendments on the same subject were adopted to the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection" and the Federal Law "On State Support for Cinematography of the Russian Federation". The amendments provide for the refusal or revocation of distribution certificates for such works, as well as monitoring their appearance on social media and restricting access to them.[9]

Family

  • Great-grandfather — Archpriest Alexander Boyarsky (1885–1937), participant in the Renovationist schism.
  • Grandfather and grandmother — actors of the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre, Sergey Boyarsky (1916–1976) and Yekaterina Melentyeva (1920–1990).
  • Father — actor, singer, and television presenter Mikhail Boyarsky (b. 26 December 1949). Mother — actress Larisa Luppian (b. 26 January 1953).[10]
  • Sister — actress Elizaveta Boyarskaya (b. 20 December 1985).
  • Wife — Yekaterina Boyarskaya (b. 28 November 1978), married since 1998.[10]
  • Daughters — Yekaterina (b. 28 November 1998) and Alexandra (b. 27 May 2008).[11]

Sanctions

He was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.[12]

On 24 March 2022, the United States Treasury sanctioned him in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[13]

References

  1. "Боярский, Сергей Михайлович" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. "Петербургское отделение "Единой России" возглавит Сергей Боярский. Чем он известен помимо родства с актером?". Бумага. 2021-12-03. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  3. "Сын Боярского возглавил отделение партии "Единая Россия" в Петербурге". РБК. 2021-12-03. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  4. "Сергей Боярский избран постоянным секретарем петербургской ЕР". Коммерсантъ. 2021-12-24. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  5. "Сергей Михайлович Боярский" (in Russian). Парламентская газета. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
  6. "Объекты законотворчества" [Legislative activity items]. Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  7. Zurman, Oleg (19 May 2021). "«Юридическая некомпетентность потрясающая». Зачем Госдума переписала правила цитирования в законе о СМИ" ["The legal incompetence is astonishing": Why the State Duma rewrote the rules on citations in the Mass Media Law]. Mediazona (in Russian). Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  8. "Законопроект № 1101893-8 О внесении изменений в Кодекс Российской Федерации об административных правонарушениях" [Draft Law No. 1101893-8 on Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation]. Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности (in Russian). 18 December 2025.
  9. "Законопроект № 795587-8 О внесении изменений в статьи 10.5 и 10.6 Федерального закона «Об информации, информационных технологиях и о защите информации» и статьи 5 и 5.1 Федерального закона «О государственной поддержке кинематографии Российской Федерации»" [Draft Law No. 795587-8 on Amendments to Articles 10.5 and 10.6 of the Federal Law "On Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection" and Articles 5 and 5.1 of the Federal Law "On State Support for Cinematography of the Russian Federation"]. Система обеспечения законодательной деятельности (in Russian). 31 July 2025.
  10. "Свадьба сына Боярского стала ударом". Archived from the original on 2022-07-15. Retrieved 2025-09-30.
  11. "20-летняя внучка Михаила Боярского стала красоткой с пышными формами".
  12. "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. "U.S. Treasury Sanctions Russia's Defense-Industrial Base, the Russian Duma and Its Members, and Sberbank CEO". U.S. Department of the Treasury. Retrieved 2022-04-10.