Ekaterina Lakhova

Ekaterina Filippovna Lakhova (Russian: Екатери́на Фили́пповна Ла́хова; born May 26, 1948) is a Russian politician and statesman who served as a deputy of the State Duma of the 6th convocation from the United Russia party, and as the deputy chairman of committee of the State Duma for public associations and religious organizations.

[5] In 2006, Lakhova organized a photo shoot for women deputies in honor of the 100th anniversary of the State Duma.

Later, it was revealed that Lakhova sold the photos to a furniture factory, which used them to publish a booklet advertising its sofas.

Eleven deputies, including Alexandra Burataeva [ru], Nina Ostanina, and Lyubov Sliska sued the factory for violation of personal non-property rights and infliction of moral damage.

In her comment, Lakhova said that eating buckwheat all day could be beneficial for health and that proposing an increase of the consumer basket was populism.