She has been a member of the Commission of the Russian Federation for UNESCO since 16 March 2005.

[3][4] In 2014, she signed a collective appeal of cultural figures of the Russian Federation in support of the policy of President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and Crimea.

[5] Gagarina is the daughter of the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin.

She grew up in the space training facility known as Star City, in Zvyozdny gorodok.

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