Olga Alimova

{{Short description|Russian politician (born 1953)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific_suffix = MP

|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Ольга Алимова}}}}

|image = Olga Alimova 2021.png

|caption =

|office = Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat)

|term_start = 12 October 2021

|term_end =

|term_start1 = 21 December 2011

|term_end1 = 5 October 2016

|office2 = Member of the State Duma for Saratov Oblast

|term_start2 = 17 September 2018

|term_end2 = 12 October 2021

|predecessor2 = {{ill|Oleg Grishchenko|ru|Грищенко, Олег Васильевич}}

|successor2 = Vyacheslav Volodin

|constituency2 = Saratov (No. 163)

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|04|10|df=y}}

|birth_place = Saratov, RSFSR, USSR

|death_date =

|death_place =

|nationality = Russian

|party = CPRF

|otherparty = CPSU (until 1991)

|children = 1

|education = {{ubl

| Saratov Polytechnic Institute

| Volga Sociopolitical Institute

| Saratov State Academy of Law

}}

|occupation = politician, engineer

}}

Olga Nikolaevna Alimova ({{langx|ru|Ольга Николаевна Алимова}}; born 10 April 1953) is a Russian politician who was a member of the State Duma for Saratov Oblast from 2011 to 2016 and from 2018 to 2021.{{cite news |title=Ольга Алимова получила удостоверение об избрании депутатом ГД |trans-title=Olga Alimova received an election certificate as a State Duma deputy |url=https://www.vzsar.ru/news/2018/09/17/olga-alimova-polychila-ydostoverenie-ob-izbranii-depytatom-gd.html |access-date=2024-04-20 |work=vzsar.ru/ |agency=Взгляд-инфо |date=2018-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025064529/https://www.vzsar.ru/news/2018/09/17/olga-alimova-polychila-ydostoverenie-ob-izbranii-depytatom-gd.html |archive-date=2019-10-25 |location=Saratov |language=ru}} She was re-elected to the State Duma in the 2021 Russian legislative elections.{{Cite web|title=Алимова Ольга Николаевна|url=http://duma.gov.ru/duma/persons/99111779/|access-date=2021-11-25|website=Государственная Дума|language=ru}} She is a member of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and is the leader of that party's Saratov branch.{{cite web|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/02/08/russian-communist-lawmaker-detained-for-observing-navalny-protests-a72859|title=Russian Communist Lawmaker Detained for 'Observing' Navalny Protests|website=The Moscow Times|date=February 8, 2021|accessdate=September 23, 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://delovoysaratov.ru/communication/quote/olga-alimova-chernyj-den-prishel-a-kubyshka-vse-ravno-svyashchenna-576765/|title=Olga Alimova: "A black day has come, but the egg-box is still sacred"|website=Business Saratov|date=September 30, 2020|accessdate=December 31, 2020}} Alimova is an advocate for the re-introduction of the death penalty.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/protesters-call-for-russian-girl-s-suspected-killer-to-be-handed-over-1.4047926|title=Protesters call for Russian girl's suspected killer to be handed over|newspaper=The Irish Times|last1=Gorst|first1=Isabel|date=October 11, 2019|accessdate=December 31, 2020}} Alimova received attention in October 2019, when she denounced indie video game Sex with Stalin as "disgusting".{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/russian-communists-see-red-sex-stalin-video-game-1217045|title=Russian Communists See Red Over 'Sex With Stalin' Video Game|website=The Hollywood Reporter|last1=Holdsworth|first1=Nick|last2=Kozlov|first2=Vladimir|date=June 10, 2019|accessdate=December 19, 2020}}