When you achieve something in one area you automatically start wondering whether you should try yourself in another. And that’s what happened with me. I’ve been interested in the subject of youth for a long time: first, in connection with sport; and then I became interested in youth policy as a whole – both in Russia and internationally.
Sport filled my whole life for many long years. It was my work, my joy, my hobby, my family, my friends, all my emotions and feelings, the air that I breathed and the element in which I lived.

Dear Friends,

I’m happy to welcome everybody who wants to know who I am and what I do; everybody who believes that changes can happen for all people; everybody who is curious and not indifferent!

Find a guide to the rooms of my virtual home at the bottom of this page. Every room contains my thoughts, my doubts, and my biggest joys and concerns. And you are welcome to leave your comments.

I’m sure we will be good friends. I’ll try to answer all of your questions and give thought to every interesting idea.

Alina

News
A meeting of graduates of the Young Journalists’ School from the past three years was held in St.Petersburg from 24th to 26th November...
On 7th November, State Duma deputy Alina Kabaeva paid a regular working visit to Nizhnekamsk...
Alina Kabaeva, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Youth Affairs Committee...
The second YJS workshop, which was held in St.Petersburg from 27th to 29th October, involved young journalists from 50 regions of Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine...
Media
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma’s Youth Affairs Committee Alina Kabaeva in an interview with ER.RU.
The magnificent “Alina” sports festival was held on 20th May, on the eve of Child Protection Day, in the Rossiya concert hall in Luzhniki. This year the festival had a much wider geographical reach.
Young Journalists’ School workshops have been held in Moscow under the patronage of Alina Kabaeva’s charity foundation. One hundred people from various regions of Russia, as well as Ukraine and Kazakhstan, came together to learn from leading experts in the fields of journalism, sociology and Russian philology.
The famous gymnast and people’s deputy organizes a festival for young sportsmen
Her name has been added forever to the roll-call of Russia’s heroes. Olympic champion, twice outright world champion, five times outright European champion, merited master of sport in rhythmic gymnastics...
And this is my own personal corner. This is where all the entries about me will be, so you can find out about my life in my own words. I’ll tell you about important events and about my family, and share my impressions of films, concerts, books, animals…of everything that I care about, everything that surprises or moves me.

I’m no hypocrite, but I don’t like it when my life is exposed to view like goods in a shop window. I’m convinced that everyone needs their own private space, something they can call their own. So here’s my “Private Life” – a space that’s mine and mine alone.

I hope you’ll understand.

Public Council is essential to ensure that fine plans become more than just words.

On February 15, 2008 I was elected Chairman of the Council - a great honour and responsibility for me.

I want to invite everyone to take part in this excellent project, so that it really is a truly "public" council.

My charity foundation has already existed for several years. At first it focused mainly on sport, but then I realized I couldn’t restrict myself to just one area of activity. So today the foundation is active in several fields.

Each of the foundation’s projects and specific activity is a matter of prime importance for me. In this section I will write about what the foundation does, which projects it is running today and what we have managed to achieve.