Sergey Lagodinsky — politician with roots in the USSR
Sergey Lagodinsky is a Russian-born German politician of the Green Party who has served as a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. Born in Volgograd (then Stalingrad) into a Jewish family, he emigrated to Germany and became one of the most articulate voices in the EU Parliament on Russia policy, democracy, and minority rights.
Tracing the roots — Volgograd (Russia)
Born in Volgograd in 1975 and emigrating to Germany as part of the Jewish emigration wave of the 1990s, Lagodinsky's entire career has been shaped by his experience of the Soviet Jewish world and his commitment to European democratic values. His parliamentary work on Russia sanctions and rule of law is directly informed by his origins.
Volgograd (Russia). At the time, this region was one of the fifteen republics of the Soviet Union.