Born on May 2, 1969, in the city of Moscow.

In 1992, she graduated from the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU) with a degree in science of law.

In 1992–1993, she was chief specialist at the Secretariat of the Constitutional Commission and later, – at the Russian Federation Supreme Court Committee for Constitutional Legislation.

In 1993–2003, she worked as a specialist at the Legal Office, deputy head and head of the office of the Legal Department and, from 2003 to March 2007, as deputy head of the Legal Department of the Office of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

Since 1997, she participated in preparing drafts of the federal laws on elections and referenda (“On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum”; “On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation”; “On the Election of Deputies of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation”; “On Political Parties” (all versions); and “On Referendum of the Russian Federation”; as well as of corresponding sections of the Code of Civil Procedure and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, the Administrative Violations Code of the Russian Federation, and of other federal laws) at the CEC of Russia and in the relevant working groups established in the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.

As part of a group of authors she participated in writing commentaries on the federal laws “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum” and “On the Election of the President of the Russian Federation”, as well as on model laws. On numerous occasions, she spoke as an expert at hearing of cases in the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.

On March 12, 2007, she was appointed Member of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

At the CEC of Russia she is responsible for such areas of its activity as: generalization and analysis of the practice of holding elections and referenda in the Russian Federation; preparation of proposals for the improvement and development of practice of applying the law and of legislation; as well as control over the implementation of measures to bring legislation of subjects of the Russian Federation into conformity with the Federal Law “On Basic Guarantees of Electoral Rights and the Right of Citizens of the Russian Federation to Participate in a Referendum”; interaction with political parties and other public associations, non-commercial non-governmental organizations, and the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation; ensuring the rights of voters and referendum participants to obtain information about elections and referenda; ensuring the rights of citizens of the Russian Federation, political parties, and other public associations to election campaigning during elections and referenda, including via the mass media; enforcement of the electoral rights and the right to participate in a referendum of citizens of the Russian Federation during the preparation and conduct of elections to bodies of state power of the Russian Federation subjects, elections to bodies of local self-government, referenda of the Russian Federation subjects, and local referenda; enforcement of the rights of citizens of the Russian Federation to participate in voting to recall officials elected directly by citizens; control over the compliance with the procedure for formation of election commissions and referendum commissions set forth by the Federal Law; and processing of complaints against decisions and actions (failures to act) of election commissions of subjects of the Russian Federation and their officials.

She was awarded with 1-st Class and 2-d Class medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland and the Honorary Badge of the CEC of Russia “For Achievements in Organizing the Elections”.