It is hard to look away from this Russian senator’s hair

Who is Valentina Petrenko? She is a Russian senator. She represents the Republic of Khakassia. She is the chair of Russia’s Committee on Social Policy. And she is the owner of the most fascinating hair international politics has to offer.

Every few months, Twitter rediscovers Petrenko’s coiffed, vaguely Simpsons-esque hairstyle. And every few months, we ask these questions: Is it a wig? How does it stay up like that? And why does she style it this way?

No, Petrenko’s hair is not a wig — at least that’s what she maintains. In fact, in a 2015 interview with the Russian radio station Echo of Moscow, she seemed annoyed that people kept asking. “I have curly hair,” she said. “I just lift it upwards with several hairpins, that’s all.” Read more…

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