# ‘It was the first election where I could vote — and didn’t know the result in advance.’ Meet Russian-born Berlin politician Elizaveta Kapinos

https://mins.news/en/item/80914

- Meduza, 2026-09-30 20:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/09/30/it-was-the-first-election-where-i-could-vote-and-didn-t-know-the-result-in-advance-meet-russian-born-berlin-politician-elizaveta-kapinos

> Elizaveta Kapinos, who was born in Russia and moved to Germany in 2020, won a seat in Berlin’s House of Representatives and district elections. Ninth on the Greens’ list in Tempelhof-Schöneberg, she saw the party win 14 district council seats. She discusses her childhood in Kamchatka, her path to Berlin politics, the Greens’ result, and working with the AfD.