Valentina Dmitrievna Melnikova (born 28 February 1946, Moscow) is a Russian human rights activist and politician, member of the Civic Council attached to the Russian Defence Ministry, and responsible secretary of the Union of Committees of Soldiers’ Mothers of Russia.
Since 2012 she has been a member of the Bureau of the Federal Political Council of the “Republican Party of Russia — the Party of National Freedom”.
In 2005-2012 she was co-chair of the Republican Party of Russia.
Previously she was leader of the United National Party of Soldiers’ Mothers.
In 2011 she was ranked as No.
22 in “top 100 most influential Russian women”.