Aleksey Viktorovich Merinov (; born 25 March 1959) is a

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self-taught painter and cartoonist.

Biography

Merinov was born in Moscow. He served in the

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. In his youth he worked as a graphic designer in the

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. Since 1988 he has been working at the newspaper ''

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''. He illustrated more than two dozen books. Among them: the Criminal Code and the Tax Code, Collection of recipes, a collection of quotations by Vladimir Putin. He has released over a dozen albums with his pictures.Досье персоны
/ref> He is a fan of

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