Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov, February 2018

Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov (russian: Андрей Владимирович Колесников) is a Russian

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, an author of a series of books about

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. He worked in ''

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'', and since 1988 he had been a deputy editor of ''

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''. He is also a columnist for ''

Vedomosti ''Vedomosti'' ( rus, Ведомости, p=ˈvʲedəməsʲtʲɪ, ) is a Russian-language business daily newspaper published in Moscow. History ''Vedomosti'' was founded in 1999 as a joint venture between Dow Jones, who publishes ''The Wall ...

''."Andrey Kolesnikov"
, and ''

Ogonyok ''Ogoniok'' ( rus, Огонёк, t=Spark, p=ɐɡɐˈnʲɵk, a=Ru-огонёк.ogg; pre-reform orthography: ''Огонекъ'') was one of the oldest weekly illustrated magazines in Russia. History and profile ''Ogoniok'' has issued since . I ...

'' profile

Biography

Born to a family of lawyers. Graduated from the Moscow State Faculty of Law юридический факультет МГУ (1987). * 1987—1990 — senior consultant of the judicial committee of criminal cases of the

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. * 1990—1992 — journalist for «Диалог». * 1992—1993 — journalist «Российские вести». * 1993—1995 — journalist « Огонёк». From 1995 — works for the «Новое время» — The New Times: journalist, deputy editor, from January 1998 From 1998 — works for the newspaper «Известия»: from June — September 1998 — editor of the economics department; in September 1998 — January 2000 — editor of politics; from January 2000 — political journalist 20 days after

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took over the presidency from

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

, and thus before he was elected, Kolesnikov compared Putin with Mussolini. Kolesnikov remained a fierce critic of the system that Putin established.История под ружьем: несекретная война Кремля
Carnegie, April 9th 2020 He was awarded with national prizes ''Adam Smith''. His brother, Sergey Kolesnikov, was a Kremlin

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Bibliography

* '' Guliev V. E., Kolesnikov А. В.'' Отчуждённое государство: проблемы политического и правового отчуждения в современной России. — «Манускрипт», 1998 (2-е издание — 2004). — 214 с. * ''Andrei Kolesnikov, Alexander Privalov''. New Russian Ideology. Хроника политических мифов. 1999—2000. — Издательство ГУ ВШЭ, 2001. — 364 с. — 3000 экз. — * ''Andrei Kolesnikov''. Neizvestnyi Chubais: Stranitsy Biografii, 2003, * ''Andrei Kolesnikov''. Speechwriters. — «АСТ», «АСТ Москва», «Хранитель», 2007. — 336 с. — 4000 экз. — , , * ''Andrey Kolesnikov''. Anatoliy Chubais. Biography. — «АСТ», «АСТ Москва», 2008. — 384 с. — 7000 экз. — , * (2007) "Спичрайтеры" (''Speechwriters''), about Kremlin speechwriters."Creators of the Language of the Leaders"
, about Kolesnikov's book "Speechwriters"

References

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