Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov

Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov (Russian: Андрей Владимирович Колесников) is a Russian journalist and expert on Russian politics.[1] He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He is also an author of a series of books about Anatoly Chubais.[2]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Kolesnikov.
Andrey Vladimirovich Kolesnikov
EducationMaster of Arts Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
  • Moscow State University, Faculty of Law Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationContributing editor, expert Edit this on Wikidata
Employer
Spouse(s)Masha Traub Edit this on Wikidata
Position heldsenior fellow Edit this on Wikidata

He worked in Izvestia, and since 1988 he had been a deputy editor of The New Times (Russia). He is also a former columnist for Vedomosti.[3]

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 Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
  • 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 Vladimir Putin took over the presidency from Boris Yeltsin, and thus before he was elected, Kolesnikov compared Putin with Mussolini.[4]

Kolesnikov remained a fierce critic of the system that Putin established.[5][6]

He was awarded with national prizes Adam Smith.[3]

His brother, Sergey Kolesnikov, was a Kremlin speechwriter.[7]

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. — ISBN 5-7598-0098-1
  • Andrei Kolesnikov. Neizvestnyi Chubais: Stranitsy Biografii, 2003, ISBN 978-5815903777
  • Andrei Kolesnikov. Speechwriters. — «АСТ», «АСТ Москва», «Хранитель», 2007. — 336 с. — 4000 экз. — ISBN 978-5-17-041994-4, ISBN 978-5-9713-5892-3, ISBN 978-5-9762-3523-6
  • Andrey Kolesnikov. Anatoliy Chubais. Biography. — «АСТ», «АСТ Москва», 2008. — 384 с. — 7000 экз. — ISBN 978-5-17-053035-9, ISBN 978-5-9713-8748-0
  • (2007) "Спичрайтеры" (Speechwriters), about Kremlin speechwriters.[7]

References
  1. Kozlov, Pyotr (2023-03-20). "Kremlin Opts for Low-Key Festivities on Crimea Annexation Anniversary". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  2. "Andrei Kolesnikov". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  3. "Andrey Kolesnikov" Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine, and Ogonyok profile (in Russian)
  4. Политэкономия: Чай с Путиным, Vedomosti, January 20th 2000
  5. Erinnerung als Waffe - Die Geschichtspolitik des Putin-Regimes.
  6. История под ружьем: несекретная война Кремля, Carnegie, April 9th 2020
  7. "Creators of the Language of the Leaders" Archived April 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, about Kolesnikov's book "Speechwriters" (in Russian)
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