Anatoly Aleksandrovich Wasserman (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Ва́ссерман, uk, Анатолій Олександрович Вассерман; born 9 December 1952) is a politician,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and political pundit who has won numerous television intellectual quiz shows. Since September 2021 he is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation ( the 8th convocation).

Biography

Wasserman studied thermal physics at the Institute of refrigeration and cryotechnologies in Odessa, specializing also in

computer programming Computer programming is the process of performing a particular computation (or more generally, accomplishing a specific computing result), usually by designing and building an executable computer program. Programming involves tasks such as ana ...

. In 1974—1991 he was employed as a programmer at different R&D centers in Odessa dealing with low-temperature food technologies. Wasserman has worked as a journalist since 23 November 1991 to the present (from 1996 to 1999, for computer magazines in particular). In 1994 he ran for office as a Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and took second place in his constituency. After the

annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv th ...

in 2014 and the start of the 2014 to present

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, Wasserman became increasingly critical of the Ukrainian government. In 2015 the

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opened a criminal investigation against him for alleged separatist activity. On 27 January 2016 Wasserman became a naturalized Russian citizen (with citizenship granted by

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

). On 27 June 2016 he was nominated as a candidate for Deputy of the State Duma of Russia from the party A Just Russia; he took the second place in his constituency Wasserman advised

Dmitry Medvedev Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev ( rus, links=no, Дмитрий Анатольевич Медведев, p=ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ mʲɪdˈvʲedʲɪf; born 14 September 1965) is a Russian politician who has been serving as the dep ...

not to experiment on Russians after Medvedev (the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation) proposed beginning a gradual transition to a shorter working week, starting with an experiment on the territory of one region or on a group of companies. According to the publicist, without accurate economic calculations, this can result in a reduction in wages. Wasserman noted that "we do not need experiments, but concrete calculations". It is necessary to calculate whether the increase in labor productivity will compensate for the loss of one working day, because otherwise, the salary of citizens will fall, the journalist explained. In 2021 Wasserman again ran for election to the State Duma, this time as an independent candidate. As in 2016, he ran in the Preobrazhensky constituency of Moscow;

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Sergey Sobyanin publicly endorsed his candidacy. In addition, the ruling

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party also did not nominate a candidate in this constituency. Wasserman won the seat, defeating the

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candidate

Sergei Obukhov Sergei Pavlovich Obukhov (russian: Сергей Павлович Обухов; born 5 October 1958) is a Russian politician. The secretary of the central committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF), he was a deputy of th ...

References

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Videoblog of Anatoly Wasserman
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wasserman, Anatoly 1952 births Living people Scientists from Odesa Russian journalists Russian television personalities Naturalised citizens of Russia A Just Russia politicians 21st-century Russian politicians Odesa Jews Ukrainian computer programmers Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Eighth convocation members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)