Andrei Yuryevich Dmitriev (russian: Андре́й Ю́рьевич Дми́триев; born September 12, 1979, Leningrad (

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

)) is a Russian political

dissident A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established Political system, political or Organized religion, religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution. In a religious context, the word has been used since the 18th century, and ...

, publicist, member of

National Bolshevik Party The National Bolshevik Party (NBP; russian: Национал-большевистская партия), also known as the Nazbols (russian: нацболы), operated from 1993 to 2007 as a Russian political party with a political program of Nat ...

since 1996, co-founder of coalition The Other Russia and one of leaders of the eponymous political party The Other Russia. He works as a journalist.

Biography

Dmitriev was born in

. He studied in Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.

Political career

Since 1996 Dmitriev has been a member of the

. In 2001 he became a member of its Central Committee. In 2008 Dmitriev was one of the organizers of the

Dissenters' March The Dissenters' March (russian: Марш несогласных) was a series of Russian opposition protests that took place on December 16, 2006 in Moscow, on March 3, 2007 in Saint Petersburg, on March 24 in Nizhny Novgorod, on April 14 for t ...

. In 2009 Dmitriev was one of the organizers of

Strategy-31 Strategy-31 (russian: Страте́гия-31) is a series of civic protests in support of the right to peaceful assembly in Russia guaranteed by Article 31 of the Russian constitution. Since July 31, 2009, the protests were held in Moscow on T ...

in Saint Petersburg. Dmitriev was repeatedly detained during Strategy-31 actions. In 2010 Dmitriev co-founded the political party The Other Russia and became leader of its Saint Petersburg branch.В Петербурге создано региональное отделение партии "Другая Россия"

Filmography

Andrei Dmitriev is one of the main character in the documentary ''

The Revolution That Wasn't ''The Revolution That Wasn't'' (russian: Революция, которой не было, fi, Vallankumous, jota ei tullut, et, Revolutsioon, mida ei olnud) is a 2008 documentary film by Russian filmmaker Alyona Polunina, on the National Bolshe ...

'' and one of the main character in the

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

documentary ''Les Enfants terribles de Vladimir Vladimirovitch Poutine''.

Bibliography

Under the pseudonym ''Andrei Balkankiy'' he wrote two books-biographies: * ''Kim Ir Sen'' ( Molodaya Gvardiya, 2011, ) * ''Eduard Limonov'' ( Molodaya Gvardiya, 2017, )

References

External links

The Other Russia - Andrei Dmitriev's biography

Who Are the National-Bolsheviks?
Article by Andrei Dmitriev
Interview with Andrei Dmitriev
on

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Speech by Andrei Dmitriev at the Congress of The Other Russia

Speech by Andrei Dmitriev about Mao Zedong
Living people 1979 births National Bolshevik Party politicians Journalists from Saint Petersburg Russian dissidents Russian nationalists National Bolsheviks Politicians from Saint Petersburg {{Russia-politician-stub