Kirill Konstantinovich Martynov (; born 25 April 1981) is a Russian journalist, political scientist, philosopher and writer. He is the editor in chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe and former associate professor at the

Higher School of Economics HSE University (russian: link=no, «Высшая школа экономики», ВШЭ), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics (russian: link=no, Национальный исследовательский ун ...

(HSE).

Early life and education

Kirill Martynov was born on 25 April 1981 in the city of

Kemerovo Kemerovo ( rus, Ке́мерово, p=ˈkʲemʲɪrəvə) is an industrial city and the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Iskitimka and Tom Rivers, in the major coal mining region of the Kuznetsk Ba ...

, USSR. In 1998 he graduated from high school number 28 in Kemerovo. In 2003, Martynov graduated from the at

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

with a degree in ontology and theory of knowledge. In 2004, Martynov created the Young Patriots () community on

LiveJournal LiveJournal (russian: Живой Журнал), stylised as LiVEJOURNAL, is a Russian-owned social networking service where users can keep a blog, journal, or diary. American programmer Brad Fitzpatrick started LiveJournal on April 15, 1999, as ...

, a Russian social network. In this community, he wrote that he is

Orthodox Christian Orthodoxy (from Greek: ) is adherence to correct or accepted creeds, especially in religion. Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churche ...

and supports the annexation of Crimea to Russia. Martynov speaks English and German.

Career

From 2003 to 2007, Martynov was an assistant at the Department of Philosophy and Psychology at

Moscow Polytechnic University Moscow Polytechnic University (russian: Московский политехнический университет, Moskovski politekhnicheski universitet) or Moscow Polytech is a university in Moscow, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Rus ...

. In 2007, he became a senior lecturer and then an assistant professor at the National Research University

(HSE). Martynov also worked for the , a Russian non-profit organisation founded by

Gleb Pavlovsky Gleb Olegovich Pavlovsky (russian: Глеб Оле́гович Павло́вский; born 5 March 1951) is a Russian political scientist who also describes himself as a "political technologist". During the Soviet era, he was prosecuted as a d ...

. Martynov was named the best teacher of the HSE in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2016–2019. Martynov was also the editor in chief of the mnenia.ru () website, a teacher at

Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) is a federal state-funded institution of higher education located in Moscow, Russia. With the merger of ANE, RAPA, 12 other regional civil service academies ...

, a press secretary at the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and a coordinator at the

United Russia United Russia ( rus, Единая Россия, Yedinaya Rossiya, (j)ɪˈdʲinəjə rɐˈsʲijə) is a Conservatism in Russia, Russian conservative List of political parties in Russia, political party. As the largest party in Russia, it hold ...

club. In 2019, due to pressure from the Russian authorities, 2 journalists from the political department of the Russian newspaper

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were fired and 11 more journalists from the same department resigned in protest. Martynov supported them. On 11 August 2020, it became known that he was fired from the HSE. The official reason given was the reduction in the number of philosophy courses. Martynov himself is sure that the dismissal is connected with his political views. He and several other dismissed HSE employees founded a

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in Russia. On 20 April 2022, the Novaya Gazeta Europe website was launched. Martynov was its first chief editor. Prior to that, he was the political editor of Novaya Gazeta.

Works

Fundamentals of the Theory of Political Parties ().

Personal life

Martynov was married to Antonina Martynova, a defendant in the Novgorod case.

References

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