Pavel Nikolayevich Gusev (russian: Павел Николаевич Гусев; born 4 April 1949,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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journalist and public figure. He has been the

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of the Moscow daily newspaper ''

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'' since 1983.The press in Russia
/ref> He is a professor of journalism at the

International University in Moscow The Moscow International University was established in 1991 by Mikhail Gorbachev and George H. W. Bush, and is the first private university in Russia. In August 1991, President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and President of the U.S. George H. W. ...

Journalism Department at the International University in Moscow
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. He is also the head of the Moscow Union of Journalists.

Early life and education

Gusev was born on 4 April 1949 in Moscow, Russia. He graduated from the

Russian State Geological Prospecting University Sergo Ordzhonikidze Russian State University for Geological Prospecting (, МГРИ), or the Russian State University for Geological Prospecting is named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze and previously known as the Moscow Geological Prospecting Institut ...

in 1971. From 1971-1975, Gusev was a junior research associate at the Russian State Geological Prospecting University. Then he earned a graduate degree in literature from

Maxim Gorky Literature Institute The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute (russian: Литературный институт им. А. М. Горького) is an institution of higher education in Moscow. It is located at 25 Tverskoy Boulevard in central Moscow. History The insti ...

in 1985.

Career

Gusev was involved in the

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youth organization

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...

from 1975 right up till 1983. He served as Second Secretary of Komsomol's Krasnopresnensky District branch in Moscow from 1975 till 1976, then First Secretary from 1976 till 1980. He worked in the international department of the Komsomol's Central Committee until 1983, when he joined ''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' in his present role as editor-in-chief. In 1991, Pavel Gusev stated that “... editors-in-chief and leaders of the press will always be selected for political or administrative reasons”.

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wrote about Pavel Gusev that his evolution was from a member of

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’s perestrojka wave and to a democrat-supporter of

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 ...

, then to a patriot from the

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, a loyal supporter of the Moscow mayor Luzhkov and, finally, an obedient servant of

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. Gusev is currently a member of Russia's ''

'', where he is chairman of the "Commission on Supporting Mass Media as the Basis of Civil Society". In May 2016, he was included in the sanctions list of Ukraine by President Petro Poroshenko, he was denied entry to Ukraine. In 2018, Pavel Gusev was Vladimir Putin's confidant in the presidential elections in Russia.

Sanctions

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to

Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War; uk, російсько-українська війна, rosiisko-ukrainska viina. has been ongoing between Russia (alongside Russian separatist forces in Donbas, Russian separatists in Ukraine) and Ukraine since Feb ...

. In April 2022, in response to the

Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Gusev was added to the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been des ...

sanctions list "in response to the ongoing unjustified and unprovoked Russian military aggression against Ukraine and other actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine".

Awards

* Laureate of the Russian public award The Best Feathers of Russia in 1999. * Order of Honour in 2009. * For Service to Moscow distinction in 2003.

References

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Передача «Фотоальбом с Павлом Гусевым» на канале «Кто есть кто»
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