Platon Alexeevich Obukhov (russian: Платон Алексеевич Обухов; born 9 September 1968 in

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) is a Russian journalist, writer, translator and painter.

Writer, journalist, translator and painter

Platon Obukhov has authored twenty fiction books, including

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. * He has worked for Russian newspapers

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(1988—99),

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, and others. * Obukhov is an abstract painter. His works are at private collections and museums of Moscow, Prague, Berlin, Copenhagen. * Obukhov is an English-Russian translator. He has translated more than 30 books by English-speaking authors, including books by

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, Frederick Remington, Frederick Manfred,

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, and Martin Gilbert.

Novels

Arrest on spying charges

In 1996, Obukhov was arrested in Russia on charges of spying for the

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. Following his re-trial, on 17 May 2002 his conviction was reaffirmed by the Moscow City Court, but the court further found him not responsible on the grounds of mental illness, and ordered him transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital.

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