Andrey Ivanovich Kolesnikov () is a Russian journalist, columnist and editor. Since 2000, he has been writing regular reports about

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for ''

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'' as a member of the

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. He is an author of several books and articles about Putin's life.

Biography

Kolesnikov was born in the

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in 1966. After receiving a degree in

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Faculty of Journalism, he wrote for ''

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'', ''

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'', and the

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newspaper. Since 1996, he has been working as a special correspondent for ''Kommersant'' along with

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and Valery Panyushkin. In 2000, Kolesnikov published a book named ''From the First Person'' about

co-authored by acting Kremlin spokesperson

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and journalist Natalya Gevorkyan. In 2008, Kolesnikov became editor-in-chief of the ''Russky pioner'' magazine. Vladimir Putin,

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have written columns for ''Russky pioner''. In 2012, Kolesnikov became deputy CEO of the Kommersant publishing house. In March 2022,

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put Kolesnikov on its

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list for "peddling Russian disinformation and

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Bibliography

* 2000 — ''From the First Person'' (‘От первого лица’) * 2004 — ''I saw Putin!'' (‘Я Путина видел!’) * 2005 — ''Putin saw me!'' (‘Меня Путин видел!’) * 2005 — ''Vladimir Putin. Between Europe and Asia'' (‘Владимир Путин. Между Европой и Азией’) * 2005 — ''Vladimir Putin. Chained by One Chain'' (‘Владимир Путин. Скованные одной цепью’) * 2005 — ''Vladimir Putin. Equiremoval of Oligarchs'' (‘Владимир Путин. Равноудаление олигархов’) * 2005 — ''See Putin and then die: Documentary Stories'' (‘Увидеть Путина и умереть: документальные истории’) * 2005 — ''First Ukrainian. Notes from the Front Line.'' (‘Первый украинский. Записки с передовой’) * 2006 — ''The Olympic Gamesmanship'' (‘Олимпийские игрища’) * 2007 — ''Father Breeding. A Textbook for Growing Up Parents'' (‘Отцеводство. Пособие для взрослеющих родителей’) * 2008 — ''The Split of VVP. How Putin elected Medvedev'' (‘Раздвоение ВВП. Как Путин выбрал Медведева’) * 2009 — ''Farce-majeure. Actors and Roles of Big Politics'' (‘Фарс-мажор. Актёры и роли большой политики’) * 2010 — ''Cars, Girls, Traffic Police'' (‘Тачки, девушки, ГАИ’) * 2017 — ''Putin. The Galley Foreman'' (‘Путин. Прораб на галерах’) * 2018 — ''Putin. Beyond the Crane'' (‘Путин. Стерх всякой меры’) * 2018 — ''Putin. A Man with a Brook. Journalist's Observations from behind the Wall'' (‘Путин. Человек с Ручьём. Наблюдения журналиста из-за Стенки’)

References

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