Nicolás Kasanzew (Nikolai Leonidovich Kazantsev, ; born 31 May 1948) is an Austrian-born

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journalist and writer of Russian origin.

Biography

He was born in

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to Russian parents with the name Nikholai Leonidovich Kazantsev, where he was born with his family in a camp of refugees Parsch. He emigrated to Argentina with his family when he was five years old. He started his career as journalist in ''

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'' newspaper, and the in the magazine ''Siete Días''. In the 70's he started to be known as a political journalist and got programs and segments in the TV-owned broadcast

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. He was the only Argentine journalist to be allowed to be during the wartime on the

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. He was known at that time for conduct the interviews and the daily informs for Argentina Televisora Color. After the Falklands he was criticized for his coverage of the war and disappeared from media due the "

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". In the present, he is still making courses and articles defending the war actions of the Argentine troops. In the 90's he decided to move to United States to work in Miami for Spanish-speaking American media like

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and

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. He was producer of

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. After the Argentine surrender he wrote many books and articles about the

and his experiences. In 2018 he published ''Las claves del verdadero amor'', a romance novel. In February 2024 he was appointed as Director of Malvinas (Falklands) Office of the

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