Yulia Latynina

Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (born June 16,1966, _ru. Юлия Леонидовна Латынина) is a Russian journalist, writer and radio host. She works at the radio station Echo of Moscow. She also writes for "Novaya Gazeta" and "The Moscow Times".

Writer, journalist and radio host

Yulia Latynina has authored twenty fiction books including science fiction.

She worked for Russian newspapers Izvestia(1995—97), Expert (1997—98), "Top Secret" " (editor-in-chef Artyom Borovik), Novaya Gazeta (since 2001), Kommersant (since 2006), and others.

She received investigative journalism award by Corriere della Sera dedicated to Maria Grazia Cutuli, an Italian journalist who was killed in Afganistan [http://www.novayagazeta.ru/data/2007/90/08.html] .

She is a host of program "Access Code" at radio station Echo of Moscow since 2003.

Views

Yulia Latynina is known for her sharp and polemic statements. She claimed that Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, French President Jacques Chirac, Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schröder, and U.S. President George W. Bush have all been successfully "recruited" by Vladimir Putin to serve his political objectives. [http://www.rferl.org/features/features_Article.aspx?m=01&y=2007&id=77BB464F-7C16-491A-994A-32B6C5B66332 Russia/Germany: Ill Will Won't Dog Merkel, Putin Ties] by Radio Liberty ] She also alleged that "President Putin will secure a third term simply because this is the authorities' logic. Power in Russia is in essence authoritarian, and there are no other ways to hand over power: control must be maintained over it." [http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2005/08/220805.asp RFE/RL news, 22 August 2005] ]

Latynina claimed in a 2004 article that "In terms of governance, the country has already disintegrated into six to eight enclaves." According to her, "President Vladimir Putin can still install whoever [ruler] he likes on the territory of these enclaves -- but that is not the same as being able to govern them." She referred to Russia as "a disintegrating empire". [Yulia Latynina [http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/862/49/231192.htm CIA Overly Optimistic About Russia's Future] The Moscow Times September 13 2008 [http://www.kafkas.org.tr/abmak/showarticle.php?articleID=59 Another copy of the article] ] .

She is usually regarded as a journalist who criticizes Russian political establishment, but has also scolded members of Moscow Helsinki Group for supporting Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin, who she suggested could actually be involved in espionage. [ [http://echo.msk.ru/programs/code/44401/ Радиостанция "Эхо Москвы" / Передачи / Код доступа / Суббота, 24.06.2006 ] ] [ [http://www.grani.ru/opinion/chudakova/m.109441.html Грани.Ру // Мнения :: Ученый - находка для шпиономана ] ] She argued that although communications of Sutyagin with foreign spy agencies have never been proven, the foreign agency that he passed information on was indeed highly suspicious. [ [http://ej.ru/?a=note&id=7308 Ежедневный Журнал: Дело Сутягина ] ] Lawyer Boris Kuznetsov, who represented Sutyagin previously, hinted that the Russian secret service FSB benefited from her program in Echo of Moscow, [ [http://www.echo.msk.ru/doc/513.html Радиостанция "Эхо Москвы" / Спецпроекты / Открытое письмо адвоката Бориса Кузнецова Юлии Латыниной ] ] [ [http://www.grani.ru/Society/Law/m.125705.html Грани.Ру // Мильштейн :: Находка от шпиона ] ] which she vigorously denied. [ [http://www.ej.ru/?a=note&id=7252 Ежедневный Журнал: О борцах за демократию и адвокате Кузнецове ] ] [ [http://ej.ru/?a=note&id=7297 Ежедневный Журнал: Господину Кузнецову, без уважения и без любви ] ]

Political activism

She is a member of Committee 2008 since 2004.

References

External links

* [http://www.lib.ru/RUFANT/LATYNINA/ Her fiction writings (Russian)]
* [http://ej.ru/person/12/ Her articles on political topics (Russian)]