- Gleb Pavlovsky
Gleb Olegovich Pavlovsky ( _ru. Глеб Олегович Павловский, born in
Odessa onMarch 5 ,1951 ) is a pro-Kremlinpolitical scientist (self-describing aspolitical technologist ) and adviser ofPresidential Administration of Russia . During theSoviet times he was prosecuted as adissident [ [http://old.russ.ru/journal/dosie/pavlovsk.htm Gleb Pavlovsky biography] , Russian Journal] . However, Pavlovsky's reputation as a Soviet-era human rights activist is not undisputed. Human rights activist and widow ofAndrei Sakharov Yelena Bonner once said of Pavlovsky: "I knew Pavlovskii for what he was back in 1980 or 1981, when he gave evidence againstSergei Kovalev 's son to the KGB," the "Moskovsky Komsomolets " newspaper reported.cn|date=October 2007Pavlovsky is the president of the
Foundation for Effective Politics (FEP) [ [http://www.fep.ru/ FEP] ] . In 1997 he helped in creation theRussian Journal , one of the oldest Russian internet media [ [http://english.russ.ru/today/project.html "About the Russian Journal"] ] . Pavlovsky and FEP were organizers and financiers for many early information projects in theRunet , such asLenta.Ru .Since 2005 he has hosted weekly news commentary
TV program Real Politics at 10 p.m. on Saturdays on NTV.Ukrainian controversy
Gleb Pavlovsky is considered to have been heavily involved with the highly controversial Ukrainian presidential election, 2004, supporting the ultimately defeated (after allegations of fraud and an overturning of the result by the
Supreme Court of Ukraine )Viktor Yanukovych .In early 2005, Gleb Pavlovsky became the center of controversy when an apparently tapped telephone conversation that mentioned his name aired on
Kiev 'sChannel 5 TV . This tape linked him to thedioxin poisoning of Ukrainian presidentViktor Yushchenko . However Gleb Pavlovsky categorically denied any connection of his to the poisoning. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/4288995.stm]Notes
External links
* [http://russiatoday.strana.ru/en/top100/most_fam/3443.html Russia's Who is who]
* [http://www.rferl.org/specials/russianelection/bio/pavlovskii.asp Biography of Pavlovsky]
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