Oleg Matveychev
Oleg Anatol'evich Matveychev (Russian: Олег Анатольевич Матвейчев, born 1 February 1970) is a Russian politician and spin doctor for the Kremlin.[1] He is currently a professor at National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Matveychev has published various books on politics and public relations.[2]
Career
In 1993 Matveychev graduated in philosophy from the Ural State University. He then did a PhD in the philosophy of politics and law with the thesis topic of Philosophy of Hegel's Politics and Modernity.[3] From 1996 he became an active political consultant for Russian regional elections and participated in over 60 campaigns.
Politics
From 2006 to 2010 Matveychev was a staff member of Presidential Administration of Russia. In 2010 Matveychev became deputy governor of the Vologda Oblast.[3] In 2011 he became deputy governor of the Volgograd Oblast.[3]
Controversy
In 2010, according to the Guardian newspaper, Matveychev caused controversy by writing on his blog that "he dreamed of gathering the Russian opposition on a city square and calling in an army of tanks to mow them down. 'And then, like after Tiananmen in China, we would also have 10% annual economic growth after 20 or 30 years'".[1]
He was involved in at least two plariarism scandals, where Matveychev was the one who's writings were plagiarized as discovered by his blog followers, once by Anna Chapman, and a second time by the Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky in his book "Myths about Russia", particularly in the chapter about "unwashed Europe" and "clean Russia". Matveychev had announced that he is not going to pursue any action as he is an opponent of copyright. He stated that copyright impedes innovation and "behind every thought or object is every human being who ever lived". [4][5]
Additionally, Matveychev was behind the idea to change a name of a real person to Harry Potter to participate in Yekaterinburg regional elections.[6]
Books
Crimean Spring. 30 days that shook the world, co-author, 2014
Trojan Horse of Western History, co-author, 2013 (translated to English)
Ears that Wag the Ass - Modern Social Programming, 2002, 2008, 2013
Imperative Mood of History, 2012
Russia, What to Do? Breakthrough Strategies of the New Millenium, 2011
American Lard, fiction, co-author, 2009
The Sovereignty of Spirit, 2007
Anti-psychology. The modern man in search of meaning, co-author, 2004
China at the Junction of the Milleniums, 2004
Electoral campaign - Practice Against Theory, 2001
Problems of manipulation, 1999
What is political consulting?, 1998
Charity work
Matveychev is on the board of "Right to Smile", a children's charity set up by ex-spy Anna Chapman, active in her hometown of Volgograd.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Russian spy Anna Chapman embroiled in plagiarism row, Guardian, retrieved 02/11/2011
- ↑ Books and Publications, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
- 1 2 3 ОЛЕГ МАТВЕЙЧЕВ, ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЙ САЙТ, Official Site (in Russian)
- ↑ "LJ Rate". (in Russian).
- ↑ "Response to discovery of plagiarized works". Live Journal.
- ↑ http://www.anticompromat.org/mordodely/matveichbio.html