Vyacheslav Kostikov

Vyacheslav Kostikov
Born Vyacheslav Vasilievich Kostikov
(1940-08-24) 24 August 1940
Moscow, USSR
Occupation Russian diplomat, statesman, journalist and writer
Awards

Vyacheslav Vasilievich Kostikov (Russian: Вячеслав Васильевич Костиков; born August 24, 1940, Moscow) is a Russian diplomat, journalist and writer who served as the press secretary to the first Russuan President Boris Yeltsin.

Biography

In 1966 he graduated from MSU Faculty of Journalism. In 1966-1967 he worked as an English translator in India. Since 1967 he has been working as a political columnist for the RIA Novosti.

In 1968 Kostikov studied journalism in England at the University of Sheffield. At the same time, he continued his studies at the Academy of Foreign Trade (1972). Then he started worked for UNESCO (1972–78 and 1982-1988).

In 1992-1994 he served as the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.[1] In 1994-1996 he was the representative of the Russian Federation at the Vatican and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

In the present he is the Director for Strategic Planning of Russian newspaper Argumenty i Fakty.

Kostikov reads his memoirs (in Russian)

References

  1. ↑ Пресс-секретарь президента РФ Бориса Николаевича Ельцина
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