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Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky (Russian: Владимир Ростиславович Мединский; born 18 July 1970) is a Russian political figure, academic and publicist who served as the Minister of Culture from May 2012 to January 2020.[1] He has the federal state civilian service rank of 1st class Active State Councillor of the Russian Federation.[2] He is a member of the General Council of the United Russia party.
Vladimir Medinsky | |
|---|---|
Владимир Мединский | |
 Medinsky in 2020 | |
| Aide to the President of Russia | |
| Assumed office 24 January 2020 | |
| President | Vladimir Putin |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 21 May 2012 – 15 January 2020 | |
| Prime Minister | Dmitry Medvedev |
| Preceded by | Aleksandr Avdeyev |
| Succeeded by | Olga Lyubimova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky 18 July 1970 Smila, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (today Ukraine) |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Before 1991) Independent (1991–1995) Our Home-Russia (1995–2000) Unity (1999–2001) United Russia (2001–present) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
| Profession | Professor Doctor of Sciences in political and historical studies |
| Website | http://www.medinskiy.ru/ |
Biography
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Medinsky was born in the city of Smila in the Cherkasy Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR.[3]
Education
edit- 1987–1992 – Student in the International Journalism Faculty in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (МГИМО МИД России).
- 1993–1994 – graduated in the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Career
edit- 1991–1992 – trainee in the Press Service of the Embassy of the USSR, and then Russia, in the United States, in Washington D.C.
- 1992–1998 – Chairman of the Advertising agency called "Ya-Corporation".
- 1998–1999 – adviser to the Director of the Federal Tax Police Service of the Russian Federation, and later become as Chairman of Department for Informational Policy in the Ministry of Tax and Revenue.
- 1999–2000 – Chairman of the Directorate of Central Election Commission Headquarters for Fatherland - All Russia Block, than a member of Unity Party.
- 2000–2002 – Adviser to the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma, Georgiy Boos
- 2002–2004 – Head of the Executive Committee of Moscow Organization of United Russia, Head of the Political campaign staff of "United Russia", in Moscow.
- 2003 – elected as member of 4th session of the State Duma.
- 2004–2005 – Deputy Chief of Central Executive Committee of "United Russia" for Information and Analysis.
- 2006–2008 – President of the Russian Association of Social Communications.
- 2007 – elected as member of 5th session of the State Duma, from regional group of the United Russia from Lipetsk Oblast. Worked as Coordinator from State Duma with the Parliament of South Korea.
- 2010–2012 – Member of the Presidential Commission to counter the attempts to falsify history.[4]
- November 2011 – Head of the Committee for Culture in the State Duma.
- May 2012–January 2020[5] – Minister of Culture in the Medvedev Cabinet.
- January 2020 – Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation[6]
- 28 February 2022 – Head of the Russian delegation in negotiations with Ukraine in Homel Belarus following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[7]
Dissertations and accusation of plagiarism
edit- 1997 – defended Doctoral dissertation in political science
- 1999 – defended Higher Doctoral dissertation in political science[8]
- June 2011 – defended Higher Doctoral dissertation in history in the Russian State Social University: "Problems of objectivity in the coverage of Russian history from the second half of the 15th to 17th centuries".
The third thesis of 2011 has been widely debated in the Russian media and a large number of fragments have been shown to bear a significant resemblance to existing academic works, which caused numerous accusations of plagiarism.[9][10]
On 23 May 2014, the Dissernet community, an informal group of academics and journalists concerned with dissertation plagiarism, declared to have found plagiarism in two previous dissertations by Medinsky, of 1997[11] and 1999.[12] According to Dissernet's expertise, in the first thesis 87 pages out of 120 have been borrowed from the thesis of Medinsky's scientific advisor S. A. Proskurin. In the second thesis, 21 pages textually coincide with other people's works.[8][13]
On 3 October 2017 the top Russian academic council recommended revoking Medinsky's 2011 doctorate.[14] However, on 20 October 2017 a committee of a government agency that oversees the awarding of higher academic degrees ruled in the minister's favour by 16 to 6.[15]
Views
editVladimir Medinsky has been described as a "nationalist enamoured of classicism and traditional values".[16]
Medinsky supports the removal of Vladimir Lenin's body from Lenin's Mausoleum to bury it.[17][18]
Medinsky believes that statues of Joseph Stalin should be erected in places where the majority of local people are in favour.[19]
In 2013, Medinsky's Culture Ministry proposed an updated cultural policy blueprint. Calling for "a rejection of the principles of tolerance and multiculturalism", it emphasizes Russian "traditional values" and cautions against "pseudo-art" that may be at variance with those values.[20]
In 2015, Medinsky called for the creation of a Russian "patriotic Internet" to combat Western ideas, adding that those who are against Russia are against the truth.[21]
In 2019, Medinsky called the Chernobyl series “masterfully made” and “filmed with great respect for ordinary people”.[22] Medinsky's father was one of the Chernobyl liquidators.[23]
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Medinsky stated that “We stand for peace”.[24]
In August 2023, a history textbook written by Medinsky claimed that the 1956 Hungarian Revolution was a fascist uprising organised by the West.[25] In response, Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said "labelling these people as fascists is simply unacceptable".[26]
Honours
edit- 2015: Commander in the Order of Cultural Merit.[27]
Bibliography
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- The Wall (Стена), 2012, ISBN 978-5-373-04522-3
- Myths about Russia (Мифы о России), Series of books by Vladimir Medinskiy
- Legal basis for commercial advertising by Vladimir Medinskiy and Kirill Vsevolozhskiy, ISBN 5-901084-01-2
- Scoundrels and geniuses PR. From Rurik to Ivan the Terrible by V. Medinskiy, 2011, ISBN 978-5-388-00487-1
References
edit- ^ Состав нового Правительства РФ, New government's structure, Ekho Moskvy radio (Russian)
- ^ О присвоении классных чинов государственной гражданской службы Российской Федерации федеральным государственным гражданским служащим Администрации Президента Российской Федерации (Decree 163) (in Russian). President of Russia. 5 March 2020.
- ^ "Why ethnopolitics doesn't work in Ukraine". al-Jazeera. 9 April 2019.
- ^ Мединский противостоит фальсификации истории, Medinsky become as a member of Presidential Commission, ER.RU
- ^ Carroll, Oliver (January 15, 2020). "Russian PM resigns in shock move as Putin announces dramatic constitutional shake-up". The Independent. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Vladimir Medinsky". www.medinskiy.ru (in Russian). Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ^ "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty". wwww.rferl.org. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
- ^ a b "Dissernet's" Experts found plagiarism
- ^ Balmforth, Tom (4 June 2012). "Profile: Vladimir Medinsky, Russia's Controversial New Culture Minister". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
- ^ "Vladimir Medinsky".
- ^ "Мединский Владимир Ростиславович".
- ^ "Мединский Владимир Ростиславович".
- ^ Lipman, Maria (24 May 2014). "Meet the Second-Rate Academic Who is Vladimir Putin's Culture Cop". The New Republic.
- ^ Balmforth, Tom (10 August 2018). "Russia's 'Myth'-Busting Culture Minister Embroiled In Doctoral Thesis Scandal". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
- ^ "Russian minister keeps doctorate despite plagiarism claims". 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Russian culture wars take centre stage". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
- ^ Министр культуры предлагает торжественно похоронить Ленина,Minister of Culture has offer to solemnly bury Lenin – Russian source
- ^ Мединский: Тело Ленина пора выносить из мавзолея, Medinskiy: The Time as come to remove Lenin's body from the Mausoleum, er.ru
- ^ "A battle for truth and glory as Russia marks Victory Day". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Минкультуры изложило "Основы государственной культурной политики"" [Culture Ministry lays out "Basis of national cultural policy"]. Izvestia (in Russian). 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Russia's culture minister calls for new 'patriotic Internet' to combat Western spin". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
- ^ "Мединский назвал сериал "Чернобыль" "мастерски сделанным фильмом"". RBC. 6 June 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- ^ Светлана Рейтер, Иван Голунов (2015-07-13). "Расследование РБК: зачем Мединскому Военно-историческое общество". РБК. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
- ^ "There are now 368,000 Ukraine refugees, UN estimates", CNN, 27 February 2022
- ^ "Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechoslovakia were wrong, Putin says". BBC News. 2023-09-12. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ "Hungary's Energy Supply is Guaranteed, Says Russian Foreign Minister". Hungary Today. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ Ordonnance Souveraine n° 5.660 du 17 décembre 2015
External links
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- Official Website (Russian)
- medinskiy_vr in Twitter
- Official Blog in LiveJournal
- Vladimir Rostislavovich Medinsky in VKontakte
- Official Video blog in Russia.ru
- blog in Echo Moscow