Pavel Gusev (journalist)
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Pavel Nikolayevich Gusev (Russian: Павел Николаевич Гусев; born 4 April 1949, Moscow[1]) is a Russian journalist and public figure. He has been the editor-in-chief of the Moscow daily newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets since 1983.[2] He is a professor of journalism at the International University in Moscow[3] and a member of Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.[1]
He is also the head of the Moscow Union of Journalists, and has been critical of the treatment of journalists in the Russian Federation.[4]
Early life and education
Gusev was born on 4 April 1949 in Moscow, Russia.
He graduated from the Russian State Geological Prospecting University in 1971.[1] He earned a graduate degree in literature from Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in 1985.
Career
From 1971-1975, Gusev was a junior research associate at the Russian State Geological Prospecting University.
Gusev was involved in the Communist youth organization Komsomol from 1975-1983. He served as Second Secretary of Komsomol's Krasnopresnensky District branch in Moscow from 1975-1976, then First Secretary from 1976-1980. He worked in the international department of the Komsomol's Central Committee until 1983, when he joined Moskovskij Komsomolets in his present role as editor-in-chief.[1]
Viktor Shenderovich wrote about Pavel Gusev that his evolution was from a member of Komsomol to Gorbachev’s perestrojka wave and to a democrat-supporter of Yeltsin, then to a patriot from the Congress of Russian communities, a loyal supporter of the Moscow mayor Luzhkov and, finally, an obedient servant of Putin.[5]
Gusev is currently a member of Russia's Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, where he is chairman of the "Commission on Supporting Mass Media as the Basis of Civil Society".[1]
Awards
- Laureate of the Russian public award The Best Feathers of Russia in 1999.
- Order of Honour in 2009.
- For Service to Moscow distinction in 2003.[1]
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