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Andrei Soldatov (Andrei Alekseyevich Soldatov) was born on 4 October, 1975 in Moscow, Russia, is a Russian investigative journalist and writer (born 1975). Discover Andrei Soldatov's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?

Popular As Andrei Alekseyevich Soldatov
Occupation Investigative journalist
Age 48 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 4 October 1975
Birthday 4 October
Birthplace Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russia

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1975

Andrei Alekseyevich Soldatov (Андрей Алексеевич Солдатов, born 4 October 1975 in Moscow, Russia) is a Russian investigative journalist and Russian security services expert.

Together with fellow journalist Irina Borogan he is co-founder and editor of the Agentura.Ru website.

Andrei Soldatov graduated from the journalism department of Moscow State Social University, since renamed the Russian State Social University.

1991

How secret services have been changing their skin 1991-2004''.

1996

In 1996, he started to work as correspondent of the Segodnya newspaper.

1998

From 1998 to 1999, he was a staff writer for the Kompania journal.

2000

In September 2000, then in Izvestia, he opened the project Agentura.Ru with Irina Borogan and other colleagues.

He has since become editor and Irina Borogan deputy editor of the Agentura.ru-project.

2002

From 2002 to 2004 he was also section chief of the Versiya weekly newspaper, during which time he covered the Moscow theater hostage crisis.

On 1 November 2002, FSB officers searched the premises of Versiya, reportedly regarding information published in an article by Soldatov on 27 May 2002.

However, Andrei Soldatov has claimed that this operation against his newspaper was related to a forthcoming article on the storming of the Moscow theatre and freeing of the hostages there on 26 October.

Soldatov has been interrogated four times by the Investigative Department of the FSB based in Lefortovo.

2004

In April 2004, Soldatov began appearing as a commentator on radio Echo of Moscow as a security expert.

In July 2004, he joined the weekly Moscow News as the secret services observer.

He covered the Beslan siege for Echo Moskvy and Moscow News.

2005

In December 2005, Andrei Soldatov published with Irina Borogan the book ''New patriot games.

2006

Since January 2006, he has worked for the newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

For Novaya Gazeta he has covered the 2006 Lebanon War and tensions in West Bank and Gaza Strip in Palestine.

Soldatov regularly appears as a commentator on terrorism and intelligence issues for Vedomosti, Radio Free Europe and the BBC.

2008

Since July 2008 he has been a columnist for The Moscow Times.

In June 2008 Soldatov was questioned by the FSB in Lefortovo over the interview of the former SVR officer Sergei Tretyakov, who defected to the US in 2000.

On November 12, 2008, Soldatov's employer Novaya Gazeta fired him and Agentura.Ru colleague Irina Borogan.

In a press release, Soldatov and Borogan said that Novaya Gazeta had ceased its collaboration with Agentura.Ru without explanation.

‘They even removed our banner from their website,' said Soldatov, noted by Maria Eismont in Index on Censorship on November 27).

In April 2008 Praeger published the PSI Handbook of Global Security and Intelligence: National Approaches: Volume 1 - The Americas and Asia; Volume 2 - Europe and the Middle East.

Soldatov is the author of the chapter on Russia's secret services.

2010

Beginning in 2010 Soldatov has also written for Foreign Policy and Foreign Affairs.

In September 2010 Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan's book The New Nobility: The Restoration of Russia's Security State and the Enduring Legacy of the KGB was published by PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group.

2011

In August 2011 the Russian version of The New Nobility sat in seventh place on the best seller list of Knizhnoe Obozrenie.

In early September it was in second place on the best seller list.

On September 20 the authors were informed by Elena Evgrafova, a chief editor of Alpina Business Books/United Press, that on September 14, the General Director of the Chekhov Poligraphic Complex, German Kravchenko, received a letter from the Moscow department of the FSB in which the Head of the 2nd Directorate of the 6th Inter-regional Section A.I.Sergeev requested the identities of people who placed an order for The New Nobility.

In October 2011 the French version of The New Nobility came out, published by François Bourin editeur.

In December 2011 the Estonian edition was published by Tänapäev.

In recent time he wrote about Kremlin's efforts to quell opposition after the wave of demonstration in 2011/2012.

He also wrote about new developments in Russia in tougher control of social networks and in surveillance on the Internet.

The Boston Marathon bombing gave him reason to divert attention to terrorist networks, covering Russia and the US.

2012

In January 2012 the book came out in Chinese, published by CITIC.

In October 2012 Agentura.Ru, Privacy International and Citizen Lab launched the joint project entitled 'Russia's Surveillance State' with Andrei Soldatov as a head of the project.

The aims of the project were to undertake research and investigation into surveillance practices in Russia, including the trade in and use of surveillance technologies, and to publicise research and investigative findings to improve national and international awareness of surveillance and secrecy practices in Russia.

2013

On October 6, 2013 The Guardian reported the research made by Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan over surveillance measures introduced by the Russian authorities at the 2014 Winter Olympics, including extensive electronic eavesdropping and surveillance.