Anatoly Wasserman
{{Short description|Russian journalist and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific_suffix = MP
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ru|Анатолий Вассерман}}}}
|image = Вассерман Анатолий Александрович.jpg
|caption = Official portrait, circa 2021
|office = Member of the State Duma for Moscow
|term_start = 12 October 2021
|term_end =
|predecessor = Anton Zharkov
|successor =
|constituency = Preobrazhensky (No. 205)
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|12|9}}
|birth_place = Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
|death_date =
|death_place =
|citizenship = Soviet →
Ukrainian →
Russian {{small|(since 2016)}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vesti.ru/article/1553914|title=Вассерман решил отказаться от украинского гражданства|trans-title=Wasserman decided to renounce Ukrainian citizenship|language=Russian|work=Vesti|date=2016-01-27|access-date=2022-05-09}}
|party = A Just Russia
|signature = Awasign.png
|occupation = {{ubl|computer scientist|journalist}}
|website = {{URL|vassermans.ru}}
| module = {{Listen|pos=center|embed=yes|filename=Anatolij Vasserman voice.oga|title=Anatoly Wasserman's voice|type=speech|description=Wasserman on the Echo of Moscow program, 5 February 2012}}
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Anatoly Aleksandrovich Wasserman{{notetag|Also transliterated Anatoly Alexandrovich Vasserman.}} ({{langx|ru|Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Ва́ссерман}}, {{langx|uk|Анатолій Олександрович Вассерман}}; born 9 December 1952) is a politician, journalist and political pundit who has won numerous television intellectual quiz shows.[http://www.chgk.com.ru/person.php?id=49 Вассерман на сайте «ЗнатАки!»] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111145/http://www.chgk.com.ru/person.php?id=49 |date=2014-10-06 }} (in Russian). Since September 2021 he is a member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (the 8th convocation).
Biography
Wasserman studied thermal physics at the Institute of refrigeration and cryotechnologies in Odessa, specializing also in computer programming. In 1974—1991 he was employed as a programmer at different R&D centers in Odessa dealing with low-temperature food technologies.{{cite news|first= Ekaterina|last= Belyaeva|url= http://www.mk.ru/daily/189842.html?phrase_id=2079558|script-title= ru:Реакция Вассермана|work=Moskovskij Komsomolets|date= 2005-11-01|accessdate=2009-08-05|language=Russian}}
Wasserman has worked as a journalist since 23 November 1991 to the present (from 1996 to 1999, for computer magazines in particular).
In 1994, he ran for office as a Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and took second place in his constituency.
After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014 and the start of the 2014 to present Russo-Ukrainian War, Wasserman became increasingly critical of the Ukrainian government. In 2015 the Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal investigation against him for alleged separatist activity.{{cite news|url= http://www.interfax.ru/russia/491822|script-title= ru:Анатолий Вассерман получил гражданство России|date=27 January 2015|publisher=Interfax|language= Russian|accessdate=27 January 2016}}
On 27 January 2016, Wasserman became a naturalized Russian citizen (with citizenship granted by Vladimir Putin).
On 27 June 2016, he was nominated as a candidate for Deputy of the State Duma of Russia from the party A Just Russia; he took the second place in his constituency.[http://www.aif.ru/politics/world/anatolliy_vasserman_budet_ballotirovatsya_v_dumu_ot_spravedlivoy_rossii Анатоллий Вассерман будет баллотироваться в Думу от «Справедливой России»]
Wasserman advised Dmitry Medvedev not to experiment on Russians after Medvedev (the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation) proposed beginning a gradual transition to a shorter working week, starting with an experiment on the territory of one region or on a group of companies. According to the publicist, without accurate economic calculations, this can result in a reduction in wages. Wasserman noted that "we do not need experiments, but concrete calculations". It is necessary to calculate whether the increase in labor productivity will compensate for the loss of one working day, because otherwise, the salary of citizens will fall, the journalist explained.{{Cite web|title= Вассерман посоветовал Медведеву не ставить эксперименты на россиянах|url= https://news.rambler.ru/community/46344205-vasserman-posovetoval-medvedevu-ne-stavit-eksperimenty-na-rossiyanah/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=Рамблер/новости|date= 2 May 2021|language=ru}}
In 2021 Wasserman again ran for election to the State Duma, this time as an independent candidate. As in 2016, he ran in the Preobrazhensky constituency of Moscow; Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin publicly endorsed his candidacy.{{Cite web|title= Вассерман вошел в команду Собянина на выборах в Госдуму|url= https://ura.news/news/1052505243|access-date=2021-09-16|website=URA.ru|date= 15 September 2021|language=ru}} In addition, the ruling United Russia party also did not nominate a candidate in this constituency. Wasserman won the seat, defeating the CPRF candidate Sergei Obukhov.
= Sanctions =
Wasserman is sanctioned by the UK government on 11 March 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War. {{cite web |title=CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1150217/Russia.pdf |access-date=16 April 2023}}
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References
External links
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- {{official website|http://vassermans.ru/}} {{in lang|ru}}
- {{LiveJournal}} {{in lang|ru}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090708074655/http://www.computerra.ru/blogs/wasserman/ Videoblog of Anatoly Wasserman] {{in lang|ru}}
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