Olivier Védrine

Born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Olivier Védrine has Russian ancestry. He studied at the International School of Management{{Cite web|url=https://www.ism.edu/|title=International School of Management | Executive Education|website=International School of Management|access-date=2018-01-18|archive-date=2018-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118181441/https://www.ism.edu/|url-status=live}} where he obtained an International MBA.

• President of the international think-tank “Continental European Union club”.{{cite web|url=http://mediarnbo.org/2016/02/19/presentation-of-think-tank-continental-european-union-club-ucmc-19-02-16/?lang=en|title=Presentation of think-tank "Continental European Union club". UCMC-19-02-16 – Information analysis center|website=mediarnbo.org|date=19 February 2016|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118011506/http://mediarnbo.org/2016/02/19/presentation-of-think-tank-continental-european-union-club-ucmc-19-02-16/?lang=en|url-status=live}}
• Professor Honoris Causa, Kyiv International University.{{cite web|url=http://kymu.edu.ua/viddil-mizhnarodnogo-spivrobitnitstva/|title=Відділ міжнародного співробітництва|website=kymu.edu.ua|access-date=2018-01-18|archive-date=2018-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119060637/http://kymu.edu.ua/viddil-mizhnarodnogo-spivrobitnitstva/|url-status=live}}
• Lieutenant Colonel active duty reserve officer under contract by decree published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française.{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000408966 |title=Article |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-date=2018-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123515/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000408966 |url-status=live }}
• Auditor of the Institute for Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN), France.{{cite web |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000584278 |title=Article |website=www.legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=2018-01-17 |archive-date=2018-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118064530/https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000584278 |url-status=live }}
• Alumnus of executive seminars organised by the College of Europe at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.
• Lecturer on behalf of the European Commission in the experts’ network Team Europe France (2007-2014).{{cite web|url=http://gratieluimihailescu.ro/en/a-frenchman-in-ukraine/|title=A Frenchman in Ukraine - Gratian Mihailescu|date=29 April 2015|publisher=|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=18 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118122434/http://gratieluimihailescu.ro/en/a-frenchman-in-ukraine/|url-status=live}}
• Chief Editor of the Russian edition of the “Revue Defense Nationale“ (2010-2014). He ended this Russian edition at the beginning of 2014 to protest against the annexation of Crimea.{{cite web|url=http://www.defnat.com/bibliotheque/resultats_auteur.php?cenvoi=1&cidaut=1177&&cauteur='Olivier+V%C3%A9drine'|title=RDN en ligne -- Rechercher dans la Revue Défense Nationale|website=www.defnat.com|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924211751/https://www.defnat.com/bibliotheque/resultats_auteur.php?cenvoi=1&cidaut=1177&cauteur=%27Olivier+V%C3%A9drine%27|url-status=live}}
• Adviser to Henri Malosse when he was the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (2013-2015) for matters related to Ukraine.
• Since 2015, expert member of the Academic Center of the Assembly of European Regions, Strasbourg, France.{{cite web|url=https://aer.eu/interview-of-olivier-vedrine-on-ukraine-russia-conflict/|title=Interview of Olivier Védrine on Ukraine-Russia conflict - Assembly of European Regions|date=16 April 2015|publisher=}}
• Since 2015 – Member of Expert Board, Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies (CACDS), Ukraine.{{cite web|url=http://www.cacds.org.ua/en/authors/500|title=Our authors - Olivier VEDRINE - CACDS|website=www.cacds.org.ua|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117191104/http://www.cacds.org.ua/en/authors/500|url-status=live}}
• From July 2015 to July 2016, co-anchor of analytical talk-show UA Tea Time on 'First Ukraine'.{{Cite web|url=https://rightbrand.com/your-future-business-name/|title=We Are Working on Your Future Business Name|date=January 2, 2020|access-date=May 31, 2020|archive-date=May 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531064430/https://rightbrand.com/your-future-business-name/|url-status=live}} international satellite TV Channel launched by National Television Company of Ukraine on 1 September 2012 available in more than 30 countries all over the world, coauthored 120 sessions in English.{{cite web|url=http://uacrisis.org/28605-zapusk-shhotizhnevoyi-anglomovnoyi-programi-ua-tea-time|title=Olivier Védrine on the launch of weekly English language program, "UA Tea Time": "We have to depart from the model of passive response towards Russian propaganda" - UACRISIS.ORG|date=12 July 2015|publisher=|access-date=17 January 2018|archive-date=17 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117193715/http://uacrisis.org/28605-zapusk-shhotizhnevoyi-anglomovnoyi-programi-ua-tea-time|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/UAteaTIME/|title=UA Tea Time|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924211750/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUAteaTIME%2F|url-status=live}}
• Anchor of Weekly with Olivier Vedrine on UA TV.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bl9qbhU8PU|title=Weekly with Olivier Vedrine|last=UATV Channel|date=21 November 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
• From November 2016 to February 2017, anchor of "Weekly with Olivier VÉDRINE" on UA.TV.{{cite web|url=http://bunews.com.ua/politics/item/frenchman-joins-english-language-ukraine-infowar-with-new-chat-show|title=Infowar: Ukrainian TV show seeks to counter Kremlin disinformation|last=Editor|website=bunews.com.ua|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212202339/http://bunews.com.ua/politics/item/frenchman-joins-english-language-ukraine-infowar-with-new-chat-show|url-status=live}}
• Since 2016, Chief Editor of Russian Monitor, one of the sites of the Russian opposition.{{Cite web|url=https://rusmonitor.com/|title=Русский Монитор | Russian Monitor|website=Русский Монитор | Russian Monitor|access-date=2020-05-31|archive-date=2020-05-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531041453/https://rusmonitor.com/|url-status=live}} with 500 000 visitors per month, Russian Monitor is the internet media of the Continental European Union Club.
• Organiser of an informal think tank of the Russian Opposition in exile in Kyiv, Ukraine.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/olivier.vedrine/posts/10213407472236086?comment_id=10213415737962724¬if_id=1521451159722466¬if_t=mentions_comment&ref=notif|title=Olivier Vedrine|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2018-03-19|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924211749/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Folivier.vedrine%2Fposts%2F10213407472236086%3Fcomment_id%3D10213415737962724%26notif_id%3D1521451159722466%26notif_t%3Dmentions_comment%26ref%3Dnotif|url-status=live}}
• Since January 2018 and the new editorial line by Olivier Védrine, the monthly number of visitors has doubled to 1.000.000.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213245620149885&set=a.1060726313227.2010921.1077992387&type=3&theater|title=Olivier Vedrine|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=2018-02-27|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924211750/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fphoto.php%3Ffbid%3D10213245620149885%26set%3Da.1060726313227.2010921.1077992387%26type%3D3%26theater|url-status=live}}
• Starting January 2018,Olivier Védrine is the anchor of "Western voice with Olivier Vedrine" a geopolitical weekly show on Obozrevatel TV with guests, interviewed on the stage and on Skype belonging to the top experts of Europe and United States, answering questions related to Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Russia.{{cite web|url=https://www.obozrevatel.com/player/2489797.htm|title=TV Clip|website=www.obozrevatel.com|access-date=2018-02-12|archive-date=2018-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201848/https://www.obozrevatel.com/player/2489797.htm|url-status=live}}
• Member of the board of New Europeans as Eastern Europe, Russia, CIS expert.{{Cite web|url=https://neweuropeans.net/article/2394/olivier-v-drine-joins-board-new-europeans-aisbl|title=Olivier Védrine joins the board of New Europeans Aisbl|first=Roger|last=Casale|date=July 22, 2018|website=neweuropeans.net|access-date=July 23, 2018|archive-date=July 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723122646/https://neweuropeans.net/article/2394/olivier-v-drine-joins-board-new-europeans-aisbl|url-status=live}}
• Associate researcher for the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM), Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.ieim.uqam.ca/spip.php?page=auteur-ceim&id_auteur=834&lang=fr|title=Olivier Vedrine - Centre d'études sur l'intégration et la mondialisation (CEIM) - UQAM|website=www.ieim.uqam.ca|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117192234/http://www.ieim.uqam.ca/spip.php?page=auteur-ceim&id_auteur=834&lang=fr|url-status=live}}
• Expert member of the National Union of the Political Scientists and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of “Questions of political science”, Russia.{{cite web|url=http://voprospolitolog.ru/index.php/en/obshchaya-informatsiya/165-olivier-vedrine|title=Olivier VEDRINE|last=sveta|website=voprospolitolog.ru|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117191511/http://voprospolitolog.ru/index.php/en/obshchaya-informatsiya/165-olivier-vedrine|url-status=live}}
• Visiting lecturer in universities in France, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, Poland, Canada, Taiwan, Italy, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Belgium, United Kingdom, Romania, Netherlands, Georgia, and Portugal.{{cite web|url=http://www.iir.edu.ua/en/press_center/announcements/Olivier_Vedrine_27-10-2015/|title=A Lecture by Olivier Vedrine!|website=www.iir.edu.ua|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190558/http://www.iir.edu.ua/en/press_center/announcements/Olivier_Vedrine_27-10-2015/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://newwestminstercollege.ca/professor-olivier-vedrine-distinguished-fellow-of-new-westminster-college/|title=New Westminster College, British Columbia, Canada – Professor Olivier Védrine, MBA, KOSLJ, ESCML, MH(S)|website=newwestminstercollege.ca|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=2018-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180118010443/http://newwestminstercollege.ca/professor-olivier-vedrine-distinguished-fellow-of-new-westminster-college/|url-status=live}}
• On February 13, 2018, Olivier Védrine was appointed, "Goodwill Ambassador" on a voluntary basis of the National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery" former "Kiev National Museum of Russian Art", this is the third collection of Russian art after the museums of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
• Since 2022, Member of board Jean Monnet Association

Olivier Védrine received the Order of Saint Volodymir (Vladimir) from the hand of Patriarch Filaret, Kiev Patriarchate, an order seldom attributed to a foreigner (in attached file the Ukase attributing the Order of Saint Vladimir and the photo of the Order of Saint Vladimir.{{cite web|url=https://www.cerkva.info/posts/vidbulasia-zustrich-z-frantsuzkym-politolohom-olivie-vedrinom|title=Artucle|website=www.cerkva.info|access-date=2018-01-17|archive-date=2018-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117190543/https://www.cerkva.info/posts/vidbulasia-zustrich-z-frantsuzkym-politolohom-olivie-vedrinom|url-status=live}}

• Ideas for a United Europe{{Cite web |url=http://www.ieim.uqam.ca/spip.php?page=article-oepd&id_article=5703&lang=fr |title=Ideas for a United Europe - Observatoire de l'économie politique de défense (OEPD) | UQAM |access-date=2018-01-20 |archive-date=2018-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071404/http://www.ieim.uqam.ca/spip.php?page=article-oepd&id_article=5703&lang=fr |url-status=live }}

• ''Ukraine needs to get rid of the Soviet legacy'{{Cite web |url=https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day-after-day/olivier-vedrine-ukraine-needs-get-rid-soviet-legacy |title=Mykola Siruk, 18 June, 2013 |access-date=2018-01-17 |archive-date=2021-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924211753/https://day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day-after-day/olivier-vedrine-ukraine-needs-get-rid-soviet-legacy |url-status=live }}
• Putin wants to be like a new Stalin but Stalin had no bank accounts abroad, Stalin had an ideology, Putin has no ideology.{{Cite web|url=https://neweuropeans.net/article/2331/interview-olivier-vedrine|title=Interview with Olivier Vedrine|first=Roger|last=Casale|date=April 26, 2018|website=neweuropeans.net|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=April 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426213631/https://neweuropeans.net/article/2331/interview-olivier-vedrine|url-status=live}}
• Ukrainians want to be free, and in Russia they want to be great.{{Cite web |url=https://hromadskeradio.org/en/programs/ukraine-calling/ukrainians-want-to-be-free-and-in-russia-they-want-to-be-great-olivier-vedrine |title=French political scientist Olivier Vedrine on situation in Ukraine | Programs - Hromadske Radio |access-date=2018-04-29 |archive-date=2018-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429160343/https://hromadskeradio.org/en/programs/ukraine-calling/ukrainians-want-to-be-free-and-in-russia-they-want-to-be-great-olivier-vedrine |url-status=live }}
• The biggest advantage Ukraine enjoys is its strategic position.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/lvivtoday/docs/lviv_today_81sm/44|title=# 81, Summer 2015|website=Issuu|access-date=2018-05-05|archive-date=2021-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924211838/https://issuu.com/lvivtoday/docs/lviv_today_81sm/44|url-status=live}}
• The future of European democracy will be decided in Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=http://bunews.com.ua/interviews/item/opinion-the-future-of-european-democracy-will-be-decided-in-ukraine|title=OPINION: The future of European democracy "will be decided in Ukraine"|website=bunews.com.ua|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-date=2018-07-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702180933/http://bunews.com.ua/interviews/item/opinion-the-future-of-european-democracy-will-be-decided-in-ukraine|url-status=live}}
• I believe that a good education is the key to build a strong and prosperous Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=https://creergeneva.org/2018/07/11/interview-with-olivier-vedrine-on-a-mission-for-ukraine/|title=Interview with Olivier Védrine - On a mission for Ukraine|date=July 11, 2018|access-date=July 12, 2018|archive-date=July 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712223415/https://creergeneva.org/2018/07/11/interview-with-olivier-vedrine-on-a-mission-for-ukraine/|url-status=live}}
• The war in Ukraine is not only about freedom from Russian occupation but also freedom for the European continent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/prominent-critic-putin-olivier-vedrine-target-russian-president-1-5704005|title=How best to target Putin|first=Olivier|last=Vedrine|website=The New European|access-date=2018-10-04|archive-date=2018-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005072032/https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/prominent-critic-putin-olivier-vedrine-target-russian-president-1-5704005|url-status=live}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://whatson-kyiv.com/a-new-governance-for-europeans/ A New Governance for Europeans.]
• [https://ajmonnet.eu/ Association Jean Monnet.]
• [https://www.kyivpost.com/business/frances-olivier-vedrine-takes-tv-western-voice.html France's influence on Ukraine. Kyiv Post interview, April 2018.]
• [http://www.lemonde.fr/m-actu/article/2018/03/16/kiev-terre-d-accueil-de-l-exil-russe_5272088_4497186.html Le Monde, Olivier Vedrine founder and animator of the Club of the Russian opposition in exile in Kyiv]
• UA Tea Time: interview of a former Member of Russian Duma Ilya Ponomarev, {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ponfUelRD2o|title=UA Tea Time: Ilya Ponomarev|last=UA Tea Time|date=21 April 2016|publisher=|via=YouTube}}
• [http://uacrisis.org/?s=olivier%20vedrine Ukraine Crisis Medias Center Press Conferences with Olivier Védrine]
• [http://newsme.com.ua/en/ukraine/politic/3937138/ "This will be the end". Western political scientist told how to surely remove Putin from the Kremlin]
• [https://scontent.fiev10-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/28336994_10213245620149885_8317216495592420000_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9ea87d9d69a358fcbd66141ef4ff060d&oe=5B61EAE2 Since January 2018 and the new editorial line by Olivier Védrine, Russian Monitor monthly number of visitors has doubled to 1.000.000]

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