Andrey Kolesnikov (journalist, 1966)

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Kolesnikov.

Andrey Kolesnikov
Kolesnikov at Vladimir Putin's press conference, 2019
Born	Andrey Ivanovich Kolesnikov (1966-08-08) 8 August 1966 Semibratovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Alma mater	MSU Faculty of Journalism
Occupation(s)	Journalist, columnist, editor
Known for	Regular reports about Vladimir Putin for Kommersant
Spouse	Darya Donskova

Andrey Ivanovich Kolesnikov (Russian: Андрей Иванович Колесников) is a Russian journalist, columnist and editor. Since 2000, he has been writing regular reports about Russian president Vladimir Putin for Kommersant as a member of the Kremlin pool. He is an author of several books and articles about Putin's life.

Biography

Kolesnikov was born in the urban-type settlement of Semibratovo, Yaroslavl Oblast in 1966. After receiving a degree in Moscow State University Faculty of Journalism, he wrote for Moskovskaya Pravda, Moskovskiye Novosti, and the Institute for High Energy Physics newspaper.

Since 1996, he has been working as a special correspondent for Kommersant along with Aleksandr Kabakov and Valery Panyushkin. In 2000, Kolesnikov published a book named From the First Person about Vladimir Putin co-authored by acting Kremlin spokesperson Natalya Timakova and journalist Natalya Gevorkyan.

In 2008, Kolesnikov became editor-in-chief of the Russky pioner magazine. Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Vladislav Surkov, Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, Mikhail Prokhorov, Arkady Dvorkovich, Viktor Vekselberg have written columns for Russky pioner.

In 2012, Kolesnikov became deputy CEO of the Kommersant publishing house.

In March 2022, Government of Canada put Kolesnikov on its sanction list for "peddling Russian disinformation and propaganda".

Bibliography

• 2000 — From the First Person (‘От первого лица’)
• 2004 — I saw Putin! (‘Я Путина видел!’)
• 2005 — Putin saw me! (‘Меня Путин видел!’)
• 2005 — Vladimir Putin. Between Europe and Asia (‘Владимир Путин. Между Европой и Азией’)
• 2005 — Vladimir Putin. Chained by One Chain (‘Владимир Путин. Скованные одной цепью’)
• 2005 — Vladimir Putin. Equiremoval of Oligarchs (‘Владимир Путин. Равноудаление олигархов’)
• 2005 — See Putin and then die: Documentary Stories (‘Увидеть Путина и умереть: документальные истории’)
• 2005 — First Ukrainian. Notes from the Front Line. (‘Первый украинский. Записки с передовой’)
• 2006 — The Olympic Gamesmanship (‘Олимпийские игрища’)
• 2007 — Father Breeding. A Textbook for Growing Up Parents (‘Отцеводство. Пособие для взрослеющих родителей’)
• 2008 — The Split of VVP. How Putin elected Medvedev (‘Раздвоение ВВП. Как Путин выбрал Медведева’)
• 2009 — Farce-majeure. Actors and Roles of Big Politics (‘Фарс-мажор. Актёры и роли большой политики’)
• 2010 — Cars, Girls, Traffic Police (‘Тачки, девушки, ГАИ’)
• 2017 — Putin. The Galley Foreman (‘Путин. Прораб на галерах’)
• 2018 — Putin. Beyond the Crane (‘Путин. Стерх всякой меры’)
• 2018 — Putin. A Man with a Brook. Journalist's Observations from behind the Wall (‘Путин. Человек с Ручьём. Наблюдения журналиста из-за Стенки’)