Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (Russian: Ю́лия Леони́довна Латы́нина; born 16 June 1966) is a Russian writer and journalist. She is a columnist for Novaya Gazeta and the most popular host at the Echo of Moscow radio station for years.[1] Yulia Latynina has written more than twenty books, including fantasy and crime fiction.
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Born | Yulia Leonidovna Latynina (1966-06-16) 16 June 1966 (age 56) Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
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Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Employer | Novaya Gazeta |
Notable work | The Insider |
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Website | Her Youtube channel in Russian |
Yulia Latynina was born in Moscow on 16 June 1966. Her father is poet Leonid Latynin and her mother is literary critic Alla Latynina. Yulia Latynina studied philology at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute from 1983 to 1988. In 1993, she defended her PhD at the Gorky Institute of World Literature.
Latynina worked for periodicals Segodnya (1995–96), Izvestia (1996–97), Expert (1997–98), Sovershenno Secretno (1999–2000), Ezhednevny Zhurnal (2005–15) and Gazeta.ru (2006–2013). She also worked for television channels NTV (2000–01), ORT (2001–02), TVS (2002–03) and REN TV (2003–04). Currently, she is a columnist for Novaya Gazeta (since 2001) and a host of the show Access Code at radio station Echo of Moscow (since 2003).
Latynina was a member of the Committee 2008. In 2007, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera named her best foreign journalist in an award ceremony dedicated to Maria Grazia Cutuli.[2] In 2008, Yulia Latynina received the Freedom Defenders Award from the United States Department of State.[3]
Yulia Latynina is known for her sharp and polemic statements. She argues that universal suffrage is bad for poor countries.[4][5] She also criticizes western liberalism and human rights organizations which she thinks are used by Muslim extremists as useful idiots to prevent winning the War on Terror.[6] She considers that the magnitude of global warming and its damage is "usually exaggerated".[7][8][9][10] By her opinion, Moscow Helsinki Group was wrong supporting Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin, who she suggested could actually be involved in espionage.[11][12][13] She argued that although communications of Sutyagin with foreign spy agencies have never been proven, the foreign agency that he passed information on was indeed highly suspicious.[14]
Latynina has been a consistent critic of leftist politics. In September 2020, she said: "I. e, the owners of Sargon-like countries are witnessing the same propaganda, a similar technology of total lies combined with socialism and leftist ideas. It penetrates all the structures of Western society... Here, the USSR used to be creating socialism for everyone, and, in the United States, the politicians were a lot smarter. Even those with the left [political] orientation have been creating socialism only for the poor".[15]
On the night of 18 and 19 July 2017, Latynina was attacked at her home with a very pungent and caustic type of gas of unknown composition being sprayed throughout her house. Along with herself, 8 people were additionally injured in the gas attack, including four elderly people and two children. She said that she would not bring the case to the police (as police had not investigated some attacks on opposition politicians), stating "I will not be a part of this comedy."[16] On 2 September, Latynina's car was set on fire. The investigator said that "the car caught fire by itself".[17] On 9 September, Latynina announced that she left Russia with her relatives and would not be going to return "in the near future". She called the car's arson an attempted murder.[18]
Year | Title in Russian | Translation | Genre | Cycle |
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1991 | «Дело о пропавшем боге» | A Case of the Missing God | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
1994 | «Клеарх и Гераклея» | Clearchus and Heraclea | Fantasy | |
1995 | «Бомба для банкира» | The Bomb for the Banker | Crime fiction | Bandit |
1996 | «Колдуны и министры» | Wizards and Ministers | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
1996 | «Сто полей» | The 100 Squares[19] | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
1996 | «Повесть о Золотом Государе» | Tale of the Golden Emperor | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
1997 | «Здравствуйте, я ваша крыша» | Hello, I'm Your Roof | Fantasy | |
1999 | «Бандит» | Bandit | Crime fiction | Bandit |
1999 | «Охота на изюбря» | Hunting Elk | Crime fiction | Industrial Area |
1999 | «Инсайдер» | The Insider | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
1999 | «Повесть о государыне Кассии» | Tale of the Empress Cassia | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
1999 | «Дело о лазоревом письме» | Case of the Azure Letter | Fantasy | Wei Empire |
2000 | «Разбор полётов» | Debriefing | Crime fiction | Bandit |
2000 | «Саранча» | Locust | Crime fiction | Bandit |
2000 | «Стальной король» | Steel King | Crime fiction | Industrial Area |
2001 | «Ничья» | The Draw | Crime fiction | |
2003 | «Промзона» | Industrial Area | Crime fiction | Industrial Area |
2004 | «Только голуби летают бесплатно» | Only Pigeons Fly for Free | Crime fiction | |
2005 | «Джаханнам, или До встречи в Аду» | Jahannam, or See You in Hell | Thriller | Caucasus |
2005 | «Ниязбек» | Niyazbek | Thriller | Caucasus |
2007 | «Земля войны» | The Land of War | Thriller | Caucasus |
2007 | «Нелюдь» | Inhuman | Fantasy | |
2009 | «Не время для славы» | No Time for Glory | Thriller | Caucasus |
2012 | «Русский булочник» | Russian Baker | Non-fiction | |
2018 | «Иисус. Историческое расследование» | Jesus. Historical Investigation | Non-fiction |
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