Andrew Kuchins

Andrew Carrigan Kuchins is an American political scientist, expert on Russian politics and Kremlinologist.

Andrew Carrigan Kuchins
Born (1959-02-13) February 13, 1959[1]
NationalityUSA
EducationAmherst College
OccupationDirector of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies[2]
Known forClaiming in 2007 that Vladimir Putin could be killed before the presidential election in 2008[3][4][5][6]

Kuchins was the Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program and a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. Previously, he was Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center.[7] As of 2009, he holds this position at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.[2]

In December 2007, Kuchins wrote a controversial report in which he developed a scenario where Vladimir Putin could be killed before the Russian presidential elections in 2008:[4]

Russia and the world were stunned by the assassination of Vladimir Putin as he walked out of a midnight mass at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on January 7, 2008.

— Andrew C. Kuchins[3]

References
  1. What is Andrew Kuchins famous for?, Kommersant (in Russian)
  2. Andrew C. Kuchins, Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  3. Alternative Futures for Russia to 2017, a report of the Russia and Eurasia Program by Andrew C. Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 10 December 2007, page 26
  4. Americans Imagine a World without Putin, Kommersant, 13 December 2007
  5. Andrew Kuchins Resuscitates Vladimir Putin, Kommersant, 14 December 2007
  6. Furore over American 'Putin assassination plot' Archived October 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Russia Today, 14 December 2007
  7. Andrew Kuchins Archived June 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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