Nikolay Platoshkin

Nikolai Nikolayevich Platoshkin (born October 19, 1965) is a Russian diplomat, political scientist, and historian.

Nikolay Platoshkin
Leader of the movement "For new socialism"
Assumed office
January 29, 2019
Personal details
Born (1965-10-19) 19 October 1965
Moscow Oblast, USSR
CitizenshipRussia
OccupationDiplomat, writer, translator, historian

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Moscow University for the Humanities. Author of translations of foreign monographs, political expert on television. The leader of the movement “For New Socialism”[1][2][3].

Biography

Nikolai Platoshkin was born on October 19, 1965 in the village of Mescherino, Stupinsky District, Moscow Region[4], Russian by nationality[5]. Parents worked in Sovkhoz (state farm).

He graduated from Chulkovo School No. 20 with a gold medal, and in the same place received the rights of a tractor driver-machinist of the 3rd class of a wide profile.

In 1982 he entered the MGIMO of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR at the Faculty of International Relations (Western Department), which he graduated with honors in 1987. In 2003, he graduated from a special course for senior staff at the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

From 1987 to 2006 he worked in Russian diplomatic missions in Germany and the USA[6].

Work in diplomatic missions

In 1998, he headed the department of Armenia at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

From May 2004 to 2006, he served as vice consul at the Russian Consulate in Houston[7]. He stood at the origins of the opening of the Russian Cultural Center in the capital of Texas[8]. By decision of the US government, he was expelled from the country[9].

In 2006, he left the diplomatic service due to the behavior of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding his wife[10]. In the same year he switched to teaching.

Scientific and teaching activities

The main areas of scientific activity: the history of Germany, the history of Latin America, the history of Spain, the history of the Czech Republic, issues of current international relations and foreign policy of Russia, the modern policy of Germany.

In 2003 he defended his thesis on the topic "Memel (Klaipeda) issue in international relations", and in 2009 - a doctoral thesis on "Causes and Progress of the Berlin Crisis of 1953-1961"[11].

In 2009, according to the results of the creative competition for the best materials published in the Military History Journal (No. 12, 2008), Platoshkin was awarded the second prize for the article “The Berlin Blockade of 1948-1949. Myths and reality”, placed in the rubric “From the history of military-political relations”.

Currently, Platoshkin is the head of the department of international relations and diplomacy at Moscow University for the Humanities[12]. On May 25, 2018, a two-year lecture course “Germany in the war and post-war time” was completed as part of the evening courses of Dmitry Pozharsky University.

Expert on TV and radio, video blogger

Nikolai Platoshkin acted as an expert in television and radio broadcasts: “60 minutes” on Russia 1 channel, “Time will show” on Channel One, “Meeting place” on NTV channel, “Right to vote” on TV Center channel, the radio "Komsomolskaya Pravda" and others.

Since October 19, 2019, after declaring his intention to be a candidate for the Russian presidential election in 2024, he no longer received an invitation to speak on the main Russian television channels, since, in his opinion, he was included in the “black list” on a command from the Presidential Administration.

He is also a popular video blogger, his YouTube channel has 491 thousand subscribers, since June 2018 his videos have been watched over 81 million times.

Social and political activities

Since 1988 - a candidate for membership in the Communist Party. In 1989, he refused entry, citing this act as a disagreement with the policy of the General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev[13].

During the events of the Velvet Revolution in Armenia, he supported popular protests and the coming to power of Nikol Pashinyan[14][15].

He criticized the socio-economic policies of Vladimir Putin[16][17] and the Russian government[18][19], in particular, he criticized the budget rule introduced by the Ministry of Finance[20].

He participated in Moscow protests organized by the Communist Party against the pension reform[21][22], and called on supporters to participate in rallies[23].

In the election of the heads of the constituent entities of the Federation on September 9, 2018, he called for voting against "United Russia" party[24]. In the fall of 2018, at the election of the head of the republic of Khakassia, Platoshkin supported the Communist Party candidate V. Konovalov[25][26]

In January 2019, on his Facebook page, Platoshkin posted a video where he announced his intention to create the socio-political association “For New Socialism”[27] and outlined the main points of the program of this movement (the goal of the movement is to restore socialism in Russia through elections)

After not admitting to the elections to the Moscow City Duma, he put forward instead of himself and supported Savostyanov, who subsequently won the election. On June 19, 2019, he himself was nominated by the Communist Party at the by-election to the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VII convocation in the 70th constituency (northern part of the Khabarovsk Krai), and took second place.

He opposes amendments to the constitution and the nullification of the presidential term of Vladimir Putin.

He positively assesses the activities of Joseph Stalin[28][29][30].

Criminal case

On June 4, 2020, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Platoshkin on charges of inducing mass riots, as well as publicly disseminating knowingly false information about circumstances that pose a threat to the life and safety of citizens[31]. In the morning, a search was carried out in Platoshkin’s apartment, as a result of which, according to his wife, they took away computers, a camera and family savings. After the search, the politician was detained and taken to the IC of Russia [48]. In the evening, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow sent the politician under house arrest until August 2, after which a new search was conducted at the place of Platoshkin’s official residence[32].

The accusation under the article on riots was made by several Platoshkin’s videos on YouTube, the prosecution on article 207.1 of the Criminal Code also concerned videos on YouTube: according to investigators, during a pandemic, a public figure called for a violation of restrictive measures[33].

On June 15, 2020, Amnesty International recognized the Russian politician Nikolai Platoshkin as a prisoner of conscience.[34]

Notes
  1. "Первый съезд Движения «За Новый Социализм»". 13 November 2019.
  2. Виктор Трушков, (22 November 2019). "«Обыкновенный оппортунизм». Газета "Правда" о программе движения «За новый социализм»".CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  3. Владимир Викторович Волк (18 February 2019). "Платошкин и его «новый социализм»". Народный журналист.
  4. "Международный мультимедийный пресс-центр МИА «Россия сегодня»". Международный мультимедийный пресс-центр МИА «Россия сегодня». Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  5. "Международный мультимедийный пресс-центр МИА «Россия сегодня»". Международный мультимедийный пресс-центр МИА «Россия сегодня». Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  6. ВИЖ 2009.
  7. ":: HMH ::". hmh.org. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  8. "РУССКИЙ ЦЕНТР В ХЬЮСТОНЕ?". Our Texas - Russian Newspaper in Houston, Dallas, San-Antonio, Austin, Texas (in Russian). 26 September 2008. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  9. "Платошкин о службе в США (08:15)". 8 February 2020.
  10. "Платошкин — проект Кремля, родственник Медведева и будущий президент РФ? (25m10s)". И грянул Грэм. Рига. 5 November 2019.
  11. "Высшая Аттестационная Комиссия (ВАК) : :: Платошкин Николай Николаевич". vak1.ed.gov.ru. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  12. "Платошкин Николай Николаевич". www.mosgu.ru. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  13. "Платошкин Николай Николаевич". www.mosgu.ru. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  14. Alex Gall. "Николай Платошкин-Армения". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  15. "Платошкин: Спасибо, Армения, ты друг и союзник". 24news.am.
  16. Николай Платошкин. "Николай Платошкин об обращении Путина по пенсионной реформе: Момент истины". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  17. Николай Платошкин. "Николай Платошкин об итогах года". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  18. Дарья Антонова (16 October 2018). "«Без смены курса ничего не выйдет»: Чьи интересы отражает правительство РФ?". ИА REGNUM.
  19. "Центральный банк РФ упрекнули за попытку «гробить рубль»". ИА REGNUM.
  20. "Центральный банк РФ упрекнули за попытку «гробить рубль»". ИА REGNUM.
  21. Николай Платошкин. "митинг против пенсионной реформы на Сахарова". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  22. Николай Платошкин. "22 сентября 2018 г." Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  23. Николай Платошкин. "Николай Платошкин: Мы - народ, и мы против пенсионной реформы". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  24. Николай Платошкин. "Николай Платошкин о выборах 9 сентября: Пора просыпаться! Прощаемся с "Единой Россией"". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  25. "Сушка явки: о политической ситуации в Хакасии высказался известный дипломат и ученый". ИА Хакасия.
  26. Николай Платошкин. "Николай Платошкин о Хакасии или почему регионы живут бедно". Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  27. "Николай Платошкин о политике в России". web.facebook.com. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  28. Сталин и сегодня всех живее
  29. «Сталин приветствовал бы нынешнюю внешнюю политику Путина»
  30. Платошкин: «Лично я на „Бессмертном полку“, как и в прошлом году, понесу портрет Сталина»
  31. СК РФ: Следственным комитетом Российской Федерации возбуждено уголовное дело в отношении Николая Платошкина
  32. "Поправки, беспорядки и фейкньюс в ютубе. Что известно об уголовном деле против Николая Платошкина". Медиазона. 4 June 2020.
  33. "Поправки, беспорядки и фейкньюс в ютубе. Что известно об уголовном деле против Николая Платошкина". Медиазона. 4 June 2020.
  34. "Amnesty International признала российского политика Николая Платошкина узником совести".
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