Natalia Pelevine

Natalia Pelevine (Russian: Наталья Пелевина и Пелевайн) (born on 2 November 1976) is a British-Russian playwright, political activist and blogger.

Natalia Pelevine
Наталья Пелевина
Personal details
Born (1976-11-02) 2 November 1976
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
Political partyRPR-PARNAS
Other political
affiliations		5th of December Party (2012-2015)

Early years

Natalia Pelevine was born in Moscow in 1976.[1][2] She moved to England as a child and attended a private school, Southbank International. She then received BA in Art History from a London University.

Career

Theatre

In 2004, Pelevine set up a theatre production company, First Act Productions, which is based in London.[3] She wrote In Your Hands, a play based on the events of the Moscow theater hostage crisis.[4][5] It was first staged in October 2006 in North London at the New End Theatre.[6] The Russian version of In Your Hands, directed by Skanderbek Tulparov, had its premiere at the Russian Dramatic Theatre in Makhachkala, Dagestan, in April 2008 and was banned[7] after its opening night performance by the President of Dagestan, Mukhu Aliyev, who attended the performance.[8] Reuters covered the event that was picked up by many major global media outlets.[9][10]

Her play I Plead Guilty had its New York premiere in May 2011 at Gene Frankel theatre.

Political

Pelevine was one of the people behind the independent research into the Moscow theatre siege. A member of NGO Nord Ost, she remains in close contact with Nord Ost and Beslan victims and their families. Pelevine consulted on a number of documentary films about the Moscow theatre siege.[11][12]

Pelevine has appeared as a political commentator on Al Jazeera, RTVi, PressTV, the BBC and other TV and radio channels.[13] She was also involved with the Strategy-31 Abroad organization, which rallied for the article 31 of the Russian Constitution and for freedom and democracy in Russia, and opposes the current government.[14][15] She was the organizer of the New York Strategy 31 pickets, on 31 August and 31 October 2010.[16] She also organized an Oleg Kashin picket in November 2010 and a demonstration in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on 12 December 2010, during which she mentioned setting up a new movement.[17] In early 2011, the Democratic Russia Committee was founded by Pelevine and supporters.

Formerly the head of the December 5 Party, Pelevine joined RPR-PARNAS in March 2015.[18]

A criminal investigation into Pelevine was opened by the Investigative Committee of Russia.[19]

Personal life

According to The Independent, in 2009 she was engaged to a Russian Special Forces officer, Andrei Yakhnev.[20] They have since split up.

References
  1. "Her biography (Russian)". Archived from the original on 2015-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. "Play about Chechen hostage-takers shut down". CBC News. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008.
  3. http://www.firstactproductions.com/
  4. Holdsworth, Nick (18 April 2008). "Russian 'Hands' waves goodbye". Variety.com.
  5. Arnold, Chloe (12 April 2008). "Russia: In Daghestan, Curtain May Close On Play Recalling Dubrovka Tragedy". Radio Free Europe.
  6. Grechaninova, Maria (18 September 2006). "В Лондоне поставили спектакль о Дубровке" [Play about Dubrovka in London]. BBC News (in Russian).
  7. Walker, Shaun (22 April 2008). "Russia bans play about deadly siege at Moscow theatre". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 April 2008.
  8. Play banned in Dagestan. YouTube. 16 April 2008.
  9. http://www.suomenkuvalehti.fi/etusivu/uutiset-ja-politiikka/ulkomaat/venaja-kielsi-moskovan.aspx%5B%5D
  10. "Playwright alleges Russia gagged political play". Reuters.
  11. http://www.icarito.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5700_347819510,00.html
  12. "Жизнь после "Норд-Оста"". kasparov.ru.
  13. Perekrestok part 4, Natalia Pelevine and General Kalugin. YouTube. 4 May 2008.
  14. Solash, Richard (1 April 2011). "Russian Protest Movement Inspires Washington Rally". Radio Free Europe.
  15. "Strategy 31 in New York with Natalia Pelevine". strategy31.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-01.
  16. "Waynakh Online » Protest for Freedom of Assembly in Russia". waynakh.com.
  17. "Акции в Нью-Йорке и Петербурге в поддержку Ходорковского" [Protests in support of Khodorkovsky]. BBC News (in Russian). 13 December 2010.
  18. Weiss, Michael (18 May 2015). "Putin's Cronies Nab Another Opposition Leader". The Daily Beast.
  19. http://sledcom.ru/news/item/1022152/
  20. "Passion, deadly secrets and betrayal in Putin's Russia". independent.co.uk. 21 April 2009.
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