Andrey Kozhinov

Andrey Kozhinov (Hebrew: אנדריי קוז'ינוב‎, born 28 December 1979) is an Israeli journalist, researcher and politician. He is currently a member of the Knesset for Telem.

Andrey Kozhinov
Faction represented in the Knesset
2020Blue and White
2020–Yesh Atid-Telem
Personal details
Born (1979-12-28) 28 December 1979
Kazan, Soviet Union

Biography

Kozhinov was born in Kazan in the Soviet Union. After immigrating to Israel, he served in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit as head of the Russian media desk during his national service. He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations and a master's degree in social sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He worked as a researcher at MEMRI and for Channel 9 as its military correspondent.

After joining the new Telem party, Kozhinov was placed eighty-third on the Blue and White list for the April 2019 Knesset elections.[1] However, the alliance only won 35 seats. He was placed ninety-third for the September 2019 elections,[2] again failing to be elected. However, after being moved up to thirty-third place on the list for the March 2020 elections,[3] he was elected to the Knesset as the alliance won 33 seats.

References
  1. Blue and White CEC
  2. Blue and White CEC
  3. Israel Election 2020: All the Candidates Running in the March 2 Election Haaretz, 2 March 2020
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