Antti Rautiainen

Antti Rautiainen (born 1979 Helsinki[1]) is a Finnish civic activist, author and anarchist who has also written under the pseudonym Veli Itäläinen. He is a columnist for Voima magazine's Fifi online column and has also written for Väärinajattelija and Kapinatyöläinen magazines.

Antti Rautiainen
Born1979 (age 41–42)
Helsinki,  Finland
CitizenshipFinnish
Alma materPeoples' Friendship University of Russia
OrganizationGroup A
MovementAnarchism

Biography

Rautiainen lived in Russia from 1999 to 2012, where he studied mathematics at the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia in Moscow, later working in the IT field. Rautiainen was also involved in the activities of local anarchist groups and, among other things, participated in violent clashes with local neo-Nazis. In April 2012, he was classified as a security threat by the Russian authorities and Rautiainen's residence permit was no longer renewed, so he was deported.[1] In November 2013, the Tyumen Prosecutor's Office banned one of Rautiainen's article that was published in a Russian opinion newspaper two years earlier, labeling it as "extremist".[2]

Rautiainen's first book Planeetan suurin ja viilein – tositarinoita Venäjältä was published in April 2012. In addition, under the pseudonym Veli Itäläinen, Rautiainen translated Exodus by Russian author Peter Silayev, who had been granted asylum in Finland.[3]

Literature
  • Planeetan suurin ja viilein – tositarinoita Venäjältä. Into-kustannus. 2012. ISBN 978-952-264-132-8.

References
  1. "Turvallisuusuhka Antti Rautiainen: "Ilman väkivaltaa Venäjällä ei voi tehdä politiikkaa"" (in Finnish). Suomen Kuvalehti. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  2. Rautiainen, Antti (3 December 2013). "Tämä kirjoitukseni on nyt kielletty Venäjällä" (in Finnish). Uusi Suomi. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  3. Rautiaisen, Antti. "Planeetan suurin ja viilein julkistetaan 19.4" (in Finnish). Into-kustannus. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
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