Litvinovich Alekseevna Marina, Russian journalist, public figure, human rights activist is an example of women of the new time. She understands the Internet, masterfully conducts political activities, organizes journalistic investigations, but at the same time, Litvinovich realized herself as a wife and mother, she looks great and finds time for a hobby.
Family and childhood
On September 19, 1974, Litvinovich Marina was born in Moscow. The girl's family had an interesting history. Marina's favorite grandfather is an outstanding aircraft designer; he worked for 60 years in the Ilyushin bureau. He had numerous state awards, including the Order of Lenin and the Red Banner of Labor. It is to him that Marina is grateful for instilling a love for books, history and music, he taught his granddaughter to play the piano, and allowed him to dig for hours in his huge library. Grandmother Litvinovich is an outstanding opera singer and soprano who sang at the Bolshoi Theater and later taught at the Moscow Conservatory.
Marina's childhoodwas happy, happy birthdays, with trips to the theater, with books. Her family has always instilled in her optimism, faith in justice and a love of knowledge.
Years of study
Litvinovich Marina belongs to that happy group of people who are very fond of learning, and she has been doing this with pleasure for many years. A capable girl successfully studied at school and at the end she easily passed the tests at the Moscow State University for the Faculty of Philosophy, for the speci alty "Methodology of Science". In 1995, Litvinovich entered a French college with a degree in sociology, graduating in 1997. In 1999, she began to study at the graduate school of Moscow State University in the direction of "political scientist", but did not come out to defend her dissertation. Already during her studies, she is fascinated by political and journalistic activities, she is actively mastering Internet technologies, and this becomes her life's work. Later, Marina wrote on her blog that she had entered the law school, but this information has not been officially confirmed.
Effective Policy Fund
In 1996, Litvinovich began a long-term, fruitful cooperation with the Gleb Pavlovsky Effective Policy Foundation. She heads the information and analytical department of the organization. The Foundation was engaged in the preparation and implementation of various information campaigns, mostly election campaigns, most often working with network resources. Marina Litvinovich specializes in Internet journalism, she is engaged in covering the activities of the Foundation and its public relations. Later, together with Pavlovsky, Marina is working on the opening of the Russianmagazine, an online daily covering an unofficial agenda.
Work in Pavlovsky's organization was not in vain for Litvinovich, she gained experience, gained connections, penetrated the essence of the political process.
Journalism is the first calling
Immediately after graduation, Marina Litvinovich receives an offer to work on websites for Boris Nemtsov, who was then First Deputy Prime Minister. It was the first political server in Russia. After that, she is invited to take part in the election campaign of the Prime Minister of Israel, where she also works on the website.
In 1999, she worked on several political Internet projects at once: this was the site of S. Kiriyenko, the sites of Elections-1999, 2000, and even an electronic resource for presidential candidate V. V. Putin. This is how the political journalist Litvinovich Marina Alekseevna is born.
In 1999, a journalist was attacked, the cause of which was called her professional activities, the investigation did not find the perpetrators. Litvinovich is gradually developing the image of a right-wing journalist.
Gaining journalistic experience, she is working on more and more serious projects, for example, she takes part in the opening of such electronic media as Gazeta. Ru and Vesti. Ru. She has a specialization: Internet portals and online publications, in this she has become a real pro, she is invited to various newly created media as an expert and manager.
In 2000-2002, Litvinovich, in collaboration with Gleb Pavlovsky, worked on the creation of the strana.ru project, which promotes a pro-government point of view on events, she holds the positions of editor-in-chief and general director.
Political career
There are people who cannot stay away from politics, among them is Marina Litvinovich, whose biography from the very beginning of her professional career is connected with this area. In 2001-2002, she participated in several election campaigns in Ukraine already as a professional political strategist. She is increasingly appearing in the media as a propagandist for certain political forces, her activities are related to work in the Effective Policy Foundation, but she is gaining strength as an independent figure.
In the fall of 2003, Litvinovich left the Foundation and became deputy head of the election headquarters of the Union of Right Forces party, which was headed by Alfred Koch. In the same year, for several months, Marina Alekseevna collaborated with Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open Russia organization, she is a consultant-political strategist. She worked with Khodorkovsky until the moment of his arrest, traveled around the country with him, helped in organizing work with the public, primarily with young people. Later, she represented the information interests of Leonid Nevzlin, who was forced to hide in Israel from arrest.
In 2003-2004, Litvinovich headed the campaign headquarters of Irina Khakamada in the presidential elections in Russia, her protege scored 2.1%votes, which was a good result in that situation.
So a new player appeared on the political arena of Russia - Marina Alekseevna Litvinovich. Photos of the political strategist with the country's leading oppositionists regularly appeared in the media. In 2004, she entered the list of the most popular political technologists in Russia, ranking seventh.
United Civil Front
In 2005, Marina moves to the post of political adviser to Garry Kasparov, who heads the United Civil Front opposition movement. This organization has a pronounced anti-government position, it participated in pickets, rallies, and was active on the Internet.
In 2006, Marina Litvinovich was attacked for the second time, she was severely beaten, as before, the perpetrators were not found, but the investigators connected the attack with the political activities of the victim.
In 2009, Marina was removed from the post of executive director of the UHF for an article that was seen as an attempt to move closer to the Russian president.
Life online
Litvinovich Marina Alekseevna, a political figure who operates mainly on the Internet. She is a well-known blogger, her columns are on many well-known sites: Snob, Ekho Moskvy. Her journal features bold commentary on Russian political events.
In 2010, Marina Litvinovich launches BestToday, an online magazine aggregator, to collect the best entries of the day. She actively collaborates with online media,acts as an expert, gives interviews, writes comments. In 2011, she created the Monitoring Expert Group, which implements the electoral project Election2012.ru. The site published compromising materials on Russian officials.
Human rights activist Marina Litvinovich
Even during her studies, the journalist was attracted by sensitive topics, she has always been a supporter of the truth. This leads her to opposition rallies, she participates in the organization of the March of Dissent.
In 2006, he was investigating the tragic cases of mass poisoning of Chechen and Ingush children, holding a meeting of caring citizens and a rally to draw the attention of the authorities to the situation with the soldier Andrei Sychev. She actively publishes materials and conducts investigations on corruption, collaborating with the public procurement website. In 2011, Litvinovich begins the revealing monitoring "Power of Families-2011" and publishes the results in 2012 in the form of a book that tells about 20 clans that control power and money flows in Russia.
Litvinovich heads the Fund for Assistance to Victims of Terror, which organizes charity auctions and actions, helps victims to defend their rights, the fund operates in Russia and Israel.
Private life
Here she is, Marina Litvinovich. Photos of her husbands or children are hard to find and she carefully guards her privacy. However, it is known that Marina has three sons, she gave birth to the middle Savva (born in 2001) from the famous designer Artemy Lebedev. The last kidwas born in March 2012. Nothing is known about the men next to Litvinovich, although such a young and charming woman is unlikely to suffer from a lack of attention from the opposite sex. But she knows how the media works, and knows how to not only get information, but also hide it.
