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Natalia Pelevine
Natalia Pelevine (Russian: Наталья Пелевина/Пелевайн) (born on 2 November 1976) is a British-Russian playwright, political activist and blogger. Early yearsNatalia Pelevine was born in Moscow in 1976.[1][2] She moved to England as a child and attended a private school, Southbank International.[citation needed] She then received BA in Art History from a London University.[citation needed] CareerTheatreIn 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.[citation needed] PoliticalPelevine 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] In 2012 Pelevina worked with Alexei Navalny on uncovering a major case of corruption that involved deputy prime-minister Igor Shuvalov.[19] In the summer of 2012 Pelevina co-founded the 5th of December Party.[20] In 2015 the Investigative Committee initiated prosecution of Pelevina in the Bolotnaya case. Although the case never went to court, Pelevina was under a travel ban for over three years, unable to leave Moscow.[21] Pelevina is a Council member of the Free Russia Forum.[22] On the 8th of September of 2023 Russia’s Ministry of Justice declared Pelevina a foreign agent and she joined the list of other opposition politicians, artists and journalists.[23] In November of 2023 Pelevina was elected as a Regional secretary of the Eastern Europe-Central Asia devision of the World Liberty Congress.[24] A criminal investigation into Pelevine was opened by the Investigative Committee of Russia.[25] References
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