Suren Gazaryan

Suren Gazaryan
Born (1974-07-08) 8 July 1974 (age 50)
Krasnodar, USSR
CitizenshipRussia
EducationKuban State University
Occupation(s)Chiropterologist, environmentalist, politician, zoologist
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (2014)

Suren Gazaryan (born Suren Vladimirovich Gazaryan, Russian: Сурен Владимирович Газарян) (born 8 July 1974) is a Russian zoologist, dissident, public figure, and former member of The Environmental Watch on North Caucasus.[1] He is a member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. He was awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014.[2][3][4]

Life

Gazaryan was born on 8 July 1974 in Krasnodar. In 1996, he graduated from Kuban State University, and in 2001 he completed postgraduate studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences.[5] In 2001, he was also elected chairman of the commission for the protection of caves of the Russian Union of Cavers.[6]

In 2014, he was granted asylum in Estonia.[7]

References

  1. ^ "ОБ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ВАХТЕ | Экологическая Вахта по Северному Кавказу". ewnc.org. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Exiled environmental activist speaks of 'impossibility' of protest in Russia". the Guardian. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  3. ^ "Suren Gazaryan". Goldman Environmental Foundation. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  4. ^ "Suren Gazaryan". Front Line Defenders. December 17, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  5. ^ "Газарян, Сурен Владимирович – Эколого-фаунистический анализ населения рукокрылых (Chiroptera) Западного Кавказа : диссертация ... кандидата биологических наук : 03.00.08 – Search RSL". search.rsl.ru. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. ^ "Gazaryan Suren". zmmu.msu.ru. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. ^ "Russian Environmental Activist Granted Asylum In Estonia". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-12-18.