Russian political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky died on February 27. He was called the “architect” of the Putin regime, although he was originally from Odessa. At the same time, he criticized Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
Pavlovsky was 71 years old. His death was reported by the Russian media. 24 Channel. It is known that the political scientist was seriously ill, and spent the last few weeks in a hospice.
Political strategist of Yanukovych and Putin
Pavlovsky was born in Odessa, and in the 90s he was the founder and editor-in-chief of a number of political media.
The political scientist was the founder of the “Effective Policy Fund”, which since 2000 has been developing Putin's presidential campaign. Pavlovsky was called the “architect” of the Putin regime.
However, in 2011, the Putin administration terminated the contract with the fund, and Pavlovsky himself resigned as an adviser to the Kremlin. He stated that his comments began to create problems for the presidential administration.
In 2004, he participated in the Yanukovych campaign in the presidential elections in Ukraine.
Pavlovsky's statements about Ukraine
- In December 2021, Pavlovsky declared that war in Ukraine was inevitable, and six months after it began, he called the situation in Russia deaf.
- The political scientist criticized the Kremlin's anger. He declared that the war organized by Putin has “no political sense”.
- In addition, Pavlovsky admitted that he himself did not realize before how manic Putin's obsession with Ukraine is. According to him, the scale of the meanness of the Russian authorities was underestimated.
