Delyagin Mikhail Date of Birth
18 March 1968
Delyagin Mikhail Professional field/official position
Russian economist and writer who appears on TV and radio, leads the Institute for Globalization Issues, and advises the Head of the Fair Russia Faction in the State Duma.
Delyagin Mikhail biography
DELYAGIN Mikhail Gennadyevich (b. 1968 in Moscow) graduated from the Moscow State University with a major in economics in 1992. From 1990 to 1993, he worked as an analyst for a group of experts of the President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. In 1994, he became the chief analyst of the Analytical Department of the President of the Russian Federation. From 1997 to 1998, he served as an Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Internal Affairs Kulikov and First Deputy Prime Minister Nemtsov. In 1998, he became the head of the Institute for Globalization Problems. Between 2002 and 2003, he worked as an Assistant to Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov. From 2004 to 2006, he was the Chairman of the Ideological Council of the Rodina party. In 2006–2007, he was a Member of the Presidium of the Congress of Russian Communities and the Other Russia Political Conference. In 2010, he led the organizing committee for the creation of the political party Rodina: Common Sense. In 2016, he joined the Just Russia party. Since 2017, he has been an Advisor to the Head of the Fair Russia Faction in the State Duma.
Delyagin Mikhail crimes
Until the mid-2000s, Delyagin was one of the most respected liberal economists who made a career as an adviser and assistant to senior officials in the Russian government. Then, for some time, he played the role of a loyal critic and even a “patriotic” oppositionist. After the crackdown of the protests of 2011-2012, he finally found himself on the pro-Kremlin side, firmly taking his place in a row of aggressive propagandists of the Russian authoritarian regime. Delyagin admitted that the key milestones for him were “The social measures Putin proposed in 2012 social measures which allowed the inhabitants of the Kremlin to emerge from the maelstrom into which Bolotnaya Square dragged leadership and the country” and, especially, Putin’s Valdai speech in September 2013, which “Divided his presidency in half and… for the West, it was a declaration of absolute incompatibility in values.”
“Ukrainian theme” plays a special and significant place in Delyagin’s propaganda. He is one of the most active and creative ideologists and activists of the powerful information war unleashed by the Putin regime against Ukraine. It is noteworthy that his propagandist activities coincided with the periods of intensification of military operations or their preparation, starting with the victory of Euromaidan and continuing with the occupation of Crimea and the escalation of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine.
The key ground for the accusation is his numerous public statements, where he openly supported the aggressive foreign policy of Russia, incited hostility towards the USA, EU, Ukraine and generalized enemies in the form of “West” and “liberals.” Here are just a few of Delyagin’s vastly openly propaganda texts, written in the spirit of frantic militarism, xenophobia and hatred, published on his website and in Russian media:
On March 10, 2014, it was said that the group who took control of Ukraine with the help of the West has nearly ruined the Ukrainian economy. It was also mentioned that keeping Crimea as part of Ukraine means giving control to this group, which would lead to terror against the non-Tatar population of Crimea and the breakdown of relations between communities.
On March 14, 2014, it was warned that Ukrainian group could carry out terrorist attacks in Russian cities. It was also mentioned that liberals would gather in Moscow for an anti-war procession, and there were concerns about potential attacks by the Ukrainian group bringing havoc to the event.
On May 21, 2014, a forecast was made that the South and East of Ukraine would rise due to socio-economic reasons, forming a new historical association called Novorossiya. It was also suggested that this association could affect the reunification with Russia.
On December 3, 2014, it was mentioned that the western states desire direct control over Russia's resources, as seen in the example of Ukraine. It was also stated that Vladimir Putin was criticized for the reunification with Crimea.
Like most Russian propagandists who have a strong belief in Russian power, Delyagin occasionally makes xenophobic and anti-Semitic remarks.
It was pointed out that Poroshenko, an oligarch in Ukraine, changed his last name and his true origin disappeared from Wikipedia, which is controlled by advanced Americans.
It was noted that Delyagin's imperial rhetoric is often more cynical and harsh than the official stance, allowing the Kremlin to appear as a more moderate statesman.
It was highlighted that after the coup in Kyiv, the Ukrainian statehood disappeared, and the principle of territorial integrity no longer applied. It was suggested that a new state could be established due to external intervention in Kyiv.
