Vishnevsky Boris Lazarevich

Genus. October 15, 1955. Graduated from LETI named after V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) with a degree in Control Theory (1978). Candidate of Technical Sciences (1988), author of more than 100 scientific papers and six inventions. Graduated from the Moscow School of Political Studies (1998). Received a second higher education - St. Petersburg Institute of Management and Economics with a degree in State and Municipal Administration (2002). Since 1988, he has been an active participant in the democratic movement in Leningrad. He participated in the work of the Perestroika club, was a member of the Leningrad Popular Front and the Democratic Russia movement. Deputy of the Moscow District Council of St. Petersburg (1990-1993). In 1995-2007 he worked as an assistant to the chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, adviser to the first vice-governor of St. Petersburg, and head of a group of experts of the YABLOKO faction. Member of the Union of Journalists of Russia. Columnist for Novaya Gazeta (since 2001), laureate of the Union of Journalists' Golden Pen of Russia award.