Peter Zalmayev

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Peter Zalmayev (

dedicated to the promotion of democracy and human rights in post-Communist transitional societies of Eastern and Central Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Peter Zalmayev
Born	1976 (age 47–48) Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

Background

Biography

Peter Zalmayev was born in Donetsk.

Education

Zalmayev received his Master's in International Affairs from

Zalmayev is a contributor to The Odessa Review and one of the anchors of Priamyi TV Channel in Ukraine

Kazakhstan, Central Asia and Other Post-Soviet States

On June 12, 2002, as a representative of the International League for Human Rights, Zalmayev testified about the situation in Kazakhstan to members of the European Parliament's Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan und EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees.^[11] In October 2002, Zalmayev condemned the Kazakhstani government's persecution of Sergei Duvanov, an independent journalist,^[12] and, following Duvanov's arrest on charges widely seen as trumped up, Zalmayev proposed to give Duvanov the League's annual human rights award at a ceremony held at the United Nations on December 9, 2002^[13] (on the eve of the Human Rights Day). In 2008, Zalmayev protested against Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev's being nominated for the Nobel Prize.^[14] Zalmayev was quoted in reports on Kazakhstan elections in 2010.^[15] In 2010, Zalmayev, in an interview to Kyiv Post, criticized Ukraine's government for its attempts to muzzle independent media in the country.^[16]

Russo-Ukrainian hybrid war

Following Russia's annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Zalmayev has provided regular commentary on the Russo-Ukrainian hybrid war, in various international broadcast media, including CNN,^[17] BBC^{[18][19][20][21]} and Al Jazeera.^{[22][23][24][25][26]} Zalmayev is also a regular contributor to Al Jazeera's website.^[27]

In June - July 2014, Zalmayev appeared in leading Ukrainian broadcast media, including the country's main political talk show, Shuster LIVE with Savik Shuster, where he urged Ukraine's government to devise a broad international media campaign to help Ukraine in the face of Moscow's aggression.^[28] Zalmayev also gave interviews to Ukraine's media resources as Hromadske TV,^[29] VESTI Radio,^[30] and the 1+1 channel.^[31] He is also often a contributor to The Odessa Review.

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