Sytin Alexander Ivanovich - a fairly well-known person on the political sidelines. The popularity of the doctor of historical sciences brought him a clear position in relation to Russia. Opponents violently criticize the political analyst-opponent. But many agree with his sharp remarks. We will talk about the biography and family of Sytin Alexander Ivanovich in this article.
Biography
Our hero is a rather ambiguous personality. Parents of Alexander Nikolayevich Sytin were Russian, and the political scientist himself is a native of Moscow. He was born on May 11, 1958.
He grew up as an ordinary metropolitan boy. He did not differ in special abilities, but he studied well at school. The boy was particularly attracted to the story. What was the attitude towards the homeland in the Soviet family of Sytin Alexander Nikolaevich, we do not know. But until a certain point, he did not show his Russophobic positions. By nationality, Alexander Nikolayevich Sytin is Russian, but this does not prevent him from hating everything connected with Russia.
Until 2014, the biography of Alexander Nikolaevich, and he himself was little interested in the domestic media, so journalists do not know much about him. He was not a member of the CPSU and did not serve in the army, since for a long time he was busy with continuous education.
Education
After school, at the insistence of his parents, Sytin Alexander Nikolaevich entered the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov. In 1982, he received a diploma and entered graduate school at Moscow State University. As a laboratory assistant, Sytin worked at the university for four years, while at the same time writing a Ph.D. dissertation. In 1986, he successfully defended his work on the diplomatic history of the Napoleonic Wars and became a candidate of historical sciences.
Our hero received his doctorate a quarter of a century later. At the age of 53, he completed his dissertation, in which he studied the international relations of Russia and the Baltic countries at the end of the past and the beginning of this century. So, since 2011, Sytin Alexander Nikolaevich - Doctor of Historical Sciences.
Specialty job
In 1975, our hero got a job at the State Historical Museum. Here he worked for a long twelve years. Since 1987, the candidate of historical sciences began to teach at the Moscow State Institute of Cinematography. Creative students were reluctant to attend his lectures on the history of the USSR, and then Russia. Nevertheless, Alexander Nikolaevich Sytin worked at the University of Culture for 6 years and left his post after the collapse of the union, in 1993.
At this time, the historian continued to engage in self-development. He deeply studied Soviet and Russian history, wrote many articles that were published in authoritative scientific journals and translated into several languages. History seemed to be what Sytin found his calling in. He liked to rummage through archival documents, look for new facts and share knowledge with students.
But the dashing 90s seduced even the most dedicated scientists. Lack of money and the lack of funding of many talented people forced to change their sphere of activity or to go abroad. Our hero chose the first option. The prospect of doing business and getting rich attracted him. And in 1993, Alexander Nikolayevich started teaching and started entrepreneurship.
Career takeoff
What exactly was done by Alexander Nikolaevich until 1997, journalists do not know. But in four years he managed to get rich and strengthen his social status. In 1993, the largest oil company in the country, Yukos, was opened. By 1997, it included 10 enterprises providing oil and oil products to the entire Russian Federation. In 1997, our hero took a highly paid position as the head of one of the Yukos sectors, and soon moved up the career ladder to the director of the enterprise department. Seven years later, this organization was liquidated, and Alexander Nikolayevich had to leave the oil business.
Then he returned to scientific work, and in 2004 got a job at the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies. As a senior research fellow at RISI, the candidate of historical sciences studied neighboring countries. Work at the Institute for Strategic Studies encouraged Alexander Sytin to write a doctoral dissertation, which he defended in 2011. Having received his doctorate, in 2012 the punchy scientist became the head of the sector for the Baltic countries and neighboring countries.
In the fall of 2014, due to his acute Russophobic position, the scientist was relieved of his post. Today he is the director of the Center for Political Studies of Northern and Eastern Europe.
Position during the events of 2014
2014 entered the history of Russia with the slogan "Our Crimea!" While all Russians were happy about the accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation, Sytin (at that time a RISI worker) began to actively oppose Russia's actions in relation to Crimea and Donbass.
Until that moment, frankly, no one had heard anything about political scientist Sytin. Alexander Nikolaevich was engaged in analytical activities at the institute, studied the problems of neighboring countries, wrote scientific papers. It was after his dismissal from RISI that Sytin publicly declared that he did not like and even despised Russia.
His statements to Russian politicians were very harsh. The political scientist spoke extremely sharply and rudely about the situation in the Donbass. According to him, Russia should not support the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics at all. This is an internal issue of Ukraine. He, in turn, recommended that the neighbors take extreme measures. Further quote:
“The territory of the DPR / LPR should be transferred under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine for the full demilitarization and disarmament of ALL who can carry weapons in the Donbass … And the last: the question from the lips of the Russians:“ Will there be massacre? ” I leave it unanswered, because I don’t feel sympathy for the residents of Donbass, and the solution of this issue remains in the competence of the Ukrainian government and the AFU command … All men from 18 to 55-60 years old should be collected in filtration camps and carried out investigative actions - I do not need to explain how this is done ".
With such statements, the political scientist opposed many. Why does a person born in Russia, educated here and earn decent money in the Russian Federation, such ardent Russophobia?
For public defamation of the Russian Federation, a class action lawsuit brought Alexander Nikolayevich Sytin to court. Many say that this political scientist is dank to the bone Russophobe, who turns Russian history inside out. Some associate such hatred of Russia with banal PR.
Indeed, Sytin became a media personality not because of his scientific activities and work in research centers. These high-profile anti-Russian statements brought him popularity.
It was after this that Alexander Nikolaevich began to be invited to political talk shows. It is worth noting that, despite his opposition views, he never looks ridiculous. His statements are always clear, reasoned. Alexander Sytin is clearly convinced of what he is talking about, he knows how to defend his own opinion. His speech is always competent and consistent.
Why does a political scientist not like Russia?
What is the reason for such hatred of the state? It is believed that Sytin is a pro-American agent. As if during the Anti-Maidan period in Ukraine, he supported Western Ukraine and began to cooperate with the United States. There is no documentary evidence of this. But such a scenario fully explains such an open Russophobia of a man who has served Russia for more than half a century. Here's how he speaks about the United States and its desired impact on Russia:
“From my point of view, the United States now has a rare opportunity, on the pretext of supplying Ukraine with air defense missile systems, to deploy its own, albeit small, contingents on the border with the Russian Federation as instructors and service personnel. It will not be needed, it will not be needed, but in principle it will not hurt. As they say, it is better to let the gun be in your pocket and you will drag it to no avail, than in a critical situation it will be needed, but you will not have it. With Russia, this principle must always be remembered. ”
At the same time, Sytin daily has to withstand the stream of dirt and negativity that pours on him from all sides in connection with his ideology.
Center for Political Studies of Eastern and Northern Europe
Alexander Nikolaevich is the head of the "mysterious" center. Besides the fact that such a Center exists, essentially nothing is known about it. There is very little information on the Internet about this institution. The single records and data about the North & Eastern Europe Research Political Center that can be found belong to Sytin himself. What exactly is this organization doing is hard to say. This raises even more suspicions and questions to the doctor of historical sciences.
