Anatoly Wasserman
Anatoly Aleksandrovich Wasserman is a journalist and political pundit who has won television intellectual quiz shows.Biography
Wasserman studied thermal physics at the Institute of refrigeration and cryotechnologies in Odessa, specializing also in computer programming. In 1974—1991 he was employed as a programmer at different R&D centers in Odessa dealing with low-temperature food technologies.
Wasserman has worked as a journalist since 23 November 1991 to the present.
In 1994 he run for Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and took the second place in the constituency.
After the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the start of the war in Donbass Wasserman became increasingly critical towards Ukrainian government. In 2015, the Security Service of Ukraine opened a criminal investigation against him for alleged separatist activity.
On 27 January 2016 Wasserman became naturalized Russian citizen.
On 27 June 2016 he was nominated as a candidate for Deputy of the State Duma of Russia from the party A Just Russia, took the second place in the constituency
