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12 Facts About Konstantin Kisin

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Konstantin Kisin speaks and writes on issues relating to tech censorship, comedy and culture war.

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Konstantin Kisin was born in Moscow under the Soviet Union to parents Marina and Vadim, then 18 and 20 years old, respectively, and grew up in the USSR.

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Konstantin Kisin's parents were semi-practising Orthodox Christians, though his paternal grandfather was a secular Jew.

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Konstantin Kisin attended Clifton College boarding school, and subsequently Edinburgh University, which he left before finishing a degree.

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Konstantin Kisin has worked as a Russian-English legal, financial and video game translator, and interpreter, and has regularly given talks about the business side of translation.

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Since April 2018, Konstantin Kisin has been co-presenter with Francis Foster of Triggernometry, a YouTube channel and podcast.

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In 2019 Konstantin Kisin took his show Orwell That Ends Well to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to mixed reviews.

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In March 2022 Konstantin Kisin appeared as a panellist on the first edition of BBC Question Time following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Konstantin Kisin described feeling shame for his birth country Russia and discussed the bombardment that his family in Ukraine was undergoing.

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In February 2025, Konstantin Kisin interviewed Fraser Nelson on his Triggernometry podcast.

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Konstantin Kisin insisted he was making a distinction between the British nationality and the English ethnicity.

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Konstantin Kisin is the author of An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West, which became a Sunday Times bestseller in the first week of its publication.