Michael V E "Misha" Glenny was born on 25 April 1958 and is a British journalist and broadcaster, specialising in southeast Europe, global organised crime, and cybersecurity.
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13 Facts About Misha Glenny
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Misha Glenny is the writer and producer of the BBC Radio 4 series, How to Invent a Country.
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Misha Glenny described his ancestry as "three-quarters Anglo-Celtic and a quarter Jewish".
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Misha Glenny was educated at Magdalen College School in Oxford and studied at the University of Bristol and Prague's Charles University before becoming Central Europe correspondent for The Guardian and later the BBC.
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Misha Glenny specialised in reporting on the Yugoslav Wars in the early 1990s that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Misha Glenny has published three books about Central and Eastern Europe.
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Misha Glenny appeared in the documentary film, Raw Opium: Pain, Pleasure, Profits.
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From January 2012, Misha Glenny was visiting professor at Columbia University's Harriman Institute, teaching a course on "crime in transition".
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Misha Glenny was an executive producer of the BBC One eight-part drama series, McMafia, inspired by his non-fiction book of the same name.
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Misha Glenny is a producer and the writer of the BBC Radio 4 series, How to Invent a Country, made available as a podcast.
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In 2019, Misha Glenny presented a podcast on the life of Vladimir Putin titled Putin: Prisoner of Power.
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Misha Glenny is married to British journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Lang and has three children, two by his first wife and one by Lang.
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