Natalia Pelevine was born on on 2 November 1976 and is a British-Russian playwright, political activist and blogger.
15 Facts About Natalia Pelevine
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Natalia Pelevine moved to England as a child and attended a private school, Southbank International.
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Natalia Pelevine then received BA in Art History from a London University.
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In 2004, Pelevine set up a theatre production company, First Act Productions, which is based in London.
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Natalia Pelevine wrote In Your Hands, a play based on the events of the Moscow theater hostage crisis.
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Natalia Pelevine was one of the people behind the independent research into the Moscow theatre siege.
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Natalia Pelevine consulted on a number of documentary films about the Moscow theatre siege.
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Natalia Pelevine has appeared as a political commentator on Al Jazeera, RTVi, PressTV, the BBC and other TV and radio channels.
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Natalia Pelevine was involved with the Strategy-31 Abroad organization, which rallied for the article 31 of the Russian Constitution and for freedom and democracy in Russia, and opposes the current government.
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Natalia Pelevine was the organizer of the New York Strategy 31 pickets, on 31 August and 31 October 2010.
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Natalia Pelevine organized an Oleg Kashin picket in November 2010 and a demonstration in support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on 12 December 2010, during which she mentioned setting up a new movement.
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Formerly the head of the December 5 Party, Natalia Pelevine joined RPR-PARNAS in March 2015.
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In 2012 Natalia Pelevine worked with Alexei Navalny on uncovering a major case of corruption that involved deputy prime-minister Igor Shuvalov.
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Natalia Pelevine is a Council member of the Free Russia Forum.
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In November of 2023 Natalia Pelevine was elected as a Regional secretary of the Eastern Europe-Central Asia division of the World Liberty Congress.