25 Facts About Peter Pomerantsev

Peter Pomerantsev is a Soviet-born British journalist, author and TV producer.

Peter Pomerantsev is a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Global Affairs at the London School of Economics, where he co-directs the Arena program.

Peter Pomerantsev is an associate editor at Coda Media, a position he has held since at least 2015.

Peter Pomerantsev was born into a Russian speaking Jewish family in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR in 1977.

In 1978, he moved with his parents to West Germany, after his father, broadcaster and poet Igor Peter Pomerantsev, was arrested by the KGB for distributing anti-Soviet literature.

Peter Pomerantsev's credits include Gulag, which won the Grierson Award for Best British Documentary; The Beslan Siege, which won Prix Italia; and The Train, which won a BAFTA.

Peter Pomerantsev attended Westminster School in London and the European School in Munich.

Peter Pomerantsev studied English Literature and German at the University of Edinburgh.

Peter Pomerantsev attended the Higher Courses for Script Writers and Film Directors in Moscow.

Peter Pomerantsev "jumped jobs" between think tanks and was a consultant on European Union projects until he went to film school.

Peter Pomerantsev lived largely in Moscow between 2001 and 2010, working in TV.

Peter Pomerantsev coined the term "post-modern dictatorship" to describe Vladimir Putin's regime.

Mr Peter Pomerantsev concedes that some of the dialogue he quotes is from memory.

Peter Pomerantsev was project chair for the Information Warfare Initiative of the Center for European Policy Analysis.

Peter Pomerantsev led the Beyond Propaganda programme within the Legatum Institute's Transitions Forum, where he was a Senior Fellow.

Peter Pomerantsev has been at the fellow of the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienna.

Peter Pomerantsev has given testimony on the subject of information warfare and media development to the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee, US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the UK Parliament Defence Committee.

Peter Pomerantsev argued that President Trump and President Putin share a disdain for facts - and that this is part of their appeal.

Peter Pomerantsev developed related themes in pieces for Granta and the Financial Times, where he argued that fact-driven political discourse is connected to the idea of a future.

Peter Pomerantsev wrote about Putin's information guru Vladislav Surkov, "the hidden author of Putinism".

Peter Pomerantsev has been a member of the advisory panel of the Global Disinformation Index.

Peter Pomerantsev has contributed to think tank studies about propaganda and information war, and edited a series of studies on the subject, including subjects ranging from ISIS' use of social media to media literacy.

Peter Pomerantsev investigated the suicide of Russian model Ruslana Korshunova for a documentary.

Peter Pomerantsev revealed that her death was linked to the Rose of the World.

Peter Pomerantsev then went to New York City, looking for work.