Maxim Grigoriev
Maxim Grigoriev (1980- ) is a Moscow born writer with Swedish citizenship who has been a promulgator of conspiracy theories. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Grigoriev organized an "International Public Tribunal on Ukraine" in attempting to prove that it was Ukrainians (and not Russians) who were committing war crimes.[1]
Grigoriev's first book, a short story collection titled Städer (Cities), won the Borås Tidning Prize for debut authors. In 2016, his first novel Nu (Now) appeared, and in 2021, he won the EU Prize for Literature for his novel Europa.
He has been a contributor to Svenska Dagbladet, a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden, and has also written for the Swedish magazine Axess.
Grigoriev has translated the works of Olga Slavnikova and Venedikt Yerofeyev from Russian into Swedish.[2]
Grigoriev has lived in Berlin and Porto and now lives in Paris.[3]
Attribution
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References
- ↑ Justin Ling. The Westerners helping Putin’s propaganda war on Ukraine (video), CBC News, June 2022. Retrieved on 2022-08-21. “When it comes to pushing propaganda about the war in Ukraine, Russian President Vladamir Putin has help from a group of Westerners with long histories of peddling disinformation, including John Mark Dougan and Canadian Eva Bartlett.”
- ↑ Maxim Grigoriev.
- ↑ Maxim Grigoriev | EU Prize for Literature.