Suren Gazaryan

Suren Gazaryan (born Suren Vladimirovich Gazaryan, Russian: Сурен Владимирович Газарян) (born 8 July 1974) is a Russian zoologist, dissident, public figure, and former member of The Environmental Watch on North Caucasus.[1] He is a member of the Russian Opposition Coordination Council. He was awarded a Goldman Environmental Prize in 2014.[2][3][4]

Suren Gazaryan
Born (1974-07-08) 8 July 1974
Krasnodar, USSR
CitizenshipRussia
EducationKuban State University
Occupation(s)Chiropterologist, environmentalist, politician, zoologist
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (2014)

Life

Gazaryan was born on 8 July 1974 in Krasnodar. In 1996, he graduated from Kuban State University, and in 2001 he completed postgraduate studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences.[5] In 2001, he was also elected chairman of the commission for the protection of caves of the Russian Union of Cavers.[6]

In 2014, he was granted asylum in Estonia.[7]

References
  1. "ОБ ЭКОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ВАХТЕ | Экологическая Вахта по Северному Кавказу". ewnc.org. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  2. "Exiled environmental activist speaks of 'impossibility' of protest in Russia". the Guardian. April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  3. "Suren Gazaryan". Goldman Environmental Foundation. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  4. "Suren Gazaryan". Front Line Defenders. December 17, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  5. "Газарян, Сурен Владимирович – Эколого-фаунистический анализ населения рукокрылых (Chiroptera) Западного Кавказа : диссертация ... кандидата биологических наук : 03.00.08 – Search RSL". search.rsl.ru. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. "Gazaryan Suren". zmmu.msu.ru. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  7. "Russian Environmental Activist Granted Asylum In Estonia". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
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