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victor shenderovich moscow , russia august 15 , 1958 victor shenderovich1.jpg victor shenderovich
 victor shenderovich moscow state art and cultural university
victor shenderovich

victor anatolievich shenderovich -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- born august 15 , 1958 in moscow , russia -rrb- is a popular russian satirist , writer , scriptwriter and radio host .
in 1980 , shenderovich graduated from the moscow state art and cultural university , specialising in `` direction of volunteer theatrical groups '' .
he is best known as a scriptwriter of popular political puppet show kukly -lrb- puppets -rrb- which was aired on ntv 1994 to 2002 .
he hosted satirical author program `` total '' on ntv 1997 to 2001 and tv-6 in 2002 .
later , shenderovich ran a weekly program `` processed cheese '' on the echo of moscow radio station .
the texts of this program 's editions were later collected in his book `` better two heads than one .
duumvirate times chronicle '' , implying russian president dmitry medvedev and prime minister vladimir putin .
nowadays shenderovich is a columnist of the new times , a liberal russian weekly .
he is known as an outspoken critic of vladimir putin 's rule and the government 's stance on war in chechnya .
shenderovich is among the 10 first signatories of the online anti-putin manifesto `` putin must go '' published in march 2010 .
in april 2010 , shenderovich was involved in a sex scandal with a woman claimed to have acted as a kremlin `` honey pot '' to discredit opposition figures .
on 26 december 2010 , shenderovich played a major role in organising a `` moscow for everyone '' -lrb- -rrb- rally in the capital of russia , in response to race riots having occurred earlier in the month .
