Nikolai Viktorovich Starikov (Russian: Никола́й Ви́кторович Ста́риков, IPA:[nʲɪkɐˈlajˈvʲiktərəvʲɪtɕˈstarʲɪkəf]; born 23 August 1970, Leningrad) is a Russian writer, opinion journalist and social activist. Founder and former leader of Great Fatherland Party (Russian: Партия Великое Отечество, romanized: Partiya Velikoye Otechestvo) and its subsidiary social NGO, Union of Russian Citizens (Russian: Профсоюз Граждан России, romanized: Profsoyuz Grazhdan Rossii).
Starikov is the organizer of the "Goebbels' Award", which is awarded to "people who lie about, slander and vilify Russia", following the results of a vote among readers of his websites: nstarikov.ru and nstarikov.lj.ru.[1]
Nikolai Starikov was born on 23 August 1970 in the city of Leningrad. He is married and has two daughters. In 1992 he graduated from the Saint Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics, with a degree in economics. He frequently appears as an expert in economics in documentaries, for example in "Parvus of the Revolution", "Storm of the Winter Palace. Refutation."
I am often accused of inclination towards conspirology. But I have always said and will continue to say that my books are related to conspirology in the same way as astronomy is related to astrology.
Starikov is the leader of several political organizations, including the Union of Russian Citizens (Russian: Профсоюз Граждан России, romanized: Profsoyuz Grazhdan Rossii), founded on 25 April 2011, and the conservativeGreat Fatherland Party (Russian: Партия Великое Отечество, romanized: Partiya Velikoye Otechestvo), registered on 10 April 2013. He has championed a revisionist view of Joseph Stalin, portraying him as an effective leader and bulwark against western expansion.[3]
In 2020, he became a member of the For Truth political party.
On 4 October 2022 Starikov in his Twitter wrote: "I urge once and for all to destroy the entire infrastructure of Nazi Ukraine. By doing this, we will save the lives of our soldiers and the lives of millions of people who are just becoming citizens of our country"[4][5]
