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Andrey Kozhinov

Andrey Kozhinov is an Israeli journalist and researcher who served as a member of the Knesset for Telem from 2020 to 2021.

born 1979Knesset member for TelemChannel 9 military correspondentResearch at MEMRI

Born: 28 December 1979, Kazan
Occupation: journalist
Party: Telem

Andrey Kozhinov was born in 1979 in Kazan

Kozhinov was born on 28 December 1979 in Kazan, in the Soviet Union. He immigrated to Israel in 1997.

He did his service in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, where he headed the Russian media desk. He earned a bachelor's degree in international relations and a master's degree in social sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He worked as a researcher at MEMRI and as the military correspondent of Channel 9. For the channel he also reported from Ukraine during the fighting with Russia over Crimea.

After joining Telem, he ran on the Blue and White list in April 2019 and September 2019 but was not elected. In the March 2020 election he was placed 33rd and entered the Knesset, where he sat on 3 committees, including the Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Committee. He lost his seat in the March 2021 election, which Telem did not contest.

He is married with 3 children and lives in Petah Tikva.