In 2004, the name of journalist Paul Khlebnikov flew around all the publishers in the world. The brutal murder of a publicist and an American subject shocked many. Even after years, the case remains unsolved and raises many questions.
A family
The Khlebnikovs appeared in America in 1918 for political reasons. Great-great-grandfather of Paula, Admiral Arkady Nebolsin made a trip around the world, fought in the Russian-Japanese war. He died in the February Revolution from a bullet of a rebellious sailor. Grandfather Paul served in the Imperial Regiment, participated in the battles of the First World War and the Civil War. Grandmother was the granddaughter of Ivan Pushchin - the Decembrist, a friend of Pushkin. Already in the United States, he led the Russian Children's Charity Society. The father of the future journalist worked at the UN, headed the service of simultaneous interpreters. Paul, better known as Paul, was born in 1963 in New York. Despite emigration, the family retained a love for the homeland and honored the traditions of Orthodoxy.
Education
In 1984, Paul graduated from the University of Berkeley with a degree in Political Economy. A year later, at the London School of Economics and Politics, the young man defended his thesis and received a master's degree. The theme of his work was the personnel policy of the CPSU in Soviet times. After defending his scientific work on agrarian reform of Stolypin, Khlebnikov was awarded the degree of Doctor of Political Science.
Journalism
Paul began his career as a correspondent in Forbes magazine. Knowledge of five languages helped him analyze the work of international companies. Since the 1990s, his main specialization has become the “new” Russian business. This allowed Khlebnikov to take the place of senior editor. It turned out that the main occupation of the journalist was literary activity, the books were bright and scandalous.
In 2004, Paul created the Russian version of Forbes and led the magazine in Russia. In the same year, the publication published a list of the richest Russians, and its leader became a member of the television program “The Day before”.
Books
On the eve of 1997, Paul published an article in the journal entitled "The Godfather of the Kremlin?" The author has made a number of compelling allegations against Boris Berezovsky. It was about fraud, ties to the Chechen mafia and murders, the most notorious of which was the case of Vlad Listyev. Boris Abramovich in the judiciary demanded compensation and a refutation of the article. The London court dismissed all the claims. Moreover, three years later, Khlebnikov released a whole book on the Russian oligarch. The work became popular, it was immediately translated into several languages and published in several European countries.
In 2003, Paul saw the light of the new work entitled "Conversation with the Barbarian", which became a reflection of the journalist's many hours of conversation with Khozh-Akhmed Nukhaev. In a private conversation, the field commander shared his views on Islam, talked about banditry in the 90s and the origins of modern terrorism.
