Aleksei Simonov
Known for DirectingBorn 1939-08-08Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Aleksei K. Simonov — Soviet and Russian writer, director, human rights activist. He is the son of the famous Russian author Konstantin Simonov, who was a decorated WWII veteran turned writer and public figure in the Soviet Union.
Member of the "Council for Human Rights" under the President of Russian Federation.
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Founder and president of the Glasnost Foundation in Moscow, Russia, since 1991.