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Anatoly Grigorievich Kucherena ((ロシア語:Анатолий Григорьевич Кучерена); born August 23, 1960) is a Russian attorney, public figure, Doctor of Law, and professor. From mid-2013, Kucherena has represented fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's interests in the Russian Federation. Kucherena continues to represent Snowden pro bono on an occasional basis.〔http://tass.ru/en/russia/776625〕 In June 2014, American film director Oliver Stone acquired rights to a screen adaptation of Kucherena's novel, ''Time of the Octopus'', the story of fictional American whistleblower Joshua Cold. Threatened by his government and waiting for a decision on his request for Russian asylum, Cold spends three weeks in the transit area of the Moscow airport. Stone said, "Anatoly has written a 'grand inquisitor'-style Russian novel weighing the soul of his fictional whistleblower against the gravity of a '1984' tyranny that has achieved global proportions."〔http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-options-novel-by-710699〕 The book, first in a "psychological-political thriller trilogy," is set to be released on March 3, 2015, according to state news agency RIA Novosti. ''The Moscow Times'' reported that Kucherena said Snowden had already received a copy of the book and liked it.〔http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/516112.html〕 In April 2015, WikiLeaks revealed that Oliver Stone paid $1 million for the movie rights to Kucherena's novel.〔https://wikileaks.org/sony/press/〕 ==Background== * Kucherena was born in the village of Mîndra, Călărași District, Moldova (formerly Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic). * In 1979-1981, he did his military service in the Soviet Army (missile troops) serving at the Kapustin Yar and Aralsk launching ranges. He left the service as a squad leader. * In 1991, Kucherena graduated from the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute. * Since 1993, he is a member of the Moscow City Bar Association. In 1993-1995, he worked at the First Moscow Legal Advice Center where Henri Reznik, a prominent Soviet and Russian lawyer,〔Henri Reznik〕 was his mentor. * Since December 26, 2001, Head of Chair, Bar and Notariat, Moscow State University of Law named after O.E. Kutafin (O.E. Kutafin University).〔http://msal.ru/en/〕 * In 1995, Kucherena established and became the head of one of the first law offices – Argument Attorneys at Law (since 2003, Kucherena & Partners Law Firm). * Kucherena is a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation since 2005.〔http://www.oprf.ru/en〕 * Kucherena is the Chairman of Public Council at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation since 2013,〔http://os.mvd.ru/〕 the Chairman of the Central Council, the All-Russia Social Movement Civil Society,〔http://www.kucherena.ru/go/〕 and the Chairman of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation (non-profit foundation).〔http://www.indemco.org/index.php?language=2〕 * In 1999, Kucherena defended his master’s thesis on Administrative Justice in Defense of Human and Civil Rights and Freedoms in the Russian Federation. * In 2003 Kucherena became the Doctor of Law with the thesis on Advocacy Role in the Civic Society Formation in Russia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anatoly Kucherena」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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