Vyacheslav Likhachev

Vyacheslav Likhachev is an academic, journalist and activist who has worked in Russia, Israel and Ukraine.

Likhachev holds a Ph.D. in History from the Moscow State University, and graduated from the Jewish University in Moscow, Russia. He worked as a research follow at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Central European University, and University of Warsaw in Poland. He has also taught at the Jewish University in Moscow, Moscow State University, International Solomon University and the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.¹⁾

In April 2020, Likhachev was featured by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in a video accusing the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) of collaborating with Russia-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine, training two Swedish bombers, and being associated with far-right groups across the United States and Europe.²⁾

Likhachev's affiliations include:³⁾

• Center for Civil Liberties
• National Minorities Monitoring Group of Networks Overcoming Antisemitism (NOA)
• ZMINA Human Rights Center