Nikolay Platoshkin

Nikolay Platoshkin
Николай Платошкин
Platoshkin in 2020
Leader of For a New Socialism
Assumed office
29 January 2019
Personal details
Born
Nikolay Nikolayevich Platoshkin

(1965-10-19) 19 October 1965
Mescherino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
CitizenshipSoviet Union (1965–1991)
Russia (1991–present)
NationalityRussian
Political partyFor a New Socialism
EducationMoscow State Institute of International Relations
Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Occupation
  • Diplomat
  • writer
  • translator
  • historian

Nikolay Nikolayevich Platoshkin (Russian: Николай Николаевич Платóшкин ; born 19 October 1965) is a Russian and former Soviet diplomat, political scientist, and historian.

He is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor, and Head of the Department of International Relations and Diplomacy at the Moscow University for the Humanities. He is also an author of translations of foreign monographs, a political expert on television, and the leader of the movement "For a New Socialism".