A bilingual professional (native English and fluent Russian; additionally, reading knowledge of French and classical Arabic) whose career spans media, communications, education and independent research. Experience includes explaining complex systems to non-specialists (database start-up), op-ed writing for Russia Today, presenting on Sputnik Radio, directing international projects at Mikhailov & Partners (Russia’s largest domestic public relations agency), film reviewing for Moscow News, and copywriting for Kaspersky Labs and others. Earlier years as a CTEFLA teacher, following a BA (Hons) in Russian Language and Literature from Birmingham University in both educational and corporate settings.
Self-funded and then crowdfunded an independent writing and research project over twelve years, spanning three completed works, centred on the application of organic Qur’anic hermeneutics assuming a complete text — resulting in a fully annotated translation based on these principles, an exposition of the text’s internal mechanism for warning temporal power, and a solution to the 1400-year-old enigma of the mysterious letters.
He was born in England, lives in Russia and has held Russian citizenship since 2001.