Chebotaryov Andrei

director of Centre for Topical Studies “Alternativa”. He graduated from the Al Farabi Kazak National University in 1998, department of political science. Candidate of political sciences. Author (co-author, issuer) of 38 books and over 1000 articles in Kazakstan and foreign periodicals and scientific publications and collections. He has been awarded with the 1^st award of the Journalists of the 21^st century held by Soros Foundation-Kazakstan (1997) and 3^rd award of the contest of journalistic works “Proud of the past, creating the future” held by Kaztransoil national company and Komsomolskaya Pravda v Kazakstane newspaper (2005).