Victor Krasin

Victor Aleksandrovich Krasin
Виктор Александрович Красин
Victor Krasin in 1968, when he was active in the human rights movement
Born(1929-08-04)4 August 1929
Died3 September 2017(2017-09-03) (aged 88)
NationalityRussian
Citizenship Soviet Union (1929–1991) →  Russian Federation (1991–present),  United States
Alma materMoscow State University
Occupationeconomist
EmployerCentral Economic Mathematical Institute
Known forhuman rights activism with participation in Initiative Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR
Movementdissident movement in the Soviet Union

Victor Aleksandrovich Krasin (also spelled Viktor Krasin, Russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович Кра́син, 4 August 1929 – 3 September 2017) was a Russian human rights activist, economist, a former Soviet dissident and a political prisoner. At the time of his death Krasin was a US citizen.