Alexander Losev: biography of a political scientist

Who in 2014, according to Forbes magazine, was included in the list of the fourteen best managers of the Russian Federation? Later, in the Russian-language version of Forbes, they were called “a dozen hefty ones” – such pathos was deserved by professionals who could definitely be trusted with money. Who in the same period was mentioned in the media and the Internet as the CEO of MC Sputnik – Capital Management? Who is referred to in biographical articles as a “classic example of a rocket banker”? And finally – who, in an interview in 2022, in topical programs in the spring of 2022, is presented to listeners and viewers as a member of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy? This man's name is Alexander Vyacheslavovich Losev, and he is truly a professional in his field, and a wide profile: he talks freely on topics from ideological and political to environmental problems and the energy future of the planet.

Official data

• Name, patronymic, surname: Alexander Vyacheslavovich Losev;
• Place of birth: Russia , Moscow;
• Date of birth: 1970, December 29;
• Zodiac sign: Capricorn;
• Education: graduate of Moscow State Technical University. Bauman and the Higher School of Economics;
• Occupation in the media and the Internet: expert, economist, political scientist;
• Marital status, children: married, two children.

Beginning of life and career

Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing to tell about the parents, childhood, youth of Alexander Vyacheslavovich. It is not possible to find the patronymic and surname of his parents in the available information on the Internet – it is too common, for example, the name and surname “Vyacheslav Losev” in Russia. Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich Losev, a professor at Moscow State University, is mentioned in a free online search, but whether he is a relative of an economist and political scientist is unknown. Yes, and Alexander Losev occupies too high positions to talk about himself so easily. There is exact information – only about education:

• Received a diploma from the Moscow State Technical University named after Bauman in 1994, studied at the Faculty of Special Mechanical Engineering, specializing in the diploma: “Flight dynamics, control of rockets and spacecraft »;
• Also studied at the School of Higher Economics, received a diploma in Banking.

Career development, later life

Such a “hybrid” education later brought him the almost official title of “rocket financier”, that is, a person with a rather specific first higher education who went to work in the economic sphere. And really, what can be in common between rocket engines and banking? Why did Alexander Losev, after graduating from Baumanka, not go into space science, but began to study and then work as an economist? Only he knows this, and, unfortunately, there has not yet been an interview with him on everyday topics to find out the answer to this interesting question.

• Insurance company “Russian Style” (began working there, by the way, a year before graduation from the university);
• AKB ” Mosstroyekonombank;
• Tokobank;
• ZAO Raiffeisenbank (Head of the Capital Markets Department).

This is a list of places where Alexander Losev moved up the career ladder in 2010. And one more thing: what is now being written about Alexander Vyacheslavovich in terms of reviews and recommendations in official sources:

• Large and many years of experience in international financial markets;
• Has all the necessary managerial certificates and finance specialist;
• Mathematician, astrophysicist working in investments;
• Recognized stock market professional.

And in political science, Alexander Losev is also professionally strong – of course, in relation to economics and finance, where he is in the top of internationally recognized high-level specialists. His works, available on the Internet, are devoted to the most important problems that take place both in Russia and in the foreign world. He was approached for explanations about the state of world affairs during the height of covid. He explained in an accessible way (and with a certain amount of humor) what kind of sanctions the EEC had already introduced and which ones he was going to introduce in the spring of 2022: “Everything that is possible. Now – which is impossible. ”Anna Shafran talked with him on Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda for more than an hour, discussing the topic “The hour of patriots is coming.”

< p>He freely operates with the statements of great people from the past, argues widely and in an accessible way on any topic related to politics, the state, the economy, the future of our world. Regarding the fact that it is necessary to make gigantic efforts in the spring in order to protect the Russian state from cataclysms and further develop in the sense of what happened, he aptly and powerfully said: “I will quote the words of Cardinal Richelieu. The soul of any person is immortal, and it can be saved for the future. And the state does not have immortality – it is saved either now or never.

Interesting facts

1. How not to find Alexander Losev's social networks on the Internet just like that, and you can't find out the details of his personal life. In official biographies, he sparingly states that he has been happily married for a long time, has a son and a daughter.
2. Losev, a banking specialist, a professional in the current world situation, has a lot of namesakes – this is a very common combination of first and last name. Of the most famous, this is the soloist of the group “Flowers” Alexander Nikolaevich Losev (died in 2007).
3. Surely he had accounts on Instagram, Telegram and other social networks. networks – but access there one hundred percent only to their own. Due to the inaccessibility of these, it is difficult to find out something about his hobbies and hobbies. In the public domain, it was mentioned that Alexander Vyacheslavovich is fond of painting, reading philosophical works in moments of rest.
4. There is a video blog on YouTube entitled with his name. Alexander Losev himself created it and supports it with new videos – it is not known. The channel is called in the preview as “unofficial, where new performances are posted as they come out.” There are less than a thousand subscribers, but each new video is accompanied by a lively discussion.
5. You shouldn’t think that Alexander Losev, as one well-known blogger girl said (not about him, really), “smoothly sings” only positive and template stuff. For example, in 2021, in an interview for Arguments of the Week, he was outraged by the launch of actors into space: “This is a national shame. The whole country paid for the appearance of Peresild in space. Did Korolev build rockets for this? To shoot movies in space?”