Alexander Germanovich Baunov (Russian: Александр Германович Баунов, born December 4, 1969) is a Russian international policy expert, journalist, publicist, and former diplomat.

[2] From 1999 to 2003, he worked in the diplomatic service of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Embassy in Greece.

From 2004 to 2008, he worked as a reporter, and then editor in the international department of the magazine Russian Newsweek.

[2] In addition to slon.ru, he published in the newspaper Vedomosti, the magazine Big City, and Russian Life.

He regularly comments on domestic events and foreign policy issues in leading international media sources (Reuters, Associated Press, Bloomberg, The New York Times, France Presse, Forbes, El País, etc.)