Igor Irtenyev

Igor Moiseyevich Irtenyev (Russian: Игорь Моисеевич Иртеньев; born 25 May 1947, Moscow) is a Russian poet.

[1][2] He is a member of PEN Russia.

[3] In 2011, he emigrated to Israel because, as he said "I just can't bear the idea of watching [Vladimir] Putin on television every day for the next 12 years".

[1] However, he returned to Russia after spending two years in Israel.

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