Education
In 1993 Matveychev graduated in philosophy from the Ural State University. He then did a Doctor of Philosophy in the philosophy of politics and law with the thesis topic of Philosophy of Hegel"s and Modernity.
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He is currently a professor at National Research University – Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Matveychev has published various books on politics and public relations. From 1996 he became an active political consultant for Russian regional elections and participated in over 60 campaigns.
In 2010 Matveychev became deputy governor of the Vologda Oblast.
In 2011 he became deputy governor of the Volgograd Oblast. Controversy
In 2010, according to the Guardian newspaper, Matveychev caused controversy by writing on his blog that "he dreamed of gathering the Russian opposition on a city square and calling in an army of tanks to mow them down.
"And then, like after Tiananmen in China, we would also have 10% annual economic growth after 20 or 30 years"". Matveychev had announced that he is not going to pursue any action as he is an opponent of copyright.
He stated that copyright impedes innovation and "behind every thought or object is every human being who ever lived".
Additionally, Matveychev was behind the idea to change a name of a real person to Harry Potter to participate in Ekatheringburg regional elections. Matveychev is on the board of "Right to Smile", a children"s charity set up by ex-spy Anna Chapman, active in her hometown of Volgograd.
Membership
From 2006 to 2010 Matveychev was a staff member of Presidential Administration of Russia.
