Background
Khinshtein was born to a Jewish family in Moscow and attended Moscow State University, after which he became a writer for Moskovskij Komsomolets.
Khinshtein was born to a Jewish family in Moscow and attended Moscow State University, after which he became a writer for Moskovskij Komsomolets.
Moscow State University.
He currently represents the 122nd elective district (the northern half of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) in the State Duma. In a 2005 article, he accused former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov of illegally privatizating two government-owned houses. He is an author of a book: "How (they) are killing Russia" (Как убивают Россию).
In it he criticizes privatization of state-owned enterprises with heavy involvement of western (particularly American) governments and business and the creation of the class of oligarchs during Yeltsin"s presidency.
This book is in Russian. Moscow, 2007. Order of Honour.
Order of Honour Medal 2nd class of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland Medal Defender of a Free Russia Medal of Zhukov Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint St. Petersburg" Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow".
He is a member of United Russia.
