Oleg Kashin

Oleg Kashin. Soundtrack: The Term. Oleg Kashin is a prominent Russian journalist whose sharp articles about current events and corruption in Russia caused him numerous threats and an attempted murder. He was born Oleg Vladimirovich Kashin on June 17, 1980, in Kaliningrad, Russia, Soviet Union (formerly Konigsberg, Germany). His father, an engineer with two degrees, was privileged enough to see the world as a Soviet merchant marine officer; his mother, a...