Aleksey Merinov

Aleksey Viktorovich Merinov (Russian: Алексей Викторович Меринов; born 25 March 1959) is a Russian self-taught painter and cartoonist.^[2]

Aleksey Merinov
Merinov in 2013
Born	(1959-03-25) March 25, 1959 (age 66) Moscow, USSR
Occupation	cartoonist[1]
Spouse	Marina Merinova-Ovsova[2]
Children	daughter Darya
Awards	[2][3][4]

Biography

Merinov was born in Moscow. He served in the Soviet Navy.^[5] In his youth he worked as a graphic designer in the Romen Theatre.^[4]

Since 1988 he has been working at the newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets.^[6] He illustrated more than two dozen books. Among them: the Criminal Code and the Tax Code, Collection of recipes, a collection of quotations by Vladimir Putin. He has released over a dozen albums with his pictures.^[7]

He is a fan of CSKA Moscow.^[4]