Talk:Andrey X

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GA review

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Nominator: IvanScrooge98 (talk · contribs) 14:49, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Reviewer: Jaguarnik (talk · contribs) 17:57, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello, I'd like to review this article. Jaguarnik (talk) 17:57, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for picking my article up so quickly! I’ll wait for your response. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 18:25, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

I’ve slightly edited the article in accordance to your comments. I’ll try to look for other sources, but why would Beit Ebla not be a reliable source? I’m just using it to report on the fact that he was touring Sweden. I didn’t use for any particular claim. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 18:57, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

It's not that I assume by default it is unreliable, I just do not know what this source is. Is it an organization?Jaguarnik (talk) 19:07, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Apparently yes, a private cultural organization. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 19:08, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Updates: the grandparents in question are not specified by sources, so I would leave as is; as for the "Jewish heritage", it is relevant to the Law of Return he used to apply for citizenship – I’ve reworded accordingly. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 19:36, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

That works. Jaguarnik (talk) 19:59, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Fixed the ref issue with his University College London graduation, no idea why I had messed those up. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 21:46, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Re Brendan Rains: seems like an independent photojournalist without a history of controversy afawk. See . ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 08:10, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

The issue is with the fact that it's a self-published source; it is a bit hard to justify its use per WP:BLOG (Never use a self-published source as a third-party source about living people, even if the author is an expert, well-known professional researcher, or writer.) Jaguarnik (talk) 08:38, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Gosh, forgot that bit. I almost never use these sources except as a last resort. I’ll see if I can find a better one. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 08:41, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Re Kubovich: Andrey X is not mentioned but the incident is. I used the source for this part: "land-based echo and a direct continuation of the Global Sumud Flotilla," and "represents a unified, two-pronged strategy to dismantle the siege on Gaza – by sea and by land." ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 09:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Ah, understood. Jaguarnik (talk) 09:33, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Re Beit Jala: indeed mentioned as "based in Beit Jala". Please feel free to take a break of it is too much stuff to check. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 09:43, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Strange; when I open the link it says merely "based in West Bank". But I will trust you on this. Jaguarnik (talk) 09:52, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

@IvanScrooge98: all of my comments more or less have been addressed; I think the article is good now, but because this is both a biography of a (controversial) living person and heavily associated with the Israel-Palestine conflict, I would like to request a second opinion from more experienced GA reviewers before I pass this article. Hopefully it will not take too long to receive a response. Jaguarnik (talk) 09:54, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your time! ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 09:56, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Oh, that’s very strange. ~ IvanScrooge98 (talk) 09:56, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Well-written

• The son and grandson of Russian filmmakers Ilya and Andrei Khrzhanovsky, respectively,[5][6][7] Andrey Khrzhanovskiy was raised in Saint Petersburg. This would sound better separated into two sentences, like Andrey Khrzhanovskiy was raised in Saint Petersburg. He is the son of filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky and the grandson of filmmaker Andrei Khrzhanovsky.
• Khrzhanovskiy was visiting his grandparents in Israel in February 2022, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began; he chose to stay there, fearing potential persecution for his activity as a political journalist.[3][4][7][11][12][13] When you have many sources like this, you can condense them into one footnote using Template:efn, and in the footnote "Attributed to multiple sources:"..." in order to avoid citation overkill.
• Taking advantage of his Jewish heritage, he applied for Israeli citizenship in accordance with the Law of Return and was granted a passport in a short time, allowing him to settle in Tel Aviv. I would remove "Taking advantage of his Jewish heritage" as it doesn't sound quite neutral to me, and change "in a short time" to "shortly afterwards".
• Khrzhanovskiy was visiting his grandparents in Israel in February 2022 His maternal or paternal grandparents?
• Khrzhanovskiy said his interactions with Israelis and 1948 Palestinians quickly made him realize he was benefiting from the privileged side of an apartheid system, and felt compelled to "do something about it."
  • What are 1948 Palestinians? The wikilink simply links to Arab Citizens of Israel without giving an explanation.
  • add "he" in front of "felt compelled"
• He contests the legitimacy of the State of Israel and adopts the term "1948 territories" I think "uses" is better than "adopts"
• MOS:LEDE: the lede needs to be longer and summarize each part of the article. For example, my example would be The son of filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovsky, Andrey X was born and raised in St. Petersburg. He worked as a journalist in Russia, and moved to Israel in February 2022 after the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War, gaining Israeli citizenship. While in Israel, he grew sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, and began to document settler violence in the West Bank. Andrey X has been characterized as a far-left political figure, and has attracted controversy and criticism in Israeli society for his activism, though he has been praised by fellow pro-Palestinian activists.
  • You are not obliged to use this lede, but I hope it is a clear explanation of how to one.
• On October 3, 2025, Khrzhanovskiy was part of a group of Israeli protesters who attempted to cross the Israel–Gaza border on foot, in stated continuation with the Global Sumud Flotilla as an act of pressure to "dismantle the siege on Gaza – by sea and by land."
  • I don't understand what "in stated continuation" means here - maybe you mean "in solidarity" or "in cooperation"?
• According to Khrzhanovskiy, Israeli society has a generalized genocidal attitude towards Palestinians, claiming that the murder of Palestinian children has been normalized as a means to prevent "terrorism".
  • Separate the two sentences before "claiming", either with a semicolon or a period, and switch "claiming" to " he claims" or "he has claimed".
• He has also slammed the support of the Russian opposition for Israel's genocide in contrast with their preoccupation for human rights in Russia. slammed here is not a good word, "denounced" or "criticized" would be better.
• and the owner of a Jaffa café where he worked being forced to visit his family in Jordan, who was expelled in 1948 and has since been prohibited from entering Israel.
  • Nitpick - "being forced" sounds as if another individual or group forced the owner to go to Jordan (I understand that the circumstances forced him, but it still sounds strange to me), or that the owner did not want to visit his family. I offer my variation, although it is not very elegant and you are free to word it a different way: having to travel to Jordan in order to visit his family, as they were expelled in 1948 and have since been prohibited from entering Israel.
• In November 2025, Khrzhanovskiy was touring Swedish cities speaking about Israeli settler violence.
  • Myself I prefer In November 2025, Khrzhanovskiy toured Sweden, where he spoke about Israeli settler violence.

New comments

• The infobox says he studied at the State Russian Museum school, but this isn't stated in the body. Is there a source?
  • Is it possible to link to the CV itself rather than his personal site? On his personal site it does not name the school he studied at, which is a bit confusing.
• n May 2026, he was staying in Beit Jala.[8]
  • This links to the May 2026 Haaretz source which doesn't mentioned Beit Jala as far as I can tell.

TBA...

Verifiable

• Earwig throws a 94% copyright violation, but this is misleading, as it seems the site is a blog that copied the entire article. Otherwise no copyright violations.
• Remove the link to his website, because it is dead.
• Remove kino-teatr.ru completely as a source, because it is user-aggregated.
• The website you link to is called 11.11.11, you have added too many 1s.
• For the source about his conviction, can you provide an independent source and not a tweet by Khrzhanovsky?
• What makes Beit Ebla a reliable source?
• WP:MEMO states that Middle East Monitor is not considered universally reliable, "opinions range from "sometimes usable with attribution" to "unreliable"." I would remove as much of it as possible.
• I'm not certain kinox.ru is a good source, but I'll try to find a more reliable source about his acting career.
  • The source itself shows that he did not really have an acting career, just some cameos. Without more in-depth coverage I would remove it entirely.

Checking the sources

• Rozovksy, Liza (July 26, 2024). "'We Went Into Exile in Search of Freedom': Wave of Liberal Immigrants to Israel, Escaping Vladimir Putin". Haaretz. Retrieved August 24, 2025.
  • correct her name to Rozovsky.
  • This source is used to support the statement that he spent time in Transnistria for his thesis, but this is not mentioned at all in the source.
• Dalton, Ben (August 21, 2025). "Ilya Khrzhanovsky updates on 'DAU' films, talks Gaza conflict, Mubi funding criticism". Screen Daily. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  • Same issue as with the previous source. The dissertation and Transnistria is not mentioned at all.
• Rains, Brendan F. (September 2, 2024). "Food, Water, and Shelter: Basic Needs in the West Bank Under Threat of Settler Violence". Rains Report. Retrieved August 2, 2026 – via Substack.
  • Substack is a blog, so authority must be established via the author. What makes Brendan Rains or Rains Report a reliable source to use?
• Morad, Ori (May 25, 2026). "'Israelis Are More Genocidal Than People Think': Andrey X Is the 'Counter Hasbara' TikToker". Haaretz. Retrieved August 2, 2026.
  • I myself read through and recommended this source; no issues here.
• Volokh, Mariya (September 25, 2025). "Андрей Х о борьбе 'бенефициара системы государства апартеида'. Интервью". NEWSru (in Russian). Retrieved January 16, 2026.
  • When I read "Until 2022, he also worked in an organization assisting people on the autism spectrum in Saint Petersburg", I understood something completely different from what the article is saying: that he was, for example, working in a school for autistic children or working as a caretaker. The source however says "Together with colleagues from the Alma Mater Foundation for the Support of Social and Cultural Projects, we established a project dedicated to fostering discourse around neuroinclusivity in art - above all in theatre. We were interested in the works of actors, directors and playwrights on the autism spectrum."(Вместе с коллегами из фонда поддержки социальных и культурных проектов Alma Mater мы создали организацию, которая занималась развитием дискурса вокруг нейроинклюзии в искусстве – прежде всего в театре. Нас интересовала работа актеров, режиссеров и драматургов с расстройствами аутистического спектра.) So he was not quite assisting people, he was producing art made by autistic people, which I feel is a significant difference.
• "Сын режиссёра Хржановского задержан в Израиле за осквернение мемориала". Radio Svoboda (in Russian). December 14, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2025.
  • Source is fine, but I would like a translated title for all sources not in English (using the trans-title parameter).

New comments

• Kubovich, Yaniv; Breiner, Josh; Solomon, Eden (October 3, 2025). "Israel Intercepts Last Gaza Sumud Flotilla Boat; Ben-Gvir Mocks Activists Before Deportation". Haaretz. Retrieved October 4, 2025.
  • Maybe I'm reading a completely different version of the article (although I checked the authors and title and they all match) but Andrey is not mentioned at all in the article. For what reason is the article here?

TBA...

Broad

Article covers his life and activity, I think it's fine.

I found another article from Haaretz about his work: 'Israelis Are More Genocidal Than People Think': Meet Andrey X, the 'Counter Hasbara' TikToker. Has some interesting information not mentioned in the article, such as how the group My Israel and Im Tirtzu denounce him. It also is a source for his one-month sentence: "Khrzhanovskiy – who says he has a one-month suspended prison sentence and other standing court cases against him in Israel –"

Neutral

It's difficult to stay completely neutral with a conflict like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but I think this article does a decent job. All Khrzhanovsky's views are attributed to him and the article doesn't take a side with or against him.

Stable

Article is stable.

Illustrated

• Photo rationale claims that Alexander Khanin released it under an "own work" rationale. Original work was uploaded by Deda Sasha, which is apparently his nickname. So it passes.