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)

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"

New comments

• 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.

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.

New comments

• 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?

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.