Gleb Pavlovsky est né en 1951 à Odessa, République socialiste soviétique d'Ukraine, URSS (aujourd'hui Ukraine). Il est mort le 27 février 2023 à Moscou, URSS.
Soviet dissident who was sent into internal exile and later reinvented himself as a political advisor who helped create Putin's public image. He turned against the president in 2011 after criticizing a political deal that allowed Putin to run for president for a third term.