Johan Bäckman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Finnish political author/legal sociologist/criminologist
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Place of Birth: Porvoo, Uusimaa Province, Finland
About Johan Bäckman
- Erkki Johan Bäckman (born 18 May 1971) is a Finnish political activist, author and legal sociologist.
- In Russia he is also considered a human rights activist.
- He has been active in relation to Russian citizens' child custody rights abroad, and is regularly interviewed by the Russian media as a child custody expert.
- Bäckman has contentious views about Estonia, Latvia and Ukraine, and has been declared persona non grata and denied entry into Estonia, and has been expelled from Moldova. Bäckman's books have been the subject of intense debate about Finnish-Soviet relations during the Cold War, the war history of Finland and the Soviet Union, organized crime in Estonia and the Russian Mafia, terrorism, and the history of Estonia.
- As a spokesman for the Finnish Anti-Fascist Committee he is against the integration policies of Estonia and Latvia, claiming they are "apartheid policies".
- On the whole, he does not recognize them as states.
- Bäckman supported Russia during the Ukrainian crisis, and also claims to represent the separatist Donetsk People's Republic in Finland.Bäckman has a title of a docent in sociology of law and in criminology, and has previously taught courses on the sociology of law, criminology, and Russian studies in several Finnish universities.
- He has a background in music and became a public figure in the late 1980s then participating in EBU Young Soloists Competition.
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