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Valery Novoselsky - Executive Editor of Roma Virtual Network.

Valery Novoselsky was born in an assimilated Romani family in the city Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine (then the part of the USSR). After graduating from secondary school, he worked in a factory, as a hospital attendant and an apprentice shoemaker. From 1991-1994 he had studied history at the Dnepropetrovsk National University. After he immigrated to Israel in 1995, he studied and worked as an English-Russian translator with the Galilee Bible College - Israeli branch of American Global University. In June 2002 he has obtained a BA degree in Theology and Bible.

Valery Novoselsky has been involved in the international Romani movement since 1999 as the founder and the editor of the Roma Virtual Network (RVN). He is an alumni of the Roma Diplomacy Programme of the Swiss-based DiploFoundation, and he works as a consultant with the International Debate Education Association (IDEA) and the European Roma Information Office (ERIO). Mr Novoselsky regularly participates in Roma-related events and workshops around the world. In addition to this, Mr Novoselsky participates in public initiatives of the Russian Diaspora.