Platon Alexeevich Obukhov (; born 9 September 1968 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian journalist, writer, translator and painter. Writer, journalist, translator and painter Platon Obukhov has authored twenty fiction books, including science fiction. He has worked for Russian newspapers Izvestia (1988—99), Soviet Sport, and others. Obukhov is an abstract painter. His works are at private collections and museums of Moscow, Prague, Berlin, Copenhagen. Obukhov is an English-Russian translator. He has translated more than 30 books by English-speaking authors, including books by Emerson Hough, Frederick Remington, Frederick Manfred, George Bird Grinnell, and Martin Gilbert. Novels Arrest on spying charges In 1996, Obukhov was arrested in Russia on charges of spying for the United Kingdom. Following his re-trial, on 17 May 2002 his conviction was reaffirmed by the Moscow City Court, but the court further found him not responsible on the grounds of mental illness, and ordered him transferred from prison to a psychiatric hospital. External links References Russian journalists Russian science fiction writers 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters 21st-century Russian painters 1968 births Living people 20th-century Russian translators 21st-century translators 20th-century Russian male artists 21st-century Russian male artists