Born in 2006 in Helsinki, Finland, Kirill spent early childhood in France and then settled with his family in London, UK. He is currently finishing high school and has been accepted by several top universities in the UK and the US.

In 2023, he joined Harbingers’ Magazine to put his experience in business management and volunteering into practice. During his internship with the Oxford School for the Future of Journalism, he visited Armenia to do research and then outlined and successfully fundraised for a journalism education scheme for teenage refugees from the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) region, which launched in 2024.

Kirill is interested in economics and sports, especially boxing, and used to play chess competitively.