Guy Mettan is a Swiss journalist and politician aligned with the Swiss People's Party. He is former editor in chief of Geneva's main newspaper Tribune de Geneve, and the co-founder and executive editor of the Geneva Press Club and president of the Swiss-Russian Chamber of Commerce. Guy has also held presidential positions including the Swiss-Russian Chamber of Commerce, the Geneva Section of the Swiss Red Cross and the Grand Council of Geneva, a consortium of political parties started in the mid-19th century. Earlier he was a Parliament member and later the Parliament's speaker. In 2017, Russian president Vladimir Putin awarded Guy with the Russian medal of the Order of Friendship. He is the author of several books. Particularly noteworthy is his book "Creating Russophobia: From the Great Religious Schism to Anti-Putin Hysteria" published by Clarity Books.
