Lev Malinsky (Avenais) is head of the Russian-language communications department at BenOr. Since 2000, Avenais has managed strategic communications projects in the Russian sector in Israel and provided consulting and hands-on PR for clients such as the Geneva Accords, the Barak elections campaign in 2001 and Meretz Party election campaign in 2003. Most recently, Avenais served as the Russian-language spokesperson for the Labor Party campaign headquarters for the Knesset election campaign of 2006. On an ongoing basis, Avenais manages Russian-language PR and communications consulting for Gesher Theatre, the Histadrut and OneVoice. Since moving to Israel in 1991, Avenais has worked extensively as a Russian-language journalist in Israel.