Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik (russian: Ге́нрих Аверьянович Борови́к; born 16 November 1929, Minsk) is a Soviet and Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist

Artyom Borovik Artyom Genrikhovich Borovik (russian: Артём Ге́нрихович Борови́к, p=ɐrˈtʲɵm ˈɡʲenrʲɪxəvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈvʲik; 13 September 1960 – 9 March 2000) was a Russian investigative journalist and media magnate. He was ...

. According to Vasili Mitrokhin, Borovik was a KGB agent in the United States, one of whose successful projects was promotion of false John F. Kennedy assassination theories through writer Mark Lane. Vasili Mitrokhin and Christopher Andrew (2000). ''

The Mitrokhin Archive The "Mitrokhin Archive" is a collection of handwritten notes which were secretly made by the KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin during the thirty years in which he served as a KGB archivist in the foreign intelligence service and the First Chief Direc ...

: The KGB in Europe and the West''. Gardners Books. . In 1967, as senior APN correspondent in the US, Borovik was reported to have "sounded out the possibility of broadcasting a program about Vietnam on the network of one of the largest American television corporations". He also wrote a book about famous Soviet spy Kim Philby.Genrikh Borovik (Author), Phillip Knightley (Editor). ''The Philby Files: The Secret Life of Master Spy Kim Philby'' Borovik was the fourth and the last chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee, in the years 1987–1991.

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