Petru Bogatu (12 July 1951 – 22 March 2020) was a journalist, essayist, political analyst and writer from the

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, unionist and pro-occidental orientation, editorialist at the ''National Newspaper'', professor at the

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, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences.PETRU BOGATU. Omul care ne face ordine în debaraua din cap
/span> Together with six other experts from Romania, the Netherlands and the Republic of Moldova, Bogatu was co-author of the book "Twitter Revolution, First Episode: Republic of Moldova", which is a synthesis of the April 2009 anti-communist protests in data, images and investigations. He wrote the fiction novel ''The rope braided in three'', a parable of police intrigue about the geopolitical confrontations from the beginning of the

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, seen from an ethical, teleological and historical perspective.

Biography

Petru Bogatu was born on 12 July 1951 in

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. He was a graduate of the Bălți Education Institute and a

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institute. Bogatu was a journalist since 1975. He was a correspondent and then editor of Satul Nou, based in Slobozia (currently in the Transnistrian region); an editor, commentator, and deputy editor-in-chief at the Moldovan Public Television

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, deputy editor-in-chief of ''Ţara'' newspaper, political analyst and editor-in-chief at ''Flux'' newspaper. Bogatu also taught in the

's Department of Journalism and Communication Sciences. He served as vice president of the

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(1990–1992). From 1995 until 2000, Bogatu was the most popular journalist in

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. Later he worked for

Vocea Basarabiei Vocea Basarabiei ( en, Voice of Bessarabia) is a Romanian language radio station in Moldova. History Vocea Basarabiei was launched on 18 June 2000 in Nisporeni. The Audiovisual Coordinating Council refused in 2002 and 2003 to register Vocea ...

(2009),

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(2009). He left

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in September 2013. Bogatu was also a political commentator and op-ed writer for the Ziarul Național newspaper. Since 2016 he was a producer and presenter of the TV program "Cronica lui Bogatu" ( en, Chronicles of Bogatu) on

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TV channel. He died on 22 March 2020, in

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ), also known as Kishinev (russian: Кишинёв, r=Kishinjóv ), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Republic of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial center, and is located in the ...

Controversy

In October 2015 Petru Bogatu, as an op-ed columnist for ''Ziarul Național'', wrote hard criticism of

Vladimir Plahotniuc Vladimir Plahotniuc (born 1 January 1966) is a Moldovan politician, businessman and oligarch. He was the chairman of the Democratic Party of Moldova (24 December 2016 – 24 June 2019) and previously was member of the Parliament of Moldova in thr ...

's address, stating that he lahotniuc"''has usurped the central country's administration''", and "''has subordindate to him prosecutora and judges, subjugating this way country's constitutional institutions. As a result, he transformed the state into a private firm, and the justice – into a

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for the intimidation and burial of his political opponents''".Câte divizii are Plahotniuc?
Petru Bogatu, ziarulnational.md, 30.10.2015 Next year Bogatu began his work at Prime TV, a channel owned by Plahotniuc.

Books

* 2008 – "Investigative Journalism" (manual) * 2012 – "Cord of Three Strands" (novel)

Notes

Bibliography

* ''Republica Moldova: 50+1 jurnalişti''

External links

PETRU BOGATU. Omul care ne face ordine în debaraua din cap

Petru Bogatu's blog

Petru Bogatu - ape.md
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