Vitaly Portnikov ( uk, Віталій Едуардович Портников, Vitalii Eduardovych Portnykov; born 1967) is a

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editor and journalist.

Biography

Portnikov was born in 1967 in

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(modern-day

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). He graduated from the

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in 1990. During his studies, he cooperated with the Kyiv newspaper ''

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''. Since 1989, he works as the analyst of the ''

Nezavisimaya Gazeta ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta'' ( rus, Независимая газета, p=nʲɪzɐˈvʲisʲɪməjə ɡɐˈzʲetə, t=Independent Newspaper) is a Russian daily newspaper. History and profile ''Nezavisimaya Gazeta'' was first published on 21 December ...

'', specializing in post-Soviet countries, and cooperates with the Russian and Ukrainian services of

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. As a free-lance journalist he has been publishing articles in Russian newspapers ''Russkiy Telegraf'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Vremya MN'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Obschaya gazeta'', Ukrainian ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Profil'', ''Delovaya Nedelya'', ''

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'', ''Glavred'', Latvian ''Biznes & Baltia'', ''Telegraf'', Estonian ''Estonia'', ''

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'', Polish ''

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'', ''

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'','' Polska'', Belarusian ''

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''. In 2007, he was the editor-in-chief of the Media-Dom holding & the Ukrainian newspaper ''Gazeta24''. Since 2008, he has been the author of the weekly TV show "Kyivski pohliad". His areas of interest are also Jews and the Middle East. He is the columnist of the Israel's most-popular Russian-language newspaper ''

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'' and Moscow-based ''Evreiskie novosti''. In May 2010 Portnikov was appointed editor-in-chief of TVi. In November 2012 he became president of this channel. In November 2013 Portnikov started creating programs for

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. In 2013 Portnikov was one of the organisers of the

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demonstrations. Late January 2014 he temporary lived in

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(

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) because he had received from his contacts in Russia strong evidence of a "provocation being prepared against him" to harm the Euromaidan movement. Prior to this happening, a video which had intimate and illegally obtained images of Portnikov was leaked on the internet. In July 2015 Portnikov became a member of the supervisory board ''Ukrainian National Council for TV and Radio Broadcasting'' as a representative of the political party People's Front.

Awards

Vitaly Portnikov is the winner of the 1989 "Zolote Pero" (Golden Pen) award of the Ukrainian Association of Journalists. He has also been nominated for the title of the Journalist of the Year in

References

External links

Vitaly Portnikov personal official webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Portnikov, Vitaly 1967 births Living people Moscow State University alumni Journalists from Kyiv Ukrainian television journalists Ukrainian Jews People of the Euromaidan