Vitaly Portnikov
| Vitaly Portnikov | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Vitaly Eduardovich Portnikov May 14, 1967 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality |
 Soviet Union→ Ukraine
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| Alma mater | MSU Faculty of Journalism |
| Website | http://portnikov.com/ |
Vitaly Eduardovich Portnikov (Ukrainian: Віталій Едуардович Портников; born 1967) is a Ukrainian editor and journalist.
Portnikov was born in 1967 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (modern-day Ukraine). He graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism in 1990. During his studies, he cooperated with the Kiev newspaper Molod' Ukrainy.
Since 1989, he works as the analyst of the Nezavisimaya Gazeta, specializing in post-Soviet countries, and cooperates with the Russian and Ukrainian services of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
As a free-lance journalist he has been publishing articles in Russian newspapers Russkiy Telegraf, Kommersant, Vedomosti, Vremya MN, Vremya novostey, Moskovskiye Novosti, Obshaya gazeta, Ukrainian Den', Korrespondent, Profil, Delovaya Nedelya, Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, Kontrakty, Novynar, Glavred, Latvian Biznes & Baltia, Telegraf, Estonian Estonia, Postimees, Polish Polityka, Gazeta Wyborcza, Polska, Belarusian Belgazeta. 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 Vesti 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.
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