Yaroslav Ognev
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Yaroslav Vladimirovich Ognev September 18, 1969 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Journalist, Internet personality |
Yaroslav Vladimirovich Ognev (Russian: Яросла́в Влади́мирович О́гнев; born 18 September 1969 in Moscow) is a Russian Internet personality, co-founder and the first editor-in-chief of inoSMI, an internet media project that monitors and translates into Russian articles published in foreign media.
Ognev was born in Moscow, Soviet Union in 1969. In 1986 he finished the “special school” No. 38 in Moscow, where several subjects were taught in English. In 1987 Ognev was conscripted to serve in the Soviet Army, where he spent two years. In 1998 he graduated from the Moscow State University majoring in the history of Russian philosophy. In 2000 Ognev became co-founder of InoSMI under the auspices of Strana.ru, an online resource organised as part of Vladimir Putin’s electoral campaign. In 2002 the website was transferred to VGTRK and on 20 February 2004 was further passed on to RIA Novosti. Ognev continued to be editor-in-chief of inoSMI until February 2009. Since February 2009 Ognev is editor of the governmental Voice of Russia radio station’s Internet service.
During his stint as the editor-in-chief of InoSMI Ognev kept low profile most of the time, which fed suspicions about the character of his relations with the Russian authorities and special services, especially in the light of the perceived “anti-Western” nature of InoSMI (according to media analyst Evgeny Morozov, the website “selectively translates foreign press into Russian often projecting an image of extremely hostile, biased, and incompetent Western press”
In late 2003 InoSMI launched its forum which became Russia’s first web forum to freely discuss translations from foreign media. Between October 2004 and April 2005 the forum did not function. When reopened, it became the most recognizable part of InoSMI. In one of his interviews, Ognev admitted it was the portal’s “soul”, almost more important that its “face” (the content). The forum community that after Ognev’s dismissal moved to InoForum widely believed their anti-Western opinions were the reason why Ognev was replaced by Marina Pustilnik seen as more “liberal”.
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