Ihor Miroshnychenko
Ihor Mychailowytsch Miroschnytschenko ( Ukrainian Ігор Михайлович Мірошниченко , born February 20, 1976 in Lebedyn , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian politician of the right-wing extremist party All-Ukrainian association "Swoboda" .
Life
Mirozhnychenko worked as a sports commentator on television and was the press spokesman for the Ukrainian national football team. He is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament ; there he is deputy chairman of the "Ukrainian Committee for Freedom of Expression".
On the evening of March 18, 2014, a group of MPs and supporters of the All-Ukrainian Association "Svoboda" led by Miroshnychenko broke into the Kiev office of the head of the Natsionalna Telekompanija Ukrainy TV station , Olexandr Pantelejmonov, and beat him to give him a resignation letter sign. They accused him of being unsuitable for supporting Russian propaganda . The broadcaster had shown excerpts from an appearance by Russian President Vladimir Putin , in which he welcomed the result of a controversial referendum for the annexation of the Republic of Crimea to Russia (see Crimean crisis ).
assessment
The US Wiesenthal Center leads Miroschnytschenko, together with party leader Oleh Tjahnybok, on its ranking of anti-Semites in fifth place.
Web links
- Biography (russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b spiegel.de: Ukrainian nationalist Miroshnichenko: Putin's favorite enemy
- ↑ Svoboda MPs: Attack on TV boss in Ukraine . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 19, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mirozhnychenko, Ihor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miroshnychenko, Ihor Mychailowytsch (full name); Мірошниченко, Ігор Михайлович (Ukrainian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ukrainian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lebedyn , Ukrainian SSR |