Michael Bociurkiw

Michael Bociurkiw (2015)

Michael Bociurkiw (* 1961 in Canada ) is a Canadian journalist, public relations worker and Ukraine expert. He is of Ukrainian descent and grew up in Ottawa, Canada . Since 2008 he has lived in Sidnay on Vancouver Island .

Bociurkiw worked as a journalist in North America and Asia. He worked as a communications consultant for the United Nations , UNICEF and the World Health Organization . In the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2012 , he was present as a Canadian election observer.

Bociurkiw is spokesman for the OSCE observer mission during the war in Ukraine since 2014 and was known in this capacity worldwide; his office as an OSCE observer is in Kiev . He was one of the first neutral persons to gain access to the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Bociurkiw: A personal reflection - Lives lived: Bohdan R. Bociurkiw , The Ukranian Weekly of November 1, 1998, accessed on August 7, 2014. Complete edition (PDF), page 7.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Georgij Kolarow : Глава миссии ОБСЕ на Украине - сын бандеровца! (Head of the OSCE Mission in Ukraine - a Banderas son!) From rusvesna.su, July 24, 2014, accessed on August 6, 2014. German translation from anjamueller.livejournal.com, accessed on August 6, 2014.
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Sarah Petrescu: Ukrainians 'feel they are in the eye of the storm' at www.timescolonist.com, March 18, 2014, accessed on August 6, 2014.
4. ↑ Matthew Fisher: Canadians lead Ukraine watch ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from www2.canada.com, page 2, May 7, 2014, accessed August 6, 2014. 
5. ↑ Michael Bociurkiw at www.huffingtonpost.com, accessed August 6, 2014.
6. ↑ Michael Bociurkiw at www.osce.org, accessed on August 6, 2014.
7. ↑ Malaysia Airlines MH17: Michael Bociurkiw talks about being first at the crash site . CNBC's video interview with Bociurkiw about his work as an OSCE observer in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 , July 29, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2014.