Tetiana Chornovol

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Tetjana Tschornowol at an opposition event in September 2012

Tetjana Mykolaiiwna Tschornowol ( Ukrainian Тетя́на Микола́ївна Чорново́л ; born June 4, 1979 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ), is a Ukrainian journalist , activist and politician . She was appointed government commissioner for anti-corruption issues in the Yatsenyuk I cabinet and was a founding member of the Popular Front party .

biography

Tetjana Mykolaiivna Chornovol was born on June 4, 1979 in Kiev. She currently lives in the village of Hora .

She started her journalistic career at the age of 16. Among other things, she wrote in the feature area of ​​the Ukrainian news magazine “PiC” .

At the age of 17 she joined the UNA-UNSO and in 2001 took part in her protests in the course of the “Ukraine without Kuchma ” campaign. When the UNA-UNSO later negotiated with the authorities, Chornovol saw this as a “betrayal of the principles” and left the party .

After the Orange Revolution , she began investigative writing about corruption in Ukraine . She wrote as a freelancer for the newspapers “Livyy Bereh” , “Obozrevatel” and “ Ukrajinska Prawda ”, among others . Her best-known reports relate to her research into the financing of Viktor Yanukovych's residence Meschyhirja, carried out from 2006 onwards . On March 30, 2007, Rinat Akhmetov filed a lawsuit against the online edition of The Observer with the High Court of Justice in London, alleging that Chornovol's articles were alleged to have slandered his childhood and adolescence.

On the night of August 24, 2012, Chornovol broke into the Meschyhirjas compound and spent hours there taking photos with her cell phone until she was finally arrested by the security guards. Chornovol ran unsuccessfully in the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2012 as a member of the All-Ukrainian Association "Fatherland" . She succumbed to a number of acts of sabotage during the election campaign. One of her rivals in her constituency, UDAR MP Yaroslav Dubnevych , carried out a public relations campaign against Chornovol, which resulted in a local newspaper reading that Chornovol had worked as a prostitute when she was young . In addition, the tires of her vehicle were stabbed by an unknown person. Another stranger poured a bucket of green paint over her in a stairwell.

On May 26, 2013, Chornovol and two other activists occupied a construction crane to protest against the privatization of the Hostynyj Dwir . On August 16, 2013, Chornovol and four other activists occupied the Kiev City Council building to "draw attention to the illegitimacy of the Kiev City Council".

Euromaidan

During the Euromaidan events , Chornovol sided with the opposition. On November 25, 2013, Chornovol and other opposition supporters attacked a van they believed was a surveillance vehicle. Chornovol climbed onto the car and smashed the skylight. In the vehicle were SBU employees who used the van for "standard anti-terrorism precautions". Chornovol was arrested on December 1 after she and other demonstrators tried to break the windows of the mayor's office and break into the building. On December 6th, Chornovol led a march on Meschyhirja .

On the evening of December 24, Chornovol posted a photo on her blog that she claimed was of the out-of-town residence of then Interior Minister Vitaly Sakharchenko . The following night, she said her car was pushed into a black SUV on her way home. The occupants of the vehicle then pulled her out and beat her. Police officers found her lying next to her car shortly after midnight and had her taken to the hospital. In response, hundreds of journalists and members of the opposition protested in front of the Interior Ministry. President Yanukovych condemned the attack and asked the Interior Ministry to find the perpetrators. The attack was also condemned by Petro Poroshenko , Vitali Klitschko , the OSCE and the United States Department of State, among others .

Five men were arrested during the investigation. Several prominent people are suspected of the robbery, including the Klitschko brothers, according to the Interior Ministry. Vitali Klitschko then denied the allegations on his party's website and announced that he would sue the head of the Interior Ministry's investigative department, Mykola Chynchyn, for defamation. Due to her serious injuries, Chornovol was only able to leave the hospital on January 7, 2014.

Political career

On March 5, Chornovol was appointed government commissioner for anti-corruption policy in the Yatsenyuk I cabinet . According to the Right Sector , Chornovol met him on behalf of the government two weeks before Oleksandr Musychko's death. She recommended that he leave the country for a few months and offered him $ 20,000 in return . In April she presented a new draft law on the establishment of a "National Service to Fight Corruption."

On August 19, she resigned from her post on the grounds that “there is no political will in Ukraine to carry out an uncompromising, extensive war against corruption”. Among other things, she accused the Attorney General of not making arrests and instead hindering work, and alleged that the anti-corruption committee did not take action against large companies. The death of her husband ( see section "Private" ) also played a role in her decision.

On September 4, 2014, Chornovol was appointed advisor to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry. Chornovol was a founding member of the Popular Front party and was in second place in the 2014 parliamentary elections in Ukraine .

Private

Tschornowol has two children. Her husband Mykola Berezovyj fought on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Azov Battalion volunteer combat unit during the crisis in Ukraine and fell on August 10, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Tetjana Tschornowol  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Чорновол Тетяна Миколаївна. ( Memento of December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Central Electoral Commission of Ukraine (website). November 22, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b Чорновол призначили уповноваженим з антикорупційної політики. ( Memento of the original from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. espreso.tv. March 6, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / espreso.tv
  3. ↑ a b Яценюк и Турчинов возглавили новую украинскую партию "Народный фронт". RIA Novosti. September 10, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Журналістика в особах. Тетяна Чорновол: справедливість - ремесло і доля. nsju.org. February 23, 2011. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  5. ↑ a b c Таня Чорновіл: "Фактично з усіма я маю погані стосунки!". mediananny.com. September 16, 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ Ахметов удивил «Обозреватель». obozrevatel.com. January 14, 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  7. ↑ Журналіст пробралася в Межигір'я Януковича. Фото. Ukrajinska Pravda. August 24, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  8. ↑ a b c Journalist Is Beaten in Latest Attack on Ukrainian Opposition . New York Times. December 25, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ Вибори без правил. Частина 3. Відьма. lb.ua. December 26, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ Трое активистов заблокировали кран на реконструкции Гостиного двора (фото). unian.net. May 26, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  11. ↑ Активістам Луценку і Соболєву дали 5 діб за Київраду. Ukrajinska Pravda. August 16, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ a b Profile: Tetyana Chornovol BBC. December 25, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  13. ↑ Outrage as Ukrainian opposition journalist found roughly beaten near Kiev . Russia Today. December 25, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  14. ↑ Громадяни підійшли до "Межигір'я". BBC. December 6, 2013. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  15. ↑ a b US condemns Beating of Ukrainian journalist Tetyana Chornovil . abc news. December 26, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  16. ^ Journalist beaten up for her research . Berlin newspaper. December 26, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  17. ↑ Journalist dragged out of the car and mistreated . The world. December 25, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  18. ^ Outrage in Ukraine after brutal attack on opposition reporter . The Telegraph. December 25, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  19. ↑ Ministry of Interior reports on the investigation into the beating of the Ukrainian journalist Tetiana Chornovol . Embassy of Ukraine in the Swiss Confederation (website). December 30, 2013. Accessed September 1, 2014.
  20. ^ Police implicate, link Klitschko brothers, other opposition members to Chornovol beating suspects (UPDATE) . KyivPost. December 27, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  21. ↑ Beaten journalist Chornovol ready to be discharged from hospital, says Health Ministry . Interfax-Ukraine. January 7, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  22. ↑ Музычко убили за отказ залечь на дно ?. radiovesti.ru. March 28, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  23. ↑ Чорновол презентовала в Кабмине законопроект о создании Национальной службы борьбы с коррупцией. novostimira.com.ua. April 9, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  24. ↑ Governmental commissioner for Combating corruption Chornovol resigns . ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. nrcu.gov.ua. August 19, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nrcu.gov.ua
  25. ↑ Чорновол решила уйти с должности главного борца с коррупцией. Ukrajinska Pravda. August 18, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  26. ↑ Чорновол стала советников Авакова. Ukrajinska Pravda. September 4, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  27. ↑ People's Front names top ten candidates in elections . ukrinform.ua. September 15, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  28. ↑ Alec Luhn: Russia to send humanitarian convoy into Ukraine in spite of warnings . In: The Guardian . 11th August 2014
  29. ↑ В бою под Иловайском погиб муж Татьяны Чорновол (обновлено). lb.ua. August 10, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Tschornowol, Tetjana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tschornowol, Tetjana Mykolaiiwna (full name); Чорново́л, Тетя́на Микола́ївна (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian journalist and activist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th June 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev , Ukrainian SSR