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'''Artyom Borovik''' (], ] – ], ]) was a prominent ]n ] and ] ]. He was the son of a ]-era journalist, ], who worked for many years as a foreign ] in the ]
'''Artyom{{efn|Sometimes transcribed to English as '''Artem'''}} Genrikhovich Borovik''' ({{langx|ru|Артём Ге́нрихович Борови́к}}, {{IPA|ru|ɐrˈtʲɵm ˈɡʲenrʲɪxəvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈvʲik|IPA}}; 13 September 1960 – 9 March 2000) was a Russian investigative journalist and media magnate.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wines|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Wines|date=2000-03-10|title=Moscow Crash Kills Journalist and Oil Man; Suspicions Raised|work=]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/10/world/moscow-crash-kills-journalist-and-oil-man-suspicions-raised.html|access-date=2021-09-08|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Traynor|first=Ian|date=2000-03-10|title=Mystery death of Kremlin critic|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/mar/10/russia.iantraynor|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]}}</ref> He was the son of a ] journalist, ], who worked for many years as a foreign ] in the ]


==Journalism== ==Journalism==
] in Mexico, 1989]]
⚫ Artyom Borovik was a pioneer of ] in the Soviet Union during the beginning of ]. He worked for the American ] program '']'' during the 1990s, and began publishing his own monthly investigative newspaper ''Top Secret'', which grew into a mass-media company involved in book publishing and television production. In 1999, Borovik started an investigative program called ''Versiya'' in partnership with '']''.
Borovik first appeared on Soviet television in late 1980s as one of the hosts of a highly progressive and successful '']'' (which literally translates as ''The View'' or ''The Look''), a kind of satirical television show watched weekly by as many as 100 million people.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite web|first=Rancis X.|last=Clines|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/12/world/soviet-press-curbs-hint-at-a-retreat.html|title=Soviet Press Curbs Hint at a Retreat|work=]|date=12 January 1991|accessdate=9 October 2009}}</ref> The other anchors were ], ] and ].


⚫ Borovik was a pioneer of ] in the Soviet Union during the beginning of ]. He worked for the American ] program '']'' during the 1990s, and began publishing his own monthly investigative newspaper ''Top Secret'', which grew into a mass-media company involved in book publishing and television production. In 1999, Borovik started an investigative program called ''Versia'' in partnership with '']''.
⚫ His ''Top Secret'' TV programme often focused on ] cases involving Russia's political and economic elite. The programme, as well as Borovik's print publications, Top Secret and Versiya, were openly critical of ]. Artyom Borovik also opposed the ]s. His last investigation was about the ] of 1999, which he and others alleged had actually been orchestrated by the Russian ] . In one of his last papers he quoted Vladimir Putin who said: "There are three ways to influence people: blackmail, vodka, and the threat to kill."

⚫ His ''Top Secret'' TV programme often focused on ] cases involving Russia's political and economic elite. The programme, as well as Borovik's print publications, ] and ], were openly critical of ]. Borovik also opposed the ] and ]s. His last investigation was about the ] of 1999, which he and others alleged had actually been orchestrated by the Russian ].<ref name="bu.edu">.</ref> In one of his last papers, he quoted Vladimir Putin, who said: "There are three ways to influence people: blackmail, vodka, and the threat to kill."<ref>Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, ''Business Watch'', , 9 April 2002.</ref> This quote Borovik based on '']'' and '']'', German magazines.<ref></ref>


==Death== ==Death==
Borovik died in an aircraft crash at ] on 9 March 2000. The ] was chartered by the Chechen ] executive ] for a flight to ]. All nine people on board, including five crew, perished in the crash.<ref> - ]</ref><ref></ref><ref>.</ref> The originally scheduled aircraft was due to depart at 8:00 in the morning of 9 March 2000; however, due to Borovik's planned flight being delayed, Bazhayev offered Borovik a seat on his aircraft.
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Borovik died in a ] aircraft crash at ] on 9 March 2000. The aircraft was leased by the ] ] executive ] for a flight to ]. All 9 people on board, including 5 crew, perished in the crash. The death of Arem Borovik was linked to his publications about Vladimir Putin during Russian presidential elections that took place on March 26 <ref name="Assassins">] and ] ''The Age of Assassins. The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin'', Gibson Square Books, London, 2008, ISBN 190-614207-6, pages 116-121. </ref>. He died in a three days prior to a scheduled publication of materials about Putin's childhood. With assistance of Bazhaev (who also died in the crash), Borovik gathered evidence that Putin's real (biological) parents. The publication claimed that Putin actually live in Georgia between the ages of three and nine. It was also speculated that the crash could be arranged because Borovik published materials about ] . According to official investigation, the reasons of the crash could be a failure of treat the plane with an anti-freeze fluid or opening of the wings flaps at only 11°, instead of 20°. However, the temperature at the airport did not require use of the fluid, and the opening of the wings at the lower angle would only result in a longer acceleration ans a "lazy takeoff" <ref name="Assassins"/> <ref> The investigation into the crash by the ] revealed whilst snow was removed from the aircraft exterior, ] was not applied. The aircraft was due to depart at 8:00am in the morning of 9 March 2000, however, due to Borovik's planned flight being delayed, Bazhayev offered Borovik a seat on the aircraft and the crew requested permission to start the engines at 8:28am. The crew did not ask for permission to enter the taxiway, which was done at too high a speed for the icy conditions, and the flaps were set to 11°, instead of 20°. The aircraft reached a speed of 165km/h, when the crew began to rotate the aircraft, at which stage it reached a 13° angle of attack, and stalled 8-10 metres off the ground, and reached a height of 63 metres, before crashing. </ref>


The official investigation into the crash by the ] revealed that whilst snow was removed from the aircraft exterior, ] was not applied. The crew did not ask for permission to enter the taxiway, which was done at too high a speed for the icy conditions, and the flaps were set to 11 degrees, instead of 20 degrees. The aircraft reached a speed of 165&nbsp;km/h, when the crew began to rotate the aircraft, at which stage it reached a 13-degree angle of attack, and stalled 8–10 metres off the ground. The airplane rolled left and struck the ground with a 60-65 degree bank angle and crashed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20000309-0|title=Accident description|publisher=]|accessdate=5 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maa.ru/FileNDoc/294.rtf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050130020626/http://www.maa.ru/FileNDoc/294.rtf |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 January 2005 |title=О катастрофе самолёта Як-40Д RA-88170 09 марта 2000 г. в аэропорту Шереметьево |last=Neradko |first=Alexander |date=18 February 2002 |publisher=Inter-Industry Aviation Association |accessdate=5 April 2010 |language=ru }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mak.ru/russian/info/doclad_bp/2000/doklad_za_2000_god.html|script-title=ru:Состояние безопасности полётов в гражданской авиации|publisher=]|accessdate=5 April 2010|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720091134/http://www.mak.ru/russian/info/doclad_bp/2000/doklad_za_2000_god.html|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
⚫ Artyom Borovik is buried at ] in ].]


According to historian ] and political scientist ], Borovik's death may be linked to his publications about Vladimir Putin just before the presidential elections that took place on 26 March.<ref name="Assassins">] and ] ''The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin'', Gibson Square Books, London, 2008, {{ISBN|1-906142-07-6}}, pages 116-121.</ref> He died three days prior to the scheduled publication of materials about Putin's childhood. At this time, he also conducted an investigation of the 1999 ].<ref name="bu.edu"/><ref>BBC News, , 10 March 2000.</ref> Borovik had studied ]'s claims.<ref name="Assassins"/><ref name="The Telegraph - Putina">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/3568891/Could-this-woman-be-Vladimir-Putins-real-mother.html | title=Could this woman be Vladimir Putin's real mother? | publisher=The Telegraph | date=12 December 2008}}</ref>
==His prize awarded to Anna Politkovskaya==
An Artyom Borovik prize for investigative journalism is awarded annually in Moscow. ] received this prize.


⚫ Borovik is buried at ] in ].
⚫ == His books ==
⚫ Borovik published several books, including ''The Hidden War'', about the ].


== Artyom Borovik award ==
⚫ * Artyom Borovik. ''Russian in the U. S. Army.'' Hippocrene Books, Inc. 1990. ISBN 0-87052-627-8
The Artyom Borovik award "for outstanding creative achievements in the field of independent journalism and investigative journalism in the Russian media" was established by a charitable organisation named after Artyom Borovik and headed by ]. On September 13, 2001, the first winners of the award were named.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-10-20|title=Премия Артема Боровика за вклад в развитие независимой журналистики будет в восьмой раз вручена в Москве 27 октября|trans-title=The Artyom Borovik award for Contribution to the Development of Independent Journalism will be presented for the eighth time in Moscow on October 27|url=https://fapmc.gov.ru/rospechat/newsandevents/media/2008/10/item6109.html|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]|language=ru|via=]|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908165628/https://fapmc.gov.ru/rospechat/newsandevents/media/2008/10/item6109.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
⚫ * Artyom Borovik. ''Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan''. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 1992. ISBN 0-87113-283-4

=== Winners ===
2001: ]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Knobel|first=Beth|last2=Reals|first2=Tucker|date=2006-10-10|title=Russian Journalist Mourned|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-journalist-mourned/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-04-27|title=Анна Политковская получила в США премию имени Артема Боровика|trans-title=Anna Politkovskaya received the Artyom Borovik Prize in the United States|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2001/04/27/borovik/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]|language=ru}}</ref>

2002: Roman Gusarov<ref>{{Cite web|title=Проректор Гусаров Р.В.|trans-title=Vice-rector R.V. Gusarov|url=https://guu.ru/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%ba%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80-%d0%b3%d1%83%d1%81%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b2-%d1%80-%d0%b2/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=]|language=ru|archive-date=9 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909210931/https://guu.ru/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80-%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D1%80-%D0%B2/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

2007: ]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-10-17|title=В Москве в седьмой раз вручили премию Артема Боровика|trans-title=In Moscow, the Artyom Borovik Prize was presented for the seventh time|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2007/10/17/borovik/|access-date=2021-09-09|website=]|language=ru}}</ref>

2008: ]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-12-14|title=The Artyom Borovik Award 2007|url=https://opcofamerica.org/Awardarchive/artyom-borovik-award-2007/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-04-24|title=Главреду "Эха Москвы" присуждена премия Артема Боровика|trans-title=The chief editor of "Echo of Moscow" was awarded the Artem Borovik prize|url=https://lenta.ru/news/2008/04/24/venediktov/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]|language=ru}}</ref>

2010: Alexander Carmen<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-11-30|title=Александр Кармен стал лауреатом премии Артема Боровика|trans-title=Alexander Carmen became the laureate of the Artyom Borovik Prize|url=https://mgimo.ru/about/news/main/170645/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]|language=ru}}</ref>

2012: {{Not translated|Roman Anin|ru|Анин, Роман Александрович|de|Roman Anin|uk|Анін Роман Олександрович}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roman Anin|url=https://www.europeanpressprize.com/laureate/roman-anin-3/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=]}}</ref>

⚫ ==His books==
⚫ Borovik published several books, including ''The Hidden War'', about the ].
⚫ *Artyom Borovik. ''Russian in the U.S. Army''. Hippocrene Books, Inc. 1990. {{ISBN|0-87052-627-8}}
⚫ *Artyom Borovik. ''Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan''. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 1992. {{ISBN|0-87113-283-4}}

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Russian investigative journalist In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Genrikhovich and the family name is Borovik.

Artyom Borovik
Артем Боровик Edit this on Wikidata
Born13 September 1960 Edit this on Wikidata
Died9 March 2000 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 39)
OccupationInvestigative journalist, media proprietor Edit this on Wikidata
Parent(s)
Awards
Websitehttp://sovsekretno.ru/ Edit this on Wikidata

Artyom Genrikhovich Borovik (Russian: Артём Ге́нрихович Борови́к, IPA: [ɐrˈtʲɵm ˈɡʲenrʲɪxəvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈvʲik]; 13 September 1960 – 9 March 2000) was a Russian investigative journalist and media magnate. He was the son of a Soviet journalist, Genrikh Borovik, who worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in the U.S.

Journalism

Artyom Borovik and Yevgeny Dodolev in Mexico, 1989

Borovik first appeared on Soviet television in late 1980s as one of the hosts of a highly progressive and successful Vzglyad (which literally translates as The View or The Look), a kind of satirical television show watched weekly by as many as 100 million people. The other anchors were Vladislav Listyev, Alexander Lyubimov and Alexander Politkovsky.

Borovik was a pioneer of investigative journalism in the Soviet Union during the beginning of glasnost. He worked for the American CBS program 60 Minutes during the 1990s, and began publishing his own monthly investigative newspaper Top Secret, which grew into a mass-media company involved in book publishing and television production. In 1999, Borovik started an investigative program called Versia in partnership with U.S. News & World Report.

His Top Secret TV programme often focused on corruption cases involving Russia's political and economic elite. The programme, as well as Borovik's print publications, Top Secret and Versia, were openly critical of Vladimir Putin. Borovik also opposed the First and Second Chechen Wars. His last investigation was about the Russian apartment bombings of 1999, which he and others alleged had actually been orchestrated by the Russian FSB. In one of his last papers, he quoted Vladimir Putin, who said: "There are three ways to influence people: blackmail, vodka, and the threat to kill." This quote Borovik based on Der Spiegel and Stern, German magazines.

Death

Borovik died in an aircraft crash at Sheremetyevo International Airport on 9 March 2000. The Yakovlev Yak-40 was chartered by the Chechen oil industry executive Ziya Bazhayev for a flight to Kyiv. All nine people on board, including five crew, perished in the crash. The originally scheduled aircraft was due to depart at 8:00 in the morning of 9 March 2000; however, due to Borovik's planned flight being delayed, Bazhayev offered Borovik a seat on his aircraft.

The official investigation into the crash by the Interstate Aviation Committee revealed that whilst snow was removed from the aircraft exterior, de-icing fluid was not applied. The crew did not ask for permission to enter the taxiway, which was done at too high a speed for the icy conditions, and the flaps were set to 11 degrees, instead of 20 degrees. The aircraft reached a speed of 165 km/h, when the crew began to rotate the aircraft, at which stage it reached a 13-degree angle of attack, and stalled 8–10 metres off the ground. The airplane rolled left and struck the ground with a 60-65 degree bank angle and crashed.

According to historian Yuri Felshtinsky and political scientist Vladimir Pribylovsky, Borovik's death may be linked to his publications about Vladimir Putin just before the presidential elections that took place on 26 March. He died three days prior to the scheduled publication of materials about Putin's childhood. At this time, he also conducted an investigation of the 1999 Moscow apartment bombings. Borovik had studied Vera Putina's claims.

Borovik is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.

Artyom Borovik award

The Artyom Borovik award "for outstanding creative achievements in the field of independent journalism and investigative journalism in the Russian media" was established by a charitable organisation named after Artyom Borovik and headed by Genrikh Borovik. On September 13, 2001, the first winners of the award were named.

Winners

2001: Anna Politkovskaya

2002: Roman Gusarov

2007: Marianna Maksimovskaya

2008: Alexei Venediktov

2010: Alexander Carmen

2012: Roman Anin

His books

Borovik published several books, including The Hidden War, about the Soviet–Afghan War.

  • Artyom Borovik. Russian in the U.S. Army. Hippocrene Books, Inc. 1990. ISBN 0-87052-627-8
  • Artyom Borovik. Hidden War: A Russian Journalist's Account of the Soviet War in Afghanistan. Grove/Atlantic, Inc. 1992. ISBN 0-87113-283-4

Notes

  1. Sometimes transcribed to English as Artem

References

  1. Wines, Michael (10 March 2000). "Moscow Crash Kills Journalist and Oil Man; Suspicions Raised". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  2. Traynor, Ian (10 March 2000). "Mystery death of Kremlin critic". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  3. Clines, Rancis X. (12 January 1991). "Soviet Press Curbs Hint at a Retreat". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Incident #1: Borovik's 'Top Secret'".
  5. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Business Watch, "Oleg Kalugin: 'Man In The News' Once Again", 9 April 2002.
  6. Sovsekretno
  7. Leading journalist killed in plane crash - IFEX
  8. Mystery death of Kremlin critic, The Guardian, 10 March 2000
  9. Russian crash: search for terrorist link, BBC News.
  10. "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  11. Neradko, Alexander (18 February 2002). "О катастрофе самолёта Як-40Д RA-88170 09 марта 2000 г. в аэропорту Шереметьево" (in Russian). Inter-Industry Aviation Association. Archived from the original on 30 January 2005. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  12. Состояние безопасности полётов в гражданской авиации (in Russian). Interstate Aviation Committee. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  13. ^ Yuri Felshtinsky and Vladimir Pribylovsky The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin, Gibson Square Books, London, 2008, ISBN 1-906142-07-6, pages 116-121.
  14. BBC News, "Russian crash: search for terrorist link", 10 March 2000.
  15. "Could this woman be Vladimir Putin's real mother?". The Telegraph. 12 December 2008.
  16. "Премия Артема Боровика за вклад в развитие независимой журналистики будет в восьмой раз вручена в Москве 27 октября" [The Artyom Borovik award for Contribution to the Development of Independent Journalism will be presented for the eighth time in Moscow on October 27]. TASS (in Russian). 20 October 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021 – via Federal Agency for Press and Mass Media (Russia).
  17. Knobel, Beth; Reals, Tucker (10 October 2006). "Russian Journalist Mourned". CBS News. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  18. "Анна Политковская получила в США премию имени Артема Боровика" [Anna Politkovskaya received the Artyom Borovik Prize in the United States]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 27 April 2001. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  19. "Проректор Гусаров Р.В." [Vice-rector R.V. Gusarov]. State University of Management (in Russian). Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  20. "В Москве в седьмой раз вручили премию Артема Боровика" [In Moscow, the Artyom Borovik Prize was presented for the seventh time]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 17 October 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
  21. "The Artyom Borovik Award 2007". Overseas Press Club. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  22. "Главреду "Эха Москвы" присуждена премия Артема Боровика" [The chief editor of "Echo of Moscow" was awarded the Artem Borovik prize]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). 24 April 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  23. "Александр Кармен стал лауреатом премии Артема Боровика" [Alexander Carmen became the laureate of the Artyom Borovik Prize]. Moscow State Institute of International Relations (in Russian). 30 November 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  24. "Roman Anin". European Press Prize. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

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