Dmitri Korchinski
Date of birth: 22.01.1964
Dmitri Alexandrovich Korchinski - Ukrainian politician, writer, poet, journalist, television presenter. Leader of the 'Brotherhood' party.
Place of birth. Education. Born on January 22, 1964, in Kyiv. Graduated from secondary school No. 206 in 1982.
After school, he entered the Kyiv Institute of Food Industry at the Faculty of Industrial Thermodynamics. Left the institute after the second year in 1984.
After leaving the institute, he worked in the summer on archaeological expeditions in the south of Ukraine and in winter as a technician and installer at a building materials plant.
From 1985 to 1987, he served in the Soviet Army in the Iron Armored Division in the Transcarpathian Military District. Military specialty - BMP-2 commander. Discharged as deputy platoon commander.
After service in the Soviet Army, Dmitri Korchinski enrolled at the Faculty of History of Kyiv University, but left that same year.
Political activities.
From 1987 to 1988, he was a member of the anti-sorbian association 'Ukrainian Helsinki Union' (UGS), student opposition associations 'Ukrainian Cultural Club' and 'Community'.
In 1989, he became one of the founders and leaders of the 'Union of Independent Ukrainian Youth' (SNUM). He took part in organizing the first mass anti-communist actions in Kyiv: ecological, anti-war demonstrations. He was detained and administratively arrested several times for his political activities.
In 1990, he became one of the founders and leaders of the public organization 'Ukrainian Interparty Assembly' (later 'Ukrainian National Assembly' (UNA). He participated in the founding of the 'Ukrainian People's Defense' (UNSO). Involved in local conflicts for political reasons (Transnistria, Abkhazia, Chechnya). Founder of the radical organization 'Shield of the Native'.
In 1992, he volunteered to fight in Transnistria. On November 22 of the same year, Dmitri Korchinski participated in the re-elections for the deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament - constituency No. 13. He took fourth place out of six and did not make it to Parliament.
In March 1994, he ran again for the office of a deputy of the Ukrainian Parliament, this time in the single-mandate constituency Vatutino (No. 2). However, he suffered another defeat, receiving 9.87% of the votes (third place out of 24).
In 1998, he was the organizer of a series of actions in Odessa to defend local self-government.
Founder and president of the public organization 'Institute for Regional Policy Issues and Modern Political Science' (since 1999).
In November 1997, he came into conflict with the party leadership of UNA-UNSO and left this political force.
In March 1999, he founded the All-Ukrainian political party 'Brotherhood' (registered only in August 2005). Organizer of 'Brotherhood' actions in Kyiv and Odessa.
In the 2002 parliamentary elections, he was elected to Parliament as a candidate from the All-Ukrainian Workers' Party for the single mandate No. 220, but suffered a third defeat (5.35%, eighth place out of 23).
From 2001 to 2004, he hosted the TV shows 'Pro et contra' (TVT), 'Double Evidence', and 'Nevertheless' (Channel '1 + 1').
In the 2004 presidential elections, Dmitri Korchinski ran for president. 49,641 voters (0.17%) voted for him. Thus, Dmitri Korchinski took the tenth place out of 24. After the first round, he supported Viktor Yanukovych. After the victory of Viktor Yushchenko, Korchinski's 'Brotherhood' merged with Natalia Vitrenko's Progressive Socialist Party, opposing the new power's pursuit of NATO and closeness to the USA and the EU.
From 2009 to 2010, he hosted the television program 'Fourth Power' (TRC Kyiv).
Participation in the events on Euromaidan.
On December 1, 2013, there were brutal clashes between security forces and demonstrators on Bankova Street in Kyiv in front of the Presidential Administration, in which many demonstrators and 40 journalists were injured. That same evening, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that the provocations on Bankova Street were orchestrated by the 'Brotherhood' movement under Dmitro Korchinski. After the events on Bankova Street, Korchinski was unreachable for several days and then called the accusations regarding his involvement in the provocations slander.
On December 12, 2013, the police conducted a search of Korchinski's apartment. On December 14, 2013, the head of the main investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Nikolai Chinchin, reported that Korchinski, suspected of organizing mass riots on December 1 on Bankova Street, was abroad. Later, Korchinski was placed on the international wanted list.
On February 5, 2014, Dmitri Korchinski was arrested in Israel. The Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs determined that he complied with the law on amnesty for the participants in the protests that took place between November 21 and December 26, 2013. Korchinski was immediately removed from the international wanted list, and documents were sent to Israel. After this action, the leader of the 'Brotherhood' party was released from the international wanted list.