Wladimir Kornilow
Biography
Date of Birth: 13.07.1968
Place of Birth. Education.
Place of Birth. Education. Born in Lipetsk (Russia). In 1995, he graduated from the History Faculty of the Donetsk National University.
Career. From 1985 to 1986 - auto mechanic at the Donetsk Auto Repair Plant. From 1988 to 1989, after military service, mechanic at the Donetsk Auto Repair Plant.
He spent the years 1989-1991 in Komsomol work. From 1991 to 1993 - Chairman of the Youth Association MAVR (Donetsk).
From 1991 to 1994 - editor of the information service of the TV channel 7x7 in Donetsk. From 1994 to 1995 - director of Telefunction Radio-TV Ukraine (Donetsk).
From 1995 to 1999 - editor of the political department of the newspaper 'Komsomolskaya Pravda - Donbass'. From 1999 to 2000 - sales manager at the newspaper 'Fort Worth Star Telegram' (USA).
From 2000 to 2003 - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper 'Salon Don and Basa' (Donetsk). From February to November 2003 - Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper 'Segodnya' (Kyiv). Both publications belong to the media group of regional deputy Rinat Akhmetov's SKM Holdings.
Since 2004, he has been heading the editorial team of the 'Business Magazine'.
From 2006 to May 2013, he led the Ukrainian branch of the Commonwealth of Independent States Institute. He left this position to focus on research and journalism.
Since autumn 2017 - political commentator of MIA 'Rossiya Segodnya' (Moscow). Permanent participant in Russian political TV shows.
In September 2019, he received the citizenship of the Russian Federation.
Books.
Books. In March 2018, he published his first work of fiction - the political thriller 'Murder in Voshchany'.
Views and Opinions.
According to his own statements, he actively and successfully worked in the political and political technology field in the 1990s. He organized the election of governors, mayors, and deputies of the Verkhovna Rada. Then Kornilow left this 'dirty work' and took a different path - he devoted himself to publishing and journalism. Later, he founded and headed the Center for Strategic Planning. Until autumn 2005, as the Polittech resource reports, he advised the Gennady Vasiliev state bloc (the former Attorney General of Ukraine, co-founder of the Energo concern, member of the Regions Party at the VI Congress).
According to the editorial board of Glavred, Kornilow is an exception, 'he comes from Donetsk, but is not a 'donezek'.' Despite his long collaboration with politicians from Donbass, he allows himself criticism. He says that the main problem of the 'donezkis' is to serve every government.
He considers it necessary to adopt a new, enhanced treaty on friendship and cooperation between Ukraine and Russia. At the same time, he emphasized that as long as the position of the President of Ukraine is held by a 'staunch radical Ukrainian nationalist Viktor Yushchenko', it is impossible to hope for the conclusion of a normal document.
He states that in the political understanding of Kyiv, he is constantly surprised: 'There is a well-lit city here, but at the elections, they support people like Timoshenko, Chernovetsky, Klitschko'.
Claims by the SBU.
In October 2008, the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Valentin Nalyvaichenko, stated that his agency intends to close the Ukrainian branch of the Commonwealth of Independent States Institute and has sent 'motivated documents' to the Ministry of Justice to revoke the registration of this organization.
The head of the Security Service explained his drastic intentions by stating that the institute's staff were organizers of a conference that disputed the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. Nalyvaichenko also emphasized that the staff of the CIS Institute must be held criminally liable.
Family.
Family. Wife Alina (born 1971, bank manager). He has two sons (born 1991 and 2006).
12.07.2022