Ukrainian News Agency

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Ukrainian News Agency
Інформаційне агентство "Українські Новини"
IndustryNews agency
Founded1993
HeadquartersKyiv, Ukraine
Websitewww.ukranews.com

The Ukrainian News Agency (

photo reporting service. Since February 2008[2] the company is part of the Inter Media Group Ltd., formerly U.A. Inter Media Group, which itself is a subsidiary of the Russian-based company GDF Media Ltd.[3][4][5] Inter Media Group Limited also owns 61% of the Ukrainian TV channel Inter.[6]

Founded in 1993,[7] by Mykhailo Kolomiets and Volodymyr Hranovskiy[8] the agency now used by about 10,000 clients daily. The agency offers 27 information and analytical products in Russian, Ukrainian and English. Ukrainian News is the only agency in Ukraine that translates 100% of its products into English.[9]

Viktor Pinchuk as its owner. Maxim Karizhsky, the general director of AHT, however, stated that Pinchuk is not the owner of AHT. AHT signed an agreement with the United States public relations firm Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey (BKSH) for the period of 1 January 2001 to 30 September 2001. Volodymyr Granovsky established Humanitarian Technologies agency.[10][11][12][13][a]

On 18 November 2002, the body of founder Mykhailo Kolomiets was found dead hanging from a tree near

Molodechno, Belarus, after being missing for four weeks.[8][10] He met with Volodymyr Hranovskiy just before he deleted all files on his computer and left for Minsk on 22 October 2001.[10] On 30 October 2001, his body was found and he was buried two weeks later as unidentified.[10][b]

In May 2006, the agency opened a modern press conference hall.[7]

The agency has its own building. It is located just outside Palats Sportu subway station in central Kyiv.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey (BKSH) had formerly been the firm Black, Manafort, Stone and Kelly (BMSK) before 1991 after which it merged with several other firms to form BKSH.
  2. Yevhen Muraev owned NASH (Ukrainian: НАШ).[17][18]

References

  1. ^ a b "Contact section - official website".
  2. ^ "Ukrainian News Agency Enters U.A. Inter Media Group", U.A. Inter Media Group Ltd. (5 February 2008)
  3. ^ "Company Overview of Inter Media Group Limited" Bloomberg
  4. ^ "Company Overview of GDF Media Ltd." Bloomberg
  5. ^ "GDF Media Limited Acquires Inter Media Group Limited" (press release) (7 February 2013) GDF
  6. ^ U.A. Inter Media Group - Official website Archived 21 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ a b "About the agency - Official website".
  8. ^ a b "IPI concerned about death of independent news agency's director". International Press Institute. 27 November 2002. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ^ The Ukrainian News agency, U.A. Inter Media Group Ltd. (5 February 2008)
  10. ^
    Радио Свобода (in Russian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  11. Украинская Правда (pravds.com.ua) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Alternate archive
    as PR-кампанию Кучмы в США проводит фирма, которая создавала имидж филиппинскому диктатору Маркосу и африканским режимам (Kuchma's PR campaign in the US is run by a firm that created the image of Philippine dictator Marcos and African regimes)
  12. Украинская Правда (pravds.com.ua) (in Russian). Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  13. ^ "Зятек напиарил" [Zyatek PR]. Корреспондент.net (korrespondent.net) (in Russian). 3 August 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  14. Радіо Свобода
    (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  15. Украинская Правда (pravds.com.ua) (in Russian). p. 2 see third line from the top. Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  16. Украинская Правда (pravds.com.ua) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
    )
  17. ^ "Володимир Грановський очолив телеканал «Наш» (ДОПОВНЕНО)" [Volodymyr Hranovskiy headed Nash TV channel (UPDATED)]. detctor.media (in Russian). 10 June 2021. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  18. ^ "Володимир Грановський став генеральним директором телеканалу "Наш"" [Volodymyr Granovsky became the CEO of the Nash TV channel]. nash.live (in Russian). 16 June 2001. Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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