Tatyana Mitkova
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Tatyana Mitkova in January 2012
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Born | Moscow, Russia |
September 13, 1957
Nationality | Russian |
Occupation | television journalist |
Organization | NTV |
Known for | 1991 refusal to read official Soviet news, NTV anchorship |
Awards | CPJ International Press Freedom Awards (1991) |
Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova (Russian: Татья́на Ростисла́вовна Митко́ва) (born September 13, 1957 in Moscow) is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official Soviet Union version of the military response to the uprising in Lithuania.[1] In 2001, BBC News described her as one of Russia's "best-known news presenters".[2]
In 1991, she received one of the first International Press Freedom Awards from the Committee to Protect Journalists.[3]
In January 2001, she was summoned by prosecutors to discuss an alleged $70,000 loan from NTV. The summons came in the midst of an attempted takeover of the station by Gazprom,[4] and Mitkova described it as "psychological pressure and a direct threat to journalists."[5] At the end of the month, a Moscow court gave Gazprom control of NTV's owner Media-Most, which was by then described by BusinessWeek as "Russia's sole independent national television station"[6] and by the New York Times as "the last nationwide voice critical of President Vladimir V. Putin".[7] Despite a lockout of some journalists who refused to "plead fealty" to new management, Mitkova was persuaded to stay with the station by new owner Boris Jordan.[6]
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