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GTV DocsProducer
Mar. 2024 - Sep. 2024London Area, United KingdomProduced and directed documentary about the war in Gaza as the third part of the series Tatort Israel for ZDF- https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/tatort-israel/der-krieg-100.html
Renegade Stories Director
Apr. 2023 - Nov. 2023Producer/Director of "Ukraine's Stolen Children", a story of forced deportations of Ukrainian Children to Russia (ITV, October 2023)
Self-employedFilm-maker, reporter, DD specialist
Jun. 2017London, United Kingdom
Cries from Syria, documentary film (HBO)Co-Producer
Mar. 2016 - Dec. 2016USA/Czech RepublicCries from Syria is a documentary feature film, which documents the whole history of the war in Syria, from the onset of the revolution in March 2011 till December 2017. The most comprehensive account of torture, chemical weapons, ISIS brutality and foreign involvement in Syrian war. I have found and interviewed all the characters featured in the film, location managed, developed contacts with the Syrian civil groups and Syrian media networks. Wrote narration, voiced by Helen Mirren and wrote structure of the film.
RFE/RL, Current Time (Настоящее Время)Executive Producer/Anchor
Sep. 2014 - May. 2017Prague, Czech RepublicAs a managing editor and executive producer for 30 min daily news programme in Russian language, I commission and edit news reports from staff writers and correspondents. I oversee all scripts and video material before it goes on air. I am also programme's correspondent for special assignments such as coverage of Ukraine-Russia war in eastern Ukraine and Turkey-Syira-Russia tensions. I manage staff of 10 people and I run the network of 30 correspondents across Former Soviet Union as well as freelance contributors.
School of Investigative Journalism, Global University SystemsDirector
Jan. 2014 - Aug. 2014London, United Kingdom
variousDue diligence specialist on Central Asia, Caucasus, Russia and Ukraine
Jan. 2006LondonFreelance business intelligence investigator for London based due diligence and global risks firms, covering Former Soviet Union, in particular Ukraine, Central Asia and the Caucasus regions. Clients include: Kroll International, HSBC, GPW Ltd.
BBC TelevisionProducer/Presenter
Jan. 2005 - Jan. 2007BBC Television, Current AffairsConceived and presented a one-hour documentary "My Fake Passports and Me" (please watch on: http://vimeo.com/44804266 ), which was aired on Panorama, BBC’s flagship current affairs program. The film, which addressed the topic of illegal migration, passport forgery, and border security in the EU, was first runner-up as Best TV Feature Story in the 2007 Media Awards of the Foreign Press Association in London.
Conceived and presented a one-hour documentary "How To Plan a Revolution", which was aired on Panorama, BBC’s flagship current affairs program. The film, which addressed the topic of illegal migration, passport forgery, and border security in the EU, was first runner-up as Best TV Feature Story in the 2007 Media Awards of the Foreign Press Association in London.
Organized filming for the "Battle for Islam" in Turkey and Morocco for the film presented by the leading British intellectual, Ziauddin Sardar, about efforts of the governments, intellectuals and scholars in 5 Muslim countries to offer new, tolerant interpretation of Islam towards other cultures.
BBC World ServiceProducer/Presenter,Central Asia and the Caucasus Service
Feb. 1996 - Jan. 2002London, UKFor over seven years I produced, edited, and presented daily radio programs addressing news and current affairs for the BBC Uzbek Service, mainly in the Uzbek language but also (in 2002- 2003) in Russian. I built a partnership with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to produce radio documentaries focusing on human rights, prison reform, and human trafficking in Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Also reported from Israel/Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon. Acted as chief liaison between the BBC World Service newsroom and the Central Asia & Caucasus Section.
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