Volodymyr Ihorovych Ariev (; born 31 March 1975) is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, film director, author of the investigative TV-series "Restricted Area", Member of Verkhovna Rada since 2007, Chair of Ukrainian delegation in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2015–2019, PACE Vice-President (2015, 2018), President of PACE Committee for Culture, Education, Science and Media (2016–2017). Ariev is in the rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador.
Biography Volodymyr Ariev was born in Kyiv on 31 March 1975.
Education 1992, Nature and Science Lyceum in Kyiv 1998, Institute for Journalism affiliated with Kyiv National University 1994, student of BBC World Service school, Kyiv
Career February 1993 – October 1994, assistant reporter, stringer of Ukrainian and Russian BBC services, (Kyiv) October 1994 – January 1996, special correspondent, host of "Vikna-novyny" news program, "Internews" January 1996 – May 1996, special correspondent, information agency "Vikna" May – November 1996, host of the news block in "Good Morning Ukraine!", UT-1 channel November 1996 – September 2003, special correspondent, Information and Analytical service, TV channel Inter 2002, journalist of , 1+1 Studio March 2003 – March 2004, independent journalist and author of the program "Non-province"(STB), freelance writer at weekly "Zerkalo Nedeli" ("Mirror Weekly"); special correspondent at JSC Television Information Agency "Profi TV" March 2004 – December 2005, – Director and author of the program "Closed Zone", "Channel 5" 2007 – 5 Kanal stopped collaboration with Volodymyr Ariev producer center due to he ran for Parliamentary Elections.
MP 6th Verkhovna Rada since November 2007, was elected by the lists of "Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc" Second term in MP office 7th Verkhovna Rada since November 2012, was elected in constituency 218, Kyiv for Batkivshchyna. Short bio, LIGA Third term in MP office 8th Verkhovna Rada since November 2014, was re-elected in constituency 218, Kyiv for Petro Poroshenko Bloc. Since 2015 Chairman of Ukrainian delegation to PACE PACE Vice-President (2015, 2018) In 2016–2017 President of PACE Committee for Culture, Education, Science and Media, PACE General Rapporteur for media freedom and safety of journalists Since September 2017 Ariev hosts a political talk show on the TV channel "Direct". Occupation of the TV: Why do politicians become TV presenter, Ukrayinska Pravda (12 February 2019) Ariev was elected to parliament 4th time for European Solidarity in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as number 17 of its election list.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019) Ariev's daughter Yaryna Arieva was elected (at the age of 20) to the Kyiv City Council for European Solidarity in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections. Yaryna Volodymyrivna Arieva small biography, Evening Kyiv (as updated on 18 January 2022)
Filmography Donetsk mafia. Reloaded. "Zmina" Studio, 2007. Kyiv tragedy, 1960th. 2008 The Secrets of the Black Sea. 2009 Ukraine: from democracy to chaos. Co-production, Grain de Sables (France), 2012
Awards Awardee of V.Marchenko Prize for the best media coverage of the human rights theme (2004) Awardee of О. Krivenko Prize "For progress in journalism" (2005)Володимир Ар'єв — лауреат премії імені Олександра Кривенка «За поступ у журналістиці». Honored Journalist of UkraineDecree of the President of Ukraine from 18 серпня 2006 year № 694/2006 «Про відзначення державними нагородами України працівників підприємств, установ та організацій з нагоди Дня незалежності України» Winner of the national prize "TV-triumph" (2005, 2006)
Family Ariev is married to Natalka Fitsych (b. 1977), editor-in-chief of the production company "Restricted Area". They have a daughter Yaryna (b. 2000).
See also List of Ukrainian Parliament Members 2007 Verkhovna Rada
References
External links
Volodymyr Ariev's profile at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine official web-site