Ostap Petrovych Drozdov (born 24 January 1979, in Lviv) is a Ukrainian book author and journalist. He is the host of the program "Drozdov" and the political talk show "Pryamim tekstom" and the author of two books.
Ostap Petrovych Drozdov | |
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Остап Петрович Дроздов | |
 Drozdov in 2014 | |
| Born | January 24, 1979 |
| Alma mater | Lviv University |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, book author |
| Years active | 2007— |
| Television | “Pryamym Tekstom”, “Drozdov” |
Drozdov is a well-known and radical opponent of the Russian language in Ukraine[1] and is a sharp critic of the Ukrainian authorities, primarily the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.[2][3]
Biography
editHe spent his childhood in Mykolayiv. His mother was a teacher in a Music school, and his father left him when Drozdov was four years old. He finished music school with flute and piano.[4]
In 2001, Drozdov graduated with honors from the Faculty of Journalism of Lviv University. He worked as a correspondent for various newspapers at the time.
Political career
editIn 2007, Drozdov became the author and host of the political program "Pryamim textom" on the ZIK TV channel, where more than a thousand broadcasts with politicians of all levels were conducted. Later in 2014 he also started the hard talk show "Drozdov" on the same channel,[5] where the guests were the main Ukrainian newsmakers of the week.[6] After the acquisition of the channel by Taras Kozak, who is close to the pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Drozdov left ZIK and terminated both of his programs in 2019.[7]
On 25 June 2014, during the war in eastern Ukraine, Drozdov spoke in support of the "Mobilization = Genocide" initiative and called on Ukrainians to unite against mobilization into the ranks of the Ukrainian army.[8]
Since September 2019, he hosts the program "Drozdov pryamym tekstom", which is broadcast on the NTA TV channel and his DROZDOV YouTube channel.
Works
edit- Остап Дроздов. № 1. Роман-вибух. — Kyiv, Anetty Antonenko publishing, 2016. — 256 pages — ISBN 978-617-719-252-6
- Остап Дроздов. № 2. — Kyiv, Anetty Antonenko publishing, 2017. — 288 pages — ISBN 978-617-719-273-1
References
edit- ^ "Дамбу прорвало. Звернення до російськомовних українців :: 7–8 (285–286), 2017 :: Універсум :: Universum". universum.lviv.ua. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ DROZDOV (2024-06-23). Бункер має набратися сміливості вийти до народу й чесно сказати… | Дроздов позиція. Retrieved 2024-08-02 – via YouTube.
- ^ DROZDOV (2024-04-30). Пастка вічної війни. Остап Дроздов в етері Говорить Великий Львів. Retrieved 2024-08-02 – via YouTube.
- ^ ОСТАП ДРОЗДОВ | 16+ (in Ukrainian), archived from the original on 29 December 2019, retrieved 2019-10-26
- ^ "«В Україні дискредитовано вдумливу телевізійну журналістику»". day.kyiv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Медиа новости - посление события в медиа". Telekritika (in Russian). 2020-11-25. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Остап Дроздов залишає ZIK: «Не хочу бути причетним до медіа-Чорнобиля»". detector.media (in Ukrainian). 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2024-08-02.
- ^ "Мобілізація - геноцид, або Хто має воювати на Донбасі". ГЛАВКОМ (in Ukrainian). 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2024-08-02.