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Ostap Drozdov

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Ostap Petrovych Drozdov
Остап Петрович Дроздов
Drozdov in 2014
Born (1979-01-24) January 24, 1979 (age 46)
Alma materLviv University
Occupation(s)journalist, book author
Years active2007—
Television“Pryamym Tekstom”, “Drozdov”

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.

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

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He 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

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In 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

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  • 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

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