Svetlana Mironyuk
Svetlana Mironyuk | |
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| Born | 3 January 1968 |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Media executive |
| Spouse | S.A. Zverev |
| Children | 3 |
Svetlana Mironyuk (Russian: Светлана Миронюк) is a Russian media executive, a graduate of Moscow State University. She was head and editor-in-chief of the RIA Novosti news agency, having been appointed chair of the board in 2003 and director general in 2004.[1][2] She has overseen the organization's modernization.[3]
Mironyuk is a member of the World Economic Forum.[4][failed verification]
On 9 December 2013 President of Russia Vladimir Putin issued a decree which abolished RIA Novosti and merged it with the international radio service Voice of Russia to create the new information agency Rossiya Segodnya. On the same day, Mironyuk issued a statement saying that she was not aware of the decision until the decree was published, and that she believes that the decree had economical background and was not really aimed at optimization of the information service. This statement caused some protest activity, and on the next day Mironyuk issued another statement. Without formally denouncing the first statement, she said that the duty of all employees of RIA Novosti is to implement the decree of the president, and those who disagree with the decree are in fact destabilizing the situation, and their activity is purely destructive.[5]
Footnotes
- ^ "Russia: Another Media-Management Change", IPR Strategic Business Information Database, 4 Feb., 2003. Accessed 29 March 2010.
- ^ Russia Profile, accessed 29 March 2010.
- ^ Peter Finn, "Russia spends heavily to buff up its image for Western nations", Washington Post, March 9, 2008.
- ^ World Economic Forum - List of Members, accessed 29 March 2010.
- ^ Клименюк, Николай (December 12, 2013). "Миронюк, скрепы, Содом". snob.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 December 2013.
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