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Name
  
Nikolay Bagrayev


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Nationality
  
Ukrainian

Known for
  
Ukrainian businessman in media and show business, social activist

Notable work
  
Honored Artist of Ukraine (1997); Order "For Merit" III Art. (2004); Honorary citizen of Kakhovka.

Born
  
19 June 1964 (age 59) Digora, North-Ossetian ASSR.

Occupation
  
Businessperson

Similar
  
Karekin Arutyunov, Arsen Avakov, Vladyslav Bukhariev

Nikolay Georgievich Bagrayev is a Ukrainian businessman in the fields of media and show business, public figure.

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Personal life

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Nikolay Bagrayev was born on 19 June 1964, in Digora village of North-Ossetian ASSR, Russia. His mother name is Chabahan Bagrayeva (born in 1927) and his father is Georgiy Bagrayev (born in 1882) is a farmer in Digora, his father was a veteran of war.

Nikolay Bagrayev is married to Svetlana Bagrayeva (born in 1966), who is a psychologist. They have son Ruslan (born in 1988), he graduated from Kyiv National Economic University with a degree in International Economics and Management faculty. They also have a daughter, Lyudmila (born in 1990). She is also the student enrolled in the International Economics and Management faculty at Kyiv National Economic University.

Education

  • 1987 - Kherson Agricultural Institute, faculty of Civil Engineering
  • 2005 - Kyiv National Economic University, faculty of International Economics, cum laude
  • Career

  • 1987-1988 - senior technical inspector, permanent buildings and facilities construction department, "Kherson Beauty"
  • 1988-1991 - second and later first Secretary of Kakhovka сity Komsomol Committee
  • 1991-1992 - Chairman of the Youth Committee of Kakhovka municipality
  • 1992-1996 - Director General, Directorate of the International Festival "Tavria Games"
  • 1996-2000 - President of JSC "Tavria Games"
  • February 1998 - October 2000 - Secretary of Presidential Expert Council of Manufacturers and Entrepreneurs
  • June 2000- May 2002 - Member of the National Presidential Council on Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine
  • Since 2014 - President of "Tavria Games"; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of "Tavria Media" radio units.
  • Nikolay Bagrayev is a successful businessman in mass-media and show business. Founder and Honorary President of the festivals "Tavria Games" (founded in 1992), "Black Sea Games" (1998).

    Politics

  • June 2002 - April 2006 - Secretary of Verkhovna Rada Committee on freedom of speech and information
  • June 2006 - June 2007 - Chairman of the Subcommittee on electronic media and ICT systems, Verkhovna Rada Committee on freedom of speech and information
  • since December 2007 - Member of Verkhovna Rada Committee on freedom of speech and information
  • since May 2006 - Member of the fraction of Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc
  • December 2007 - March 2010 - Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ukraine (as a public service)
  • Member of the Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine
  • Member of the Group for Interparliamentary Relations with Russia
  • Nikolay Bagrayev was the People's Deputy of Ukraine in the 4th, 5th and 6th convocations of Verkhovna Rada. Although elected for Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (and at the time member of All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland") in March 2012 he became a member of the faction of Party of Regions. Although he was earlier one of the architects of the election campaign of Yulia Tymoshenko during the Ukrainian presidential elections of 2010.

    In 2012 he was re-elected into parliament on the party list of Party of Regions (number 51 on this list).

    Nikolay Bagraev was among MPs from the ruling Party of Regions and the Communist Party, who supported by a voting Ukrainian anti-protest laws (group of ten laws restricting freedom of speech and freedom of assembly), which was described in the media and by experts as "draconian", with Timothy Snyder claiming that they effectively established the nation as a dictatorship.

    Later Bagrayev did not participate in the 2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election. From November 2014 - ended authority deputy of Ukraine of the 7th convocation.

    Founder of the group of companies representing Ukraine in media music channel M1, M2; group "ТАВР медія", which includes Русское Радио Украина, Хіт FM, Kiss FM, Радіо Roks, Радіо Мелодія, Радіо Relax.

    References

    Nikolay Bagrayev Wikipedia