Media Holding Vesti Ukraine
The Media Holding includes: Vesti Newspaper, Radio Vesti, TV channel UBR, Internet Sales House Digital Decisions, vesti-ukr.com and ubr.ua websites.
Business Form
private
Legal Form
Limited Liability Company
Business Sectors
Broadcasting # Publishing # Internet media # Advertising
Individual Owner
He is a citizen of Avdiivka (it is occupied by the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic). He is a front person for registration of several bogus companies that own “Vesti –Ukraina” (“News-Ukraine”) media holding as a result. Holding owns “Vesti” (“News”) newspaper, UBR TV-channel, “Vesti” (“News”) radio station, website http://vesti-ukr.com, website http://reporter.vesti-ukr.com and website http://ubr.ua.
Alexandrova Tetyana Vitaliivna
She is a citizen of Donetsk (it is occupied by the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic). She is a front person for registration of several bogus companies that own “Vesti –Ukraina” (“News-Ukraine”) media holding as a result. Holding owns “Vesti” (“News”) newspaper, UBR TV-channel, “Vesti” (“News”) radio station, website http://vesti-ukr.com, website http://reporter.vesti-ukr.com and website http://ubr.ua.
Other Print Outlets
Newspaper "Vesti" (3,2%)
Other TV Outlets
TV channel UBR (0,17%)
Other Radio Outlets
Radio Vesti
Other Online Outlets
vesti-ukr.com
ubr.ua
Media Business
Media Business
Press | Newspaper "Vesti" #
TV | TV channel UBR #
Online | vesti-ukr.com, ubr.ua #
Radio | Company “Radio Group”, LLC “Prime Business Group”, Radio Vesti #
Advertisement | Internet Sales House Digital Decisions
General Information
Founding Year
2003
Founder
Igor Guzhva
Affiliated Interests Founder
Igor Guzhva long time was the chief editor of "Segodnia" newspaper (owner Rinat Akhmetov). He created newspaper and holding "Vesti" in 2013 after a two-year stay in Moscow. The man of clearly pro-Russian views. Under his management the newspaper constantly manipulated in content, causing outrage in society, but it had a distinct group of support among those who used to get it for free. Donetsk editorial office of "Vesti" supported the arrival of separatists, it is not published now.
Oleksandr Klymenko is Ukrainian businessman and politician, former Minister of Incomes and Fees of Ukraine (December 24, 2012 – February 27, 2014). The representative of the Ukrainian oligarchic clan, known as the "Yanukovych family." According to media reports, he is the owner of the newspaper "Vesti", radio "Vesti" and UBR channel.
Olga Semchenko, head of Media Holding "Vesti Ukraine", the former press secretary, civil wife of former Minister of Incomes and Fees under the regime of Yanukovych Oleksandr Klymenko. Allegedly Igor Guzhva sold her his share of ownership. In the interview to "Detector Media" Ms. Semchenko denied that its owner is Oleksandr Klymenko.
Employees
MD
Contact
01 001, Kyiv city, Sportyvna Street, 1a, “Guliver” Busincees Center, floor 32
Tel. / Тел.: +38 044 591 03 15
Tax/ ID Number
MD
Financial Information
Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)
MD
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
MD
Advertising (in % of total funding)
MD
Management
Executive Board
Olga Semchnko - Chairman of the Board
Non-Executive Board
Vitaliy Dokalenko - General producer Radio Vesti
Kateryna Terekhova - chief editor web-site vesti-ukr.com
Olena Lysenko - chief editor web-site ubr.ua
Mykhaylo Irtlach - head of Digital Decisions
Oksana Kalytyuk - Genaral producer of UBR channel
Oksana Omelchenko - chief editor newspaper "Vesti"
Supervisory Board
MD
Further Information
Headlines
Беглый Александр Клименко переписал активы холдинга «Вести Украина» на безработного и гражданку ДНР? http://mediananny.com/novosti/2315403/
МЕДИА ХОЛДИНГ ВЕСТИ УКРАИНА ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕТ СВОЙ ОФИЦИАЛЬНЫЙ САЙТ: http://ubr.ua/ukraine-and-world/society/media-holding-vesti-ukraina-predstavliaet-svoi-oficialnyi-sait-392674
Meta Data
The ownership structure of "Vesti" holding has caused many questions among media experts, since its inception in 2013. The former editor of the newspaper "Sehodnia" Igor Guzhva became editor in chief of the newspaper "Vesti" and formally he was the owner of the holding. I.Huzhva repeatedly called himself the owner of the newspaper and holding in public. The first scandal with "Vesti" holding appeared in May 2014. The bank accounts of the company were blocked, on the same day, there was searching in the headquarters of the holding. During searches was found 1.5 million UAH in cash. The main directorate of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine in Sumy initiated the investigation on "Vesti" holding. The investigation was conducted within the investigation of illegal activities of some companies associated with the holding.
In 2015, department of the financial investigations of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine reported that they suspect Igor Guzhva, the editor in chief of the "Vesti" newspaper and the head of "Media Invest Group" holding in tax evasion in the amount of 17.8 million.
The chief editor of the "Vesti" newspaper and head of "Media Invest Group" holding, Igor Guzhva sold its stake, left the media holding, and resigned from the post of editor of the "Vesti" newspaper on July 29, 2015. According to his statement, the official ownership passed to the Cypriot company Media Holding Vesti Ukraine. Board of Directors of the holding company headed by Olga Semchenko is the head of the Board of Directors of the holding. Semchenko is a former press secretary of Oleksandr Klymenko - the former Minister of income and fees of Ukraine..
According to unofficial data, "Vesti" holding attributed to former Minister of income and charges of Ukraine Oleksandr Klymenko. But the documents don't show Klymenko neither the owner nor the final beneficiary.
Sources
Official web-site of UBR channel. Retrieved in August 2016, from http://img.ubr.ua/image/ESProduction.pdf
UBR. Украинский бизнес ресурс. О канале. Retrieved in August 2016, from http://tv.ubr.ua/about
(2016, January 14). Вести. Елена Лысенко стала главным редактором бизнес-портала UBR. В ближайшем будущем должен произойти ребрендинг сайта. Retrieved in August 2016 from http://vesti-ukr.com/strana/131882-elena-lysenko-stala-glavnym-redaktorom-biznes-portala-ubr
(2015, July 30). Українська правда. Цивільна дружина Клименка розповіла, якими стануть ''Вести''. Retrieved in August 2016 from http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/07/30/7076152/
(2015, July 29). Українська правда. Гужва продав свою частку у ''Вестях'' цивільній дружині Клименка. Retrieved in August 2016 from http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/07/29/7076104/
(2015, September 16). Вести. На должность главреда газеты назначена Оксана Омельченко. Retrieved in August 2016 from http://vesti-ukr.com/strana/115055-na-dolzhnost-glavreda-gazety-vesti-naznachena-oksana-omelchenko
MEDIA HOLDING VESTI UKRAINE. Retrieved in August 2016, from http://vestiukraine.com/ua
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/news/2015/07/30/7076152/
http://detector.media/tag/530/pagenum/2/
http://detector.media/rinok/article/122525/2017-01-24-natsrada-poprosila-sbu-pereviriti-chi-e-klimenko-benefitsiarom-radio-vesti/
http://www.pravda.com.ua/rus/articles/2014/06/25/7030071/
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http://detector.media/rinok/article/112845/2016-02-16-eks-golovred-vestei-igor-guzhva-zapustiv-novii-internet-proekt/
