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Egor Kuroptev

Egor Kuroptev (Russian: Его́р Куро́птев, Georgian: ეგორ კუროპტევი) is a Russian and Georgian political activist and media manager.

Egor Kuroptev
Occupation(s)Political expert, media manager[1]
Known forMedia projects; covering Russo-Georgian War; political activities; "Elf Farm";
Notable workAugust, 2008[2] Пограничная ZONA[3]

Kuroptev currently holds the position of the director of the "Free Russia Foundation" in South Caucasus.[4] Manager of project of fake accounts on social networks "Elf Farm"( ботоферма "Фабрика Эльфов").[5][6][7] He also produces media project "Пограничная ZONA" ("Border Zone").[8] From September, 2019 Kuroptev represents distribution of the German Public broadcaster "Deutsche Welle"[9] in South Caucasus.

Career

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Kuroptev started his career in the age of 17 as a head of administration dept[10] at Echo of Moscow[11] news radio in Moscow.

He produced several media projects such as the Runway Project (Russia),[12] Cosmopolitan.Videoversion (Russia),[13] Main topic TV show[14] (Georgia), etc

In 2012, Kuroptev was invited to Georgia to launch a new political talk-show "Main topic" hosted by one of the famous leaders of the Russian opposition Ksenia Sobchak for the state TV company PIK TV[15]. In 2013, he produced several charity classical[16] and pop-concerts[17] in Georgia and Azerbaijan.

In the beginning of 2015, Kuroptev launched and became the General Producer the new media project "Star Media Group", that unites several web and broadcasting media sources covering the EU association agreement, the cooperation between Georgia and NATO and local Georgian politics. [18] This media company produced discussions in talk-shows about the current situation regarding conflicts between Russia and Georgia and between Russia and Ukraine.

From 2017, Kuroptev produced and hosted his own TV show "Пограничная ZONA" (Border Zone)[19] in Russian language. The presidents of Georgia and Armenia, a deputy secretary of the United States, ministers of countries of the EU as well as NATO leaders take part in the project on regular basis. The project's goal is to counter propaganda and promote unbiased information and opinions on the post Soviet space.[20]

Personal life

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Kuroptev was married to Ekaterina Kortikadze[21]. As of November 2022, he was married to Ark project activist Anastasia Burakova[22].

Political activism

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Egor Kuroptev writes a blog[23] on the Russian news web-site echo.msk.ru covering the conflict between Russia and Georgia as well as promoting pro-democratic development in the post Soviet countries.[24] Kuroptev is engaged in activities targeted to counter Kremlin's[25] negative influence[26] in Georgia and other countries in the region. In his materials he writes about the deoccupation of Georgia.[27] In interviews he underlines that Russian citizens must know more about the facts of the conflict,[28] of the War in August 2008 and the current situation in this regard.[29]

Kuroptev is the author of various articles[27] and reports.[30] As a political expert,[31] he takes part in all major regional security and democracy-building conferences.

Since 2018 has been working in the "Free Russia Foundation".[32]

Since 2022 as a member of the Free Russia Foundation Kuroptev has been managing the project "Elf Farm", a network of hired commentators for a fee spread "anti-Kremlin propaganda" from fake accounts on social networks.[33][34][35]

References

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  1. ^ "Aqtualuri tema Starviziaze" – via www.youtube.com.
  2. ^ "Головна сторінка | Front News - Україна". www.frontnews.ge. Archived from the original on 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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  4. ^ "About". Free Russia Foundation. 2018-05-20. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  5. ^ "FBK, bots and elves. Mikhail Svetov's media outlet accused FBK of being associated with a bot farm similar to the "Troll Factory". Navalny's supporters deny this". Novaya Gazeta Europe (in Russian). 2023-11-16. Archived from the original on 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  6. ^ "The libertarian publication Svtv claims that an anti-Kremlin "Elven Factory" is operating in Vilnius and Tbilisi - and that it is allegedly run by FBK. The organization does exist, but the claim about FBK raises serious doubts". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  7. ^ "The Silmarillion. We understand the scandal surrounding the bot farm, which FBK is accused of creating". Mediazona (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-19. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  8. ^ "Пограничная ZONA". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  9. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "News and current affairs from Germany and around the world DW". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  10. ^ "Егор Куроптев, в те далекие времена был главой референтской службы". Archived from the original on 2016-09-21.
  11. ^ Куроптев, Егор. "Блоги / Егор Куроптев: "Грузинские националисты" или байки из склепа". Эхо Москвы. Archived from the original on 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  12. ^ altoramo (2011-10-23), Проект Подиум (Российская версия), 1 выпуск (8 окт 2011), retrieved 2016-03-30
  13. ^ "Cosmopolitan. Видеоверсия - МУЗ ТВ". muz-tv.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  14. ^ "Новая телепередача Ксении Собчак вышла в Грузии". vz.ru. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  15. ^ KseniyaSobchak (2012-06-26), Главная Тема - Политический протест. Время перемен, archived from the original on 2013-07-28, retrieved 2016-03-30
  16. ^ "Саломе Катамадзе откроет международный оперный фестиваль в Батуми". Саломе Катамадзе откроет международный оперный фестиваль в Батуми. Archived from the original on 2016-04-20. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  17. ^ "Artinfo.ge". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10.
  18. ^ "STARVISION". stargroup.ge. Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  19. ^ "STARVISION TV Georgia". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  20. ^ ""Пограничная зона". Грузинские журналисты расследуют преступлениях Путина". POLITua (in Russian). 2018-10-02. Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  21. ^ "Екатерина Котрикадзе - биография ведущей на Дожде". Биограф.ру (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  22. ^ Kacher, Alban (2022-11-17). "Georgia. an Expatriate Couple Committed to the Protection of Russian Political Dissidents • desk russie". desk-russie.info. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
  23. ^ Куроптев, Егор. "Блоги / Егор Куроптев: Грузия 2016 или "Грузинская мечта" версия 2.0". Эхо Москвы. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  24. ^ Куроптев, Егор. "Блоги / Егор Куроптев: "Агенты" России на Западе раскрыты. Вся правда о "нежелательном" фонде "Свободная Россия"". Эхо Москвы (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  25. ^ "Егор Куроптев: В Грузии создается Коалиция за суверенные выборы". Эхо Кавказа (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  26. ^ "Я не Гаврилов". Archived from the original on 2024-09-07.
  27. ^ a b "Грани.Ру: Откуда взялась эта боль". graniru.org (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  28. ^ ""Это делают российские военные, которых якобы здесь нет"". RFE/RL (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  29. ^ SAGE, Created by. "Егор Куроптев о грузино-российских отношениях- К несчастью, вопросов гораздо больше, чем ответов". www.frontnews.ge. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  30. ^ ""Мы не сможем это просто забыть". В преддверии выборов в Грузии обсуждают российскую оккупацию". The Insider (in Russian). 2018-11-23. Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  31. ^ "Эксперт: "Членство в НАТО — это 100% гарантия безопасности для Грузии"". Новая Эпоха (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  32. ^ "About". Free Russia Foundation. 2018-05-20. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  33. ^ "Hackers gain access to Free Russia Foundation documents – DW – 07.09.2024". dw.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
  34. ^ Ilya Kazakov (2023-11-16). "The same trolls, only elves. A scandal erupted on the network over paid comments on behalf of the opposition". Fontanka.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-02-06. Retrieved 2024-01-07.
  35. ^ "The Free Russia Foundation confirmed that they created an anti-Kremlin "elf factory" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine The creators of the project claim that they are helping Russians "not to be zombified by the authorities and the Kremlin"". Meduza (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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