Inga Khrushchova (Russian: Инга Хрущёва, Belarusian: Інга Хрушчова, also Inha Khrushchova, born 18 December 1970) is a Belarusian political activist and journalist, formerly one of the key propagandists of the regime of Alexander Lukashenko in the 1990s.
Inga Khrushchova | |
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| Born | December 8, 1970 |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Alma mater | Belarusian State University |
| Occupation(s) | Propagandist, journalist, political activist |
| Known for | Hosting the main news show on Belarusian state TV in the 1990s |
Biography
editKhrushchova graduated from the Vitsebsk State School of Olympic Reserve and holds several sports awards from the Belarusian SSR.[1]
She later graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Belarusian State University and pursued a career in journalism.[2]
Between 1995 and 2001, Khrushchova was a daily prime time news presenter on BT, the Lukashenka-controlled national television of Belarus. She was later part of Lukashenka's presidential press corps, covering his daily work and accompanying him during visits in various regions of Belarus. Eventually, Khrushchova became head of political coverage at the news agency of the state TV and radio broadcasting company of Belarus.[3][4]
Independent Belarusian media refers to Khrushchova as "one of the most active propagandists of the Lukashenka regime in the 1990s and 2000s"[2] and "one of the symbols of propaganda on Belarusian state TV".[4]
After leaving state television
editIn 2013, Khrushchova left Belarusian TV to work in private business. She has been an active public critic of the Lukashenka regime since then.[2][5]
In the run-up to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, she joined the election campaign of Viktar Babaryka, one of opposition candidates. She signed a petition of Belarusian athletes demanding fair elections and motivated employees of state propaganda to leave their jobs and participated in nationwide mass protests against the regime of Lukashenka.[5]
After the election, she moved to Germany and joined the activities of the Belarusian diaspora.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Марина ГУЛЯЕВА. ХРУЩЕВА НЕ ЛЮБИТ РАЗМАЗЫВАТЬ КАШУ ПО ТАРЕЛКЕ — BelGazeta, №34 (350) 2 September 2002
- ^ a b c Інга Хрушчова сышла з БТ «з маральных меркаваньняў» [Inga Khrushchova left BT "for moral reasons"] — Radio Svaboda, 20 August 2013
- ^ Былая тэлепрапагандыстка: раней я бачыла іншага Лукашэнку [Former TV propagandist: I used to see a different Lukashenka] — European Radio for Belarus, 24 June 2020
- ^ a b Інга Хрушчова: Я сышла з БТ па маральных меркаваннях [Inga Khrushchova: I left BT for moral reasons] — Nasha Niva, 19 August 2013
- ^ a b Экс-спортсменка много лет вела «Панораму», а в 2020-м помогала Бабарико: видит страх Лукашенко, Домрачевой разочарована, верит в Фазеля [Former athlete and host of Panorama, helped Babaryka in 2020...] — tribuna.com, 31 December 2020
- ^ Andrei Sannikov Zybitskaya Wants To Come Back — Charter'97, 21 December 2022