Pavlo Volodymyrovych Kazarin (Ukrainian: Павло Володимирович Казарін; born December 3, 1983) is a Ukrainian bilingual, journalist,[1] publicist, and philologist-literary critic.

Pavlo Kazarin
Павло Казарін
Born (1983-12-03) December 3, 1983 (age 40)
CitizenshipUkraine
Alma materTavrida National V.I. Vernadsky University
Occupation(s)Journalist, soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Military career
Battles / wars

Biography

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His father — Volodymyr Kazarin (born 1952), is a teacher of Russian literature, who moved with his wife from Vladivostok, Russia to Simferopol, Ukraine. His mother is a biochemist.

In 2005, he graduated from Tavriya National University named after Vernadskyi. He has been working in the media since 2004. He worked at DTRK "Crimea".[2] From 2012 to 2014 he lived and worked in Moscow. He collaborated with the publications "Slon.ru", "Radio Svoboda", "Nova Gazeta" and the Carnegie Moscow Center.[3][4]

At the end of March 2014, after the annexation of Crimea, he received a passport as a citizen of the Russian Federation in Simferopol.[5][6][7] In January 2021, Russia allowed Kazarin to renounce Russian citizenship.[8][9][10]

He was a host of the many shows at ICTV channel, UA:First, 24 Channel. He also hosted several projects on Radio NV and Radio Liberty.

In 2021, he published an award-winning book called Wild West of Eastern Europe (2021).

With the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he joined the territorial defense forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and currently fights on the east front against Russian forces.[11] In March 2023 he took part in the Battle of Bakhmut.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "13-й семінар "Відповідальне лідерство"". 2017-07-17. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  2. ^ "Владимир Казарин: "Свой роман с Севастополем я пишу уже не один десяток лет" | газета Новый Севастополь". 2016-11-11. Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  3. ^ "Paweł Kazarin, Autor w serwisie КЛУБ ПЛ_РУ". 2018-08-24. Archived from the original on 24 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  4. ^ "Павел Казарин | Intersection". 2018-08-24. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  5. ^ "Український журналіст Казарін визнав, що отримав російський паспорт після анексії Криму | Громадське телебачення". 2020-11-04. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  6. ^ "Павло Казарін про свій російський паспорт: пояснення журналіста". 2020-06-12. Archived from the original on 12 June 2020. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  7. ^ "Журналіст «Схем" не задоволений порівнянням Казаріна з Гонгадзе | Новини України - #Букви". 2020-07-10. Archived from the original on 2020-07-10. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  8. ^ "Журналісту Казаріну нарешті вдалося позбутися громадянства РФ | Українська правда". 2021-02-11. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  9. ^ "Журналісту Казаріну вдалося позбутися російського громадянства — документ". nv.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  10. ^ "Журналіст Казарін повідомив про вихід з громадянства РФ". 2021-02-02. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
  11. ^ Кримчани у теробороні: ми більше не хочемо тікати
  12. ^ (in Ukrainian) The war will not end this year: Pavlo Kazarin in an interview during the rotation from Bakhmut, Vikna-News [uk] (11 March 2023)