Baranets Viktor Nikolayevich today is a very significant military observer in Russia. He was born in the Kharkov region in 1946. Today he is a military journalist, writer and publicist, a retired colonel. In 1965 he became a cadet in a tank regiment. So his fate was closely linked with the Armed Forces.
After military school, Baranets Viktor Nikolaevich received the speci alty "military journalist" at the academy. He was called to the Far East. There he served as a correspondent for the district and divisional newspapers. After moving to Germany, he began working in the local military publication "Soviet Army".
Viktor Nikolaevich's service in the Armed Forces was very busy:
- Correspondent and deputy editor of the Communist Armed Forces magazine.
- A business trip to Afghanistan. Baranets talked about what was happening on the battlefield in articles and, of course, books.
- Referent of the chief in the Main Political Directorate of the USSR.
- Military observer in the Pravda newspaper.
- Advisor to the Chief of the General Staff.
- Head of Information Department of the Ministry of Defense.
- Spokesman for the Minister of DefenseRF.
- Military observer in the popular and well-known throughout the country newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. On the radio of the same name, he conducts his own program called “Military Review of Colonel Barants.”
Baranets and Putin
Even before 2012, Baranets Viktor Nikolaevich strongly criticized the policies of President Putin. The reason is the non-fulfillment of the program to provide the dismissed military with housing and monetary allowance. When Putin held a “direct line” in 2011, Baranets asked a question about this. The President praised the journalist for his courage.
Since 2012, Baranets has become Putin's confidant. In the election campaign of Vladimir Vladimirovich, he stood by his side, helped in debates, published campaign materials and articles in newspapers.
Today, Viktor Nikolayevich is a member of several Councils of the Russian Federation by order of President Putin. In parallel with social activities, he continues to work as a correspondent, presenter, and also writes his works.
Private life
Baranets Viktor Nikolaevich does not show a photo of his family. But it is certain that he is married. He has a son Denis. He is the vice-president of the largest bank in the Russian Federation - Gazprombank. In addition, projects related to housing and communal services reform are under his supervision.
Viktor Nikolaevich has a grandson who was born in 1999. Today he lives with his mother abroad, in France. He sings in the churchchore.
Books
An incredibly interesting and fruitful person Baranets Viktor Nikolaevich. His biography is full of events and facts. In his arsenal, there are not only hundreds of articles in various newspapers, but also books that were published with a circulation of several thousand copies:
- "The Lost Army";
- “Yeltsin and his generals. Notes of the Colonel of the General Staff";
- “The Russian army. Protector or victim?";
- “The General Staff without secrets.”
In each of his works, Baranets Viktor Nikolayevich tries to reveal the "behind the scenes" of the military department. At the same time, he always stands exclusively on the side of the common people, trying to protect them from deceit and corruption. That is why this person is respected and honored among all military personnel. And his articles and books are interesting to ordinary people as well.
