In today's society it is impossible to overestimate the importance of freedom of speech. But too often, defending their right to express their own point of view, people speak only about what they consider necessary, silent about facts that are objectionable to them. It's no secret that freedom of speech is closely linked to politics. The desire to become famous through one's sayings often leads to public censure and negative fame. One of those who gained such notoriety is the well-known Ukrainian businessman and political scientist Sergei Zaporizhsky.
Introduction
Columnist and blogger Sergei Zaporizhsky on the website of radio "Echo of Moscow" expressed confidence that there are no "interethnic problems" in Ukraine, there never were and never will be. The blogger writes that the country has begun a fight against traitors and thieves, against corrupt officials and invaders, and it will last until the end. Sergei Zaporizhsky declares that a new generation of free people has grown up in Ukraine, true patriots who do not want to remain slaves. The country will not return to the "soviet stall"going.
Speaking about the price of choice, the political scientist declares his confidence that it will certainly be high. But Sergei Zaporizhsky is convinced that this price is negligible compared to the one that the Russians will have to pay for interfering in the affairs of Ukraine. The political scientist is confident that in the future Ukraine will become a single successful country. He sees the fate of the Russians in a very sad light.
The "Bad Boy" of modern media
Many are interested in what Sergey Zaporozhsky does. In Ukraine, he is known primarily as the author of "Bandera football" (a popular political microblog on Twitter). In it, the author harshly criticizes Russia and rejoices at the “successes” of Ukraine.
But not everyone knows that a political scientist with such a bright pro-Ukrainian position Sergei Zaporizhsky (real name - Kutsenko) has Russian citizenship. More than once they were told about their ardent desire to obtain Ukrainian citizenship. Today it is known that the blogger lives in Lugansk.
Political scientist Sergei Zaporozhsky has already become familiar in various political talk shows on Russian television. With his rather harsh statements and behavior that many consider boorish, he managed to make a lot of enemies both in the studio and on the other side of the screen. Angry viewers on social media have repeatedly called for this character to be removed from the air.
On opposite sides of the ideological front
In recent years, the format of various political shows has become incredibly popular in the Russian Federation. The key to their success is havingheated discussions and reasonable discussion. To ensure the intensity of passions, authors and presenters have to invite experts to the programs who defend the European, American or Ukrainian position. The same persons, positioned as guests "from the other side of the ideological front", go from program to program. Often, the participants in the disputes with their statements cause such strong emotions that they have to leave the studio with bruises. Political scientist Sergei Zaporizhsky (Ukraine) is one of the most prominent "whipping boys" on Russian TV.
On-air scandals
Ukrainian political scientists, experts and colleagues of Sergei Kutsenko (Zaporozhsky) often become participants in conflicts on RosTV, but continue to visit these broadcasts with enviable regularity.
Thus, in November 2016, during the filming of the program “Right to vote” on the TVC channel, Tomasz Maciejchuk (Polish journalist) and Igor Markov (ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the seventh convocation) fought because of the statements of the parties about Ukraine).
Earlier, in 2015, Eduard Bagirov (a well-known Kyiv lawyer) and Konstantin Dolgov (co-chairman of the Popular Front of Novorossia) entered into a tough skirmish that threatened to turn into a brawl. The latter first promised to break his opponent's jaw, and then, with unambiguous intentions, went to the enemy. Ether was saved from a fight by the host Tolstoy, who managed to extinguish the conflict.
In the same year, one of the Ukrainian political scientists Vyacheslav Kovtun and Vladimir Oleinik, a formerVR deputy. The scandal erupted due to unethical statements by Kovtun about the starvation of a 7-month-old child in Mariupol.
In May 2017, during a live broadcast of the political talk show "Process" (Zvezda TV channel), Kovtun managed to unbalance Yuri Kot, the former host of the Inter TV channel, who was talking about his son and his friends who remained in Ukraine and do not support radical ideology. Kovtun got pretty badly punched in the face by Kot after he promised to figure out “what kind of son he is”, as a result of which he even had to write a statement to the police. However, this was not the last time this character had to get punched in the face.
In October, he was beaten by persons who remained unknown to the general public. The incident occurred during a commercial break on the talk show "Time Will Show" ("Channel One"). Then Kovtun was beaten again in the dressing room by Alexander Borodai, one of the founders of the self-proclaimed DNR. This happened because of his "sneaky laugh" at the time when the murders of children in Donbass were being discussed.
Meeting Point
In September 2017, Sergei Zaporizhsky, a Ukrainian political scientist invited as an expert, was expelled from the NTV studio during the show "Meeting Place" after his quarrel with host Andrey Norkin. The program was devoted to discussing the latest interim results of the investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing over Donetsk. In a conversation with one of the participants, the presentertried to prove that the international community was ignoring Russia's arguments and that for the first time the version that the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian bomber was voiced not by the Russian Federation, but by an American blogger, to which Zaporizhsky actively objected, accusing Norkin of lying. After that, the presenter removed the Ukrainian political scientist from the studio, saying that, having worked in journalism for 28 years, he did not intend to tolerate this.
Sergey Zaporizhsky: "Time will tell"
In the same year, another incident occurred on Russian TV with the participation of experts invited from Ukraine. According to media reports, at the beginning of the broadcast of the program "Time Will Show" Sergei Zaporozhsky, whose biography allows calling him "the son of a KGB officer", suffered physically from the Kyiv political scientist Andrey Mishin. The fight ended with Zaporizhsky falling to the floor of the studio.
Spectator Incident
In April of the same year, on the air of Channel One, a political scientist from Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya, tried to reason with one of the guests of the studio, who could not stand his anti-Russian statements. The broadcast video shows how a Ukrainian political scientist shouts something obscene at Russia, preventing the presenter from talking about the residents of Donbass, who were not afraid to protest the criminal actions of the current government in their country. At this time, a spectator sitting behind tried to appease the rampant guest.
One of the guests of the talk show, Igor Korotchenko, editor-in-chief of the National Defense magazine, in his comments on the scandal,published on his blog, recommended that the Russians react more calmly to provocative statements and remarks of such people, calling Ukrainian political scientists “zoology.”
Dessert
According to many, Channel One is truly adept at voicing absurd ideas and statements. But at the beginning of 2017, the Russian audience got the opportunity to enjoy a real dessert. During another broadcast of the popular political show, host Artem Sheinin brought to the studio a bucket of excrement, which he claimed was meant for Sergei Zaporizhsky, a notorious Ukrainian blogger.
The footage of the scandalous broadcast was published by Ukrainian journalist Denis Kazansky on his Facebook page, the news was also broadcast by Rush Hour. As always, the air was seething with passion. TV presenters were shown a fake account of a Ukrainian blogger who promised to eat a bucket of manure if annexed Crimea was not returned to Ukraine by 2017. In his comments, Kazansky ironically noted the "high professionalism" of the Russian television people involved in the scandal, who, in his words, "subtly feel their audience."
Regarding Zaporozhye, the journalist noted that he personally does not feel sorry for him. This is exactly what Denis Kazansky believes, and should be done with those who agree to participate in such television shows.
Another opinion
It is known that in an interview with Vesti, Ukrainian political scientist Vadim Karasev expressed a different position. In his opinion, since Czechs, Poles, Americans,Dutch, Ukrainians should also go there. This is necessary in order to convey one's position, break up opponents' scenarios and defend Ukraine. If you refuse this, there will always be other people who differ in their anti-Ukrainian position. Of course, there is no assistance from the hosts of these programs, the opportunity for Ukrainians to speak, according to Karasev, must be literally “scratched out”. Participants have to be prepared for both intellectual battles and significant psychological pressure.
A few words about the biography
It is not easy to dig up the biography of Sergei Zaporozhsky, who calls himself a businessman and political scientist, in the bowels of the Internet. There is incredibly little real information about him, but a lot of speculation and conjecture. It is known that on Facebook he is the owner of 655 subscribers, and also has a mark of training in the "Young Bandera".
How old Zaporizhsky Sergei can be determined only by his appearance. Many believe that he is about 35 years old. There is no information about the personal life of Sergei Zaporozhsky in the public domain. The presence of Russian citizenship of the “political scientist-businessman” has already been mentioned.
By the way, the pseudonym Zaporozhye (real name - Kutsenko) is not at all surprising, if we take into account the character's love for everything Little Russian. It is known that our hero tried out in sports journalism, but without much success. Then attempts were made to go into business, also unsuccessful.
Ideally everything for the "political scientist" has developed only in the field ofRussophobia. Sergei managed to attract the attention of the public as the host of Bandera Football, a microblog on Twitter, popular in Ukraine. Here he lambasted Putin's regime and lauded the achievements of the new Kyiv authorities. Zaporizhzhya is the author of many articles of anti-Russian content. As a result of his appearances in various political shows on Russian TV, in which the "businessman-political scientist" justifies the actions of the Ukrainian regime, which replaced Yanukovych's legitimate government, and blames Russia, he gained wide popularity. A special favor of a certain category of viewers won his style of behavior on such shows.
The reader should pay attention to one important detail. On his Facebook page as a future profession in 2024-2034. Zaporizhzhya "modestly" indicated the position of "President of Ukraine".
Why do Ukrainians participate in Russian shows
According to experts, the topic of Ukrainian politics on Russian television was, is and will be one of the main ones in the near future. Unfortunately, as many analysts note, talk shows in the Russian Federation from Ukraine are massively attended by people who are a priori incapable of a civilized discussion.
Many people wonder why Russian TV channels increase their personal ratings by inviting such people to their talk shows. Indeed, with this approach, the discussion of serious and painful problems turns into a real circus.
In conclusion
Famous journalist OlegPolevoy, in his article published on one of the popular sites, asks the question of whether people like Zaporizhsky, Yakhno, Kovtun, and others cannot be replaced by serious, competent people who are capable, regardless of their views, of holding a worthy discussion? According to experts, it would be useful for both Russian and Ukrainian viewers to hear the opinion of political scientist Mikhail Pogrebinsky, one of the best Ukrainian economists Alexander Okhrimenko, people's deputy - opposition Yevgeny Muraev, journalist and political scientist Dmitry Dzhangirov.
And with an ardent desire to communicate specifically with supporters of the Kyiv regime, shares Polevoy, the authors of the programs could invite the well-known journalist Dmitry Gordon (BPP), who not so long ago said that he would not have gone to the Maidan if he had known how it all ends. It would be possible to "treat" your viewers with a meeting with one of the main Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, Verkhovna Rada deputy Sergei Leshchenko, with the creator of the "new" history of Ukraine, Stanislav Kulchitsky.
All these people are well known in Ukraine. An invitation to Russian TV would hardly have raised their popularity in their homeland, and communication with them would have been much more interesting and valuable for the Russian audience.
