Today, the concept of a professional political scientist is somewhat vague, but in higher education institutions there is such a direction of training. Students are told about the applied side of the profession, but what do people by profession a political scientist do? Vyacheslav Kovtun, for example, is now a very well-known political scientist from Ukraine, famous for his participation in Russian television talk shows.
Features of the profession
Vyacheslav Kovtun is a political scientist engaged in research and analysis of the political situation in the country he represents and in the world. A political scientist, from the point of view of the scientific community, should have a number of specific knowledge and competencies, and be engaged not in political analytics and popularization of politics, but in the scientific study of the sphere of politics through the prism of history using the methods of scientific analysis. However, political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun personifies the majority of modern representatives of this profession in terms of the functions that a modern political scientist-demagogue performs inthe original sense of the word.
Serving the media
People who appear on television are more responsible for what public opinion will be, how the internal situation in the country will develop. Also responsible is Vyacheslav Kovtun, a political scientist. You can see Vyacheslav's photo below. As you know, in order to present on the air a variety of points of view, foreign experts are also invited to Russian studios, speaking on behalf of their country. In popular television programs on federal Russian channels, political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun often criticizes the Russian government, speaking rather negatively about it. But nevertheless, he is the most colorful and important hero for the TV show. Therefore, it causes so much interest among the most diverse public. Let's try to understand his origin and biography.
Vyacheslav Kovtun (political scientist): biography
Data about this Ukrainian political figure is presented on the Internet quite modestly, but you can see everything that was found below.
The village of Karakul in the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic is the birthplace of Vyacheslav Kovtun (political scientist). Biography:
- Nationality according to official documents is indicated as Kyrgyz (Soviet passport).
- Marital status - married with three children.
- Vyacheslav Kovtun (political scientist) - born in 1968, May 17.
- Sources of income - in addition to the activities of the "political scientist-educator",Vyacheslav is engaged in business, owns a private security company.
- Vyacheslav Kovtun (political scientist) has a party position - chairman of the control commission of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.
No doubt, many biography facts need to be clarified, but at the moment this is all the information available on the Web.
Political activity
It is also reliably known that political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun is engaged in social activities in Ukraine, and is the director of a public opinion research center. This center is located in the capital of Ukraine - Kyiv - and is called "Expert".
But not immediately his career in the political arena developed so well. After moving to Kyiv, Kovtun first studied at the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko University. A great success for student Kovtun was the emergence of a new postgraduate educational program dedicated to political processes and institutions. Like so many, in his student years, Vyacheslav managed to acquire useful contacts. It was at the university that Kovtun joined the company of pro-Western political scientists.
Career development
Becoming a part of the "Innovation Center", Vyacheslav started preparing the first congress of the assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This event became a key event in the career of a novice political scientist and predetermined the development of Kovtun's career. At the moment, it is known that Vyacheslav Kovtun actively advocates the return of CrimeaUkraine, calling the referendum held on the peninsula an annexation of part of Ukrainian territory.
Crimean history
Immediately after graduate Kovtun passed his dissertation, he was invited to work on a project to create an anti-crisis plan in a specialized center under the administration of then President Kravchuk. The work of the commission was timed to keep the Crimean peninsula within the state. The job was not so highly paid that the aspiring political scientist could stop his career advancement. Nevertheless, a certain benefit for a still recent student, of course, was obvious.
Kovtun plunged into the very epicenter of the work of the government apparatus, got to know the prominent political figures of Ukraine better. Perhaps it was while working in this kind of political field that Kovtun learned to separate words from deeds. From now on, one kind of information sounds on TV screens, but in reality something completely different happens.
Useful work experience
Very soon, the duties of a political consultant were not enough for the ambitious Vyacheslav. Having started his career working for the government, Kovtun soon decided to work for the party mentioned earlier. At that time, the political scientist was surrounded by representatives of the "developing oligarchy", representatives of the criminal world, people from the Donetsk region. Recall at least the founder of the party - Markulov, close to the current one at that timethe president and his adviser. Subsequently, both closest "comrades-in-arms" left the plundered country and returned to it only at the turning point of the "revolution".
One way or another, the Liberal Party did not enjoy great success in the elections and already in 2006 could not overcome the electoral quantitative limitation. It is safe to say that it was while working in the Liberal Party that Kovtun acquired such qualities necessary for a political consultant as oratory, the ability to convince others that he was right, or at least a lively desire to convince his audience and much more. The political technologies mastered by Vyacheslav helped him and became the basis of success on television, including.
Vyacheslav Kovtun on Russian TV
Vyacheslav Kovtun speaks ambiguously about his appearance on Russian television in one of his interviews with online media. The political scientist claims that the Kremlin administration specifically invites Kovtun, seeking to increase television ratings, for the Russian government he is (in his own opinion) nothing more than a scapegoat, standing out against the background of the mainstream of Russian political consultants.
Viewers are also interested in Kovtun's figure because this political scientist expresses the opinion of the Ukrainian community without regard to morality and ethics, for which, by the way, he often receives from the guests of the same studios where he performs.
