Political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun: biography, photos and interesting facts

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Today, the concept of a professional political scientista little blurry, but in higher education there is such a direction of preparation. Students are told about the applied side of the profession, but what are people engaged in the profession of a political scientist? Vyacheslav Kovtun, for example, is now a very famous political scientist from Ukraine, famous for his participation in Russian television talk shows.

Features of the profession

Kovtun Vyacheslav is a political scientistresearch and analysis of political conjuncture in the country, which he represents, and in the world. The political scientist, from the point of view of the scientific community, should have a number of specific knowledge and competencies, and not engage in political analysis and popularization of politics, but scientific study of the policy sphere through the prism of history using methods of scientific analysis. However, political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun personifies the majority of contemporary representatives of this profession in terms of the functions performed by the modern demagogue political scientist in the original sense of the word.

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In the service of the media

People who are on television, moredegrees are responsible for how public opinion will be, how the internal situation in the country will develop. Also responsible and Kovtun Vyacheslav - political scientist. You can see Vyacheslav's photos below. As you know, in order to broadcast a variety of views on the air, foreign experts are invited to the Russian studio on behalf of their country. In popular TV programs on federal Russian channels, political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun often criticizes the Russian authorities, speaking about it rather negatively. But nevertheless is the most colorful and important for the TV-show hero. Therefore, it causes so much interest among the most diverse public. Let's try to understand its origin and biography.

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Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist): biography

The data on this Ukrainian politician are presented on the Internet rather modestly, but everything you could find, you will see below.

The village of Karakul in the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is the place where Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist) was born. Biography:

  • Nationality by official documents is listed as Kyrgyz (Soviet passport).
  • Marital status - married, three children.
  • Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist) - year of birth - 1968, May 17.
  • Sources of income - in addition to the activities of the "political scientist-educator", Vyacheslav engaged in business, owns a private security firm.
  • Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist) has a party position - chairman of the control commission of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.

No doubt, many biographical facts need clarification, but at the moment it is all the information available on the Web.

Political activity

Also it is reliably known that the political scientist VyacheslavKovtun is engaged in public activities in Ukraine, he serves as director of the research center of public opinion. This center is located in the capital of Ukraine - Kiev - and is called "Expert".

But not immediately his career in the political arenawas developing so well. Having moved to Kiev, Kovtun first studied at the Faculty of History of the Taras Shevchenko University. A great success for the student Kovtun was the emergence of a new postgraduate educational program dedicated to political processes and institutions. As very many, in his student years, Vyacheslav managed to acquire useful acquaintances. It was at the university that Kovtun joined the company of pro-Western political scientists.

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Becoming a career

Becoming part of the "Innovation Center", Vyacheslavwas engaged in the preparation of the first congress of the assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This event was key in the career of the beginning political scientist and predetermined the development of Kovtun's career. To date, it is known that Vyacheslav Kovtun is actively advocating the return of the Crimea to Ukraine, referring to the referendum held on the peninsula, the annexation of part of the Ukrainian territory.

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Crimean history

Immediately after the graduate Kovtun surrendered hishe was invited to participate in the work on the project to create an anti-crisis plan in a specialized center under the administration of the then President Kravchuk. The work of the commission was timed to keep the Crimean peninsula in the state. The work was not so highly paid that the beginning political scientist could stop his advancement on the career ladder. Nevertheless, a certain benefit for a still recent student, of course, was obvious.

Kovtun plunged into the very epicenter of workgovernment apparatus, I became more familiar with prominent political figures in Ukraine. Perhaps, it was during his work in the political field of this kind that Kovtun learned to breed words with deeds. From now on, information from one kind is heard from TV screens, but in reality something quite different happens.

Useful work experience

Very soon the responsibilities of politicalthe consultant was not enough for the ambitious Vyacheslav. Starting his career from work for the government, soon Kovtun decided to take up work in the party mentioned earlier. At that time, the political scientist was surrounded by representatives of the "developing oligarchy", representatives of the criminal world, immigrants from the Donetsk region. Remember at least the founder of the party - Markulov, close to the then operating president and his adviser. Subsequently, the two closest "companions" left the plundered country and returned to it only at a turning point in the accomplishment of the "revolution."

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One way or another, the Liberal Party did not usea great success in the elections and already in 2006 could not overcome the elective quantitative restriction. It can be said with certainty that it was during the time of work in the Liberal Party that Kovtun acquired such qualities necessary for a political consultant as oratorical skills, the ability to convince others in his rightness, or at least a keen desire to convince his audience and much more. The political technologies developed by Vyacheslav helped him and became the basis of success on television, including.

Vyacheslav Kovtun on Russian TV

About his appearance on Russian televisionVyacheslav Kovtun said ambiguously in one of his interviews with online media. The political scientist claims that the Kremlin administration specifically invites Kovtun to raise the television ratings, for the Russian government he (in his own opinion) is nothing but a scapegoat standing out against the background of the bulk of Russian political consultants.

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For viewers, the figure of Kovtun is also interesting because,that this political scientist expresses the opinion of the Ukrainian community without regard for morals and ethics, for which, incidentally, he often receives visitors from the same studios where he himself is speaking.