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Vladimir Aleksandrovich Gusinsky ( Russian: Владимир Александрович Гусинский, [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡʊˈsʲinskʲɪj]; born 6 October 1952) is a Russian media tycoon. He founded the Media-Most holding company that included the NTV [1] free-to-air channel, the newspaper Segodnya ...
Vladimir Gusinsky (born Oct. 6, 1952, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) is a Russian businessman who built a media empire in Russia in the late 20th century. His holdings included television, radio, newspapers, and magazines known both for their professionalism and for the critical stance they often adopted toward Kremlin policies.
Mar 18, 2022 · In 2000, Putin arrested media baron Vladimir Gusinsky on charges of fraud and forced him to sell his media properties, including his crown jewel REN-TV, to state-owned Gazprom.
- John Hyatt
Mar 29, 2022 · The government alleged Gusinsky stole $10 million in a privatization deal. Gusinsky was jailed and then fled overseas.
- Greg Rosalsky
Apr 5, 2022 · Gusinsky, who made his money by snapping up metal-mining companies in the first wave of privatization, in 1993 founded the Media-Most holding company that controlled NTV, one of Russia’s most ...
Mar 22, 2022 · Two of the oligarchs, Boris Berezovsky and Vladimir Gusinsky, controlled two of the three major Russian television networks — and they blanketed the airwaves with pro-Yeltsin propaganda.
Learn how Gusinsky built his media empire from scratch and became a critic of Yeltsin and Putin. Find out how he was targeted by the Russian government and lives in exile today.
