Pavel Sheremet

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grigorievich and the family name is Sheremet.

Pavel Sheremet
Sheremet in 2014
Born
Pavel Grigorievich Sheremet

(1971-11-28)28 November 1971
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died20 July 2016(2016-07-20) (aged 44)
Kyiv, Ukraine
NationalitySoviet Union
Belarusian (deprived)
Russian (naturalized)
OccupationJournalist
Children2
AwardsCPJ International Press Freedom Award (1998) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Prize for Journalism and Democracy (2001)

Pavel Grigorievich Sheremet (Russian: Павел Григорьевич Шеремет, Belarusian: Павел Рыгоравіч Шарамет, 28 November 1971 – 20 July 2016) was a Belarusian-born Russian and Ukrainian journalist who was imprisoned by the government of Belarus in 1997, sparking an international incident between Belarus and Russia. The New York Times has described him as "known for his crusading reports about political abuses in Belarus"[1] and "a thorn in the side of Lukashenko's autocratic government".[2] He was awarded the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award in 1999 and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Prize for Journalism and Democracy in 2002.

Pavel Sheremet died in Kyiv on 20 July 2016 in a car explosion.[3][4] The Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office stated in July 2016 that the explosion was caused by a bomb and labelled the death of Sheremet a murder.[5]

  1. ^ Michael R. Gordon (27 September 1999). "Under Fire, Yeltsin Is Defended By His Wife". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  2. ^ Michael R. Gordon (9 October 1997). "Reporter for Russian TV Freed By Belarus, Easing Tensions". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
  3. ^ Kramer, Andrew E. (20 July 2016). "Pavel Sheremet, Journalist in Ukraine, Is Killed in Car Bombing". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Новости NEWSru.com :: В Киеве в результате взрыва автомобиля погиб известный журналист Павел Шеремет". NEWSru. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Journalist and Putin critic Pavel Sheremet killed by car bomb". theaustralian.com.au. The Australian. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.