Oleksandr Martynenko (journalist)

Oleksandr Martynenko
Олександр Мартиненко
Martynenko in 2018
Born(1960-08-22)22 August 1960
Died28 May 2024(2024-05-28) (aged 63)
Kyiv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Occupation(s)Media director, journalist
Known forDirector of Interfax-Ukraine, press secretary of President Leonid Kuchma

Oleksandr Vladlenovych Martynenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Владленович Мартиненко; 22 August 1960 – 28 May 2024) was a Ukrainian media director and journalist. He was a director of Interfax-Ukraine from its founding in 1992 to 1998 and from 2003.[1] From 1998 to 2002, he was a deputy chief of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and press secretary of President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma.[2] He was a long-time author of the magazine Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, where he published articles under the pseudonym "Alexander Makarov". Martynenko died in Kyiv on 28 May 2024 at the age of 63.[3]

  1. ^ "Александр Мартыненко: "Ельцин крепко обнял Кучму и держал так секунд 20, после чего сказал: "Задушу. В объятиях"". fakty.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Martynenko Oleksandr". yes-ukraine.org. Yalta European Strategy. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ Помер засновник і голова агентства «Інтерфакс-Україна» Олександр Мартиненко (in Ukrainian)