Pavel Sheremet is a well-known journalist who considers an international specialist. He worked in Belarus, and in Russia, and in Ukraine. Professional and passionate about his profession, he always tried to defend his position. And it is precisely this principle of principle that is often called the reason why he died.
Journalists are one of the most dangerous professions. Especially when it comes to political observers and military commanders. A striking example of such a professional who burned at work, obtained exclusives, had a certain weight and died at the hands of mercenaries, Pavel Sheremet can serve.
The childhood of a journalist
Biography of Pavel Sheremet begins in 1971. He was born on November 28 in Minsk. His family did not stand out especially and was not famous. In Minsk, he went to a comprehensive school, and she graduated from it. And after receiving a certificate, he entered the university here, in his homeland, choosing the faculty of history. However, he did not dare to study for a long time here, and after the 3rd year he left the university. His next alma mater was the Belarusian Economic University. To defend his diploma, Pavel presented a thesis on the topic of offshore business.
Carier start
At first, the career of a journalist was closely connected with banks. He began working in the currency department of one of the banks in Minsk. However, the fact that he was distinguished by an analytical mind, had an interest in social problems and had his own vision of the political situation, coupled with a desire to convey his point of view to people, became an occasion for him to change his sphere of activity.
Pavel Sheremet was in some way lucky that the beginning of his career came in the turbulent 90s. As many today note, then there were more opportunities for self-realization. As a result, Sheremet’s career was built quite soon. After college and bank, he decided to go on television. It was in 1992. And he came here as a consultant. And then he became the leader. Further, the career developed rapidly - he quickly moved into the category of authors of his own program, which was the first analytical program. Moreover, it should be understood that at that time he was only 23 years old - the potential was quite high.
After 4 years, Pavel Sheremet was appointed editor of a print publication called Belarusian Business Newspaper. It was in 1996. In the same period he was appointed head of the Belarusian bureau ORT (Today - Channel One). In fact, this meant that Sheremet is a channel correspondent for the Republic of Belarus. During his work in his native Belarus, Sheremet did not even think about hiding his dissatisfaction with the ruling regime and did not hesitate to openly express his opposition sentiments. As a result of this, he was even detained for three months.
In 1997, he was stopped on the border between Belarus and Lithuania. At that time, he was accused of illegally crossing the border, which was the reason for his detention. Further, he was charged with an even heavier charge - receiving money from foreign special services, as well as illegal journalistic activities. The sentence was 2 years of imprisonment and 1 year of probation. However, they were satisfied with 3 months of arrest. Not the least role was played by the participation of Russian President Yeltsin in the liberation of the journalist. Experts note that the Russian president gave the order not to let Lukashenko's plane into Russian territory until the journalist is free.
Work on Russian TV
Since 1998, Sheremet transferred to work in Russian programs. He was appointed special correspondent for two ORT information programs at once - Vremya and Novosti. A year later, he became the chief editor of a whole correspondent network of information programs of the main channel of the country. He was also the host of the Time program.
In 2000, Sheremet’s career and work made a new round - he moved into the category of documentary authors. So, among the most sought-after and famous films that he made are called Wild Hunt, Sturgeon War, Chechen Diary, Saddam's Execution. War without a winner.
Cases at home during this period also do not let him go, so he creates an online portal "Belarusian Partisan", which broadcasts messages and materials exposing the authorities of the fraternal republic of Russia.
In 2008, Sheremet finally left Channel One. The reason was his protest against the coverage of the elections to the State Duma - Sheremet loudly stated that it was in violation of the rules and all democratic standards. He went to work at Ogonyok, but didn’t say goodbye to television at all. So, he was noted as the leading program "Sentence" on REN-TV. In 2013, he was invited to act as a presenter at OTR in the program "Right? Yes!". His last appearance on Russian screens as a journalist was a film in memory of Boris Nemtsov, released on the Dozhd channel.
Work with Ukraine
In 2012, Sheremet decides to change the vector; t begins cooperation with the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainian Truth. In June 2015, he began his own project on the Ukrainian TV channel "24". The program was called Dialogs. In the autumn of the same year he was invited to Radio.Vesti as a presenter.
Pavel Sheremet already followed the beaten path and again came out with denunciations of the authorities, though already Russian. The reason was the annexation of Crimea. Against this background, he called the conflict in Eastern Ukraine "the Russian invasion, and the annexation of Crimea by" annexation ".
Author of books
Pavel Sheremt is also known as the author of several books. One of them is "The Random President", where he sharply criticizes Alexander Lukashenko. The second "St. Petersburg Secrets of Vladimir Yakovlev", where he portrayed everything he thinks about the new politicians of Russia, who come from the cultural capital. In 2009, the journalist could not get past the figure of the Georgian president and published a book of thoughts about Mikheil Saakashvili.
Personal life
Sheremet’s personal life was also eventful. But at the same time, it remained closed for discussion. The journalist’s wife is called a woman named Natalya. They had two children - Nikolai and Elizabeth. In 2013, the marriage broke up.
In the last years of his life, Sheremet was considered the civil husband of the owner of the online newspaper "Ukrainian Pravda" Alena Pritula. After moving to Kiev, Pavel settled with her.
