Today, Vyacheslav Kovtun can often be seen on Russian television channels. He is a regular guest of public and political talk shows. In addition to the main activity, the political scientist is known as a publicist and journalist.
Childhood and youth
The biography of Vyacheslav began in the small Kyrgyz village of Karakul, where he was born in 1968. In Kyrgyzstan, his childhood passed until the family moved to Ukraine. After graduation, Slava entered the main metropolitan university - Kiev University. Taras Shevchenko. The young man chose the Faculty of History with a specialization in Political Science and International Relations. His education and acquaintances acquired while studying at graduate school determined his further career.
Political scientist and politician
Closer in spirit, he turned out to be the Liberal Party of Ukraine, of which Vyacheslav became a member at the university. A certified specialist was entrusted with the position of the chairman of the control and audit commission on the podium. By this time, a pro-Western mindset of political scientist Kovtun had formed. In 2010, he headed the Expert Center for Public Interest Research in Kiev and took the position of an implacable Russophobe. A radically inclined politician supported the Ukrainian presence in NATO, the Kiev coup and military events in the Donbass. Work in the "Expert" allowed him to plunge into the epicenter of political events in the country and get acquainted with the activities of the government apparatus.
Broad fame brought him television. At the programs “The Right to Vote, ” “Special Correspondent, ” “Time Will Show, ” “Sunday Night with Vladimir Solovyov, ” he positioned himself as an expert on political life in Ukraine. Kovtun has the qualities of an excellent speaker and manipulator. He does not cost anything to incline the interlocutor to his Vyacheslav’s popularity in his country is growing every year. His speeches often make harsh statements against Russia. The political scientist considers the events in Crimea illegitimate, he is categorical about the participation of the Russian Federation in the events in current Ukraine and Evromaydane.
