Yuri Schekochikhin is known in Russia as a fighter against crime and corruption in state bodies. He has made an impressive journalistic and political career. The central point in his work has always been journalistic investigations. It is possible that participation in one of them indirectly became the reason for his death.
From the biography of Yuri Petrovich Shchekochikhin
The future journalist and public figure was born on June 9, 1950 in the city of Kirovabad (Azerbaijan). Yuri’s father was a soldier. At the age of seventeen Shchekochikhin already works as a correspondent for Moskovsky Komsomolets. Then he got a job at Komsomolskaya Pravda. Here he led the youth section "Scarlet Sail" for several years.
Shchekochikhin received higher education. Behind Yuri Petrovich is the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, which he graduated in 1975.
The beginning of the creative path
In 1980, the journalist became a special correspondent of the Literary Newspaper, and then headed the investigative department of the publication, and until 1996 was a member of his editorial board. Creativity Shchekochikhina left a noticeable mark in domestic journalism.
At the end of the 80s, Yuri Petrovich published material in which it was first said that organized crime exists in the Soviet Union. This was an interview with police lieutenant colonel Alexander Gurov. After this publication, its author and Gurov became famous throughout the country.
Political career of Yuri Shchekochikhin
Soon Shchekochikhin became a people's deputy of the USSR; he was elected from the Luhansk region. The journalist was part of the so-called Interregional Deputy Group, and was also a member of the country's Supreme Council Committee on Combating Crime. Shchekochikhin also fought with the privileges of officials.
Yuri Petrovich did not leave his journalistic investigations. His program on ORT, which began to air since 1995, was closed six months later. The author of the program believed that the reason was the material on the conflict in Chechnya. Shchekochikhin said that the leading banks of the country began this military campaign.
Before the beginning of 1996, Shchekochikhin became a deputy of the State Duma and became a member of the Yabloko faction. He led the committee on security and the anti-corruption commission in the legislature.
Since the mid-90s, Shchekochikhin served as deputy chief editor of the weekly newspaper Novaya Gazeta. In this publication, he oversaw the investigation department.
