Biography
Mykyta Poturayev was born in Dnipro on 4 September 1970. He is the grandson of the Soviet Ukrainian mechanical scientist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, Valentyn Mykytovych, from on his mother's side, and the son of the Ukrainian mechanical scientist Ruslan Palladyovych. He is a co-founder of the public organization "Quantum Future Lab". He has worked in management positions in the media holding Stalight Media, and was the director of Focus Media. From 2000 to 2001, he was the first deputy chairman of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting. In the beginning of 2019, was an advisor to President Zelensky on political issues. Poturayev was a candidate for People's Deputies from the Servant of the People party, elected in 2019, No. 97 on the list. At the time of the elections, he was the director of Focus Media LLC, and independent, and lived in Dnipro. On 29 August 2019, Poturayev became the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, while he was the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Information Policy. He is the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy since 17 June 2020.Views
In 2015, in Surkov's hacked correspondence with the Russian agency, Poturayev appears as an "entry point" - a person who can be of interest to the Kremlin and promote Russian interests in Ukraine, it is indicated that preliminary conversations were held with him about the problem of a pro-Russian position in Ukraine, and this topic aroused his interest, he is interested in cooperation and is ready to propose ideas and projects. As the head of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, Poturayev repeatedly distinguished himself by promoting anti-Ukrainian initiatives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenenskyy signed the bill into law, banning the Russian Orthodox Church affiliated to Ukraine, and according to Poturayev, the Kremlin was spreading propaganda through the church.Personal life
On 2 November 2021, he declared the purchase of a Subaru Forester car for 1.1 million hryvnias.References
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