Tatyana Mitkova Explained

Tatyana Mitkova
Birth Name:	Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova
Birth Date:	1955 9, df=y
Birth Place:	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Occupation:	Television journalist

Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova (Russian: Татья́на Ростисла́вовна Митко́ва; born 13 September 1955)^[1] is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official Soviet Union version of the military response to the uprising in Lithuania.^[2] In 2001, BBC News described her as one of Russia's "best-known news presenters".^[3]

In 1991, she received one of the first International Press Freedom Awards from the Committee to Protect Journalists.

In January 2001, she was summoned by prosecutors to discuss an alleged $70,000 loan from NTV. The summons came in the midst of an attempted takeover of the station by Gazprom,^[4] and Mitkova described it as "psychological pressure and a direct threat to journalists".^[5] At the end of the month, a Moscow court gave Gazprom control of NTV's owner Media-Most, which was by then described by BusinessWeek as "Russia's sole independent national television station"^[6] and by The New York Times as "the last nationwide voice critical of President Vladimir V. Putin".^[7] Despite a lockout of some journalists who refused to "pledge loyalty" to the new management, Mitkova was persuaded to stay with the station by new owner Boris Jordan.

Awards and decorations

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (16 November 2011)^[8]
• Order of Honour (22 April 2014)^[9]
• Order of Friendship (27 November 2006)^[10]
• Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour (26 July 2021)^[11]
• Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (23 April 2008)^[12]
• Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude (10 July 2023)^[13]
• Commemorative Medal of 13 January (11 January 1994)^[14] Mitkova later decided to forgo the medal in solidarity with Dmitry Kiselyov, who had been stripped of it "for the discredit to the name of an awarded person".^[15] On 14 April 2014, President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė deprived her of the medal.^[16]
• CPJ International Press Freedom Award (1991)^[17]
• TEFI in the nomination "News Programme Presenter" (25 May 1997)^[18]
• Moscow City Prize in Journalism for 2001 (25 March 2002)^[19]
• Olympia National Award for Public Recognition of Russian Women's Achievements in the nomination "Journalist of the Year" (3 March 2005)^[20]
• TEFI Special Prize "For Personal Contribution to the Development of Russian Television" (3 October 2018)^[21]

Notes and References

1. Book: 1993 . ru:Вся журналистская Москва . Directory of Journalists Moscow . https://books.google.com/books?id=VgplAAAAMAAJ&q=&q=%22MITKOVA+Tatyana+Rostislavovna,+13.09.1955%22 . 2 . Moscow . Russian Union of Journalists; Journalist Fund . 15 . 31 December 2023.
2. News: 30 January 1994 . Russian TV Seeks U.S. Sponsors for News . . . 28 May 2011.
3. News: 16 April 2001 . New blow against Gusinsky media . . 28 May 2011.
4. Lukyanova . Inna . 23 April 2001 . ru:Сохранить лицо. НТВ . To save face. NTV . http://www.profile.ru/arkhiv/item/43961-items_8540 . Profile . ru . 31 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160207190826/http://www.profile.ru/arkhiv/item/43961-items_8540 . 7 February 2016 . live.
5. News: 26 January 2001 . NTV presenter to be visited by prosecutors . . 18 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017144649/http://www.russiajournal.com/node/6676 . 17 October 2013 . dead.
6. 29 August 2001 . The Easter Raider . . 18 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403115207/http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2001-04-29/the-easter-raider . 3 April 2015 . dead.
7. News: Wines . Michael . Michael Wines . 27 January 2001 . Putin Allies Seem to Gain in Battle Over Critical Press Empire . . 2 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402215345/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/27/world/putin-allies-seem-to-gain-in-battle-over-critical-press-empire.html . 18 August 2012 . live.
8. Web site: 2011-11-16 . Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 16.11.2011 г. № 1492 . Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 16 November 2011 No. 1492 . . ru . 2023-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605100930/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/34255 . 2016-06-05 . live.
9. News: Kamyshev . Dmitry . Boletskaya . Ksenia . 5 May 2014 . ru:За взятие Крыма . For the capture of Crimea . https://www.vedomosti.ru/newspaper/articles/2014/05/05/za-vzyatie-kryma . . ru . 31 December 2023.
10. Web site: 2006-11-27 . ru:Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 27.11.2006 г. № 1316 . Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 27 November 2006 No. 1316 . http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/24616 . . ru . 2023-12-31.
11. Web site: 2021-07-26 . ru:Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 26.07.2021 № 196-рп "О поощрении" . Order of the President of the Russian Federation of 26 July 2021 No. 196-rp "On promotion" . http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202107260018?index=7&rangeSize=1 . pravo.gov.ru . ru . 2023-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210729080639/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202107260018?index=7&rangeSize=1 . 2021-07-29 . dead.
12. Web site: 2008-04-23 . ru:Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 23.04.2008 № 214-рп "О поощрении". Order of the President of the Russian Federation of 23 April 2008 No. 214-rp "On promotion" . http://pravo.gov.ru/proxy/ips/?docbody=&nd=102121280 . pravo.gov.ru . ru . 2023-12-31.
13. Web site: 2023-07-10 . ru:Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 10.07.2023 № 226-рп "О поощрении" . Order of the President of the Russian Federation of 10 July 2023 No. 226-rp "On promotion" . http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307100051?pageSize=1&index=11 . pravo.gov.ru . ru . 2023-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230710155953/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0001202307100051?pageSize=1&index=11 . 2023-07-10 . live.
14. Web site: 1994-01-11 . 205 Dėl apdovanojimo Sausio 13-osios atminimo medaliu . lrs.lt . lt . . 2023-12-31.
15. Web site: 2014-04-15 . Grybauskaite removes Russian journalist from list of persons awarded with state decorations . . 2023-12-31.
16. Web site: 2014-04-14 . 1K-1783 Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidento 1994 m. sausio 11 d. dekreto Nr. 205 „Dėl apdovanojimo Sausio 13-osios atminimo medaliu“ pakeitimo . lrs.lt . lt . . 2023-12-31.
17. Web site: Journalists Receive 1996 Press Freedom Awards . . 28 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120605095952/http://www.cpj.org/attacks96/frontmatter/ipfa.html . 5 June 2012 . dead.
18. Web site: ru:ПОБЕДИТЕЛИ КОНКУРСА "ТЭФИ-1997" . http://www.tefi.ru/ru/tefi/tefi-vict1997/ . tefi.ru . ru . . 2023-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150629001927/http://www.tefi.ru/ru/tefi/tefi-vict1997/ . 2015-06-29 . dead.
19. Web site: 2002-03-25 . ru:Указ мэра Москвы № 15-УМ от 25 марта 2002 года . Decree of the Mayor of Moscow No. 15-UM of 25 March 2002 . http://mosopen.ru/document/15_um_2002-03-25 . MosOpen.ru . ru . 2023-12-31.
20. Web site: 2005-03-03 . ru:V Церемония . 5th Ceremony . http://www.ex.ru/content/v-церемония-0 . ex.ru . ru . Russian Academy of Business and Entrepreneurship . 2023-12-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219163556/http://www.ex.ru/content/v-церемония-0 . 2014-02-19 . dead.
21. Web site: 2018-10-03. ru:Поздравляем победителей в номинациях категории «Вечерний прайм»!. Congratulations to the winners in the "Evening Prime" category nominations!. http://tefitv.ru/Поздравляем-Вечерний-прайм/. tefitv.ru. ru. TEFI. 2023-12-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20181009104320/http://tefitv.ru/Поздравляем-Вечерний-прайм/. 2018-10-09. dead.