Vesti
The newspaper "Vesti" was created by Igor Guzhva on the basis of the staff of the newspaper "Segodnia" by luring out 52 people out of it. In "Segodnia" Mr. Guzhva had been working for a long time as an editor and later because of the conflict with the owners was released and moved to Moscow. At the beginning almost all copies of "Vesti" were distributed for free (almost without advertisements), only at the moment the volume of free distribution is significantly reduced. Mr. Guzhva called himself the owner of Media Holding "Vesti Ukraine" and because of that tax service paid attention to him. In May 2014 a search was conducted in the editorial office of "Vesti" newspaper. At the same time the tax police blocked the accounts of "Visti Mass Media" and Igor Guzhva who was accused in fictitious business, money laundering and tax evasion. Pre-trial investigation revealed that "Visti Mass Media" received funds in the amount of 93.6 million USD to its account of from a fictitious company, which were legalized then. In April 2015 the Security Service of Ukraine accused the newspaper in support of separatism – namely the publication of several articles aimed at violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. In addition, the newspaper accused of receiving illegal funding sources. End Cypriot company “Multimedia” Ltd. owners of are unknown, but the CEO of TVi Mykola Kniazhytskyi assumed that the owners had not changed and the sale had only been a formality to secure against accusations of abuse and the transfer of funds offshore
Audience Share
3.2
Ownership Type
private
Geographic Coverage
Local | Published (has separate editorial offices) in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizzhia, Dnipro and Odesa. Before the war used to be published in Donetsk.
Content Type
Free content |(within distribution in the mornings in crowded places) Paid content
Media Companies / Groups
Media Holding Vesti Ukraine
Ownership Structure
The founders of LLC "RANDI" are: LLC "Media Invest Plus", LLC "IG Media Ukraine". The final beneficiary is Denys Mozgovyi
Voting Rights
MD
Individual Owner
General Information
Founding Year
2013
Founder
LLC “Vesti mass-media”, Igor Guzhva
Affiliated Interests Founder
Igor Guzhva long time was the chief editor of "Segodnia" newspaper (owner Rinat Akhmetov). He created newspaper and holding "Vesti" in 2013 after a two-year stay in Moscow. The man of clearly pro-Russian views. Under his management the newspaper constantly manipulated in content, causing outrage in society, but it had a distinct group of support among those who used to get it for free. Donetsk editorial office of "Vesti" supported the arrival of separatists, it is not published now.
Ceo
Oleg Liakhov
Affiliated Interests Ceo
Oleg Liakhov, the head of LLC “RANDI”
Editor-In-Chief
Oksana Omelchenko
Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief
Oksana Omelchenko is a chief editor of “Vesti” since September 2015. She replaced Igor Guzhva on this post. She has been working in the field of journalism for already 15 years. Previously Oksana used to work as the editor of departments and deputy chief editor in the following media: "Day", "Economicheskie Izvestiya", "Gazeta 24", "Segodnia".
Other Important People
Olga Semchenko
Oleksandr Klymenko
Affiliated Interests other important people
Oleksandr Klymenko is Ukrainian businessman and politician, former Minister of Incomes and Fees of Ukraine (December 24, 2012 – February 27, 2014). The representative of the Ukrainian oligarchic clan, known as the "Yanukovych family." According to media reports, he is the owner of the newspaper "Vesti", radio "Vesti" and UBR channel.
Olga Semchenko, head of Media Holding "Vesti Ukraine", the former press secretary, civil wife of former Minister of Incomes and Fees under the regime of Yanukovych Oleksandr Klymenko. Allegedly Igor Guzhva sold her his share of ownership. In the interview to "Detector Media" Ms. Semchenko denied that its owner is Oleksandr Klymenko.
Contact
01 001, Kyiv city, Sportyvna Street, 1a, “Guliver” Busincees Center, floor 32Tel.: +38 044 591 03 15 info@vesti.ua julia_lomanova@vesti.ua
Financial Information
Revenue (in Mill. $)
MD
Operating Profit (in Mill. $)
MD
Advertising (in % of total funding)
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Market Share
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Further Information
Headlines
Вещатели Еханурова, Таруты и Клименко откорректировали структуру собственности
http://mediananny.com/novosti/2317572/
«Радио Вести» досі не оприлюднило структуру власності, а власник UBR отримав канал у подарунок
http://detector.media/infospace/article/114168/2016-04-07-radio-vesti-dosi-ne-oprilyudnilo-strukturu-vlasnosti-a-vlasnik-ubr-otrimav-kanal-u-podarunok/
Экс-редактор "Репортера" Крюкова: Инвестором "Вестей" был и остается Клименко
http://gordonua.com/news/politics/eks-redaktor-reportera-kryukova-investorom-vestey-byl-i-ostaetsya-klimenko-93707.html
Meta Data
Mediaownership of "Vesti" is a problem for the whole mediasociaty of Ukraine since the newspaper founding in 2013. The founder of "Vesti" Igor Guzhva actively hid the truth and later after a try to accuse him of nonpayment of tax amounting to 17 million USD he practiced "resales" and "gifts". So exploring dense scheme of fictitious resales as well as study of the main "owners’" biographies made no sense.
Sources
State register Ministry of justice of Ukraine of print media and information agencies as subjects of information activity. Retrieved in August 2016, from http://dzmi.informjust.ua/
Unified state register of the Ministry of justice of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and civic formations. Retrieved in August 2016, from https://usr.minjust.gov.ua/
(2015, July 30). Українська правда. Цивільна дружина Клименка розповіла, якими стануть "Вести". Retrieved in August 2016 from http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/07/30/7076152/
(2015, July 29). Українська правда. Гужва продав свою частку у "Вестях" цивільній дружині Клименка. Retrieved in August 2016 from http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2015/07/29/7076104/
(2015, September 16). Вести. На должность главреда газеты "Вести" назначена Оксана Омельченко. Retrieved in August 2016 from http://vesti-ukr.com/strana/115055-na-dolzhnost-glavreda-gazety-vesti-naznachena-oksana-omelchenko
