Pavel Sheremet is a well-known journalist who considers him an international specialist. He worked in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. A professional and a person passionate about his profession, he always tried to defend his position. And it is this very adherence to principles that is often called the reason for which he died.
Journalists are one of the most dangerous professions. Especially when it comes to political observers and military men. Pavel Sheremet can serve as a striking example of such a professional who burned at work, obtained exclusives, had a certain weight and died at the hands of mercenaries.
Childhood of a journalist
The biography of Pavel Sheremet begins in 1971. He was born on November 28 in Minsk. His family did not stand out particularly and was not famous. In Minsk, he went to a comprehensive school, and graduated from it. And after receiving the certificate, he entered the university here, in his homeland, choosing the Faculty of History. However, he did not dare to study here for a long time, and after the 3rd year he left the university. His next alma mater was the Belarusian Economic University. To defend his diploma, Pavel presented his thesis on the topic of offshore business.
Carier start
At first, a career as a journalist was closely associated with banks. He started working in the foreign exchange department of one of the banks in Minsk. However, the fact that he was distinguished by an analytical mind, had an interest in social problems and had his own vision of the political situation, coupled with the desire to convey his point of view to people, became a reason for him to change his field of activity.
Pavel Sheremet was in some way lucky that the beginning of his career fell on the turbulent 90s. As many people note today, then there were more opportunities for self-realization. As a result, Sheremet's career was built pretty soon. After university and bank, he decided to go on television. It was in 1992. And he came here as a consultant. And then he became the host. Then his career developed rapidly - he quickly moved to the category of authors of his own program, which became the first analytical program. Moreover, it should be understood that at that time he was only 23 years old - the potential was quite high.
After 4 years, Pavel Sheremet was appointed editor of a print publication called “Belorusskaya Delovaya Gazeta”. It was in 1996. During the same period, he was appointed head of the Belarusian ORT bureau (Today - Channel One). In fact, this meant that Sheremet is the correspondent of the channel in the Republic of Belarus. During his work in his native Belarus, Sheremet did not even think to hide his dissatisfaction with the ruling regime of Lukashenko and did not hesitate to openly express his opposition sentiments. As a result, he even ended up in prison for three months.
In 1997, he was stopped at the border between Belarus and Lithuania. That time he was accused of illegally crossing the border, which was the reason for his detention. Then he was charged with an even more serious charge - receiving money from foreign special services, as well as illegal journalistic activities. The verdict was 2 years in prison and 1 year on probation. However, they were satisfied with 3 months of arrest. The participation of Russian President Yeltsin in the release of the journalist played an important role in this. Experts note that the Russian President gave an order not to let Lukashenka's plane enter Russian territory until the journalist is free.
Work on Russian TV
Since 1998, Sheremet goes to work in Russian programs. He was appointed a special correspondent for two ORT news programs at once - Vremya and Novosti. A year later, he became the editor-in-chief of a whole correspondent network of news programs at the country's main channel. He was also the host of the Vremya program.
In 2000, Sheremet's career and work took a new round - he moved to the category of documentary authors. So, among the most popular and famous films that he shot are called "Wild Hunt", "Sturgeon War", "Chechen Diary", "Execution of Saddam. A war without a winner."
Business in his homeland during this period also does not let him go, so he creates the Internet portal "Belarusian Partisan", which broadcasts messages and materials exposing the authorities of the fraternal republic for Russia.
In 2008, Sheremet left Channel One for good. The reason was his protest against the coverage of the elections to the State Duma - Sheremet loudly declared that it was happening in violation of the rules and all democratic standards. He went to work at Ogonyok, but never said goodbye to television. So, he was noted as the host of the "Sentence" program on REN-TV. In 2013, he was invited to act as a presenter on the OTR in the "Right? Yes!" His last appearance on Russian screens as a journalist was a film in memory of Boris Nemtsov, released on the Dozhd channel.
Working with Ukraine
In 2012, Sheremet decides to change the vector and begins cooperation with the Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainskaya Pravda. In June 2015, he started his own project on the TV channel of Ukraine "24". The program was called Dialogues. In the autumn of the same year he was invited to Radio Vesti as a presenter.
Pavel Sheremet has already followed the beaten path and again came out with denunciations of the authorities, however, already Russian. The reason was the annexation of the Crimea. Against this background, he called the conflict in eastern Ukraine " a Russian invasion, while the annexation of Crimea was "annexation."
Author of books
Pavel Sheremt is also known as the author of several books. One of them is "The Accidental President", where he sharply criticizes Alexander Lukashenko. The second “The secrets of St. Petersburg Vladimir Yakovlev”, where he reflected everything that he thinks about the new politicians of Russia, who come from the cultural capital. In 2009, the journalist could not pass by the figure of the Georgian president and published a book of reflections on Mikhail Saakashvili.
Personal life
Sheremet's personal life was also rich in events. But at the same time, it remained closed for discussion. A woman named Natalya is called the journalist's wife. They had two children - Nikolai and Elizabeth. In 2013, the marriage broke up.
In the last years of his life, Sheremet was considered the common-law husband of Alena Prytula, the owner of the Ukrainian Pravda online newspaper. After moving to Kiev, Pavel settled with her.
The death of a journalist
On July 20, 2016, Pavel Sheremet was killed. He drove away from the house where he lived in Ukraine, in Alena Prytula's car, several tens of meters. An explosive device was planted under the car, which was controlled remotely. He did not die right away - an ambulance took him from the scene while still alive. He died on the way to the hospital from profuse blood loss.
