The Ukrainian News Agency (Ukrainian: Інформаційне агентство "Українські Новини", romanized: Informatsiine ahentstvo "Ukrainski Novyny") is a Kyiv-based[1]Ukrainiannews agency. It produces and provides political, business and financial information, as well as a popular photo reporting service. Since February 2008[2] the company is part of the Inter Media Group Ltd., formerly U.A. Inter Media Group, which itself is a subsidiary of the Russian-based company GDF Media Ltd.[3][4][5] Inter Media Group Limited also owns 61% of the Ukrainian TV channel Inter.[6]
Founded in 1993,[7]byMykhailo Kolomiets and Volodymyr Hranovskiy[8] the agency now used by about 10,000 clients daily. The agency offers 27 information and analytical products in Russian, Ukrainian and English. Ukrainian News is the only agency in Ukraine that translates 100% of its products into English.[9]
Valery Khoroshkovsky held a 50% stake of Ukrainian News because Mykhailo Kolomiets 50% stake was nominal and the other 50% stake was held by the Agency for Humanitarian Technologies (AHT) (Russian: Агентство гуманитарных технологий (АГТ)) which lists Viktor Pinchuk as its owner. Maxim Karizhsky, the general director of AHT, however, stated that Pinchuk is not the owner of AHT. AHT signed an agreement with the United States public relations firm Black, Kelly, Scruggs & Healey (BKSH) for the period of 1 January 2001 to 30 September 2001. Volodymyr Granovsky established Humanitarian Technologies agency.[10][11][12][13][a]
On 18 November 2002[clarification needed], the body of founder Mykhailo Kolomiets was found dead hanging from a tree near Molodechno, Belarus, after being missing for four weeks.[8][10] He met with Volodymyr Hranovskiy just before he deleted all files on his computer and left for Minsk on 22 October 2001[clarification needed].[10] On 30 October 2001[clarification needed], his body was found and he was buried two weeks later as unidentified.[10][b]
^Лютый, Петр (Lyuty, Petr) (26 July 2001). "Провал" [Failure]. Украинская Правда (pravds.com.ua) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 5 August 2001. Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Alternate archive as PR-кампанию Кучмы в США проводит фирма, которая создавала имидж филиппинскому диктатору Маркосу и африканским режимам (Kuchma's PR campaign in the US is run by a firm that created the image of Philippine dictator Marcos and African regimes)
^Лещенко, Сергей (Leshchenko, Serhei); Марчук, Антон (Marchuk, Anton); Мусаева-Боровик, Севгиль (Musayeva-Borovik, Sevgil) (31 May 2016). "Рукописи не горят. Черная бухгалтерия Партии регионов: фамилии, даты, суммы" [Manuscripts do not burn. Black bookkeeping of the Party of Regions: names, dates, amounts]. Украинская Правда (pravds.com.ua) (in Russian). p. 2 see third line from the top. Retrieved 30 March 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
