# Volodymyr Ariev

Volodymyr Ariev (born 31 March 1975) is a Ukrainian is a Ukrainian politician, journalist, film director, author of the investigative TV-series "Restricted Area". Member of Ukrainian Parliament since the 2007. Chair of Ukrainian delegation in Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in 2015–2019, PACE Vice-President (2015, 2018), President of PACE Committee for Culture, Education, Science and Media (2016–2017). Volodymyr Ariev is in the rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador.

## Biography

Volodymyr Ariev was born in Kyiv Ukraine on 31 March 1975.

### Education

* 1992, Nature and Science Lyceum in Kyiv
* 1998, Institute for Journalism affiliated with Kyiv National University
* 1994, student of BBC World Service school, Kyiv

### Career

* February 1993 – October 1994, assistant reporter, stringer of Ukrainian and Russian BBC services, (Kyiv)
* October 1994 – January 1996, special correspondent, host of "Vikna-novyny" news program, "Internews"
* January 1996 – May 1996, special correspondent, information agency "Vikna"
* May – November 1996, host of the news block in "Good Morning Ukraine!", UT-1 channel
* November 1996 – September 2003, special correspondent, Information and Analytical service, TV channel Inter
* 2002, journalist of TSN, 1+1 Studio
* March 2003 – March 2004, independent journalist and author of the program "Non-province"(STB), freelance writer at weekly "Zerkalo Nedeli" ("Mirror Weekly"); special correspondent at JSC Television Information Agency "Profi TV"
* March 2004 – December 2005, – Director and author of the program "Closed Zone", "Channel 5"
* 2007 – 5 Kanal stopped collaboration with Volodymyr Ariev producer center due to he ran for Parliamentary Elections.
* MP 6th Verkhovna Rada since November 2007, was elected by the lists of "Our Ukraine – People's Self-Defense Bloc"
* Second term in MP office 7th Verkhovna Rada since November 2012, was elected in constituency 218, Kyiv for Batkivshchyna.
* Third term in MP office 8th Verkhovna Rada since November 2014, was re-elected in constituency 218, Kyiv for Petro Poroshenko Bloc.
* Since 2015 Chairman of Ukrainian delegation to PACE
* PACE Vice-President (2015, 2018)
* In 2016–2017 President of PACE Committee for Culture, Education, Science and Media, PACE General Rapporteur for media freedom and safety of journalists
* Since September 2017 Ariev hosts a political talk show on the TV channel "Direct".
* Ariev was elected to parliament 4th time for European Solidarity in the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election as number 17 of its election list.
* Ariev's daughter Yaryna Arieva was elected (at the age of 20) to the Kyiv City Council for European Solidarity in the 2020 Ukrainian local elections.

## Filmography

* Donetsk mafia. Reloaded. "Zmina" Studio, 2007.
* Kyiv tragedy, 1960th. 2008
* The Secrets of the Black Sea. 2009
* Ukraine: from democracy to chaos. Co-production, Grain de Sables (France), 2012

## Awards

* Awardee of V.Marchenko Prize for the best media coverage of the human rights theme (2004)
* Awardee of О. Krivenko Prize "For progress in journalism" (2005)
* Honored Journalist of Ukraine
* Winner of the national prize "TV-triumph" (2005, 2006)

## Family

Ariev is married to Natalka Fitsych (b. 1977), editor-in-chief of the production company "Restricted Area". They have a daughter Yaryna (b. 2000).