He studied communication science in Latvian University and attended journalism courses in Magdeburg-Stendal school of applied sciences in Germany. Since 2014 he is a news reporter for Latvian public broadcaster – Latvian Radio. Ilya is covering a variety of topics – international affairs, social policy, economy, transit & logistics etc. In 2016 together with 6 other Latvian journalists he took part in large investigative project “Twilight Zone of psychiatry”. In spring of 2017 he was a guest journalist in Germany’s public international broadcaster – Deutsche Welle.