Matvey Ganapolsky
Matvey Yuryevich Ganapolsky (born Margolis; , ; born 14 December 1953 in Lviv) is a Russian and Ukrainian journalist and business person who has contributed for Pryamiy kanal, Echo of Moscow, "Moskovsky Komsomolets", and other media. He is also a member of the Russian Jewish Congress. Biography. Ganapolsky was born in Lviv in 1953. His mother Dina Levina was one of the last surviving eyewitness of the Babi Yar tragedy. Ganapolsky spent his childhood in Lviv, later leaving for Kyiv and then for Moscow where he graduated from the GITIS. From 1981 to 1986, he lived in Kyiv picking up  a job at the local Variety Theatre. In 1990, he started working for the radio station Echo of Moscow where he launched the "Bomond" programme. As of 2020, Ganapolsky hosts a talk show named "Ekho Ukrayiny" on Pryamiy kanal and several radio programmes on Echo of Moscow. In 2016, he obtained Ukrainian citizenship.