Azar Ilya Vilyamovich, whose biography is of interest to many of our contemporaries, is an outstanding correspondent, a fearless participant in many journalistic investigations. Speaking on behalf of scandalous publications and projects, he interviewed many famous people and exposed scammers.
Childhood and youth
What is known about Ilya's childhood years? Azar was born in the summer of 1984 in the capital of the Russian Federation, in the family of a well-known teacher, scientific and public figure William Ilyich Azar. Father is a candidate of sciences and the first minister of tourism of the country. He brought up in his son a sense of purpose and a craving for knowledge, a love for everything unknown and, above all, for justice.
What education does Ilya have? Azar studied at the Griboyedov State Budgetary Gymnasium. At the age of twenty-two, he graduated from one of the largest leading universities in Russia with a degree in political science.
Beginning of journalism
Azar Ilya Vilyamovich began his work as a reporter with sports topics. Within twoFor years he has been running his blog - the online version of the daily newspaper "Soviet Sport", which today is the oldest periodical in Russia.
How did Ilya's career develop in the future? Azar tried his hand as a columnist for a monthly specialized magazine devoted to computer games. Parallel to his gaming career, he was a senior editor at a glossy football magazine.
As you can see, the first attempts at writing a novice journalist belonged to sports or entertainment activities.
Serious cooperation
In the summer of 2006 it became known that the new political correspondent of "Gazeta. Ru" is Azar Ilya, whose biography and interests change dramatically in accordance with his position.
As a staff correspondent of the socio-political Internet portal, Ilya Vilyamovich covered domestic and world news around the clock. On duty, the young man participated in many of his own investigations, was an eyewitness to many fights, and also experienced many dangers and persecution. What is the professional portrait of Ilya? Azar is an active and truthful journalist, fearless and fair.
In 2007, he wrote a damning article "Pistol is a Democrat's weapon", where he told the whole world about the events he personally witnessed. This is a sensational brawl that took place in a political debate and ended in a gunshot.
What eventsaffect Ilya's worldview? Azar makes a dangerous journey to South Ossetia, from which he takes out a lot of unique impressions and sensations. His vivid and colorful descriptions were reflected in realistic and captivating notes about the armed conflict he saw: "Not a single whole house" and "We hardly reached Tbilisi."
Having stopped working with the online publication, Ilya Azar took the position of correspondent for the Russian Reporter magazine, where he lasted a little over a year.
Another important collaboration
At the age of twenty-seven, a well-known journalist joined the staff of the leading online news outlet Lenta. Ru. What does this change in Ilya's life?
Azar, whose activities are again associated with an active search and live presentation of interesting material, begins to vigorously fulfill his duties as a correspondent. He often travels and communicates a lot. Bold and incorruptible, Ilya Vilyamovich, together with other journalists, exposes the organizers of the so-called "carousel" - those who are behind the bribing of voters in the elections to the State Duma.
A few weeks later, the man is already in Kazakhstan, where he covers for the readers of his online newspaper the events related to the protest of the workers of the oil and gas company. Did Ilya himself have problems in connection with this? Azar was detained by law enforcement agencies for subjective reasons, but released a few hours later.
Just a couple of days brave correspondentplunges headlong into political troubles at home. He reveals the fact of forging the signatures of the collectors of one of the presidential candidates, attends the press conference of the current head of state, interviews the leader of the Right Sector.
Meet Galina Timchenko
The post of editor-in-chief of Gazeta. Ru at that time was occupied by Galina Timchenko. She tried to ensure that the news of her online periodical was presented objectively and diversified. But because of a link to an interview with a Ukrainian nationalist, she was fired, and the online publication had problems. The dismissal process was resonant and controversial. Many employees followed their leader by submitting relevant applications. Ilya Azar was one of those who quit.
After the calculation, he worked for six months as a special correspondent for the website of a popular Russian radio station, specializing in round-the-clock information and communication with the listening audience.
In October 2014, Timchenko, with the help of the financial support of entrepreneur Khodorkovsky, created a new informative Internet project Meduza, where the experienced Azar went to work from the very beginning of the existence of the online publication.
However, two years later, Ilya Vilyamovich announced his departure from the news portal. It was difficult for him to leave his beloved offspring, but the circumstances were stronger. According to reports from various sources, the reasons for leaving were various: from dissimilarity of characters with the boss to deliberate dismissal in connection with the disclosure of undesirable facts.
Ilya Azartoday
From the very beginning of 2017, the journalist got a job at Novaya Gazeta, a weekly periodical specializing in investigative journalism. In a new field, Ilya Vilyamovich will need unprecedented talent and skill, prudence and sanity, intuitive thinking and courage, which fate has awarded him.
Interesting facts
Three years ago, Ilya Azar was named Journalist of the Year by the monthly GQ magazine.
During his work as a reporter, Ilya Vilyamovich interviewed such famous and famous contemporaries as politician Alexei Navalny, presenter Tina Kandelaki, writer Boris Akunin, actor, director and politician Stanislav Govorukhin, leader of the Communist Party Gennady Zyuganov.
