Maksim Vitalievich Kononenko (Russian: Максим Витальевич Кононенко; 13 March 1971 – 14 May 2024) was a Russian journalist, writer and television show host.
Maxim Kononenko | |
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Максим Кононенко | |
 Kononenko in 2016 | |
| Born | 13 March 1971 |
| Died | 14 May 2024 (aged 53) Moscow, Russia |
| Resting place | Gubtsevo, Moscow |
| Alma mater | Moscow State Institute of Radio-engineering Electronics and Automation Maxim Gorky Literature Institute |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Political party | Civilian Power |
Kononenko was also a political activist and a member of the council of the party Civilian Power.
Biography
editKononenko was born in Apatity, USSR. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of Radio-engineering Electronics and Automation and also studied at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute. He authored or participated in numerous Internet projects and was known under the nickname Mr. Parker. For nearly ten years, he worked as the leading programmer in ParallelGraphics.
Kononenko participated in the 2005 Moscow City Duma elections but failed.[1]
Until 2009, he worked as editor-in-chief of a major Internet news website Dni.ru. He was also editor-in-chief of Bourgeois Journal and the political newspaper Re:Action until his death.
In 2002, he founded a popular website vladimir.vladimirovich.ru, which contains humorous fake stories from the life of Vladimir Putin based on real events and current news.
Kononenko often appeared on Russian television and hosted a show Real Politics on NTV channel.
In February 2008, the administration of LiveJournal froze the blog that Kononenko had been running for seven years for publishing an opinion that the UK should be bombed.[2]
In 2011, he repeatedly spoke favorably about 'doghunters' — representatives of the emerging subculture engaged in the destruction of packs of stray dogs.[3][4]
In December 2011, the website of the newspaper Vzglyad published an author's column by Kononenko, in which he criticized the organizers and participants of the rallies against election fraud.[5]
Kononenko died in Moscow on 14 May 2024, at the age of 53,[6] reportedly from severe bleeding due to esophageal varices,[7] a condition normally caused by cirrhosis.
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ Кононенко: интернет и водка. russia.ru
- ^ "Блог в ЖЖ закрыт за призыв разбомбить Британию". BBCRussian.com. 26 February 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
- ^ "Люди заняты делом". Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Хотя бы кто-то в стране занимается делом, статья Максима Кононенко на сайте idiot.fm". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
- ^ "Важнее, чем правда". Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Умер журналист Максим Кононенко" [Journalist Maxim Kononenko has died]. Известия. 14 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- ^ Осипов, Никита (14 May 2024). "Пожелтел и пожаловался на боли: Названа предварительная причина смерти Максима Кононенко" [Turned yellow and complained of pain: The preliminary cause of death of Maxim Kononenko has been named]. Life.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 15 May 2024.
- ^ "Официальная страница результатов конкурса в 2000 году". ezhe.ru. 30 May 2000. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
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