Vitaly Portnikov

Vitaly Portnikov (; born 14 May 1967) is a Ukrainian editor and journalist.

A columnist for Radio Liberty and a regular author of analytical articles in Ukrainian publications on political and historical topics. Member of the PEN Ukraine, a laureate of the 2023 Shevchenko Prize for "journalistic articles and speeches of recent years".

Biography Portnikov was born in 1967 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (modern-day Ukraine) to Ukrainian Jewish parents. He graduated from the MSU Faculty of Journalism in 1990.

In 2013 Portnikov was one of the organisers of the Euromaidan demonstrations. He started creating programs for Espreso TV in November 2013.

In late January 2014 he temporarily relocated to Warsaw, Poland, after receiving credible information from his contacts in Russia about a planned provocation against him, aimed at discrediting the Euromaidan movement.

In July 2015 Portnikov became a member of the supervisory board Ukrainian National Council for TV and Radio Broadcasting as a representative of the political party People's Front.

Awards Vitaly Portnikov is the winner of the 1989 "Zolote Pero" (Golden Pen) award of the Ukrainian Association of Journalists.

In 2023, Vitaliy Portnikov won the Shevchenko National Prize.