Artyom Borovik (September 13, 1960 – March 9, 2000) was a prominent
Russianjournalist and
mediamagnate. Borovik was a pioneer of
investigative journalism in the Soviet Union during the beginning of
glasnost. He worked for the American
CBS program 60 Minutes during the 1990s, and began publishing his own monthly investigative newspaper Top Secret, which grew into a mass-media company involved in book publishing and television production. Borovik died in a
Yak-40 aircraft crash minutes after takeoff from
Sheremetyevo Airport on the way to
Kiev. All 9 people aboard were killed.
Artyom Borovik (September 13, 1960 – March 9, 2000) was a prominent
Russianjournalist and
mediamagnate. Borovik was a pioneer of
investigative journalism in the Soviet Union during the beginning of
glasnost. He worked for the American
CBS program 60 Minutes during the 1990s, and began publishing his own monthly investigative newspaper Top Secret, which grew into a mass-media company involved in book publishing and television production. Borovik died in a
Yak-40 aircraft crash minutes after takeoff from
Sheremetyevo Airport on the way to
Kiev. All 9 people aboard were killed.