Anna Mongait Explained

Anna Mongait
Native Name:А́нна Ви́кторовна Монга́йт
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Name:А́нна Ви́кторовна Лоша́к
Birth Date:March 9, 1978
Birth Place:Odesa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Citizenship:Russian
Education:Russian New University
Occupation:journalist, TV-host, producer
Organization:TV Rain

Anna Viktorovna Mongait (née Loshak) is a Russian journalist, television presenter, and creative producer of the TV Rain channel.[1] [2]

Early life

Mongait was born in 1978 in Odesa, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. She studied journalism at the Lomonosov Moscow State University and Russian New University.[3] [4]

Career

Mongait worked as an editor at the Channel One Russia, Russia-1, and Russia-K.[3]

From 2001 to 2004, she was a news correspondent for NTV.[5]

From 2005 to 2010, she hosted the "" program on Russia-K.[6] [7]

Since 2010, she has regularly published articles on contemporary artists in Tatler.[8] The same year, she started working as a TV host on TV Rain. Since 2015, she has hosted the regular programs “Here and now” and “Women on top” on the same TV channel.[9]

In 2021, Mongait received death threats from the far-right "Male State" group after she interviewed a same-sex couple for the “Women on top” program.[10] [11]

Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian government blocked TV Rain in March 2022. Consequently, Mongait had to leave the country. As of December 2022, she lived in Riga and continued working on the channel which resumed its operation in July the same year.[12]

In November 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice included Mongait in the list of foreign agents.[13]

Personal life

Mongait is of Jewish origin.[14] Her father,, is a journalist. He worked as the former chief editor of the Ogoniok journal.[15] [16] Her mother, Marina Loshak, is the director of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.[17] Her cousin is, a journalist and documentary filmmaker.[18]

Anna Mongait is married to Sergei Mongait, who works as a creative director at a design studio. They have two sons.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Политика Ройзмана, телеведущую Монгайт и адвоката Новикова объявили "иноагентами" . bbc.com . 22 December 2022 . ru . 25 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Masha Gessen . Russia's Last Independent TV Channel Covers the Invasion of Ukraine . newyorker.com . 22 December 2022 . 26 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Ольга Дунаевская . Анна Лошак: я люблю фриков . pressing.spb.ru . 22 December 2022 . ru . 17 March 2006.
  4. Web site: КАТЕРИНА НОВИЦКАЯ . Анна Монгайт . 24smi.org . 22 December 2022 . ru . 2022.
  5. Web site: Ноа Лави . Продюсер опального "Дождя": люди массово бегут из России, аэропорты забиты . vesty.co.il . 22 December 2022 . ru . 4 March 2022.
  6. Web site: БИОГРАФИЯ АКТРИСЫ: Анна Монгайт . afisha.ru . 22 December 2022 . ru.
  7. Web site: Сергей Каргашин . Новая культурная программа «Про АРТ» на телевидении . pravda.ru . 22 December 2022 . ru . 1 April 2005.
  8. Web site: Анна Монгайт . vokrug.tv . 22 December 2022 . ru.
  9. Web site: Ставший небинарной персоной сын Михаила Ефремова отказал в интервью из-за названия программы . film.ru . 22 December 2022 . ru . 16 April 2021.
  10. Web site: Russian Anti-Feminist, Anti-LGBT, Racist Group Declared 'Extremist' . rferl.org . 22 December 2022 . 18 October 2021.
  11. Web site: "Dozhd" TV channel appealed to the Investigative Committee in connection with threats to Anna Mongait . newizv.ru . 22 December 2022 . 13 July 2021.
  12. Web site: Leyla Latypova . Russia's Liberal Dozhd TV Returns to the Air After Wartime Crackdown . www.themoscowtimes.com . 22 December 2022 . 18 July 2022.
  13. Web site: Russia Declares Ex-Mayor, TV Journalist, And Trans Support Group Among 'Foreign Agents' . rferl.org . 22 December 2022 . 25 November 2022.
  14. Web site: ADAM DECKER . The Russians risking all by speaking out . jewishnews.co.uk . 22 December 2022 . 14 March 2022.
  15. Web site: Оксана Головко . Анна Лошак: "Я несу бремя фамилии как бремя славы" . rg.ru . 22 December 2022 . ru . 2 March 2007.
  16. Web site: Nathan M Greenfield . Support for Putin's war exposes a flaw in Russian studies . universityworldnews.com . 22 December 2022 . 17 December 2022.
  17. Web site: Sophia Kishkovsky . Heirs of Christian Boltanski—whose Ukrainian-Jewish parents fled from Nazis—pull Russia show . theartnewspaper.com . 22 December 2022 . 10 March 2022.
  18. Web site: Igor Sevryugin . Dmitry Volchek . Anna Malgina . 'Shocking. Terrifying. Hopeless.' Searing New Film Documents How The Ukraine War Is Tearing Russian Families Apart . rferl.org . 22 December 2022 . 7 July 2022.

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