Nikolai Zagnoiko, former TASS correspondent for the Lipetsk region…
Nikolai Zagnoiko, former TASS correspondent for the Lipetsk region and a veteran of print journalism with extensive experience as a member of the Union of Journalists of Russia, has died at the age of 79. The journalist was born on January 19, 1947, in the Voronezh region.
Consensus
- Nikolai Zagnyko died at the age of 79.
- He was a former correspondent for TASS in Lipetsk Oblst.
- He worked as a journalist in various roles, including with the regional newspaper 'Leninskoe znamya' and later as editor of the youth paper 'Leninets'.
- He served as an instructor in the propaganda department of the Lipetsk CPSU obkom.
- He was sent on a mission to Chechnya in 1997, where he was captured and held hostage.
- After his release, he was awarded the medal 'For Courage'.
- He later became Vice-Governor of Lipetsk Oblast from 2002 and served as Ombudsman for Human Rights in the region starting in 2006.
- He was a member of the European Institute of Ombudsmen since 2008.
- He received the honorary badge 'Honor. Dignity. Professionalism' from the Union of Journalists of Russia.
- The Lipetsk Regional Branch of the Union of Journalists announced his death and expressed condolences to his family.
Points of divergence
- Zagnyko was born on January 19, 1947, in Voronezh Oblast. — vedomosti
- Zagnyko's career included working as a teacher of the Russian language in Yakutia after graduating from Voronezh State University. — vesti
- He was appointed TASS correspondent in Lipetsk Oblast in 1983 and served until his retirement. — vedomosti
- Zagnyko worked as an instructor at the ideological department of the Lipetsk CPSU obkom from 1979 to 1983, after which he became a TASS correspondent. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Former TASS correspondent Nikolai Zagnoiko has died at the age of 80 — Ведомости
- Former TASS correspondent Nikolai Zagnoiko has died — Вести