Nowadays, the concept of a professional political scientist is somewhat vague, but in higher educational institutions there is such a direction of training. Students are told about the applied side of the profession, but what do people by profession do as a political scientist? Vyacheslav Kovtun, for example, is now a very famous political scientist from Ukraine, famous for his participation in Russian television talk shows.
Profession Features
Kovtun Vyacheslav is a political scientist who is engaged in research and analysis of the political situation in the country he represents and in the world. A political scientist, from the point of view of the scientific community, should possess a number of specific knowledge and competencies, and should not be engaged in political analytics and popularization of politics, but in the scientific study of the political sphere through the prism of history using scientific analysis methods. However, the political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun personifies most of the modern representatives of this profession in the functions performed by the modern political scientist-demagogue in the original sense of the word.
In the service of the media
People speaking on television are more responsible for what public opinion will be, and how the internal situation in the country will develop. Also responsible is Kovtun Vyacheslav, a political scientist. You can see the photo of Vyacheslav below. As you know, in order to present the most diverse points of view on the air, foreign experts, speaking on behalf of their country, are also invited to Russian studios. In popular television programs on federal Russian channels, political analyst Vyacheslav Kovtun often criticizes the Russian government, speaking about it rather negatively. Nevertheless, it is the most colorful and important hero for a TV show. Therefore, it causes so much interest among a wide variety of public. Let's try to figure out its origin and biography.
Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist): biography
Data on this Ukrainian politician is presented modestly on the Internet, but everything that you can find can be seen below.
The village of Karakul in the Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic is the place where Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist) was born. Biography:
- According to official documents, nationality is indicated as Kyrgyz (Soviet passport).
- Marital status - married, three children.
- Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist) - year of birth - 1968, May 17.
- Sources of income - in addition to the activities of the "political scientist-educator", Vyacheslav is engaged in entrepreneurship, owns a private security company.
- Kovtun Vyacheslav (political scientist) has a party position - chairman of the control commission of the Liberal Party of Ukraine.
Without a doubt, many facts of the biography need to be clarified, but at the moment this is all the information available on the Web.
Political activity
It is also reliably known that the political scientist Vyacheslav Kovtun is engaged in public activities in Ukraine, acts as the director of the public opinion research center. This center is located in the capital of Ukraine - Kiev - and is called "Expert".
But not immediately his career in the political field took shape so well. Having moved to Kiev, Kovtun first studied at the Faculty of History of the Taras Shevchenko University. A great success for the student of Kovtun was the emergence of a new educational program of graduate school devoted to political processes and institutions. Like so many, in his student years Vyacheslav managed to make useful acquaintances. It was at the university that Kovtun joined the company of pro-Western political scientists.
Career development
Having become part of the Innovation Center, Vyacheslav took up the preparations for the first congress of the assembly of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This event became a key one in the career of an aspiring political scientist and predetermined Kovtun's career development. Today it is known that Vyacheslav Kovtun is actively advocating the return of Crimea to Ukraine, calling the referendum held on the peninsula the annexation of part of Ukrainian territory.
Crimean story
Immediately after the graduate of Kovtun completed his dissertation, he was invited to participate in the project to create an anti-crisis plan in a specialized center under the administration of the then President Kravchuk. The work of the commission was timed to keep the Crimean peninsula within the state. The work was not so highly paid that a novice political scientist could stop his career advancement. Nevertheless, a certain benefit for a more recent student, of course, was obvious.
Kovtun plunged into the very epicenter of the government apparatus, became better acquainted with prominent political figures in Ukraine. Perhaps it was while working in the political arena of this kind that Kovtun learned to breed words with deeds. From now on, one kind of information sounds from the TV screens, but in reality something completely different happens.
Useful work experience
Very soon, the duties of a political consultant became insufficient for the ambitious Vyacheslav. Starting his career working for the government, Kovtun soon decided to take up work as part of the party mentioned earlier. At that time, the political scientist was surrounded by representatives of the "developing oligarchy", representatives of the criminal world, immigrants from the Donetsk region. Recall at least the party’s founder, Markulov, who is close to the then president and his adviser. Subsequently, the two closest "comrades-in-arms" left the plundered country and returned to it only at the turning point of the "revolution".
One way or another, the Liberal Party was not very successful in the elections and already in 2006 could not overcome the elective quantitative restriction. It is safe to say that it was during his work in the Liberal Party that Kovtun acquired such qualities as a public speaker, oratory, the ability to convince others of his innocence, well, or at least a brisk desire to convince his audience and much more. The political technologies mastered by Vyacheslav helped him and became the basis for success on television as well.
