Anna Viktorovna Mongait (Russian: А́нна Ви́кторовна Монга́йт, née Loshak (Russian: Лоша́к)) is a Russian journalist, television presenter, and creative producer of the TV Rain channel.[1][2]
Anna Mongait | |
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А́нна Ви́кторовна Монга́йт | |
 Mongait in 2019 | |
| Born | А́нна Ви́кторовна Лоша́к March 9, 1978 |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Education | Russian New University |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, TV-host, producer |
| Organization | TV Rain |
Early life edit
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 edit
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 "About Art" 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 edit
Mongait is of Jewish origin.[14] Her father, Viktor Loshak, 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 Andrei Loshak, 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]
References edit
- ^ "Политика Ройзмана, телеведущую Монгайт и адвоката Новикова объявили "иноагентами"". bbc.com (in Russian). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Masha Gessen (26 February 2022). "Russia's Last Independent TV Channel Covers the Invasion of Ukraine". newyorker.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b Ольга Дунаевская (17 March 2006). "Анна Лошак: я люблю фриков". pressing.spb.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ КАТЕРИНА НОВИЦКАЯ (2022). "Анна Монгайт". 24smi.org (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Ноа Лави (4 March 2022). "Продюсер опального "Дождя": люди массово бегут из России, аэропорты забиты". vesty.co.il (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "БИОГРАФИЯ АКТРИСЫ: Анна Монгайт". afisha.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Сергей Каргашин (1 April 2005). "Новая культурная программа «Про АРТ» на телевидении". pravda.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Анна Монгайт". vokrug.tv (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Ставший небинарной персоной сын Михаила Ефремова отказал в интервью из-за названия программы". film.ru (in Russian). 16 April 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Russian Anti-Feminist, Anti-LGBT, Racist Group Declared 'Extremist'". rferl.org. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ ""Dozhd" TV channel appealed to the Investigative Committee in connection with threats to Anna Mongait". newizv.ru. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Leyla Latypova (18 July 2022). "Russia's Liberal Dozhd TV Returns to the Air After Wartime Crackdown". www.themoscowtimes.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ "Russia Declares Ex-Mayor, TV Journalist, And Trans Support Group Among 'Foreign Agents'". rferl.org. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ ADAM DECKER (14 March 2022). "The Russians risking all by speaking out". jewishnews.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Оксана Головко (2 March 2007). "Анна Лошак: "Я несу бремя фамилии как бремя славы"". rg.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Nathan M Greenfield (17 December 2022). "Support for Putin's war exposes a flaw in Russian studies". universityworldnews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Sophia Kishkovsky (10 March 2022). "Heirs of Christian Boltanski—whose Ukrainian-Jewish parents fled from Nazis—pull Russia show". theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ Igor Sevryugin; Dmitry Volchek; Anna Malgina (7 July 2022). "'Shocking. Terrifying. Hopeless.' Searing New Film Documents How The Ukraine War Is Tearing Russian Families Apart". rferl.org. Retrieved 22 December 2022.