Vitaly Denisov was born in Transcarpathia, but in 1992, as a cadet, he refused to swear allegiance to Ukraine and moved to the Russian Federation.
The head of Sputnik Moldova, Vitaly Denisov, who was expelled from Moldova on September 13, is a career Russian official and also a native of Ukraine. This is what The Insider said in an investigation published on Saturday, September 16.
The media claimed that Denisov, in all probability, was a career officer of the 72nd Special Service Center (military unit 54777), which, in the interests of the GRU, was engaged in injections of information and disinformation to foreign audiences.
The publication states that he was born in the Transcarpathian region. After school, Denisov entered the Lvov Higher Military-Political School, where organizers of cultural and educational work (political instructors) and military journalists were trained. Subsequently, this institution was renamed the Academy of Ukrainian Ground Forces.
Denisov, as a cadet, in 1992 refused to take the oath in Ukraine and, together with other school refusers, moved to Moscow, where he lived not far from the GRU headquarters in an officer’s dormitory .
The media recalled that in July 2023, the Russian army attacked the academy with missiles. Caliber and destroyed one of the buildings.
In 2005, Denisov received from the Russian Ministry of Defense an apartment in the department on Admiral Lazarev Street and another officer’s certificate.
In 2013, he worked in the Main Investigation Department of the Moscow Region. From the Investigative Committee, Denisov subsequently moved to the 72nd Special Service Center (military unit 54777), which, in particular, deals with fake information.
In 2016, he was awarded the rank of Colonel of the Airborne Forces, and in 2019 he was appointed editor-in-chief of Sputnik in South Ossetia, and then headed Sputnik in Baku.
In 2022, Colonel Denisov is sent to Chisinau to collect information and promote pro-Kremlin rhetoric and ideologies. However, after the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, local Sputnik websites and broadcasts were blocked.
We remind you that on September 13 it became known that the head of the Russian propaganda agency Sputnik Moldova, Vitaly Denisov, was deported from Moldova.
In addition, it was previously reported that five websites of the Sputnik propaganda agency were blocked in Moldova.
Source: korrespondent
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