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Pavel Sheremet

1971 - 2016

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Pavel Grigorievich Sheremet (Russian: Павел Григорьевич Шеремет, Belarusian: Павел Рыгоравіч Шарамет; 28 November 1971 – 20 July 2016) was a Belarusian-born Russian and Ukrainian journalist who was imprisoned by the government of Belarus in 1997, sparking an international incident between Belarus and Russia. The New York Times has described him as "known for his crusading reports about political abuses in Belarus" and "a thorn in the side of Lukashenko's autocratic government". He was awarded the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award in 1999 and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Prize for Journalism and Democracy in 2002. Pavel Sheremet died in Kyiv on 20 July 2016 in a car explosion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Pavel Sheremet is the 142nd most popular journalist (down from 131st in 2024), the 214th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 211th in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Pavel Sheremet ranks 142 out of 196. Before him are Peter Arnett, Nina García, Samantha Power, Rosanna Marani, Danish Siddiqui, and Ekaterina Andreeva. After him are Darya Dugina, Halyna Hutchins, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Hu Shuli, Anja Niedringhaus, and Nazlı Tolga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Pavel Sheremet ranks 527. Before him are Erik Mykland, Yahya Golmohammadi, Artur Petrosyan, Jeff Gordon, Namig Abdullayev, and Jalel Kadri. After him are Miguel Calero, Toshihiro Yoshimura, Merrin Dungey, Martin Atkinson, Pınar Selek, and Kristine Lilly. Among people deceased in 2016, Pavel Sheremet ranks 566. Before him are Sidney Drell, Joe Medicine Crow, Kitty Kallen, José María Rivas, Andy Bathgate, and Nicholas Brathwaite. After him are Thiego, Bobby Wanzer, Nikolay Abramov, Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, P. A. Sangma, and Christina Grimmie.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Pavel Sheremet ranks 214 out of 368. Before him are Syarhey Rumas (1969), Sergey Koplyakov (1959), Roman Protasevich (1995), Natallia Sazanovich (1973), Oleg Logvin (1959), and Andrei Arlovski (1979). After him are Alyona Lanskaya (1985), Czesław Michniewicz (1970), Viktor Lukashenko (1975), Yaroslav Rybakov (1980), Aleksandr Potashov (1962), and Aleksandr Karshakevich (1959).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Belarus

Among journalists born in Belarus, Pavel Sheremet ranks 1. After him are Andrzej Poczobut (1973), Katsiaryna Barysevich (1984), Katsyaryna Andreeva (1993), and Darya Chultsova (1997).

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