1. Mykhailo Mykhailovych Podolyak is a Ukrainian politician, journalist and negotiator, serving as the advisor to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine.
10 Facts About Mykhailo Podolyak
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Between 1989 and 2004, Podolyak lived and worked in Belarus.
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Mykhailo Podolyak was criticized by members of the Belarusian democratic opposition for a publication discrediting the former opposition presidential candidate Alaksandar Milinkievic.
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In 2004, Mykhailo Podolyak was deputy editor-in-chief of the opposition Belarusian newspaper Vremya.
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In 2006, Mykhailo Podolyak began working with Ukrainian internet publication Obozrevatel as a freelancer.
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On 22 May 2022, after Russia captured the Azovstal steelworks and took full control of Mariupol, Mykhailo Podolyak ruled out ceasefire talks with Russia and would not accept any deal that ceded territories to Russia.
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On 17 June 2022, Mykhailo Podolyak was interviewed by France24 in the wake of the visit of a day after the visit of the Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Mario Draghi and Klaus Iohannis to Kyiv and Irpin.
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Mykhailo Podolyak stressed that Ukraine could win the war in three to six months if it were to obtain heavy weapons.
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Mykhailo Podolyak rejected a "congratulatory" message from Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus.
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In July 2023 when Ukrainian four-time individual world sabre champion Olga Kharlan was disqualified at the World Fencing Championships for not shaking the hand of her defeated Russian opponent, though Kharlan instead offered a tapping of blades in acknowledgement, Mykhailo Podolyak voiced support for Kharlan.