Oleksandr Tkachenko (journalist)
[7][8] Tkachenko attended the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where he graduated with a degree in journalism in 1990.The Television News Service (TSN), created by Tkachenko, was broadcast on January 1, 1997, with presenter Alla Mazur.Tkachenko reformatted and made competitive Reporter News Program, inviting some members of “Epilogue” team to it: Andriy Shevchenko, Ivanna Naida, Ihor Kulias.In August 2004, he retired from the responsibility of the holding head, and in January 2005, he left Novyi Kanal TV Channel.[16] Since August 2008, he has held a position of General Director of 1+1 Media Group,[17] which includes such channels as: 1+1, 2+2, TET, PlusPlus, Curler, Unian-TV, 1+1 International and Ukraine Today, sales house Pluses and 1+1 company for the production of TV content.Later, he supported a bill banning Russian films and TV serials promoted by armed and law enforcement forces.[7]) On 29 August 2019, Tkachenko became Head of the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's national parliament) on Humanitarian and Information Policy.[35] In the summer of 2023 the amount of money spent on Ukrainian culture from the state budget came under public scrutiny and criticism.