Mustafa Nayyem

Journalist, Former Member of Verkhovna Rada

Ukraine

Through Facebook, Mustafa Nayyem was one of the first activists to urge Ukrainians to gather on the Independence Square in Kyiv to protest Viktor Yanukovych's decision to “halt” preparations to sign the association agreement with the European Union. Mr. Nayyem worked as a reporter for the Kommersant-Ukrainy newspaper (2005–2007), Shuster LIVE, a political talk show (2007–2011), Ukrainian TV channel TVi (Sep 2011 – April 2013). After resigning Mr. Nayyem started a web project with colleagues who also left the channel. Their project was named Hromadske.TV. Mr. Nayyem was a member of the Verkhovna Rada in the period 2014 - 2019.