Vladimir Kuchmiy

Vladimir Kuchmiy (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Кучмий, 1948 – 21 March 2009) was the founder and chief editor (from 1991 to 2009) of the Russian newspaper Sport Express.

Founder and Chief Editor of Sport Express

In August 1991, Kuchmiy (together with some reporters from then-USSR Sovetsky Sport newspaper) founded Sport Express as the first professional sports daily newspaper in Russia. He became the chief editor of the publication and kept this position until his death, largely influencing the editorial policy but deliberately restraining himself from contributing to the newspaper.^[1] The circulation of the newspaper rose to 700,000 during Kuchmiy's editorship.

Death

Kuchmiy died suddenly on 21 March 2009 at the age of 60.^[2]

References

1. "Igor Rabiner. He was everything for us". Sport Express. March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2009.
2. Умер Владимир Кучмий [Vladimir Kuchmiy has died]. Sport Express (in Russian). March 21, 2009. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2009.