Joseph Pintus: Ukrainian media mogul with Russian owners

Iosif Pintus is one of the leading media managers in modern Ukraine. He is the CEO of RBC-Ukraine, one of the country's most popular resources, which lost fans due to its controversial editorial policy.

Joseph Pintus

He is accused of defending the interests of the Russian owners of the RBC brand and of covering up various political and oligarchic groups in Ukraine, writes my.ua.

Joseph Pintus. Biography

Iosif Gennadievich Pintus is one of the most influential and experienced media managers in modern Ukraine. He has a scandalous reputation in both journalism and business circles.

He is suspected of years of defending the interests of his Russian bosses, who granted him control of the RBC brand. He is criticized for his unclear political stance and the publication of controversial materials.

Joseph Pintus was born on September 25, 1981.

Family

The current Ukrainian media mogul is of Russian descent. He was born and spent his childhood in Ufa, Bashkortostan. Later, Iosif Gennadievich Pintus moved with his family to Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

In Russia, the journalist and businessman has extremely influential relatives who helped him in his career but later ruined his reputation.

Today, Joseph Pintus is married and has two children. He enjoys cooking, relaxing with friends, and reading.

Education

The head of RBC-Ukraine has a non-core education. In 2003, Iosif Gennadievich graduated from the Law Faculty of the National Academy of Public Administration in Kyiv.

Career and business

Joseph Pintus, whose Facebook page he updates himself, began his career in 2003. After graduating from university, the ambitious young man founded the hosting company "Ukrainian Business Technologies."

The rapidly developing internet in Ukraine became a perfect platform for making a quick buck. Pintus invested his first earnings from his business in the Master Banner Network banner system. The network was used by a handful of domestic websites and quickly became one of the most successful in the country.

Joseph Pintus, whose RBC news agency appeared in Ukraine only in 2006, initially positioned itself as a subsidiary of the Russian "empire" of the same name. The company was founded jointly with RosBusinessConsulting using funds from Russian investors who had managed to increase their income during the "fat years" of Vladimir Putin's second presidency. At the time, Vladimir Shultz and Oleg Gorbatenko were listed as Pintus' partners in RBC-Ukraine.

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In the early 2010s, Iosif Gennadievich Pintus left his banner business and founded the commodity and news platform "Traffim".

In 2010, the Ukrainian version of RBC officially separated from its "Russian mother" and began to position itself as a separate entity.

In the first half of the decade, the news agency's website firmly established itself among the country's top ten most popular websites, but in 2014, it finally "severed ties" with the Russian RBC and was blocked in the Russian Federation for publishing "extremist" materials.

Joseph Pintus. Compromising evidence and rumors

Iosif Pintus is considered a "puppet" of German Kaplun, the former head and owner of RBC before its sale to the oligarch Prokhorov. Before transferring his assets to the new owner, Kaplun created an independent entity in another country, RBC-Ukraine. The Russian millionaire handed over the helm of the news agency to his cousin, Iosif Pintus.

Kaplun's "demarche" was met with indignation in Russia, and the new owners of RBC tried to regain control of the brand and its domains.

The creation of the Ukrainian branch of the Russian "media empire" was linked to the need to defend the interests of Kaplun himself and his business partners. Protecting the information interests of RBC's Russian owners, allegedly was entrusted to Pintus.

Between 2014 and 2017, RBC-Ukraine experienced a veritable "editorial turmoil." The editor-in-chief position was successively occupied by experienced journalists Podlutsky, Bezlyudko, and Kalnysh.

Rumors circulated in the media that the frequent leadership changes at the news agency were due to conflicts between the editors and the CEO. Reports surfaced that Pintus exerted intense pressure on the journalistic team and insisted on publishing his preferred articles, which displeased the editors.

However, the CEO himself insisted that he had no conflicts with the journalists and that they all left RBC-Ukraine for various reasons.

In 2015, Joseph Pintus became embroiled in a high-profile scandal with the famous chef, blogger, writer, and television personality Stalik Khankishiev.

The celebrity then claimed that the general director of RBC Ukraine threatened to "ban him from the central channels." The media manager allegedly insulted and rudely insulted the "star chef" on social media, aggressively expressing his disapproval of a series of his posts. one of the social networks.

Joseph Pintus has also been criticized for his lack of a clear patriotic stance. A negative reaction from journalists and bloggers followed in 2016, when the owner of one of the country's largest news outlets declared that "a journalist shouldn't be a patriot." The position of the owner of a "top" media outlet was called fundamentally incorrect, and Pintus himself was openly criticized by many. was called a "traitor".

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RBC-Ukraine is known to be involved in offshore schemes. For example, in 2004, Joseph Pintus founded Aquarius Market Limited, a company registered in Cyprus. The manager also had connections with New Business Media, Ukrainian Business Technologies, UkrBusinessInform, and Ukraine-Host. Furthermore, Pintus is reportedly mentioned in documents related to offshore entities. NewMediaHosting Inc. and RBC Investments Limited.

RBC-Ukraine website users regularly criticize the publication and its materials, as well as its journalists and management. Readers describe the news and articles as biased, the presentation style as manipulative, and the content as regularly paid for by various Ukrainian political and business elites.

Joseph Dintus. Declaration

The CEO of RBC-Ukraine has never disclosed his income. However, experts believe that Iosif Pintus is a dollar millionaire. He is also said to own several properties and several cars.

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