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Myrotvorets
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OwnerNGO ″Myrotvorets Centre″
Websitemyrotvorets.center
CommercialNo
Launched15 December 2014; 9 years ago (2014-12-15)
Current statusOnline

Mirotvorets, or Myrotvorets (Ukrainian: Миротворець /mɪrɔ'tvɔrɛt͡sʲ/, lit. "Peacemaker"), is a Ukraine Kiev-based[1] website that purports to reveal personal information of people who are considered to be "enemies of Ukraine",[2][3] or, as the website itself states, "whose actions have signs of crimes against the national security of Ukraine, peace, human security, and the international law".[4] The website provides unvetted and often false information on individuals using a totalitarian method of receiving information from any individual that desires to discredit or hurt the reputation of someone else. There is no recourse or complaint mechanism provided for an individual to seek correction or removal of false data except by making a substantial payment to the website and buying their way off. In fact, the "complaint" link on the website opens a window that essentially translates as "...you are my kitty" (re: bitch). The website was launched in December 2014 by Ukrainian politician and activist Georgy Tuka,[5][6] then a head of "Narodny Tyl", who since 29 April 2016 serves in the Ukrainian government as Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs[3] and before that, in 2015–2016, was the governor of Luhansk Oblast ("chairman of the Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration") appointed by president Petro Poroshenko.[7][8][9]

The site reflects the work of NGO ″Myrotvorets centre″, led by Roman Zaitsev, former employee of Luhansk Security Service of Ukraine office.[10] The website is curated by the government law-enforcement and intelligence agency Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)[11] and promoted by Advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko (uk).[11][12] In October 2015 he proposed to add a special section titled "Putin's crimes in Syria and Middle East" dedicated for personal data of Russia n military personnel of the operation in Syria collected by Inform Napalm,[13] which he believed could help "ISIS and their brethren in Russia, of whom there are many in the Caucasus" to take revenge on them "in accordance with Sharia law".[14][15] Another controversy occurred in April 2015 when the website published the home addresses of Ukrainian writer Oles Buzina and former Verkhovna Rada parliamentarian Oleg Kalashnikov just days before they were assassinated.[3]

On 7 May 2016 the website published the personal data of 4,508 journalists and other media members from all over the world who had worked (or had received accreditation to work) on the war in the uncontrolled government territory of Donbass, and therefore were considered by the site to have cooperated with terrorists.[1][2][3][11][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] There were phone numbers, email addresses, and some countries and cities of residence of Ukrainian and foreign journalists received from the hacked database of Donetsk People's Republic Ministry of State Security; journalists and support staff provided these data to be accredited by the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic. In response, the Security Service of Ukraine issued a statement that it found no violations of Ukrainian law by Myrotvorets.[23]

The slogan of the centre's website and the centre itself is a Latin saying: Pro bono publico (for the public good).

History

The staff of the "Myrotvorets" Centre

Myrotvorets Centre began to develop the project in summer 2014, during the War in Donbass. The project was launched in December 2014 as part of the work of the volunteer group known as "Narodny Tyl".[6] The first true leader and participants were not reported, for their safety.[10] For distraction a leader was presented as "Narodny Tyl" leader[10] [failed verification] Ukrainian politician and activist Georgy Tuka, who since 29 April 2016 serves in the Ukrainian government as Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and IDPs[3] and before that, in 2015–2016, served as the governor of Luhansk Oblast ("chairman of the Luhansk Regional Military and Civil Administration") appointed by president Petro Poroshenko.[7][8][9]

The director of the Centre is Roman Zaitsev, a former employee of the territorial office of the SBU in the Luhansk region. At the Centre, there are about 250 people living both in Ukraine and abroad. During the first two years the Centre incurred losses in killed, wounded and missing people.[10][better source needed]

The website is promoted by Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. The centre is affiliated with the government law-enforcement and intelligence agency, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU)[11][16] and the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs.[3]

Activity

Coat of "Myrotvorets" staff member with field version of emblem

The "Myrotvorets" leader states that the centre's objective is to provide information and advice to the executive authorities, to finally bring peace and harmony in Ukraine. In its work the centre pays special attention to expressions of "separatist and terrorist activities" on the territory of Ukraine.[10][better source needed]

Sources of information for the centre are primarily public materials posted on the Internet, publications and more. Much like other volunteer organisations, the centre widely uses OSINT methods. In addition, the centre uses information provided by individuals on a confidential basis. Under current Ukrainian law, the centre does not use information contained in anonymous appeals.[10][better source needed] However, it is used as a tool for framing innocent citizens and extorting payment.

In October 2015, the centre added a special section titled "Putin's crimes in Syria and the Middle East" dedicated to providing personal data of Russia n military personnel involved in the operation in Syria, according to Russian media "to help ISIS take revenge" on the Russian pilots "in accordance with Sharia law".[3][12][14][24][25] Myrotvorets' actions caused extremely strong reactions from the Russian presidential administration and among Russian experts in military affairs and special operations. As stated in the website InformNapalm, an important element of the operation was to compare the numbers of Su-24 from the Russian airbase "Shagol" and the same type of aircraft, overturned in Syria. A few days after the operation began, Russian TV started to hide the numbers of military aircraft based in Syria for their video shoots.[26][27] After the information was published, the Investigative Committee of Russia launched criminal proceedings against Anton Gerashchenko for "public calls to terrorism."[28]

In February 2016, members of the centre took part in the operation of mobile groups against illegal transport of cargo through the line of armed conflict in the War in Donbass.[29]

Myrotvorets Centre repeatedly provided information on the participation of foreign nationals in the armed conflict, on the side of pro-Russian separatists. In early March 2016, due to the materials published by the centre, law enforcement authorities in Bulgaria initiated criminal proceedings against George Bliznakov, a Bulgarian citizen. Similar materials are being considered regarding other Bulgarian citizens.[30][31]

According to the head of the centre, 4.5 thousand people were in the file cabinet in October 2014; 16 December 2015 – 7.5 thousand; January 2015 – 9000; 13 April 2015 – 30 thousand. In October 2015 – 45 thousand people; by 21 March 2016 – 57,775 people;[32] by 27 January 2017 - more than 102 thousand,[33] on the 23rd of August 2019 - 187 thousand[34]. The most complete database contains residents of the Crimea.[10][better source needed]

On 15 April 2018, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's name was added to the website.[35]

Western celebrities and intellectuals (such as Steven Seagal, Silvio Berlusconi, Thierry Mariani, Henry Kissinger, and Gerard Depardieu) have also found themselves landing on Myrotvorets's list, although not all have been formally banned from Ukraine.[36][37][38][39][40]

Controversy

In April 2015, Myrotvorets published the home addresses of Ukrainian writer Oles Buzina and former Verkhovna Rada parliamentarian Oleg Kalashnikov, just days before they were assassinated.[3][unreliable source?]

After the site published the data of various journalists, Valeriya Lutkovska, Ukrainian lawyer and Ombudswoman of Ukraine since April 2012, demanded both the website and the Centre be shut down.[41] Ukrainian editor and journalist Vitaly Portnikov and Ukrainian parliamentarian and military expert/blogger Dmytro Tymchuk have compared accreditation of a Ukrainian journalist in Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic to accreditation of an Israeli journalist with the Hamas "Ministry of Information" in Gaza.[42][43]

On 24 May 2016 Committee to Protect Journalists wrote an open letter to then Ukrainian President Poroshenko urging him to "condemn the unfounded and damaging allegations published on Myrotvorets, and to clarify publicly that the Ukrainian Interior Ministry is dedicated to protecting journalists and apprehending the people responsible for threatening them, in contrast to Interior Minister Avakov's previous statements". [44]

On 2 June 2016, G7 ambassadors to Kiev released a joint statement expressing deep concern about disclosures of journalists' personal data on the Myrotvorets website and called on the Myrotvorets team to withdraw personal data from public access.[45] The next day President Petro Poroshenko at a press conference condemned the publication of journalists' personal data, but stressed that he is extremely limited in terms of influence over the "Myrotvorets" website, which is curated by the government law-enforcement and intelligence agency Security Service of Ukraine; thus he is not going to press for a policy change.[46]

On 22 November 2017, Russia's foreign ministry sent a note of complaint to the US Department of State to protest the migration of the site to US servers.[47]

In September 2018, Myrotvorets wrote on Facebook that their database included residents of Zakarpattia Oblast who had illegally taken out Hungarian citizenship.[48] After two weeks of work in Zakarpattia Oblast, the database held more than 300 names of Ukrainian officials and local councillors from the oblast who had Hungarian passports.[49] On 11 October 2018, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said: "It is a lie that the Ukrainian state has nothing to do with the website that is listing suspected dual Ukrainian-Hungarian nationals", and claimed that President Petro Poroshenko "gave his consent to the hate campaign in an attempt to increase his popularity".[50]

See also

  • Narodny Tyl
  • George Tuka (§ "Career")
  • Inform Napalm
  • Redwatch

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "TASS: World – Ukraine's Security Council promises not to prosecute journalists accredited in Donbass". TASS. 2016-05-12. http://tass.ru/en/world/875138. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ukrainian Activists Leak Personal Information of Thousands of War Reporters in the Donbas – Global Voices Advocacy". Global Voices Advocacy. 2016-05-11. https://advox.globalvoices.org/2016/05/11/ukrainian-activists-leak-personal-information-of-thousands-of-war-reporters-in-the-donbas/. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Outrage as Ukrainian witch-hunt site leaks personal info of 'terrorist-collaborating journalists' — RT News". RT. 2016-05-12. https://www.rt.com/news/342724-journalists-data-leak-ukraine/. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  4. ↑ "Center "Myrotvorets" invites to cooperation of law enforcement agencies of foreign States". Myrotvorets. 2016-11-07. https://psb4ukr.org/878070-center-myrotvorets-invite-to-cooperation-of-law-enforcement-agencies-of-foreign-states/. 
  5. ↑ "George Tuka post about webcite" (in Russian). Facebook. 2014-12-15. https://www.facebook.com/george.tuka/posts/683067715140968?pnref=story. Retrieved 2016-05-15. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Волонтери запустили в інтернеті сайт про зрадників і найманців, які воюють проти України" (in Ukrainian). IPress.ua (uk). 2014-12-15. http://ipress.ua/news/volontery_zapustyly_v_interneti_sayt_pro_zradnykiv_i_naymantsiv_yaki_voyuyut_proty_ukrainy_100469.html. Retrieved 2016-05-16. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Luhansk Governor Tuka dismissed – media : UNIAN news" (in English). UNIAN. 2016-04-29. http://www.unian.info/politics/1334486-luhansk-governor-tuka-dismissed-media.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Poroshenko appoints member of parliament Harbuz as governor of Luhansk Oblast instead of Tuka". 2016-04-29. http://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine-politics/poroshenko-appoints-member-of-parliament-harbuz-as-governor-of-luhansk-oblast-instead-of-tuka-412967.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Poroshenko appoints new Luhansk governor – read on – uatoday.tv". Ukraine Today. 2016-04-30. http://uatoday.tv/politics/poroshenko-appoints-new-luhansk-governor-641069.html. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 "Роман Зайцев: "Для Кремля мы кость в горле. Огромные силы и ресурсы брошены на наше уничтожение"" (in Russian). Fakty i Kommentarii. 2015-04-11. http://fakty.ua/208139-roman-zajcev-dlya-kremlya-my-kost-v-gorle-ogromnye-sily-i-resursy-brosheny-na-nashe-unichtozhenie. Retrieved 2016-04-20. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Ukrainian hackers leak personal information of thousands of journalists". International Business Times. 2015-05-13. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukrainian-hackers-leak-personal-information-thousands-journalists-1559923. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Russian Investigative Committee Opens Criminal Case Against Putin Accuser". The Moscow Times. 2015-10-08. http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-investigative-committee-opens-criminal-case-against-putin-accuser/537727.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  13. ↑ "Украина слила личные данные российских пилотов террористам ИГИЛ" (in Russian). Moskovsky Komsomolets. 2015-10-28. http://www.mk.ru/politics/2015/10/28/ukraina-slila-lichnye-dannye-rossiyskikh-pilotov-terroristam-igil.html. Retrieved 2016-06-12. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Top Ukraine official backs idea 'to help ISIS take revenge on Russian soldiers in Syria' — RT News". RT. 2016-10-07. https://www.rt.com/news/317849-ukrainian-russia-isis-revenge/. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  15. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/anton.gerashchenko.7/posts/928575253895989
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Ukraine Tries to Terrify Journalists Who Cover the War". The Daily Beast. 2016-05-12. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/12/ukraine-tries-to-terrify-journalists-who-cover-the-war.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  17. ↑ "OSCE Concerned Of Journalists' Security in Ukraine". Sputnik International. 2016-05-11. http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160511/1039460894/osce-criticism-ukraine-media-freedom.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  18. ↑ "OSCE Representative Mijatović expresses concern about journalists' safety in Ukraine". Interfax. 2016-05-12. http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/economic/343016.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  19. ↑ "Myrotvorets website leaks personal data of journalists accredited in "DPR": intl scandal brewing : UNIAN news". UNIAN. 2016-05-11. http://www.unian.info/society/1342024-myrotvorets-website-leaks-personal-data-of-journalists-accredited-in-dpr-intl-scandal-brewing.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  20. ↑ "Kyiv prosecutors investigating case of publishing personal data of journalists who were accredited in DPR, LPR". Interfax Ukraine. 2015-10-07. http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/342778.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  21. ↑ "Ukrainian hackers publish info on thousands of journalists". The Washington Post. 2016-05-12. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ukrainian-hackers-publish-data-on-thousands-of-journalists/2016/05/12/95222eca-187c-11e6-aa55-670cabef46e0_story.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  22. ↑ "Ukrainian Hackers Leak Personal Data Of Thousands Of Journalists Who Worked In Donbas". Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. 2016-05-11. http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-hackers-journalist-donbas-current-time/27728765.html. 
  23. ↑ "Творці сайту "Миротворець" не порушили законодавство України — СБУ" (in Ukrainian). UNIAN. 2016-05-12. http://www.unn.com.ua/uk/news/1464143-tvortsi-saytu-mirotvorets-ne-porushili-zakonodavstvo-ukrayini-sbu. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  24. ↑ "Украинский депутат Геращенко предложил избирателям помочь террористам" (in ru). Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2015-10-07. http://www.kp.ru/daily/26442/3313110/. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  25. ↑ "'Extremism in Ukraine has risen to staggering level' — RT Op-Edge". RT. 2016-05-12. https://www.rt.com/op-edge/342789-journalists-list-danger-ukraine/. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  26. ↑ "Activists again publish the names of Russian pilots who are fighting in Syria" (in Russian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2015-10-19. http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/27314602.html. Retrieved 2016-05-16. 
  27. ↑ "Russia steps up Syria air campaign: Jets raise daily action to 88 strikes6" (in Ukrainian). RT. 14 Oct 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43OSrSl1GcI&t=3093. Retrieved 15 May 2016. 
  28. ↑ "RF IC opened a case against a deputy of the Parliament of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko". RIA Novosti. 2015-10-07. http://ria.ru/incidents/20151007/1298369485.html. Retrieved 2016-05-13. 
  29. ↑ "TSN 28 Feb 2016" (in Ukrainian). TSN Ukraine [uk]. 28 Feb 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43OSrSl1GcI&t=3093. Retrieved 15 May 2016. 
  30. ↑ "Ukraine can sue another Bulgarian mercenary" (in Bulgarian). club ″Z″. 2016-03-16. http://www.clubz.bg/36204-ukrajna_moje_da_sydi_pone_oshte_edin_bylgarski_naemnik. Retrieved 2016-05-16. 
  31. ↑ "Ukraine may seek to sue not one but four Bulgarians" (in Bulgarian). bTV (Bulgaria). 2016-03-01. http://btvnovinite.bg/article/bulgaria/ukrajna-mozhe-da-poiska-da-sadi-ne-edin-a-na-chetirima-balgari.html. Retrieved 2016-05-16. 
  32. ↑ "Центр "Миротворец" прекращает свою деятельность в текущем формате" (in Russian). censor.net [uk]. 2014-03-16. http://censor.net.ua/blogs/2144/tsentr_quotmirotvoretsquot_prekraschaet_svoyu_deyatelnost_v_tekuschem_formate. Retrieved 15 May 2016. 
  33. ↑ Volkov, Alexander (27 January 2017), "Роман Зайцев: "Антона Геращенко должны были убить на Новый год"" (in Ukrainian), Fakty i Kommentarii, http://fakty.ua/229419-rukovoditel-mirotvorca-roman-zajcev-ubijstvo-antona-geracshenko-dolzhno-bylo-proizojti-na-novyj-god-no-kak-govoritsya-chto-to-poshlo-ne-tak 
  34. ↑ «Достанем всех, кто поднял руку на Украину»: центру «Миротворец» исполнилось 5 лет archived copy
  35. ↑ Syrian president lands up on Ukraine's Myrotvorets database due to his children's visit to Crimea, 2018-04-16, https://www.unian.info/politics/10081817-syrian-president-lands-up-on-ukraine-s-myrotvorets-database-due-to-his-children-s-visit-to-crimea.html 
  36. ↑ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/sigal-stiven-frederik/
  37. ↑ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/kissindzher-genri-alfredovich
  38. ↑ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/depardyo-zherar-ksavie-marsel/
  39. ↑ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/berluskoni-silvio/
  40. ↑ https://myrotvorets.center/criminal/mariani-terri/
  41. ↑ "Лутковська рекомендує СБУ та Нацполіції заблокувати доступ до сайту "Миротворець" на території України" (in Ukrainian). Interfax. 2016-05-12. http://ua.interfax.com.ua/news/political/342871.html. Retrieved 2017-04-20. 
  42. ↑ "Портніков: Уявіть, що журналіст Ізраїлю акредитується при "міністерстві інформації" ХАМАС у секторі Газа" (in Ukrainian). expres.ua. 2016-05-11. http://expres.ua/news/2016/05/11/185834-portnikov-uyavit-zhurnalist-izrayilyu-akredytuyetsya-pry-ministerstvi. Retrieved 2017-04-20. 
  43. ↑ "Журналіст у "гарячих точках": без акредитації ані кроку" (in Ukrainian). Deutsche Welle. 2016-05-12. http://www.dw.com/uk/журналіст-у-гарячих-точках-без-акредитації-ані-кроку/a-19252714. Retrieved 2016-05-16. 
  44. ↑ Simon, Joel (24 May 2016). "CPJ urges Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to condemn threats to journalists". https://cpj.org/2016/05/cpj-urges-ukrainian-president-petro-poroshenko-to-.php. 
  45. ↑ G7 Ambassadors are deeply concerned by recent massive disclosures of journalists’ personal data on the Myrotvorets websiteв(in English)
  46. ↑ Fragment of Mr. Poroshenko's press-conference on 6 June 2016(in English)
  47. ↑ "Russia demands Ukrainian doxing site be closed down". TASS. 23 November 2017. http://tass.com/politics/977148. Retrieved 23 November 2017. 
  48. ↑ Residents of Zakarpattia region with Hungarian citizenship included in Ukraine's Myrotvorets database, 22 September 2018, https://www.unian.info/society/10270593-residents-of-zakarpattia-region-with-hungarian-citizenship-included-in-ukraine-s-myrotvorets-database.html 
  49. ↑ Over 300 officials get Hungarian passports in Ukraine's Zakarpattia region – Myrotvorets database, 9 October 2018, https://www.unian.info/politics/10292058-over-300-officials-get-hungarian-passports-in-ukraine-s-zakarpattia-region-myrotvorets-database.html 
  50. ↑ Hungary accuses Ukraine state of lying it has nothing to do with website listing dual nationals, 11 October 2018, https://www.unian.info/politics/10295418-hungary-accuses-ukraine-state-of-lying-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-website-listing-dual-nationals.html 

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