# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vitaly-ignatenko
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:02:28.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vitaly-ignatenko"
name: "Vitaly Ignatenko"
slug: "vitaly-ignatenko"
description: "Vitaly Nikitich Ignatenko is a Russian journalist and politician who had been the head of ITAR-TASS news agency from 1993 until 2012 and had served in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin from 1995 to 1997 as deputy prime minister. He has also been a member of different journalism organizations and foundations promoting the Russian language and Russian-speaking press."
tagline: "Soviet journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/World_association_of_Russian_press_talk_(2014-12-25)_06.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1941-04-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.095976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ignatenko_v_n/"
    handle:    "ignatenko_v_n"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15714513/"
    handle:    "nm15714513"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Ignatenko"
    title: "Vitaly Ignatenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ڤيتالى ايجناتينكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witali_Nikititsch_Ignatenko"
    title: "Witali Nikititsch Ignatenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Ignatenko"
    title: "Vitaly Ignatenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Ignatjenko"
    title: "Vitali Ignatjenko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%88"
    title: "ویتالی ایگناتنکو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witalij_Ignatienko"
    title: "Witalij Ignatienko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Игнатенко, Виталий Никитич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4197397"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump