Andrii Kulykov
Ukrainian journalist · Ukraine · On the map · Journalists · Born 1957 · age 69
Andriy Viktorovych Kulykov is a Ukrainian journalist, editor, television and radio presenter, actor, media expert, and media editor.
Andrii Kulykov is read about 13 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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Andriy Kulykov at the press-conference for the "Writing About Charity" Ukrainian Wikipedia writing contest in 2012. Kulykov was one of the independent jurors for the contest.![In 2012, The Freedom of Speech won the Teletriumph Award for Best Political Talk Show on Ukrainian television that year. Kulykov (left) also won Best Host of a Talk Show in 2013. Producer Mykhailo Pavlov [UK] is on the right.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/The_Freedom_of_Speech_Teletriumph.jpg/500px-The_Freedom_of_Speech_Teletriumph.jpg)
In 2012, The Freedom of Speech won the Teletriumph Award for Best Political Talk Show on Ukrainian television that year. Kulykov (left) also won Best Host of a Talk Show in 2013. Producer Mykhailo Pavlov [UK] is on the right.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (center) gesticulating to Kulykov (left) during a meeting.About this person
He is widely known in Ukraine as the former host of Freedom of Speech (ICTV), a popular political talk show broadcast on ICTV, but he also been involved with the BBC, Hromadske Radio, and other news media publications and broadcasters. Kulykov is also a professional English-Ukrainian language Translator-referent. He has been involved in the journalistic effort to explain the Russian invasion of Ukraine to English-speaking audiences. On March 1, 2022, Kulykov was broadcasting live from his apartment when the Russian military bombed the Kyiv radio transmission tower. Kulykov also demanded the release of captured Ukrainian journalist Maksym Butkevych, publicly pleading the case for his safe return to Ukraine.
