20 September 2025
(PHOTO: Intent)
This week, commemorative events were held in several Ukrainian cities to mark the 25th anniversary of the disappearance and murder of journalist Giorgi Gongadze.
The Accent project remembered the man and professional whose life reminds us today of the price of courage and the power of truth.
Giorgi has been dead for 25 years. He spoke about freedom and the right of society to know the truth. At the same time, for 25 years, society has been waiting for the truth and answers to the question of why the people who ordered the murder of Giorgi Gongadze have not been named.
Giorgi Gongadze was a Ukrainian public figure, opposition journalist, radio and television host, film director and translator of Georgian origin, known for his critical anti-government speeches. He was the founder and first editor-in-chief of the online newspaper Ukrainska Pravda. Gongadze's murder caused a wide resonance in Ukraine and is considered one of the most high-profile criminal cases in the country today. According to the most widespread version, high-ranking officials close to Leonid Kuchma, who allegedly personally ordered the abduction of Gongadze, were involved in the journalist's capture and murder.
A street exhibition dedicated to the memory of journalist Georgiy Gongadze was opened in the city garden in the center of Odesa on September 16. Similar exhibitions, entitled "Diary of Georgiy Gongadze," opened simultaneously in Kyiv and Lviv and will be available throughout the Memorial Week.
Кирило Бойко