John Helmer (journalist)

John Helmer (born 1946) is a Moscow-based blogger and freelance journalist known for his investigative work on the Russian business sector. Helmer, once an aide in Jimmy Carter's White House,[1] was recruited by KGB in 80's according to Yuri Shvets and left to live in Russia permanently.[2] Helmer has been based in Moscow since 1989 and has worked in the past for The Australian Financial Review, The Australian, and other newspapers.[3]

Writing in the New Jersey Star Ledger, journalist Dave D'Alessandro described Helmer as, "the journalist residing in Moscow who has been a pebble in Mikhail Prokhorov’s shoe since oligarchs have been collecting their billions under the protection of a corrupt, Fascist state.... the kind of journalist who turns up dead once a month or so inside Putin’s Russia." And also as, "a fascinating and talented fellow, if not a fair bit over the top in his pursuit of truths."[3]

On 16 November 2001 John Helmer delivered the lecture 'Stealing The Truth - How To Read, And Not To Read, The Press In Russia' at the ELE public forum in Moscow.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "John Helmer's bio". Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Another Ex-KGB Spy Spills the Beans / Yuri B. Shvets claims he recruited a former Carter adviser". SFGate. 12 March 1995. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. 1 2 D'Alessandro, Dave (10 January 2010). "A Russian Tale". New Jersey Star Ledger. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "ELE Speakers List".


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