I only had to shift my focus a little. Another very important skill for a journalist is That was communicating, including the ability to obtain exclusive information, make phone calls and requests. I got good at this very quickly, and I had a good command of English and Chinese. I was able to interview Chinese and American economists. It was 2014, there was a sanctions war going on and joint ventures and oil production projects were closing, so I bombarded each of the American companies 20 times a day.
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It was my third week working at the Gazeta Ru netherlands whatsapp number data 5 million office and Vin Diesel put the ice bucket challenge to Putin and the big question was…(dramatic pause): Who would be the one to call [Presidential Spokesman Dmitry] Peskov and ask whether Putin would accept the challenge? I volunteered. Peskov responded by saying, ‘Don’t call me anymore with such nonsense’. We ran a story saying that Peskov had called the Diesel challenge nonsense, and with people who are only on the defensive it went over extremely well. The conclusion: journalism is for active people – not necessarily young, but very patient people. By the way, regarding patience, I learned to write Chinese hieroglyphs. As someone with dysgraphia [a writing disorder – Ed.], this was twice as difficult for me as it is for other people.
How did you end up at Lenta ru?
At Gazeta Ru, I was promoted to head of the technology with adb directory an department to replace the outgoing director. . I did well in this leadership position: our indicators rose significantly and the department went from being just one more part of the operation to a key element of the publication, especially because I looked for non-standard topics. After some time, a vacancy opened up for Internet and Media Department head at Lenta.ru. I thought, ‘Why not? I need to develop and try new things.’ New tasks and challenges awaited there, so I left GazetaRu.