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'''Graham William Phillips''' (born 26 January 1979), is a [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist, blogger, columnist and photographer. From 2013 he worked as a freelancer for Russian state-owned channels [[RT (TV network)|Russia Today]] (RT) and [[Zvezda (TV channel)|Zvezda]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/547116/exclusive-tayside-journalist-worked-russia-today-rubbishes-claims-alex-salmond-will-become-putins-puppet/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Tayside journalist who worked with Russia Today rubbishes claims Alex Salmond will become "Putin's puppet" |date=17 Nov 2017 |work=[[The Courier (Dundee)]] |access-date=7 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gtarchive.georgiatoday.ge/news/11746/Russia-Today-Journalist-Voices-Anti-Georgia-Messages-at-Embassy-in-UK |title=Russia Today Journalist Voices Anti-Georgia Messages at Embassy in UK |date=8 August 2018 |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jam-news.net/russia-today-reporter-broke-into-georgian-embassy-in-uk/ |title=Russia Today reporter breaks into Georgian embassy in the UK |date=8 August 2018 |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stopfake.org/en/pro-kremlin-journalist-graham-phillips-detained-by-latvian-police-in-riga/ |title=Pro-Kremlin journalist Graham Phillips detained by Latvian police in Riga |date=16 March 2016 |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref> Some sources, including Phillips himself, have stated that Phillips worked for RT, as a freelancer, from 2013-2014, however others have claimed he was still working for RT in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebPkdpLzOU |title=Graham Phillips - My Future as a Fully Crowdfunded Journalist |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref><ref name="baltictimes.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.baltictimes.com/pro-kremlin_journalist_graham_phillips_deported_from_latvia_and_blacklisted_fro_three_years/ |title=Pro-Kremlin journalist Graham Phillips deported from Latvia and blacklisted for three years |date=17 March 2016 |access-date=8 May 2021 }}</ref> For his journalistic work, Phillips has frequently been described as 'controversial'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-graham-phillips-reporter-/28008922.html |title=British Reporter's Diatribe At Maimed Captive Rankles Kyiv |date=23 September 2016 |access-date=1 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://medium.com/@DFRLab/separating-fact-and-fiction-in-the-svitlodarsk-bulge-bbb725334694 |title=Separating Fact and Fiction in the Svitlodarsk Bulge |date=3 January 2017 |access-date=1 May 2021 }}</ref>
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'''Graham William Phillips''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist, blogger, columnist and photographer. From 2013 he worked as a freelancer for Russian state-owned channels [[RT (TV network)|Russia Today]] (RT) and [[Zvezda (TV channel)|Zvezda]].<ref>https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/547116/exclusive-tayside-journalist-worked-russia-today-rubbishes-claims-alex-salmond-will-become-putins-puppet/ </ref><ref>http://gtarchive.georgiatoday.ge/news/11746/Russia-Today-Journalist-Voices-Anti-Georgia-Messages-at-Embassy-in-UK </ref><ref>https://jam-news.net/russia-today-reporter-broke-into-georgian-embassy-in-uk/</ref><ref>https://www.stopfake.org/en/pro-kremlin-journalist-graham-phillips-detained-by-latvian-police-in-riga/</ref> Some sources, including Phillips himself, have stated that Phillips worked for RT, as a freelancer, from 2013-2014, however others have claimed he was still working for RT in 2016.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebPkdpLzOU, Graham Phillips - My Future as a Fully Crowdfunded Journalist</ref><ref name="baltictimes.com">https://www.baltictimes.com/pro-kremlin_journalist_graham_phillips_deported_from_latvia_and_blacklisted_fro_three_years/</ref> For his journalistic work, Phillips has frequently been described as 'controversial'.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-graham-phillips-reporter-/28008922.html </ref><ref>https://medium.com/@DFRLab/separating-fact-and-fiction-in-the-svitlodarsk-bulge-bbb725334694</ref>
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
  
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Graham William Phillips was born on 26 January 1979. Some sources state he was born in [[Nottingham]], [[United Kingdom]], others that he was born in [[Dundee]] or [[Perth]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/307169/tayside-hostage-journalists-love-letter-to-crimea-set-to-incur-wrath-of-ukraines-president/ |title=Tayside 'hostage' journalist's love letter to Crimea set to incur wrath of Ukraine's president |date=3 Nov 2016 |work=[[The Courier (Dundee)]] |access-date=7 May 2021 }}</ref> He went to school in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] city of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], then graduated from [[University of Dundee|Dundee University]].<ref name="bbc">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-27503743 |title=British journalist Graham Phillips held in Ukraine |date=21 May 2014 |work=BBC |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perth-journalist-graham-phillips-is-freed-after-being-held-in-ukraine-1.382478 |title=Perth journalist Graham Phillips is freed after being held in Ukraine |date=22 May 2014 |work=The Courier|access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref> From around 2002 until around 2010, Phillips worked as a civil servant at the [[Central Office of Information]] in [[London]], in an administrative capacity, where as one of 700 officials he reviewed government websites and prepared reports for parliament.<ref name="Buzz">{{Cite web |first=Max |last=Seddon |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/how-a-british-blogger-became-an-unlikely-star-of-the-ukraine#.vs68mYGvd |title=How A British Blogger Became An Unlikely Star Of The Ukraine Conflict — And Russia Today |work=[[Buzzfeed]] |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref>
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Graham William Phillips was born on 26 January 1979. Some sources state he was born in [[Nottingham]], [[United Kingdom]], others that he was born in [[Dundee]] or [[Perth]].<ref name="auto">https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/307169/tayside-hostage-journalists-love-letter-to-crimea-set-to-incur-wrath-of-ukraines-president/ </ref> He went to school in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] city of [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], then graduated from [[University of Dundee|Dundee University]].<ref name="bbc">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-27503743 </ref><ref>http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perth-journalist-graham-phillips-is-freed-after-being-held-in-ukraine-1.382478 </ref> From around 2002 until around 2010, Phillips worked as a civil servant at the [[Central Office of Information]] in [[London]], in an administrative capacity, where as one of 700 officials he reviewed government websites and prepared reports for parliament.<ref name="Buzz">https://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/how-a-british-blogger-became-an-unlikely-star-of-the-ukraine#.vs68mYGvd </ref>
  
 
=== Career ===
 
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In 2011 Phillips moved to Ukraine, and reported from there both as a print journalist, and from the time of Euromaidan as a video journalist,. He covered [[Euromaidan]] in [[Kyiv]], and took an anti-Maidan position,<ref name="SW">{{Cite web |first=Shaun |last=Walker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/british-journalist-graham-phillips-detained-east-ukraine |title=British journalist Graham Phillips released by Ukraine forces |date=21 May 2014 |work=The Guardian |language=en |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref> repeatedly referring to the new, post-Maidan [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]] as "[[Fascism|fascists]]" and "Kyiv [[Military junta|junta]]".<ref name="Buzz"/> Due to twice being deported, and banned from Ukraine for his journalism from the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref name="auto"/> he has only reported from the [[Temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine|non-government controlled parts of Ukraine]] since 2014. From 2014 on, Phillips has covered events in [[Crimea]], [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed by Russia]]. He has reported on the [[Crimean Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=
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In 2011 Phillips moved to Ukraine, and reported from there both as a print journalist, and from the time of Euromaidan as a video journalist,. He covered [[Euromaidan]] in [[Kyiv]], and took an anti-Maidan position,<ref name="SW">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/british-journalist-graham-phillips-detained-east-ukraine</ref> repeatedly referring to the new, post-Maidan [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]] as "[[Fascism|fascists]]" and "Kyiv [[Military junta|junta]]".<ref name="Buzz"/> Due to twice being deported, and banned from Ukraine for his journalism from the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref name="auto"/> he has only reported from the [[Temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine|non-government controlled parts of Ukraine]] since 2014. From 2014 on, Phillips has covered events in [[Crimea]], [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexed by Russia]]. He has reported on the [[Crimean Bridge]].<ref>https://tvzvezda.ru/news/201912252032-7umMM.html</ref><ref>https://kerchinfo.com/7425-grem-fillips-posetil-kerchenskij-most.html </ref><ref>https://www.1tv.ru/news/2019-12-29/378234-vladimir_putin_dal_start_zheleznodorozhnomu_dvizheniyu_po_mostu_cherez_kerchenskiy_proliv</ref> Phillips reported from the warzone in Donbas.<ref name="Buzz"/> In November 2014, Phillips was wounded while reporting from the frontline, receiving a shrapnel wound to his back.<ref>https://tass.com/world/761360 </ref>
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https://tvzvezda.ru/news/201912252032-7umMM.html |title= Graham Phillips on Crimea Bridge |language=ru  |date=25 December 2019 |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=
 
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https://kerchinfo.com/7425-grem-fillips-posetil-kerchenskij-most.html |title= Graham Phillips visits Crimea Bridge |date=25 December 2019 |language=ru  |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=
 
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https://www.1tv.ru/news/2019-12-29/378234-vladimir_putin_dal_start_zheleznodorozhnomu_dvizheniyu_po_mostu_cherez_kerchenskiy_proliv?utm_source=yxnews&utm_medium=desktop&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fyandex.ru%2Fnews%2Fsearch%3Ftext%3D |title=Владимир Путин дал старт железнодорожному движению по мосту через Керченский пролив |language=ru |date=29 December 2019 |access-date=29 April 2021 }}</ref> Phillips reported from the warzone in Donbas.<ref name="Buzz"/> In November 2014, Phillips was wounded while reporting from the frontline, receiving a shrapnel wound to his back.<ref>{{Cite web |url=
 
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https://tass.com/world/761360 |title=British journalist wounded in eastern Ukraine |date= 24 November 2014|access-date=28 April 2021 }}</ref>
 
  
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In 2019, Phillips started reporting from [[Serbia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ocnal.com/2019/03/graham-phillips-uk-journalist.html|title=Graham Phillips, the UK journalist campaigning against Kosovo}}</ref>
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In 2019, Phillips started reporting from [[Serbia]].<ref>https://www.ocnal.com/2019/03/graham-phillips-uk-journalist.html</ref>
  
 
=== Controversies ===
 
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Phillips has been described as "pro-Russian".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/notorious-pro-russian-journalist-disrupts-exhibition-at-georgian-embassy-in-london/ |title=Notorious pro-Russian journalist disrupts exhibition at Georgian Embassy in London |date=8 August 2018 |work=Emerging Europe |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref><ref name="balkaninsight">{{Cite web |url=https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/11/uk-journalist-banned-from-twitter-angers-some-in-kosovo/ |title=UK Journalist Banned From Twitter Angers Some in Kosovo |date=11 March 2019 |work=[[Balkan Insight]] |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.stopfake.org/en/british-citizen-exposed-as-a-tool-of-russia-s-fsb/ |title=British Citizen Exposed as a Tool of Russia's FSB |date=15 July 2015 |work=Stop Fake |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref> He claimed that he had repeatedly received death threats for his work.<ref name="balkaninsight" /> Phillips was detained by the Ukrainian security forces on 20 May 2014, when he was leaving [[Mariupol]] for [[Sloviansk]], accusing him of espionage for the Russians,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uapress.info/ru/news/show/25292 |first=O. |last=Yarmloyuk |title=Задержан разыскиваемый шпион - журналист Грэм Филлипс |work=uapress.info |date=20 May 2014 |language=ru |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref> however, he was released two days later.<ref name="RIA Novosti">{{Cite web|date=22 May 2014|title=Журналист Грэм Филлипс заявил, что депортация из Украины ему не грозит|url=http://ria.ru/world/20140522/1008783128.html|access-date=17 April 2021|work=RIA Novosti|language=ru}}</ref> Ukrainian government have accused Phillips of supporting "terrorist activity" in Donbas, while [[Embassy of Ukraine, London|Ukraine's embassy in London]] had called him a "Russian propagandist". It also urged the [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|U.K. police]] to investigate his "terrorist activity in [[Eastern Ukraine]]".<ref name="unian">{{Cite web |url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10217576-ukraine-calls-on-uk-police-to-probe-graham-phillips-for-terrorist-activity-in-donbas.html |title=Ukraine calls on UK police to probe Graham Phillips for "terrorist activity" in Donbas |date=8 August 2018 |work=[[Ukrainian Independent Information Agency]] |access-date=17 April 2021 }}</ref>
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Phillips has been described as "pro-Russian".<ref>https://emerging-europe.com/news/notorious-pro-russian-journalist-disrupts-exhibition-at-georgian-embassy-in-london/ </ref><ref name="balkaninsight">https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/11/uk-journalist-banned-from-twitter-angers-some-in-kosovo/ </ref><ref>https://www.stopfake.org/en/british-citizen-exposed-as-a-tool-of-russia-s-fsb/ </ref> He claimed that he had repeatedly received death threats for his work.<ref name="balkaninsight" /> Phillips was detained by the Ukrainian security forces on 20 May 2014, when he was leaving [[Mariupol]] for [[Sloviansk]], accusing him of espionage for the Russians,<ref>http://uapress.info/ru/news/show/25292 </ref> however, he was released two days later.<ref name="RIA Novosti">http://ria.ru/world/20140522/1008783128.html</ref> Ukrainian government have accused Phillips of supporting "terrorist activity" in Donbas, while [[Embassy of Ukraine, London|Ukraine's embassy in London]] had called him a "Russian propagandist". It also urged the [[Law enforcement in the United Kingdom|U.K. police]] to investigate his "terrorist activity in [[Eastern Ukraine]]".<ref name="unian">https://www.unian.info/politics/10217576-ukraine-calls-on-uk-police-to-probe-graham-phillips-for-terrorist-activity-in-donbas.html </ref>
  
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In September 2016, Ukraine strongly criticised Phillips for his interview with a Ukrainian prisoner of war, which Ukraine said amounted to an interrogation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-graham-phillips-reporter-/28008922.html|title=British Reporter's Diatribe At Maimed Captive Rankles Kyiv|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}}</ref>  Ukrainians then petitioned then UK Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] to punish Phillips, and even strip him of his British passport.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/09/22/tormenting-mutilated-pow-ukrainians-ask-theresa-may-to-punish-graham-phillips/|title=Ukrainians ask British PM to punish Graham Phillips for tormenting a mutilated PoW|date=22 September 2016 |access-date=2 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stalkerzone.org/ukrainians-appealed-british-pm-punish-graham-phillips/|title=UKRAINIANS APPEALED TO BRITISH PM TO PUNISH GRAHAM PHILLIPS|date=21 September 2016 |access-date=2 May 2021 }}</ref>
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In September 2016, Ukraine strongly criticised Phillips for his interview with a Ukrainian prisoner of war, which Ukraine said amounted to an interrogation.<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-graham-phillips-reporter-/28008922.html</ref>  Ukrainians then petitioned then UK Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] to punish Phillips, and even strip him of his British passport.<ref>http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/09/22/tormenting-mutilated-pow-ukrainians-ask-theresa-may-to-punish-graham-phillips/</ref><ref>http://www.stalkerzone.org/ukrainians-appealed-british-pm-punish-graham-phillips/</ref>
  
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In April 2015, Phillips was denied access to the museum dedicated to [[Stepan Bandera]], a Ukrainian [[Radical politics|radical]] politician, in London immediately after he introduced himself. The reason was that the museum was not public, and Phillips had not signed up in advance. Phillips also called Stepan Bandera "an accomplice of the [[Nazism|Nazis]] in the [[World War II]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20150427/1061271617.html |title=Журналиста Филлипса выгнали из музея Бандеры в Лондоне. ВИДЕО |date=27 April 2015 |work=[[RIA Novosti]] |access-date=17 April 2021 |language=ru }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newsru.com/world/28Apr2015/mus.html |title=Поход журналиста Грэма Филлипса в лондонский музей Бандеры закончился потасовкой|date=28 April 2015|access-date=8 May 2021 |language=ru }}</ref>
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In April 2015, Phillips was denied access to the museum dedicated to [[Stepan Bandera]], a Ukrainian [[Radical politics|radical]] politician, in London immediately after he introduced himself. The reason was that the museum was not public, and Phillips had not signed up in advance. Phillips also called Stepan Bandera "an accomplice of the [[Nazism|Nazis]] in the [[World War II]]".<ref>https://ria.ru/20150427/1061271617.html</ref><ref>https://www.newsru.com/world/28Apr2015/mus.html </ref>
  
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In 2016, with German journalist Billy Six, Phillips was accused of 'storming into' Berlin-based information agency 'Correctiv', and accusing them of propaganda in relation to the MH17 disaster.<ref>{{Cite web |url=
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In 2016, with German journalist Billy Six, Phillips was accused of 'storming into' Berlin-based information agency 'Correctiv', and accusing them of propaganda in relation to the MH17 disaster.<ref>https://meduza.io/en/news/2016/08/03/british-blogger-graham-phillips-breaks-into-a-german-media-outlet-and-prompts-a-visit-from-german-police </ref>
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In October 2018, Phillips placed a sign on the grave of [[Stepan Bandera]] in Munich, claiming that he was a Nazi, causing a scandal in Ukraine. Phillips defended his actions by saying it was 'historically correct'.<ref>{{Cite web |url=
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In October 2018, Phillips placed a sign on the grave of [[Stepan Bandera]] in Munich, claiming that he was a Nazi, causing a scandal in Ukraine. Phillips defended his actions by saying it was 'historically correct'.<ref>https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/538214.html </ref><ref>https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-graham-phillips-bandera-munich/29546200.html</ref>
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https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/538214.html |title=Munich police open case involving desecration of Bandera's burial site – Ukrainian consulate |date=16 October 2018 |work=[[Interfax-Ukraine]] |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-graham-phillips-bandera-munich/29546200.html |title=Проросійський журналіст Філіпс зняв провокаційне відео на могилі Бандери у Мюнхені |date=16 October 2018 |work=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |access-date=7 May 2021 |language=uk }}</ref>
 
  
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In March 2016, Phillips interrupted a [[Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires]] march in [[Riga]] and shouted, "why are you glorifying fascism?", for which he was detained by the [[State Police (Latvia)|Latvian police]] officers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20160316/1390862707.html |title=В Риге во время шествия легионеров СС задержали журналиста Филлипса |date=16 March 2016 |work=[[RIA Novosti]] |access-date=17 April 2021 |language=ru }}</ref> He was released,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20160316/1391120026.html |title=Полиция отпустила задержанного во время шествия легионеров СС Филлипса |date=16 March 2016 |work=[[RIA Novosti]] |access-date=17 April 2021 |language=ru }}</ref> but was then deported to Russia. Latvia’s Interior Minister, [[Rihards Kozlovskis]] blasted Phillips for his “provocation” in the Latvian capital.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20160317/1391420607.html |title=Латвия депортировала журналиста Грэма Филлипса |date=17 March 2016 |work=[[RIA Novosti]] |language=ru }}</ref><ref name="baltictimes.com"/>
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In March 2016, Phillips interrupted a [[Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires]] march in [[Riga]] and shouted, "why are you glorifying fascism?", for which he was detained by the [[State Police (Latvia)|Latvian police]] officers.<ref>https://ria.ru/20160316/1390862707.html </ref> He was released,<ref>https://ria.ru/20160316/1391120026.html |</ref> but was then deported to Russia. Latvia’s Interior Minister, [[Rihards Kozlovskis]] blasted Phillips for his “provocation” in the Latvian capital.<ref>https://ria.ru/20160317/1391420607.html </ref><ref name="baltictimes.com"/>
  
 
In March 2019, Phillips went to Kosovo to do reportage. In a video he published on his YouTube channel, referred to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] as a "terrorist organization". He then told ''[[Balkan Insight]]'' that [[Kosovo]] was a "state controlled by terrorists and war criminals". Phillips also stated that most of what has been said about Kosovo was "based on lies, misinformation and propaganda". His statements caused a backlash in Kosovo.<ref name="balkaninsight" />
 
In March 2019, Phillips went to Kosovo to do reportage. In a video he published on his YouTube channel, referred to the [[Kosovo Liberation Army]] as a "terrorist organization". He then told ''[[Balkan Insight]]'' that [[Kosovo]] was a "state controlled by terrorists and war criminals". Phillips also stated that most of what has been said about Kosovo was "based on lies, misinformation and propaganda". His statements caused a backlash in Kosovo.<ref name="balkaninsight" />
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=== Awards ===
 
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Phillips received his first award on 1 March 2015, by the then Mayor of [[Chekhov, Moscow Oblast]], Pavel Khlyupin. He received "Frontier Brotherhood" Badge for "providing real assistance to [[Novorossiya (confederation)|Novorossiya]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lopasnya.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4785:2015-03-11-17-59-48&catid=41:2011-03-09-07-45-06&Itemid=402 |title=За человечность |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113095820/http://lopasnya.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4785:2015-03-11-17-59-48&catid=41:2011-03-09-07-45-06&Itemid=402 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=17 April 2021 |language=ru }}</ref>
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Phillips received his first award on 1 March 2015, by the then Mayor of [[Chekhov, Moscow Oblast]], Pavel Khlyupin. He received "Frontier Brotherhood" Badge for "providing real assistance to [[Novorossiya (confederation)|Novorossiya]]".<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20160113095820/http://lopasnya.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4785:2015-03-11-17-59-48&catid=41:2011-03-09-07-45-06&Itemid=402 </ref>
  
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Then, on 21 December, the head of the [[Luhansk People's Republic]] (LPR), [[Igor Plotnitsky]], awarded Phillips "For Merit" Medal II Degree.<ref name="lug-info">{{cite web|url=http://lug-info.com/news/one/glava-lnr-vruchil-britanskomu-zhurnalistu-gremu-filippsu-nagradu-respubliki-9305|title=Луганский Информационный Центр — Глава ЛНР вручил британскому журналисту Грэму Филлипсу награду Республики|website=lug-info.com|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> On 29 September 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR awarded him "For Assistance to the Internal Affairs Bodies" Medal for a "significant personal contribution to the timely, high-quality and objective coverage of events taking place on the territory of the LPR".<ref name="miaistok">{{cite web|url=http://miaistok.su/britanskij-zhurnalist-grem-fillips-poluchil-medal-ot-mvd-lnr/|website=miaistok.su|title=British journalist Graham Phillips received a medal from the head of the Lugansk Ministry of Internal Affairs|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref>
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Then, on 21 December, the head of the [[Luhansk People's Republic]] (LPR), [[Igor Plotnitsky]], awarded Phillips "For Merit" Medal II Degree.<ref name="lug-info">http://lug-info.com/news/one/glava-lnr-vruchil-britanskomu-zhurnalistu-gremu-filippsu-nagradu-respubliki-9305</ref> On 29 September 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR awarded him "For Assistance to the Internal Affairs Bodies" Medal for a "significant personal contribution to the timely, high-quality and objective coverage of events taking place on the territory of the LPR".<ref name="miaistok">http://miaistok.su/britanskij-zhurnalist-grem-fillips-poluchil-medal-ot-mvd-lnr/</ref>
  
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In February 2016, Phillips was awarded the medal of a military journalist named after [[Dmitry Karbyshev]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://newdaynews.ru/northwest/560644.html |title=В Риге на шествии эсэсовцев задержали британского журналиста Грэма Филипса |language=ru |date=16 March 2016 |access-date=8 May 2021 }}</ref>
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In February 2016, Phillips was awarded the medal of a military journalist named after [[Dmitry Karbyshev]].<ref>https://newdaynews.ru/northwest/560644.html </ref>
  
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In September 2016 By Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the LPR No. 273 "for a significant personal contribution to timely, high-quality and objective coverage of events taking place in the LPR", Phillips was awarded the medal "For assistance to the internal affairs bodies." <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://miaistok.su/britanskij-zhurnalist-grem-fillips-poluchil-medal-ot-mvd-lnr |title=Британский журналист Грэм Филлипс получил медаль от МВД ЛНР |language=ru |date=30 September 2016 |access-date=8 May 2021 }}</ref>
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In September 2016 By Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the LPR No. 273 "for a significant personal contribution to timely, high-quality and objective coverage of events taking place in the LPR", Phillips was awarded the medal "For assistance to the internal affairs bodies." <ref>https://miaistok.su/britanskij-zhurnalist-grem-fillips-poluchil-medal-ot-mvd-lnr </ref>
  
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In November 2020, Phillips was awarded the 'War Correspondent' medal by the "Wave of Memory" organisation, in Moscow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamlife.ru/informaciya/obshhestvo/2020111211072573374.html/nash-zemlyak-izvestnyj-zhurnalist-aleksandr-rogatkin-nagrazhdyon-medalyu-voenkor/|title=Наш земляк, известный журналист Александр Рогаткин награждён медалью "Военкор"|first=Маргарита|last=Матюшина|date=November 12, 2020|website=Тамбовская жизнь}}</ref>
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In November 2020, Phillips was awarded the 'War Correspondent' medal by the "Wave of Memory" organisation, in Moscow.<ref>https://tamlife.ru/informaciya/obshhestvo/2020111211072573374.html/nash-zemlyak-izvestnyj-zhurnalist-aleksandr-rogatkin-nagrazhdyon-medalyu-voenkor/</ref>
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Person.png Graham Phillips YouTubeRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(Journalist, Blogger, Photographer)
Graham Phillips.jpg
Born26 January 1979
ResidenceDonbass,  Ukraine
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Dundee
Interests2014 Ukraine coup/Civil war
Interest ofMyrotvorets
UK blogger who did much reporting on the civil war in Ukraine since 2014.

Graham William Phillips is a British journalist, blogger, columnist and photographer. From 2013 he worked as a freelancer for Russian state-owned channels Russia Today (RT) and Zvezda.[1][2][3][4] Some sources, including Phillips himself, have stated that Phillips worked for RT, as a freelancer, from 2013-2014, however others have claimed he was still working for RT in 2016.[5][6] For his journalistic work, Phillips has frequently been described as 'controversial'.[7][8]

Biography

Graham William Phillips was born on 26 January 1979. Some sources state he was born in Nottingham, United Kingdom, others that he was born in Dundee or Perth.[9] He went to school in the Scottish city of Perth, then graduated from Dundee University.[10][11] From around 2002 until around 2010, Phillips worked as a civil servant at the Central Office of Information in London, in an administrative capacity, where as one of 700 officials he reviewed government websites and prepared reports for parliament.[12]

Career

In 2011 Phillips moved to Ukraine, and reported from there both as a print journalist, and from the time of Euromaidan as a video journalist,. He covered Euromaidan in Kyiv, and took an anti-Maidan position,[13] repeatedly referring to the new, post-Maidan Ukrainian government as "fascists" and "Kyiv junta".[12] Due to twice being deported, and banned from Ukraine for his journalism from the Russo-Ukrainian War[9] he has only reported from the non-government controlled parts of Ukraine since 2014. From 2014 on, Phillips has covered events in Crimea, annexed by Russia. He has reported on the Crimean Bridge.[14][15][16] Phillips reported from the warzone in Donbas.[12] In November 2014, Phillips was wounded while reporting from the frontline, receiving a shrapnel wound to his back.[17]

In 2019, Phillips started reporting from Serbia.[18]

Controversies

Phillips has been described as "pro-Russian".[19][20][21] He claimed that he had repeatedly received death threats for his work.[20] Phillips was detained by the Ukrainian security forces on 20 May 2014, when he was leaving Mariupol for Sloviansk, accusing him of espionage for the Russians,[22] however, he was released two days later.[23] Ukrainian government have accused Phillips of supporting "terrorist activity" in Donbas, while Ukraine's embassy in London had called him a "Russian propagandist". It also urged the U.K. police to investigate his "terrorist activity in Eastern Ukraine".[24]

In September 2016, Ukraine strongly criticised Phillips for his interview with a Ukrainian prisoner of war, which Ukraine said amounted to an interrogation.[25] Ukrainians then petitioned then UK Prime Minister Theresa May to punish Phillips, and even strip him of his British passport.[26][27]

In April 2015, Phillips was denied access to the museum dedicated to Stepan Bandera, a Ukrainian radical politician, in London immediately after he introduced himself. The reason was that the museum was not public, and Phillips had not signed up in advance. Phillips also called Stepan Bandera "an accomplice of the Nazis in the World War II".[28][29]

In 2016, with German journalist Billy Six, Phillips was accused of 'storming into' Berlin-based information agency 'Correctiv', and accusing them of propaganda in relation to the MH17 disaster.[30]

In October 2018, Phillips placed a sign on the grave of Stepan Bandera in Munich, claiming that he was a Nazi, causing a scandal in Ukraine. Phillips defended his actions by saying it was 'historically correct'.[31][32]

In March 2016, Phillips interrupted a Remembrance Day of the Latvian Legionnaires march in Riga and shouted, "why are you glorifying fascism?", for which he was detained by the Latvian police officers.[33] He was released,[34] but was then deported to Russia. Latvia’s Interior Minister, Rihards Kozlovskis blasted Phillips for his “provocation” in the Latvian capital.[35][6]

In March 2019, Phillips went to Kosovo to do reportage. In a video he published on his YouTube channel, referred to the Kosovo Liberation Army as a "terrorist organization". He then told Balkan Insight that Kosovo was a "state controlled by terrorists and war criminals". Phillips also stated that most of what has been said about Kosovo was "based on lies, misinformation and propaganda". His statements caused a backlash in Kosovo.[20]

Awards

Phillips received his first award on 1 March 2015, by the then Mayor of Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Pavel Khlyupin. He received "Frontier Brotherhood" Badge for "providing real assistance to Novorossiya".[36]

Then, on 21 December, the head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), Igor Plotnitsky, awarded Phillips "For Merit" Medal II Degree.[37] On 29 September 2016, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR awarded him "For Assistance to the Internal Affairs Bodies" Medal for a "significant personal contribution to the timely, high-quality and objective coverage of events taking place on the territory of the LPR".[38]

In February 2016, Phillips was awarded the medal of a military journalist named after Dmitry Karbyshev.[39]

In September 2016 By Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the LPR No. 273 "for a significant personal contribution to timely, high-quality and objective coverage of events taking place in the LPR", Phillips was awarded the medal "For assistance to the internal affairs bodies." [40]

In November 2020, Phillips was awarded the 'War Correspondent' medal by the "Wave of Memory" organisation, in Moscow.[41]

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/547116/exclusive-tayside-journalist-worked-russia-today-rubbishes-claims-alex-salmond-will-become-putins-puppet/
  2. ↑ http://gtarchive.georgiatoday.ge/news/11746/Russia-Today-Journalist-Voices-Anti-Georgia-Messages-at-Embassy-in-UK
  3. ↑ https://jam-news.net/russia-today-reporter-broke-into-georgian-embassy-in-uk/
  4. ↑ https://www.stopfake.org/en/pro-kremlin-journalist-graham-phillips-detained-by-latvian-police-in-riga/
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebPkdpLzOU, Graham Phillips - My Future as a Fully Crowdfunded Journalist
  6. ↑ a b https://www.baltictimes.com/pro-kremlin_journalist_graham_phillips_deported_from_latvia_and_blacklisted_fro_three_years/
  7. ↑ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-graham-phillips-reporter-/28008922.html
  8. ↑ https://medium.com/@DFRLab/separating-fact-and-fiction-in-the-svitlodarsk-bulge-bbb725334694
  9. ↑ a b https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/307169/tayside-hostage-journalists-love-letter-to-crimea-set-to-incur-wrath-of-ukraines-president/
  10. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-27503743
  11. ↑ http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/perth-kinross/perth-journalist-graham-phillips-is-freed-after-being-held-in-ukraine-1.382478
  12. ↑ a b c https://www.buzzfeed.com/maxseddon/how-a-british-blogger-became-an-unlikely-star-of-the-ukraine#.vs68mYGvd
  13. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/british-journalist-graham-phillips-detained-east-ukraine
  14. ↑ https://tvzvezda.ru/news/201912252032-7umMM.html
  15. ↑ https://kerchinfo.com/7425-grem-fillips-posetil-kerchenskij-most.html
  16. ↑ https://www.1tv.ru/news/2019-12-29/378234-vladimir_putin_dal_start_zheleznodorozhnomu_dvizheniyu_po_mostu_cherez_kerchenskiy_proliv
  17. ↑ https://tass.com/world/761360
  18. ↑ https://www.ocnal.com/2019/03/graham-phillips-uk-journalist.html
  19. ↑ https://emerging-europe.com/news/notorious-pro-russian-journalist-disrupts-exhibition-at-georgian-embassy-in-london/
  20. ↑ a b c https://balkaninsight.com/2019/03/11/uk-journalist-banned-from-twitter-angers-some-in-kosovo/
  21. ↑ https://www.stopfake.org/en/british-citizen-exposed-as-a-tool-of-russia-s-fsb/
  22. ↑ http://uapress.info/ru/news/show/25292
  23. ↑ http://ria.ru/world/20140522/1008783128.html
  24. ↑ https://www.unian.info/politics/10217576-ukraine-calls-on-uk-police-to-probe-graham-phillips-for-terrorist-activity-in-donbas.html
  25. ↑ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-graham-graham-phillips-reporter-/28008922.html
  26. ↑ http://euromaidanpress.com/2016/09/22/tormenting-mutilated-pow-ukrainians-ask-theresa-may-to-punish-graham-phillips/
  27. ↑ http://www.stalkerzone.org/ukrainians-appealed-british-pm-punish-graham-phillips/
  28. ↑ https://ria.ru/20150427/1061271617.html
  29. ↑ https://www.newsru.com/world/28Apr2015/mus.html
  30. ↑ https://meduza.io/en/news/2016/08/03/british-blogger-graham-phillips-breaks-into-a-german-media-outlet-and-prompts-a-visit-from-german-police
  31. ↑ https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/538214.html
  32. ↑ https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-graham-phillips-bandera-munich/29546200.html
  33. ↑ https://ria.ru/20160316/1390862707.html
  34. ↑ https://ria.ru/20160316/1391120026.html |
  35. ↑ https://ria.ru/20160317/1391420607.html
  36. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160113095820/http://lopasnya.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4785:2015-03-11-17-59-48&catid=41:2011-03-09-07-45-06&Itemid=402
  37. ↑ http://lug-info.com/news/one/glava-lnr-vruchil-britanskomu-zhurnalistu-gremu-filippsu-nagradu-respubliki-9305
  38. ↑ http://miaistok.su/britanskij-zhurnalist-grem-fillips-poluchil-medal-ot-mvd-lnr/
  39. ↑ https://newdaynews.ru/northwest/560644.html
  40. ↑ https://miaistok.su/britanskij-zhurnalist-grem-fillips-poluchil-medal-ot-mvd-lnr
  41. ↑ https://tamlife.ru/informaciya/obshhestvo/2020111211072573374.html/nash-zemlyak-izvestnyj-zhurnalist-aleksandr-rogatkin-nagrazhdyon-medalyu-voenkor/
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