Ravreba Maxim: the cost of truth

Ravreba Maxim is a person who has been talked about and talked about a lot. Being an excellent journalist and blogger, he gained the greatest popularity during the infamous Maidan in Kiev and the events that followed him. Dangerous for this time, views and statements forced him to leave his native country and seek refuge in neighboring Russia. Maxim Ravreba, whose articles are marked by sharp criticism of the Kiev authorities and the support of the Donbas militia, attracted a lot of gazes. He became one of the key figures in this strange war, which takes more and more lives of ordinary people.

Ravreba Maxim: Biography

Maxim Valerievich was born in the capital of the Ukrainian SSR on October 7 in 1968. Then it was part of a huge country under the proud name of the Soviet Union. Maxim studied in a simple secondary school number 70. Having graduated from the 10 classes and received a certificate of secondary education, he entered the Kiev Technological Institute. At the end of the institute, Maxim had the qualification of a mechanical engineer. But he did not stop at this and immediately entered the Kiev State University at the Faculty of History. It is worth noting that the study did not prevent him from serving two years in the ranks of the Soviet troops and return to classes. Thus, he received two higher educations, and already in 1995 he could choose his work in the capital to taste.

Work experience

Ravreba Maxim was in those years a man by no means lazy, which was expressed in the number of his job places. He tried himself in different spheres. Among his posts were:

• Locksmith,
• Radio installer,
• loader,
• Janitor,
• Advertiser,
• journalist,
• TV presenter,
• Editor of the newspaper.

As can be seen, neither physical nor mental labor is striking to Maxim, which speaks of the versatile development of man. All this time he formed his views on what is happening in the country and, in the end, began to express them through social networks.

Political Views

From the very beginning, Ravreba Maxim criticized and continues to criticize until now what he considers wrong and unacceptable. He is not shy and not afraid to say what he thinks. Back in 2004, he sharply criticized the Orange Revolution and those who organized it. Subsequently, during the reign of President Yushchenko, Maxim constantly denounced the authorities in insolvency to rule the country. After more than 10 years, he also sharply criticized the Kiev Maydan. The most interesting thing is that in the summer of 2013, Maxim was able to predict all the events that will happen later. Yes it is not surprising, because every sensible person, carefully watching what is happening in the country, could foresee that something very terrible will happen in Ukraine soon.

Friends and Enemies

Expressing their views in social networks, and publishing them in his blog, Ravreba Maxim acquired not only a lot of fans, but also gained enemies. Speaking against the actions of the Maidan, and supporting the incumbent president and Berkut, he became one of the main enemies of those who supported the future leaders of Ukraine. Maxim was one of those who, not succumbing to the hypnosis of the media and calls from the stands, remained true to his ideas. At first, he was no longer shown on television and was tabooed on his personality. Then began pressure in the network, where his blog began to throw threats against violence. But Ravreba was never a coward. Even after constant threats, he did not leave his native city, and tried to reach out to people, expressing his thoughts.

Articles

One can safely say that Maxim Ravreba is a journalist with a capital letter. This is exactly what a real representative of this fifth power should be. Do not be afraid of pressure, not succumb to fear, be adamant and incorruptible - these are the basic principles of his work. But anyway, it became too dangerous to be in Kiev. First, the name of the blogger was listed in the list of non-grata persons on all popular TV programs. Then Maxim was blacklisted on the site "Peacemaker". There was a lot of talk about this site, but the main danger was that people began to die, the names of which were on the same list with Ravreba. Oleg Kalashnikov, Oles Buzin ... many different things talked about the circumstances of the death of these people. One thing was certain: someone is killing the disagreeable authorities of people. And Maxim did not wait for his turn. He left for Russia, where he continues to operate on the network. No one can call this departure of Maxim a cowardice. Rather prudence. While still in Kiev, he, without fear, put on May 9 a St. George ribbon and went to lay flowers to the soldiers' grave. Of course, he was not the only brave man, but still most people, he said, were shy at the sight of this forbidden symbol in the parties. I want to note that, as before, and now, Maxim continues to write articles in which he strongly condemns the Kiev government and its actions in relation to the Donbass. It is for these thoughts that he is called a "terrorist", although in the world the Donbas militia was not recognized as terrorist.