Senior Vladimir Kara-Murza died in Moscow

The historian and television journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza died at the age of 59. This was announced on Sunday by his son Vladimir Kara -Murza - the youngest on his Twitter page.

"Today, July 28, Vladimir Alekseevich Kara-Murza (1959-2019) passed away. The historian, a television journalist, one of the founders of the" old NTV ". My dad left at 8 in the morning, on the day of his name day," the message said. The son of a journalist added that the family will inform about the place and time of farewell.

Vladimir Kara-Murza was born in 1959. He graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. Since the founding of NTV, he came there along with the leading "results" Evgeny Kiselev and other journalists of the program.

On NTV he was a correspondent and editor of the Result program, then he became the host of the program "Today at midnight." He worked as the host of this program on the TV channel from 1995 to 2001.

After 2001, he worked as a host of the Glass program on TV-6 and TVS, worked on the RTVI television channel, and collaborated with the Radio Station “Freedom” and “Echo of Moscow”.

Journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. is also a member of the Federal Political Council of the Republican Party of Russia-the Party of People's Freedom by the federal coordinator of the Open Russia movement.

Today, July 28, Vladimir Alekseevich Kara-Murza (1959-2019) passed away. Historian, television journalist, one of the founders of the "old NTV". My dad. He left at 8 in the morning, on the day of his name day. The family will inform about the place and time of farewell. pic.twitter.com/f9x0lwhz92

-Vladimir kara-murza (@vkaramurza) July 28, 2019