I am a Ukrainian journalist from Kyiv working at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in "Schemes" - TV-program about coruption on top-level - members of Ukrainian parliament, judges, prosecutors etc. My work is connected with searching information, interviewing and putting all facts together to make story. You can watch it on Youtube. For example, story about ex-PM of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYGrXNkEl5Q.

I have graduated from university with a major in online-journalism. Recently I have entered the same university for Master's degree, speciality: legal journalism.

My social networks:
https://instagram.com/georgeshabaev
https://www.facebook.com/george.shabaev

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I do love meeting new people and always imagine how can I make a story about him/her. So I prefer listening to interlocutor and build up a picture of a person I speak to.

Interests

• cats
• dancing
• chess
• traveling
• cars
• basketball
• table tennis
• journalism
• food
• football
• playing guitar
• techno
• studying
• chelsea fc
• rap music
• playing piano
• journey
• trip

Music, Movies, and Books

Fav music: Bones, Travis Scott, Post Malone, Sum 41, RHCP, Gorillaz, Twenty One Pilots, Jane, Moderat, Nicolas Jaar, David August, Onuka.

Directors: Tarantino, Nolan.
Actors: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Rachel McAdams, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hardy,

Books: Stefan Zweig, Bunin, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, Daniel Defoe, Jack London, Hemingway, Habriel Garsia Márquez, Ivan Franko, Valerian Pidmohylnyi.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I made an investigation which tells how ex-PM of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko signed the contract with lobbyist company «Avenue Strategies» through Delaware-state offshore firm «Two Paths». The amount that must be paid for lobbying services comes to four hundred thousand dollars which Tymoshenko doesn`t have in her declaration. I managed to get Tymoshenko but she claimed she knew nothing about the deal and had never paid for services of Avenue Strategies.

Teach, Learn, Share

Being a journalist makes you know a little bit of everything. Therefore I like speaking and especially listening to people absorbing new information and sharing their knowledge.

I can tell you about most common schemes Ukrainian corrupt officials use to steal money form budget.
I can teach you Ukrainian or Russian if you wish.

Countries I’ve Visited

Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russian Federation, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Estonia