Ilyas Vasipov (1974—2016) was a Russian journalist, who worked for VGTRK, NTV, and 5TV.[1] He "influenced a whole generation of St. Petersburg journalists".[2]
Vasipov, according to his own words, before coming to television, published in Smena magazine in the late 80's.[3]
In 1998-2001, he worked for the NTV channel. Vasipov was in charge of the show Today in Saint-Petersburg (Russian: Сегодня в СПб) and was the editor-in-chief of Segodnyachko-Piter .[4] Later he worked on the information and analytical show Petersburg's hour (Russian: Петербургский час), shot special reports for TRK Petersburg, and was engaged in documentary projects for it.[2]
In 2002-2004, Vasipov worked in Moscow for the Russia TV channel. He is one of the creators of the show Vesti. On Duty[4] In 2004, Vasipov returned to St. Petersburg, where he worked for 5TV. He was editor-in-chief of Pulse newspaper.[4][5]
On June 19, 2016, Vasipov was found dead in his apartment with no signs of violent death. He died of cardiopulmonary failure.[4][1][6]
In 2006-2008, Vasipov published a monthly newspaper 999 "for drinking intellectuals". The newspaper was published in A3 format and covered world and city news humorously. The name was due to the fact that a print edition with a circulation of less than 1,000 copies did not require official registration under Russian law.[2][7][8]
The first issue was published on July 13, 2006.[8] The next day, 999 was registered after all. A year later, the newspaper had a circulation of 5,000 copies.[9]
"999" touched on alcohol, music, literature, art, gender psychology, and other topics.[9]
Regular contributors included Alexander Lushin of PrepinakiAnatoly Gunitsky of Aquarium.[7] Italian and American journalists participated in the creation of the newspaper.[10] Among those who gave interviews were Boris Grebenshchikov and writer Tatyana Moskvina.
music band, punk journalist Vadim Sharapov, andThe newspaper was first distributed free of charge in a narrow circle of establishments, including the clubs Platform[11][9] Then publishing house Woe from Wit (after the name of the classic tragedy) was established and there were plans (unrealized) to bring the circulation to 10,000 copies.[12]
and Griboedov.The last issue came out in June 2008.[3]