Genrikh Borovik
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Genrikh Borovik | |
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Генрих Боровик | |
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| Born | 16 November 1929 |
| Alma mater | MGIMO |
| Occupations | Publicist, writer, playwright, filmmaker |
| Awards | USSR State Prize Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Order of the October Revolution Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of Friendship of Peoples |
Genrikh Averyanovich Borovik (Russian: Ге́нрих Аверьянович Борови́к; born 16 November 1929, Minsk) is a Soviet and Russian publicist, writer, playwright and filmmaker, the father of journalist Artyom Borovik.
According to Soviet defector Vasili Mitrokhin, Borovik was a KGB agent in the United States, one of whose successful projects was promotion of false John F. Kennedy assassination theories through writer Mark Lane.[1]
In 1967, as senior APN correspondent in the US, Borovik was reported to have "sounded out the possibility of broadcasting a program about Vietnam on the network of one of the largest American television corporations".[2]
He also wrote a book about famous Soviet spy Kim Philby.[3]
Borovik was the fourth and the last chairman of the Soviet Peace Committee, in the years 1987–1991.
