He is a recipient of Shevchenko National Prize in journalism[2] and a Honored Journalist of Ukraine (from 2005).

Vakhtang Kipiani was born in 1971 in Tbilisi, Georgia (then part of Soviet Union).

[6] Medvedchuk filed a lawsuit against Vakhtang Kipiani and a Darnytskyi District Court of Kyiv banned publishing of the book.

[7] In October 2021 "The Case of Vasyl Stus" won the first place the all-Ukrainian informational and educational action "30 iconic books of our Independence" dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Ukrainian independence that gathered 267,815 votes cast by 34,797 Ukrainians.

[1] On 24 March 2022 the Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reported that "The Case of Vasyl Stus" was removed from libraries in three Ukrainian Russian-occupied towns during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.