Vitali Vitaliev (Ukrainian: Віталій Віталієв; born 1954) is a Ukrainian-born journalist and writer who has worked in Russia, the United Kingdom, Australia and Ireland.
[4] It was largely due to all those ground-breaking investigations and the resulting threats from both the criminal underworld and the KGB that he was forced to defect.
Vitaliev has written and presented several television documentaries for Channel 4, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the BBC, including "Tasmania," "Moscow Central," "Vitali's Australia," a 1990 episode in the BBC One series "Byline" titled "My Friend Little Ben," and a 1994 episode in the Channel 4 series "Travels with My Camera" titled "The Train To Freedom.
"[6][7][8][9] He was a regular on BBC TV's "Saturday Night Clive", broadcasting from Moscow and later from Melbourne live via satellite, and a guest on After Dark and Have I Got News for You.
His appearances on BBC Radio 4 include Breakaway, Excess Baggage, Midweek, Start the Week, In Our Time and his own series "Eye on the East".
Recently, Vitali wrote and presented a 30-minute BBC Radio 4 programme "The Life of Dental Losses", first broadcast on 16 March 2017.
In July 2010, he was declared Winner of the USA Trade Association & Business Publications International Awards (TABPI) in three categories.
In April 2011, he was again shortlisted for a prestigious PPA UK Columnist of the Year Award, and in summer 2012 won another TABPI (see above) for the best regular magazine column.