Illia Novikov | AP

Ilya Novikov is a Russian and Ukrainian attorney who has defended famous political prisoners in Russia such as Nadiya Savchenko, Mykola Karpyuk, Oyub Titiev, Yegor Zhukov, and Frode Berg. He became a defence lawyer of the 5th President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in October 2019. Novikov is one of the popularizers of the term 'palliative legal aid'. Since 2011, he has been a Senior Partner at Goncharova, Novikov & Partners Law Office. He graduated with honors from the Russian Academy of Justice in 2005 and has been teaching there since then. In January 2012, Novikov became a Russian advocate and a member of advocate's chamber of Moscow. In 2013, he became a partner of the consulting company Tenzor Consulting Group. In November 2015, Novikov became a Ukrainian advocate and a member of advocate's counsil of Kyiv, the first foreigner to receive a Ukrainian advocate's certificate. In December 2017, he and his colleagues registered the Advocates Law Firm 'Barristers' in Odesa.

Biography:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Novikov

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The Daily's Verdict

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Bias

90%

Examples:

  • Novikov learned the Ukrainian language in less than 2 years.
  • Russia conducted an array of aerial attacks on Ukraine with cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles.
  • Russian missiles and bombs also have pummeled Ukrainian military positions and civilian areas, including the power grid.
  • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation a 'poison'.

Conflicts of Interest

100%

Examples:

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Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Russia conducted an array of aerial attacks on Ukraine with cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles.
  • Seven people are injured in Kharkiv and a municipal services building catches fire.
  • Ukraine's army chief says Russia is bringing army units into the Kharkiv region from other parts of Ukraine to supplement forces in the two main flashpoints of fighting, the towns of Vovchansk and Lyptsi.

Deceptions

45%

Examples:

  • Russian aerial strikes were also reported in Khmelnytskyi and Dnipropetrovsk, but there were no injuries.
  • The air force said that the overnight attacks included eight S-300 ballistic missiles, 11 cruise missiles and 32 Shahed drones. All the drones and seven of the cruise missiles were shot down, but no further details were provided.
  • Ukrainian army chief Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said on his Facebook page that Russia is bringing army units into the Kharkiv region from other parts of Ukraine to supplement forces in the two main flashpoints of fighting, the towns of Vovchansk and Lyptsi.

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