Private company

Interfax-Ukraine

Logo: Interfax, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Ukrainian news agency

Interfax-Ukraine (Ukrainian: Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 1992, the company publishes in Ukrainian, Russian, English and German. The company presents itself as an independent Ukrainian news agency that serves the country's political and economic news market.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Interfax-Ukraine (Ukrainian: Інтерфакс-Україна) is a Ukrainian news agency. Founded in 1992, the company publishes in Ukrainian, Russian, English and German. The company presents itself as an independent Ukrainian news agency that serves the country's political and economic news market. It offers over forty news products in four languages. Interfax-Ukraine dispatches have been used by Reuters and Bloomberg in their news coverage from Ukraine.2

Corporate structure

Interfax-Ukraine is part of a group headed by Interfax. 2 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Interfax was formed on 24 November 1992, the year following Ukraine's 1991 independence, by a team of 10 people in Kharkiv. In 1993 the agency moved to Kyiv. Director was Oleksandr Martynenko from its founding in 1992 to 1998 and from 2003 until his death in 2024. He was succeeded by Yegor Boltrik.

The company owns a 50-seat press centre. The staff of the agency is 105 people (as of the end of February 2022).

From Wikipedia’s article on Interfax-Ukraine, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

  • Oleksandr Martynenko

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Timeline

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