Stanislav Aseyev

Stanislav Aseyev
Born 1989
Donetsk, Ukraine
Pen name Stanislav Vasin
Occupation novelist, journalist
Nationality Ukraine Ukrainian
Notable works The Melchior Elephant

Stanislav Aseyev (Ukrainian: Станіслав Володимирович Асєєв; 1989) is Ukrainian writer and journalist. His best known work is a novel The Melchior Elephant (2016). In May 2014 his native city of Donetsk fell under control of pro-Russian militants and he remained there. During 2015 — 2017 Stanislav was publishing his reports (writing under the pen name Stanislav Vasin) for Mirror Weekly newspaper and other Ukrainian media, before June 2, when he disappeared. On July 16, an agent of the DNR’s “Ministry of State Security” confirmed that he was kidnapped by militants from so-called Donetsk People's Republic.[1][2][3]

Amnesty International and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe have called for his immediate release.[3][4]

Biography

Stanislav Aseyev born in Donetsk in 1989. In 2006 he graduated from secondary school in the town of Makiivka and started courses in Institute of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence of Donetsk National Technical University. There he earned a Masters of Religious Studies with Honors in 2012.

His philosophical interests include 20th-century French and German ontology.

As it was described in biography published in Yunost magazine[5] after University Stanislav travelled to Paris, applied for service in French Foreign Legion, then came back in Ukraine and tried many professions (loader, intern at the bank, grave digger, operator in the mail company, shop assistant).

Life in occupied Donetsk and disappearing

Stanislav Aseyev has stayed in Donetsk since it was captured by pro-Russian militants in 2014. He described the war in Donbass and his life under occupation in his novel and journalistic reports.

His last report was for RFE/RL's project Donbass Realities, sent in June 2, 2017 (disputable if it was really written by him or, maybe, under pressure of kidnappers). His Facebook page was active for a while but probably managed by another person.

Stanislav's mother (living in Makiivka near Donetsk) visited his apartment and witnessed traces of illegal enter and search there.[6]

His fellow student and former MP Yehor Firsov reported Stanislav's disappearance on June 6 blaming Russia-backed militants of kidnapping. Later this fact was commented by Security Service of Ukraine, UN Monitoring Mission on Human Rights to Ukraine, Ukraine Journalists Union.[2]

On July 16, 2017 an agent of the DNR’s “Ministry of State Security” confirmed to Stanislav's mother that her son was in their custody and that he is suspected of "espionage". Independent media is not allowed to report from the "DNR"-controlled territory.[3]

In July 2018, Aseyev reportedly began a hunger strike while being imprisoned.[7]

Literature

The main Aseyev's work in prose is an autobiographical novel The Melchior Elephant or A man who thought. It was published for the first time in Moscow in Yunost magazine (#1 — #6, 2015) and in the next year it came out in hardback in publishing house Kayala (Ukrainian: Каяла) in Kyiv. According to Yunost's editor Yevgeniy Malevich: «his perspective is not a journalist-like, nor a writer-like but he's the young philosopher. In his novel Stanislav turns himself inside out, showing the world of a small town and the war that tore the country in half».[8]

Journalism

Stanislav Aseyev used pseudonym Stanislav Vasin to report from territories occupied by Russian militaries and pro-Russian militants. The reason was widespread persecutions by so-called Ministry of State Security and different militants’ groups of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. Aseyev's position wasn't clearly pro-Ukrainian (so often he was blamed by commentators because "a lack of patriotism" or "immaturity of political views"). But his reports exposing crimes in self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, war crimes of its militants, Russian activities in Donbass, pro-Ukrainian resistance etc.

In 2015 his reports was published by Ukrayinska Pravda. In 2016 — 2017 he was a correspondent of Mirror Weekly, notable Ukrainian newspaper where he published 14 articles. Also in 2016 — 2017 he create about 50 articles and photo-reports for Radio Liberty.

Works

  • Шестой день: сб. поэм, рассказов и стихов / Станислав Владимирович Асеев. — Донецк: Норд-Пресс, 2011. — 207 с. — ISBN 978-966-380-480-4[9] (in Russian)
  • Андерхилльские ведьмы: драма: в 2 ч. Проза / Станислав Владимирович Асеев. — Донецк: Донбасс, 2011. — 228 с. — ISBN 978-617-638-065-8[9] (in Russian)
  • Мельхиоровый слон, или Человек, который думал: Роман-автобиография / С. Асеев // Юность. — 2015. — № 1—6.(in Russian)
  • Мельхиоровый слон, или Человек, который думал: роман-автобиография / Станислав Асеев. — Киев : Каяла, 2016. — 267 с. — ISBN 978-617-7390-05-2[9] (in Russian)

References

  1. ↑ Serhiy, Rahmanin. "The land of Stas". Mirror Weekly. Retrieved June 13, 2017. (in Ukrainian)
  2. 1 2 "Ukraine Journalists Union Asks OSCE For Help Locating Missing Blogger". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "URGENT ACTION: IMPRISONED JOURNALIST MUST BE RELEASED" (PDF) (Press release). Amnesty International. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "OSCE Representative calls for immediate release of Donetsk journalist Stanislav Aseev one year after his illegal detention" (Press release). Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "texts from Yunost magazine on poezia.ru web-site". poezia.ru. (in Russian)
  6. ↑ editorial. "Зникнення Станіслава Васіна" [Disappearance of Stanislav Vasin] (in Ukrainian). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Ukrainian Blogger Held By Russia-Backed Separatists Declares Hunger Strike". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  8. ↑ Malevich, Yevgeniy. "Yunost's editor met the students of the Gomel State University". Правда Гомель. (in Russian)
  9. 1 2 3 "Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського. Пошук за автором". Національна бібліотека України імені В. І. Вернадського.
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