Oleg Dobrodeev

Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev (born October 28, 1959, Moscow) is a Russian journalist and media manager, general director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK).

Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as a propagandist, he is included in the sanctions lists of all EU countries, Great Britain and a number of other countries.

Personal life Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev was born October 28, 1959, in Moscow. The Son of screenwriter Boris Tikhonovich Dobrodeev (1927–2022). A scriptwriter and Film Makers Union secretary, Oleg's father produced documentaries on Karl Marx and the family grew up in a community of writers North of Moscow. Dobrodeev Jr. also has an older brother, Dmitry Dobrodeev (born 1950), a writer, who lives in the Czech Republic.

In 1981 Dobrodeev graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University (MGU) with a degree in Modern and Contemporary History of France. After graduation, he became a researcher at the Institute for the US and Canada of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1982 he studied at the graduate school of the Institute of the International Labor Movement.

Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev is married and has one Son, Boris (born 1984), who worked as CEO of Mail.ru Group. He began his work here as a junior editor, then was a correspondent, commentator on the Vremya program and deputy editor-in-chief of the Main Editorial Information.

For a short time Dobrodeev led the program 120 minutes. In 1990 he created weekly program of the Central Television Seven days. From 1990 to September 1991, he was the director of the news program Vesti.

From September 1991 to September 1993 Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev was chief editor of the Information Television Agency of the State Television and Radio Company "Ostankino". The channel is banned in the European Union, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, United Kingdom, Turkmenistan.

The European Union notes that "Oleg Dobrodeev actively participated in the Kremlin's propaganda, creating and disseminating distorted information in the interests of the political leadership of the Russian Federation." In addition, Oleg Dobrodeev is the initiator and main creator of the state-owned TV channel "Russia-24", the owner of the TV channel "Russia-1".

Canada sanctioned Dobrodeev on July 7, 2022, as a Russian figure of disinformation and propaganda, as well as Switzerland and New Zealand.

Ukraine sanctioned Dobrodeev in July 2022 for a period of 10 years.

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