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.