Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev (born 28 October 1959) is a Russian journalist and media manager, general director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK).
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as a propagandist, he is included in the sanctions lists of all EU countries, the United Kingdom and a number of other countries.
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Personal life
Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev was born 28 October 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.