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Canonical ID: Q4230645 · Entity type: Person (reference)
| Property | Value | Lang | Source dataset | Source ID | First seen | ||
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Person:notes | Function: Former First Deputy Director General of All-Russia Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), Director General of the Russian News Agency TASS | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-63092 | ||||
Person:notes | Before becoming First Deputy director of VGTRK, he worked as the press secretary of Putin’s campaign headquarters and authored “documentaries” like “Crimea. The Way Home” and “Putin”. He received the Order of Friendship award from President Putin for “high professionalism and objectivity in covering events in the Republic of Crimea” in May 2014. Andrey Kondrashov is the former First Deputy Director General of All-Russia Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK), Russia’s largest media corporation. He is also the Director General of the Russian News Agency TASS. He has been in charge of the information policy of VGTRK and director of the Vesti – News programme. During Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, TV channels and other parts of the VGTRK holding have been among the most active and important instruments in spreading the Kremlin narrative and supporting the war with aggressive commentaries, undermining Ukraine’s territorial integrity and supporting the illegal annexation of Crimea. | ch_seco_sanctions | ch-seco-63092 | ||||