Alexey Pivovarov (

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: Алексей Пивоваров, born June 12, 1974, in Moscow, USSR) is a Media manager, Journalist, documentary film director, and author of the YouTube Channel Redakciya. In 2020, the GQ magazine named Pivovarov its Person of the Year and one of the most influential Russian-speaking journalists and YouTube creators. In June 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice added Alexey Pivovarov to the ' foreign agents list.' ''Being added to the list, a distinction that president Vladimir Putin's regime first launched against organizations and extended to individuals results in numerous legal and financial restrictions'', according to

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. Pivovarov's YouTube channel Redakciya (Rus
Редакция
Eng: The Editorial Office), launched in 2019. As of January 2023, it has over 3.6 million subscribers and close to one billion views.

Life and career

Alexey Pivovarov started his career at the age of 14 as a correspondent for the kids' radio station "Pioneers' dawn" (Rus
Пионерская Зорька
) at the Vsesoyuznoye radio (United Soviet Radio, rus). During his college years, he worked as a host at

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. After graduating from the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Pivovarov worked as a TV reporter, news anchor, and, later, a film producer at the first independent TV channel in Russia - the

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. Pivovarovs most prominent work was alongside a famous Russian journalist

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in his non-political show Namedni (Nowadays, rus). This program was considered a golden standard of Russian journalism and best practices. It was awarded the prestigious

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award numerous times, including a personal TEFI for Pivovarov in 2004 for his special report 'Blood and milk' about the bankruptcy of an Italian dairy and food corporation,

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. Starting in February 2003, Pivovarov anchored evening news but was suspended from the air for a sarcastic comment on air about his ex-colleague's sacking. Pivovarov told the audience that

had proved it "might be better to write than to talk in Russia." He was later reinstated and anchored a nightly news digest, "Today," and also produced and starred in various infotainment shows, including "The Aviators" about aviation (Rus,
Авиаторы
"

, 2006-2011) In 2011, the news agency

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called Pivovarov "''an unlikely opposition hero''" after

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reported that Pivovarov allegedly refused to ancho the news on December 8, 2011, if he could not report on the ongoing

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in Moscow, which were being ignored by the state-controlled media. The next day, NTV covered the demonstrations in the Evening news, and all other channels followed suit. In 2013, Pivovarov left NTV to lead

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and Transmedia Projects. Under his leadership, CTC Media grew its share in the younger demographic viewership, in part thanks to new TV series like

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(Russian
Молодёжка
and other highly rated TV shows. In 2016, Pivovarov resigned from CTC Media, saying he "has done as much as possible" to improve the channel's ratings. Later that year Pivovarov was appointed an Executive Producer and Editor-in-Chief of RTVi, the only independent global Russian-speaking TV channel with HQ in

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, NY. Under his leadership, RTVi has undergone a massive digital transformation into a modern multimedia organization, expanding its presence to all social media and mobile apps. Pivovarov left RTVi in June 2020 to dedicate more time and energy to his other projects.

YouTube Channel Redakciya

Pivovarov launched its YouTube channel Redakciya (Rus
Редакция
Eng
The Editorial Office
in 2019 and a year later left RTVi to concentrate on his YT projects. The first episode of Redakciya featured

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and Volodymir Zelensky. Redakciya covers many topics, from politics and current events to history, crime, personal development, and self-improvement. In addition to hourlong stories, Redakciya publishes shorter Special Reports on Tuesdays and a weekly news roundup on Sundays. With his unique perspective and engaging style, Pivovarov has become a respected and influential voice in the global Russian-speaking community. Pivovarov was named one of the 100 Most Creative Russians. Part of the content is translated into English and available in a separat
English Subbed playlist

Personal life

Pivovarov is married to a journalist Anna Schneider and has a son named Ivan.

Honors and awards

* 2005

award for his special report on the

Bankurptcy * 2007 The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland II class civilian division for the hard work and ‘contributions to the National TV development * 2008 Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude for the active social work targeted at civilian development of the Russian Federation * 200
NIKA
Award for documentary "Rzhev. The Unknown Zhukov’s Battle." * 2010 Person of the year by the GQ Russia, 'A TV Personallity'
GQ magazine
* 2019 Silver Play Button for achieving first 100,000 viewers * 2020

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for one million viewers * 2020 Person of the year by the GQ Russia, recognized for taking journalist investigations on YouTube to a new level by covering the

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pandemic in

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and the

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disaster. * 2019 & 2020 Redkollegiya Award for a documentary about the 2016 Tu-154 crash in Sochi; and for the documentary about Covid-19 pandemic in Dagestan.

Documentaries and other notable work

Pivovarov's works as director and producer include an Award-winning documentary 'The Term" about the Russian opposition's reaction and protests to Vladimir Putin's third presidential term, "Bread for Stalin" about the

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-the

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campaign of political repressions of millions of

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s (prosperous

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) and their families; and also a five-part docu-series about World War II. Based on thorough research, newly released historical documents, and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses, each film sheds new light on events of the recent past, deviating significantly from the version imposed by official soviet historiography. One of the films, Rzhev: General Zhukov's Unknown Battle, was awarded a special prize at the 200
NIKA
Ceremony (dabbed the Russian

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). In 2011 Aleksei participated in a joint Russian-German documentary project about the events leading up to World War II, acting as producer and one of the hosts. * 2010 — My Sin (fiction, NTV) * 2010 — Master (fiction, NTV) * 2010-2011 — Dark Materials (documentary, head of the production, NTV) * 2011 — Anastasiya Aid Center (producer, NT

* 2011 — Second Strike. Loyal Army Of Vlasov (docu-fiction, NT

* 2011-2012 — June 22. Dramatic Decisions (docu-fiction, NT

* 2011 — USSR. The Fall Of The Empire (documentary, seven episodes, NTV) * 2011 — Yeltsin: Three Days in August, Yeltsin. Three Days In August (fiction, NT

https://ria.ru/analytics/20110920/440712931.html] * 2012 — A White Man (fiction, four episodes, NTV) * 2012 — Patriotic. Great. (docu-fiction, NT

* 2012 — Bread For Stalin. Dekulakized Stories (docu-fiction, NT

http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2049960] * 2012 — Lokomotiv. Ascending Team (documentary, NTV) * 2012 — October 1917. Why Bolsheviki Got The Power (documentary, NT

* 2012 — 6 sense (fiction, 16 episodes, NTV) * 2012-2014 — Srok (Term) co-authored with Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorgue

* 2013 — Egor Gaidar. The Death Of The Empire (documentary, NT

* 2014 — Resort Police (fiction, 20 episodes, NTV) * 2015 — Prank (fiction, four episodes, NTV) * 2015 — Meteor (fiction, eight episodes, NTV) * 2016 — Red Easter (documentary, co-authored with Olga Belova, NT

http://www.ntv.ru/kino/Krasnaya_Paskha/last24351517/] * 2016 — 90s. The Cost. (docu-fiction, NT

* 2016 — Rasputin. The Investigation (docu-fiction, NT

* 2016 — 11 Great Che's (documentary, 11 episodes, in August 2017, only one episode was release

* 2019 — How The First Rebel Lived And Died (YouTube film of Redaktsiya dedicated to Boris Nemtsov's death anniversar

* 2019 — Unconvenient Truth About Kursk Submarine (YouTube film of Redaktsiy

* 2019 — Tu-154 Catastrophe — Why Doctor Liza And Alexandrov's Choir Died? (YouTube film of Redaktsiy

* 2020 — Redaktsiya About Terrorist Attacks Which Started The Putin's Era (documentary about house explosions in 199

* 2021 — How Teleconference USSR-USA Finished The Cold War (YouTube film of Redaktsiya about Vladimir Pozner Jr., Vladimir Pozner’s and

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* 2021 — Incredible Story of Yuri Knozorov Who Deciphered Maya Mystery (YouTube film of Redaktsiy

References

External links

* Archived
Alexey Pivovarov Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pivovarov, Alexey Living people Russian television journalists 1974 births Writers from Moscow Russian YouTubers Russian journalists Russian documentary filmmakers Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine Redkollegia award winners People listed in Russia as media foreign agents