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Realnoe Vremya analyzed information about the owners of the largest channels in Russia, Tatarstan and Russian cities with a population of over a million. The Russian television market belongs to large media groups, including Gazprom. Tatarstan channels are almost completely divided between Tatmedia and the head of Ether, Andrei Grigoriev. In Russian million-plus cities, the channels are owned either by people from the mayor’s office or by large businesses.

Scandalous start to the year for Channel One

The year had barely begun when the main Russian channel, Channel One, found itself embroiled in several scandals at once. First, a petition appeared on the Internet, on the change.org platform, in which Channel One, represented by Konstantin Ernst, demanded to improve the New Year's show. A few days later, Ernst organized a conference at which he spoke about his vision of the problem: the main audience of New Year's shows is 45+, and the creators, in pursuit of ratings, are targeting precisely this category of viewers.

Nevertheless, the petition was signed by more than 160 thousand people. However, later the author of the petition apologized to Alla Pugacheva. The show with her participation was especially heavily criticized.

Just a few days after this, the final episode of the fourth season of the popular TV series “Sherlock,” voiced by Channel One, was made publicly available online. The premiere was supposed to take place only two days later. The source of the leak turned out to be one of the Channel One employees.

These facts prompted representatives of some media outlets to theorize that these events are nothing more than a planned attack on Konstantin Ernst, general director of Channel One. Journalists suggested that the attack was based on a conflict between Arkady Rotenberg and Yuri Kovalchuk, who owns a controlling stake in the channel.

Against the backdrop of this whole confusing and politicized story, Realnoe Vremya decided to find out who owns Russian TV channels.

The blocking stake in Channel One belongs to the National Media Group of Yuri Kovalchuk. Photo fb.ru

We divided the airwaves: Abramovich, SOGAZ and NMG

The main Russian channel - Channel One - which has experienced a whole series of owners and managers over the past two decades, now operates under the legal entity of Channel One JSC.

According to open sources, the channel is 38.9% owned by the state represented by the Federal Property Management Agency. Another 24% is owned by Roman Abramovich's ORT-KB LLC, and Yuri Kovalchuk's National Media Group has a blocking stake. It can also be noted that the Federal Property Management Agency, in addition to its share in the “first button,” also has the Russia Today TV channel (via RIA Novosti).

Behind the sign “National Media Group” (NMG), if you believe the company’s official website, hides the association of media assets of the “metallurgical king” Alexei Mordashov (Severstal), who fell under the sanctions of Rossiya Bank Yuri Kovalchuk, a mysterious and wealthy representative of the Russian fuel and energy complex OJSC Surgutneftegaz and the SOGAZ insurance group (a subsidiary of Gazprom).

The empire of the National Media Group includes another highly rated federal channel, Ren TV (it is believed that it was formed on behalf of its creator, IRENA Lesnevskaya). Located on the 11th button, the channel has gained particular fame among Russians due to its love of conspiracy theories and strange investigations.

The legal entity of the channel is Acceptance LLC. The media group's share here is 82%, and the remaining 18% belongs to SOGAZ Tower JSC (as one would expect - a wholly owned subsidiary of SOGAZ JSC).

The media assets of the National Media Group also include Channel Five (72.4%), Russian News Service (100%), Izvestia newspapers (98.32%), Sport Express (75%) and "Metro-Petersburg" (100%). In addition, NMG, together with Discovery Communications, owns the Media Alliance company, which manages the Russian versions of the Discovery and Eurosport channels.

In the portfolio of a gas monopolist

It is clear that the state holding VGTRK, which controls a whole family of different television channels, stands apart. Among them are two of the most popular Russian TV channels - “Russia 1” and “Russia 24”.

One of the highest-rated channels, known to TV viewers for its high-profile investigations (how can one not recall the already ingrained “scandals, intrigues, investigations”) and endless crime series - NTV (JSC NTV Television Company). Now the channel is owned 86% by Gazprom-Media Holding JSC (35% directly, 51% through Aura-Media LLC).

NTV is now 86% owned by Gazprom-Media Holding JSC. Photo mediasat.info

Other assets of Gazprom-Media Holding include entertainment channels TNT, TNT4, TV 3, Friday, 2x2, sports TV channels Match, radio stations Avtoradio, Children's Radio, Comedy Radio, Like FM, Relax FM, radio “Romantika”, NRJ, “Echo of Moscow”, “Humor FM”, magazines “Seven Days TV Program”, “Caravan of Stories”. In addition, Gazprom Media owns the production companies Comedy Club Production, Good Story Media, distributors Central Partnership and Red Media, Internet services 101.ru, Rutube, Now.ru, Zoomby, vokrug.tv, satellite television operator NTV Plus "

“Rain” by Vinokurov’s wife and “Zvezda” by the Ministry of Defense

The sixth most cited TV channel in Russia is Dozhd (Telekanal Dozhd LLC) owned 95% by Natalya Sindeeva, 5% by Vera Krichevskaya. Sindeeva is also one of the creators and co-owner of the Silver Rain radio station, as well as other projects included in the Dozhd media holding - these are, in particular, the Bolshoy Gorod magazine (formerly owned by the Afisha publishing house) and the Republic website (formerly portal Slon.ru).

Let us note that the investor of all projects is Alexander Vinokurov, one of the founders of the KIT Finance company - Sindeeva’s husband. The second founder of Dozhd is Vera Krichevskaya, a journalist and television director. She is known for being the director of the “Anthropology” program with Dmitry Dibrov on NTV, the producer of the “Freedom of Speech” project with Savik Shuster (first on NTV, then launched the project on the Ukrainian ICTV). She also launched the project “Citizen Poet” with Mikhail Efremov on “Rain”.

Natalya Sindeeva and Alexander Vinokurov. Photo by Peter Antonov (forbes.ru)

Seventh place in terms of citation index is occupied by the Zvezda TV channel. The legal entity of the channel is OJSC “TRK VS RF “Zvezda”. The owner is 99.99% - OJSC TK Krasnaya Zvezda, 100% owned by the subsidiary of the Ministry of Defense, JSC Krasnaya Zvezda. Another 0.01% of the TV channel is owned directly by the Ministry of Defense.

The ninth most cited channel in Russia, TV Center, operates under a legal entity of the same name (in the form of a joint stock company). Since the time of Yuri Luzhkov, the channel has been the main mouthpiece of the Moscow City Hall. Little has changed even now.

Ownership information varies depending on the source of information. In particular, the company itself discloses the owner of only 21.02% - this is CTK JSC (Central Fuel Company). According to Rosstat, this company owns only 18.21% of the shares. Another 0.47% belongs to Promtorgtsentr JSC, and 81.32% belongs to the State Public Institution “Department of Urban Property of the City of Moscow”. JSC CTK, according to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, is 16.02% owned by the same Moscow Property Department, and Promtorgtsentr is owned by Andrey Ryabov and Nikolai Mikhailov.

The European TV channel Euronews closes the top ten most cited channels. Back in 2004, it was reported that VGTRK became one of the owners of the channel’s shares. She received a 16% stake in Euronews. Other owners of the television company include France Televisions, the Italian RAI, the Turkish TRT, and the Swiss SSR.

Tatarstan: 16 state regional channels

When preparing the rating, the most surprising discovery for us was that more than 60 TV channels are registered in Tatarstan! Moreover, more than half of them - 32 - are registered in Kazan. However, a significant part of them are only indirectly related to the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

So, almost two dozen of them, even from the name, are broadcast not in Kazan. For example, “Efir Chistopol”, “Bavlinskoye Television and Radio”, “Chally-TV” and others. 16 channels are registered at one address - st. Akademicheskaya, 2. This is easily explained: the legal entity of the owner, JSC Tatmedia, is registered at this address. Accordingly, they all have one founder - the republic (the Ministry of Land Property of Tatarstan, to be more precise). The list of channels includes most of the “regional tabs” to federal channels, the “Tatarstan-Novy Vek” or “Tatarstan-24” channel.

Standing apart is the Tatarstan-24 TV channel, which became the joint brainchild of Kazan private media magnate Andrei Grigoriev (UK Efir LLC) and Tatmedia. He united the “Ethers” and the team of the deceased “KZN”. It is on this joint project that the Tatarstan authorities have high hopes.

Andrey Grigoriev is the founder of nine channels. Photo efir24.tv

Nine “Ethers” by Andrei Paramonovich

If we talk about Andrei Grigoriev, then, according to open data, he is the founder of nine channels. The main one is, in fact, the Efir television company, partially rebroadcasting Ren TV, and all its regional legal entities in Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Leninogorsk, Bugulma, Chistopol and Almetyevsk. In all these legal entities, Andrey Grigoriev owns 97.23%. Among the remaining minority shareholders are Grigoriev Jr. and Ilshat Aminov, who worked with the founder of Efir even before joining TNV. In addition, Andrey Grigoriev fully owns the Efir-24 Relax TV channel, and Efir Management Company LLC owns 31.58% of the Luch-Almetyevsk television company. The remaining shares belong to Management Plus LLC (63.16%), Alexey Baganov (2.63%), Alexey Sobolev (2.63%).

Grigoriev, in addition, owns 50% in Efir-Transit LLC, 34% in TsRT Stolitsa LLC, 50% in Radiotelecom LLC, 25% in DTV-Kazan LLC, 76% in CHOP LLC "Rubezh-Efir". In total, he is a founder in 33 companies and a director in Rent LLC (engaged in the rental of real estate, registered at Gladilova, 17).

How a Chelny builder turned out to be a media tycoon

Three channels - Ilnar Gaisin. He owns 26% of three Chelny channels - STV, Ren TV-Naberezhnye Chelny, Chelny-24. All three channels are represented by one legal entity - InterTeleCom LLC. Another 19% is owned by Galina Khanmurzina, and Abdulkhak Batyushov, Yuri Gorbunov and Maria Egoshina each have 18.5%. The company was founded in 2002.

In total, Ilnar Gaisin owns 17 construction companies. But the basis of his empire is Eurostyle LLC. It is engaged in the construction of a cab plant for the Daimler Kamaz Rus joint venture, as well as the emergency hospital building, the Ice Palace, the building of the 2.18 business center in Naberezhnye Chelny, as well as the Chelny IT park. Eurostyle also built a school building in Naberezhnye Chelny by order of GISU. Activist Ivan Klimov filed a complaint regarding this order in September 2016: the school began to be built even before the tender was published.

As for the director and one of the founders of InterTeleCom, Abdulkhak Batyushov, he is also the founder and director of Radio Mendeleevsk LLC (former Elkom LLC), as well as the chairman of the board in the Chelny territorial branch of the Republican public movement Tatarstan-Novy Century". He also heads two more companies - Trio Plus LLC and Modern Technologies, in which he is also the founder with shares of 18.5%. The main shares belong to Ilnar Gaisin.

Batyushov is a deputy of the City Council of Naberezhnye Chelny, a member of the United Russia party. The website of the local party branch says that to this day he is the general director of the STV-Media holding.

Let us note that Abdulhak Batyushov is one of the most famous media managers in Naberezhnye Chelny. Until 2001, he was a director at the municipal Chally TV, but later resigned from his position due to a conflict with the former mayor of the city, Khamadeev. In 2002, he registered InterTeleCom, and in 2004 the channel began broadcasting. At the moment, the assets of InterTeleCom (STV-Media holding) include the Chelny versions of Ren-TV and Channel Five, as well as Avtoradio, NRJ, Humor FM, Radio 7, Radio Dacha" and Comedy Radio.

Abdulkhak Batyushov is one of the most famous media managers in Naberezhnye Chelny. Photo nabchelny.ru

TV moguls, but small ones

More than a third of the package of two Almetyevsk channels operating under one legal entity (Almetyevsk Radio Television Company LLC) - Video Set and RTKA - belongs to Lidia Maslova. RTKA LLC is headed, by the way, by Gennady Maslov. Together with Lydia, they also own another local channel - Vega-TV-Almetyevsk LLC. As we learned from the open ones, Gennady Maslov is the director of the local branches of Avtoradio, NRJ and Humor FM.

As for the other owners of RTKA, 25% belong to Irina Samoilova, 20% to Marina Strelova, 10% each to Alexander Panyuta and Akhmat Salimov.

Chelny LLC “TV-7” is engaged in rebroadcasting of two channels “Sem TV” and “Ru.TV”. The company is owned in equal shares by Elza Kabirova (also heads Radio Record LLC, Google.Pro LLC, Good Services Bureau LLC, Chelny-Telecom LLC) and Fanzila Poleva.

Two more channels - "ChTTs" and "ChTTs-Plus" - are registered with the LLC "Teleradiocompany ChTTs" from Chistopol. 40% of the company belongs to Rafgat Kamalov, 20% to Gulnara Khamaeva, 10% each to Arthur, Ildar, Zaudat, Arthur and Albert Kamalov. It is interesting that Albert Kamalov also owns 27% of the Efir 12 Channel broadcasting company from Chistopol. The channel rebroadcasts Ren-TV, with another 27% from Khamzi Kashapov, 26% from Andrey Mikheev, 20% from Rafgat Kamalov. Interestingly, in 2012, a conflict broke out between the owners of the Efir Channel 12 shopping and entertainment complex - Kashapov held an extraordinary meeting of shareholders and transferred the company’s property to himself in trust.

A large federal holding - STS Holdings LLC - owns two channels. This is “Che” and, in fact, “The First Entertainment STS”. Both channels operate under the legal entity CJSC Channel 6, registered in Kazan, on Gladilova, 34. Another 29.98% of the company belongs to JSC STS, and 21.04% to JSC STS-Region. The holding owns the channels “STS”, “Domashny”, “Che”.

“Tatarstan-New Age” and the satellite version of the TNV Planet channel belong to the TAIF company and the Ministry of Land Property of Tatarstan.

In addition, the executive committee of the Bugulminsky district also got involved in something like a holding. He is the sole founder of two channels - “51 MTV” (MUP “MTV”) and “Elabuga News Service” (Autonomous institution of the Yelabuga municipal district “Elabuga News Service”).

“Tatarstan-New Age” and the satellite version of the TNV Planet channel belong to the TAIF company and the Ministry of Land Property of Tatarstan. Photo by Maxim Platonov

One channel

The remaining Tatarstan channels do not belong to holdings, but to individual individuals and legal entities. For example, Yu-TV (legal entity - Information Systems Plus LLC) belongs to Gabdulgaziz and Faruza Bikmullin (27% and 24%), Vyacheslav Dolgopolov (23%), Nikolai Korchagin (2%) and TV-Service JSC "(24% - the holding also owns Muz-TV, which has turned into a cable channel, Domashny, Che, Disney channel). Let us note that there is also the Information Systems company, the chairman of the board of directors of which is Marat Gabdulgazizovich Bikmullin, a deputy of the Kazan City Duma. Let us note that he is also the founder of BIM-Radio. The current head of the radio station, Vyacheslav Dolgopolov, 100% owns the cable music and entertainment TV channel BIM-TV.

Kazan Federal University also has its own channel. It is represented by the legal entity of the university itself; accordingly, the founder can be considered the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.

Among the channels with completely their own broadcasting network, we can also highlight “First City Channel” and “Tatar Musical TV Channel Maidan”. “First City” in Kazan was founded by Maxim Solodyankin (50%), Vadim Skopin (33.33%), Vladimir Suvorov (16.67%).

“Tatar Music Channel Maidan” was founded by Ruslan Khalilov (51%), Damir Davletshin (37%), Eduard Utyaganov (12%).

The remaining channels, and there are 11 of them, represent regional “tabs” in the broadcast of federal channels. Noteworthy here are the Nizhnekamsk TV channel "Neftekhim", the founder of which is PJSC "Nizhnekamskneftekhim", and the Almetyevsk channel "Alma" - it was founded by the son of Shafagat Takhautdinov, the former head of Tatneft - Rustem Takhautdinov.

Among the remaining channels, most are located in Almetyevsk: these are “Family TV-Almetyevsk” (owned by Valentina Zinovieva), “Gambit” (owned by Vasily Ipatiev), “Rekom TV” (owned by Rinat Mirgaliev), “Region-TV” (owned by Anisa Yamalieva ).

Two more channels are based in Elabuga - “Domashny-Elabuga” (owned by Nikolai Gordeev and Marat Mukhamedzyanov) and “TNT Elabuga” (owned by Alexander Kozlov). In addition, another channel is based in Aznakaevo (“Aznakaevo Radio and Television” by Ilkam Gazizyanov, Marat Basariev, Nail Iskhakov, Ramil Islamov, Igor Rodionov, Niyaz Khamzin and Farkhat Yusupov), Urussu (“KTV-Urussu” by Alexander Koshchienko) and Bavlakh (“TV-Fortuna” by Rishat Yunusov, Olga Lyamina, Rashit Samarkhanov).

Russian millionaires: local big business and city hall officials

As for Russian cities with a population of over a million, in most regions the first place in ratings, according to TNS Russia data, is occupied by regional representative offices of VGTRK. These regions include St. Petersburg (rating 1.3%), Yekaterinburg (1.4%), Omsk (1.3%), Volgograd (rating 1.6%), Ufa (0.9%), Nizhny Novgorod (1%), Samara (2%), Novosibirsk (1.7%), Chelyabinsk (1.6%), Rostov-on-Don (1.7%), Voronezh (1.3%), Izhevsk (0 .8%), Saratov (1.2%).

It is interesting that in Russian cities with a population of more than a million, only in four cases the first places in the ratings were taken not by VGTRK branches, but by other channels. These regions include Kazan, Perm, Krasnoyarsk and Moscow (in the latter case we are talking about channels broadcast exclusively to Moscow).

As for the Perm channel “Rifey-Perm”, its rating, like that of “Ether”, is 2.1%. The actual audience of “Ether” is larger - 24 thousand people versus 20 thousand. At the moment, the only founder of the company is Rifey-Invest LLC, which belongs to Alexey Bodrov. According to the Kartoteka service, he founded eight companies, including EKS Real Estate Management LLC, EKS Construction Management LLC, E.K.S. LLC. International". According to the company's website, Alexey Bodrov is deputy director for corporate and legal support. The company itself is engaged in construction and development, including the opening of the “Semya” shopping and entertainment complex in Perm and Ufa, the company produces food products under the “Whales of Food” brand, Family Choice. Bodrov, in addition, is a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory from the United Russia party.

Let us note that the Rifey-Perm television company itself is considered to be one of the assets of the former governor of the Perm region Oleg Chirkunov; Bodrov is called a deputy close to Chirkunov. Chirkunov, according to Kommersant, was the owner of the SemYa chain, but in February 2015 he transferred his share to new owners, who, however, were still close to the ex-governor.

The Rifey-Perm television company is considered to be one of the assets of the former governor of the Perm region Oleg Chirkunov. Photo medialeaks.ru

The third regional TV channel, occupying a place in its region above VGTRK, is the Krasnoyarsk TVK. The channel's rating is 1.6%, the audience is 16 thousand people. The legal entity of the company is Krasnoyarsk Information Television LLC (TVK-6 channel). The company is owned by two legal entities - 64% by Shares LLC and 35% by For Media LLC. The “shares” belong with equal shares to Marina Dobrovolskaya, Vadim Vostrov and Natalya Klyukina. Form Media is owned by Pavel Ezubov (through Tensor JSC and Polaron LLC). The latter company, according to RBC, previously belonged to Oleg Deripaska’s Basic Element, and Ezubov is called the son of State Duma deputy from United Russia Alexei Ezubov, the brother of Deripaska’s mother. The company also operates television and radio stations in Bratsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Abakan, Sayanogorsk and Nizhny Novgorod. As for the first company, the only person from the founders involved in other companies is Vadim Vostrov - former director of TVK-6 Channel ", in 2001-2006 he was a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

In the capital, among regional channels, the first place in rating is occupied by the Moscow-24 information channel. The channel's rating is only 0.2%, but the actual audience is quite large - 27 thousand people. The legal entity of the company is JSC “Moscow Media” (it also includes the channel “Moscow. Trust” with the same rating). The founder of the company is TV Center. The company itself was created by VGTRK. Its director was Igor Shestakov, author of the morning channel “Good morning, Russia!” on the RTR channel (later Russia 1), former producer of the Vesti channel (now Russia 24), editor-in-chief of the Russia-2 channel, as well as chief producer of the Russia-1 channel. One of the channel’s presenters, we recall, is the former presenter of the “Efir-24” channel, Ksenia Sedunova. Sedunova also works as a host for corporate events - for a New Year's event with her participation you need to pay 200 thousand rubles.

As for the highest-rated channels that do not belong to VGTRK in other regions, the key figures here are most often associated with the city leadership. In St. Petersburg, however, the first place in the rating after the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "St. Petersburg" is occupied by the Life 78 channel with a rating of 0.2%. The legal entity of the company is TV-Kupol LLC, whose general director is Aram Gabrelyanov, president of the News Media publishing holding, which includes the Life newspaper, LifeNews TV channel, RSN radio, and the Life.ru portal. Legal entity Life 78 belongs to News SPb LLC, founded by Ikar LLC and Aram Gabrelyanov. News SPb belongs to Sergei Rudnov and Marina Kotelnikova. Rudnov is the son of Oleg Rudnov, the head of the Baltic Media Group, who died in 2015. After the death of Oleg Rudnov, News Media received control of the Baltic Media Group.

Life 78, however, fell on hard times. In mid-January, in particular, it became known that the channel would stop broadcasting on February 1. At the same time, according to the FlashNord agency, about 70-80% of almost five thousand employees have already been laid off. At the same time, in mid-2016, News Media lost control over the Izvestia newspaper - the National Media Group did not renew the contract with Gabrelyanov’s company, and at the end of 2015, it was reported that a third of News Media’s employees were being laid off due to the difficult financial situation in the country and crisis in the advertising market.

TNT-Saratov, the highest-rated local TV channel after VGTRK, is officially owned by Sergei Vasiliev and Oleg Chistyakov, but local media associate it with the mayor of Saratov, Oleg Grishchenko.

The highest rated non-state channel with its own news in Yekaterinburg is “41 Domashny”, formerly “Studio 41”. Channel rating 0.5%. The channel belongs to LLC NVF Author's Technologies, CJSC Intourist-Ekaterinburg, CJSC Uralstinol and CJSC PKP Avtopromkompleks. NVF "Author's Technologies", the largest shareholder, belongs to Denis Levanov. In 2006, Kommersant called the owners of the channel close to the Yekaterinburg mayor’s office.

In mid-January it became known that Life 78 would stop broadcasting on February 1. Photo pantv.livejournal.com

The Omsk TV channel "Antenna 7" with a rating of 0.6% is 80% owned by Valery Kokorin, a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Omsk region and director of the construction company "ASK". He is also called the owner of ASK with an asset value of 6 billion rubles. According to the company's website, it built the Nativity Cathedral in Omsk, the surgical building of the oncology clinic, the Continent hypermarket, and the Cascade trade and exhibition complex. In addition, the company built a temple in the name of the Resurrection of Christ in Khanty-Mansiysk, and the Gorskiy City Hotel in Novosibirsk.

The Izhevsk channel “New Region” with a rating of 0.7% belongs to Tatyana Bystrykh (she has a tax identification number of the Perm Territory), and the Novosibirsk channel “NTK” belongs to VGTRK and Gennady Uvarkin’s TV Development LLC. He is the founder of the Moscow Center for Corporate Legal Protection LLC, as well as the director of the Omega Legal Bureau LLC. The latter appeared as an executor of “dubious government orders”, according to the All-Russian Popular Front: in particular, the company carried out an order from the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications in 2014 to analyze the enforcement of Russian legislation in the field of media and carry out research work on the development of recommendations in the field of standardization of sound signals in television and radio broadcasting . The ONF found it strange that the performance of services of different nature was entrusted to one company. Regarding this situation, Gennady Uvarkin told RBC that “the company specializes in carrying out research and analytical work on orders from federal executive authorities and enterprises in the media and telecommunications industry. Among the company's clients are the TV channels Rossiya Segodnya, Euronews, Public Television of Russia and many others. For us, participation in research work for the needs of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications is an opportunity to demonstrate our qualifications in the area of ​​our specialization.”

In Volgograd, municipal television is second in ratings (0.1%). In Ufa, the BST TV channel with a rating of 0.2% is a state unitary enterprise. The Nizhny Novgorod television company "Volga" with a rating of 0.5% is owned by Sergei Kondrashov, a deputy of the city Duma and the brother of the former head of the administration of Nizhny Novgorod Oleg Kondrashov.

Samara TV channel "Skat" with a rating of 0.6% is owned by Interfax-TV LLC, as well as Elena and Georgy Limansky. Georgy Limansky is the former chairman of the Samara City Duma and the head of the Samara city district, and Elena is his wife, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation and composer.

Chelyabinsk channel "STS-Chelyabinsk" with a rating of 0.6% (Info-TV Enterprise LLC) belongs to Elena Silaeva. She is called a relative of Alexey Silaev, a member of the board of directors of the Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant. The Voronezh channel "TNT-Guberniya" with a rating of 0.3% belongs to the regional property department.

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Vyacheslav Murugov

General Director of CTC Media (Chief Executive Officer)

From 2008 to 2014, he held the positions of General Director of the STS TV channel and General Producer of the STS Media holding.
Previously, he worked as a producer of entertainment programs and series on the STS and REN TV channels.
Under the leadership of Mr. Murugov, more than 50 television projects were successfully implemented, including popular TV series: “Kitchen”, “Voronins”, “Molodezhka”, “Ranetki”, “Daddy’s Daughters”, “Soldiers” and many others.
Member of the board of the Cinema Foundation, board of directors of Emmy International, Academy of Russian Television, Union of Journalists of Russia, head of the board of trustees of the Russian Media Manager award. Winner of the Medaille d'Honneur MIPTV 2017 for his contribution to the development of the global television business.
Winner of 16 TEFI awards and 6 awards from the Association of Film and Television Producers.

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Anastasia Polyakova

Operations Director at STS Media

Anastasia Polyakova has held the post of Deputy General Director for Organizational Development and Operational Business Efficiency since October 2018.

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Alexander Kostyuk

Deputy General Director of CTC Media for Strategic Development

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Irina Varlamova

Deputy General Director for Content Management

Irina Varlamova has held the post of Deputy General Director for Content Management since September 2016.

Irina is responsible for content management within the Holding (created by order or acquired as a license), pre-broadcast preparation and production service.

Ms. Varlamova joined the STS Media team in June 2016, taking the position of executive producer of the STS TV channel.

Irina is an experienced professional on Russian television. Before joining STS Media, Irina held the position of General Director of the REN TV channel and was the Executive Director of the Art Pictures Group company. Previously, for nine years at REN TV, Irina went through a career path from chief editor, head of the special projects department to executive producer. Irina also held the post of Executive Producer of the serial production of the Lean M company.

Graduated from the Moscow Technological Institute.

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Kim Belov

Director of Strategic Communications

Kim Belov took over as Director of Strategic Communications in July 2017.

Mr. Belov graduated from the screenwriting department of VGIK in 2003. He worked as a screenwriter and journalist. In 2004, he joined GQ magazine, where he spent three years – first as editor, then as deputy editor-in-chief. In 2008, Kim Belov headed Empire magazine, and in 2009 he served as publisher at ICONS magazine. In 2010, he plunged into television drama, but in April 2014 he accepted an offer from the Condé Nast Russia publishing house to return to GQ magazine as editor-in-chief. During Mr. Belov's almost three years as editor-in-chief, the magazine demonstrated record audience figures in history. In December 2016, Kim Belov left GQ to focus on working in film and TV.

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Lev Makarov

Deputy General Director for Special Projects

Lev Makarov took over the post of Deputy General Director for Special Projects in March 2018.

Previously, Mr. Makarov served as General Director of the Che TV channel (since September 2016) and was responsible for the entire range of issues related to the management of the Che channel.

Before joining STS Media, Lev Makarov headed the 2X2 TV channel, which became one of the most prominent in the country. Being an on-air channel, “2X2” under the leadership of Mr. Makarov demonstrated impressive dynamics in audience and financial indicators.

Lev Makarov graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov.

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Marina Khripunova

General Director of the Domashny TV channel

Marina Khripunova took over the post of General Director of the Domashny TV channel in July 2016.

Previously, she held the position of program director for the Domashny and CTC Love TV channels. Before that, she worked on the M 1 TV channel, on the basis of which Domashny was created.

Ms. Khripunova has been working at STS Media for more than 10 years. Marina Khripunova took an active part in both the launch and further development of Domashny, which has shown steady growth in its audience share in recent years.

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of VGIK named after. S. A. Gerasimova, majoring in “Management in Film and Television.”

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Elena Karpenko

Director of the TV channel "Che"

Elena Karpenko took over the post of Director of the Che TV channel in March 2018.

From 2008 to 2015, she worked at STS Media as Program Director of the DTV TV channel, and then as Director of Content Management for the Peretz TV channel. She headed the Program Department and the Program Production Department of the TV channel.

Before joining CTC Media, she worked at the international telecommunications holding Modern Times Group (MTG), where she held the post of Editor-in-Chief and Program Director of the DTV channel. She participated in the development of the company’s business in the Russian Federation and was at the forefront of the creation of the DTV-Viasat television channel.

She began her career in television at VGTRK (All-Russian State Television and Radio Company).

Graduated from the Sergo Ordzhonikidze State Academy of Management with a degree in Economics and Production Management.

He is a nominee for MTG Awards and a nominee for “Best Employee of CTC Media 2012” in the “Manager of the Year” category.

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Today, the STS Media holding officially announced the appointment of Daria Legoni-Fialko as director of the STS TV channel. Unofficially, information about the appointment spread in the summer, but there was no confirmation from the company.

Now, from September 1 (and this is when the appointment comes into force), Daria Legoni-Fialko takes over the post where she will be responsible for managing the channel and focusing on content production, programming and marketing. The STS-Media holding has already announced plans for the new season, so there is a lot of work for the new leader. And such close attention to the appointment is due to the fact that before joining STS Media, Daria Legoni-Fialko headed the TV-3 channel, which under her leadership showed significant growth. Now the top manager herself shows career growth. Daria Legoni-Fialko has been working in the television industry since 1997. Previously, she held the position of general producer of television projects at Star Media and various positions on the “1+1” channel (Ukraine). Previously, she graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, and in 2006 received an MBA degree from the International Institute of Management.

Let us recall that the position of director of the STS channel was empty until recently. Previously, under the previous management of the holding, it was occupied by Elvira Makhmutova, but she left the post in March last year. After her, powers were shared by Yuliana Slashcheva and Lika Blank. Moreover, Lika Blank was the general director of the Domashny and STS channels. Then STS-Media's management changed. Vyacheslav Murugov, who had previously worked in the top management of STS-Media, returned to the position of general director of the holding; Yuliana Slashcheva left the company, and after this, changes in the team began to occur. Lika Blank, who held the post of general director of both channels, as well as general producer of CTS Media, moved to the position of advisor to the general director. The position of general producer of STS Media has been abolished. Marina Khripunova, who previously held the post of program director of the channel, was appointed general director of the Domashny TV channel. The appointment took effect on July 18. Marina Khripunova is also temporarily acting as head of the CTC Love TV channel until a permanent director is appointed.

By the way

As of today, the newly appointed director of the TV-3 channel, Ekaterina Dunaeva, has also taken up her duties, replacing Daria Fialko in this post. Previously, since 2012, Ekaterina Dunaeva worked at TV-3 as a program director. In 2011, she participated in the launch of the Paramount Comedy TV channel as a consultant for VIACOM. From 2007 to 2011, she worked at the MTV Russia television channel, holding the positions of manager of the program directorate, purchasing manager, head of the planning department of the program directorate and director of content procurement. In the rating of young media managers in Russia, she was assigned the category AAA (industry leader).