Tikhon Viktorovich Dzyadko (, ; born June 23, 1987) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and media manager. He is the editor-in-chief of the

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channel, former deputy editor-in-chief and host of the

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TV network. He previously worked at the radio station

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and the Ukrainian channel

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Education

Dzyadko studied at the

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at the Faculty of Philology.

Career

He worked at the portal . From 2007 to 2012 he worked as a correspondent in Russia for the international organisation

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. From 2005 to 2013 he worked as a correspondent and presenter at the radio station

, hosted the programmes , , and . From May 2010 to October 2013, together with his brothers and , he led the weekly public affairs programme Dzyadko3 on

. Since May 24, 2011, on the same TV channel he has hosted the weekly ''Hard Day's Night'' programme. In 2012, Tikhon was nominated for the ''Made in Russia'' award for the programme. In March 2014, he signed an appeal against the

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. Participant of the Congress "Ukraine – Russia: Dialogue", held on April 24–25, 2014 in

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. In August 2015, he left TV Rain to start working on the TV channel

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He started working as a news anchor on

in 2016. From January 2018 to December 2019 he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the TV channel. In December 2019, Dzyadko became the chief editor of TV Rain, replacing Alexandra Perepelova in this position.

Family

Tikhon's father, Dzyadko Viktor Mikhailovich (1955—2020), was a programmer, Soviet human rights activist and artist. His mother is a journalist and human rights activist. He has two brothers, Philipp and Timofey. Dzyadko is married to journalist Ekaterina Kotrikadze. They have a son, Maxim.

References

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