Valery Aleksandrovich Fadeyev (; born 10 October 1960) is a Russian journalist and public figure who currently serves as the Chairman of the

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. He previously served as secretary of the

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Biography

Valery Fadeyev was born in 1960 in

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, now capital of

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. After graduating from the Faculty of Management of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1983, he served in the strategic missile forces of the USSR. In 1988–90 he worked in the Energy Research Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1993-1995, he was deputy for

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as director of the Expert Institute of the

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. In 1992–95 he worked as an expert, scientific editor of the ''Kommersant Weekly'' magazine of the

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publishing house. In 1995–98 Fadeyev was the first deputy editor-in-chief of the

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, and subsequently its editor-in-chief from 1998 to 2017. Ivan Davydov, former director of Internet projects development for

, described Fadeyev as "a tragic figure in his own way, who shows what cooperation with the authorities can turn an intelligent and talented person into." Fadeyev was a member of the Civic Chamber of Russia since its creation in 2005 to 2014. In 2017 he was elected secretary of the 6th composition of this consultative body. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of

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's charity fund Volnoe Delo. and the director of the Institute of Public Planning. In 2011 Fadeyev became a member of the

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's Central Council. Until November 2019 Valery Fadeyev was a member of the Supreme Council of the

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party and deputy coordinator of its liberal platform. In 2016 he lost UR's primary in

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TV presenter

From October 2014 to June 2016 Fadeyev was the host of "Structure of the Moment" socio-political talk show on

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. From September 2016 to June 2018 Fadeyev was the host of ''Sunday Time'', the weekly news program of Channel One. Fadeyev left the TV due to his workload in the Civic Chamber. He himself described his work on television as a part-time job.

Views

In his interview to the magazine "Russian Reporter" after being elected secretary of the Civic Chamber, Fadeyev stated that the activists who are opposing the government are "not our partners." The journalist inquired about the reason for this position, to which Fadeyev replied: "Do not confuse activism with provocation." During the January 2021 protest rallies, Fadeyev said that he does not see the harsh-performed detention of protesters as a violation of human rights. In 2022, Fadeyev fully supported the

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. In 2024, Fadeyev called for a

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in Russia.

Sanctions

On June 18, 2021, he was added to the sanctions list of

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. On February 25, 2023, against the background of the

, included in the EU sanctions list for actions that undermine the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. On March 2, 2023, he was added to the sanctions list of

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References

External links

Информация на сайте Общественной палаты России

Валерий Фадеев в гостях у Владимира Познера (2013)
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