Fadeev Valery

TV Presenter, Advisor to the President, Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, Secretary of the Public Chamber of Russia.

Fadeev Valery biography

FADEEV Valery Alexandrovich (b.1960) is a Russian propagandist heading the Presidential Council for Human Rights. Born in Tashkent, he graduated from the faculty of management and applied mathematics of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1983.

• In the 1980s, he developed his scientific career, and in 1990 he became a senior fellow at the Institute for Market Problems of Soviet Academy of Sciences. He soon turned into a media manager. He was a scientific editor of Kommersant-Weekly magazine in 1992–1995, editor-in-chief of Expert Magazine (1998–2017) and news presenter at Channel One (2014–2018), including the Sunday “Time” newscast (from September 4, 2016, to June 10, 2018). Since 2006, Fadeev has been the CEO, co-owner of Mediaholding Expert.
• In 2006-2014, Fadeev was a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation — an advisory body to the President. Since October 20, 2011, he has been Chairman of the Expert Council of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives.
• In 2012, he became one of the trustees of Vladimir Putin as a candidate for President. Valery Fadeev is a member of the Supreme Council of the ruling United Russia party. In March 2017, Fadeev became Secretary of the Public Chamber. On October 21, 2019, he was appointed Advisor to the President of the Russian Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights.