Leontyev Mikhail Date of Birth
12 October 1958
Leontyev Mikhail Citizenship
Russia
Leontyev Mikhail Professional field/official position
TV Presenter, Vice-president of Rosneft (2014 – to date)
Leontyev Mikhail biography
LEONTYEV Mikhail Vladimirovich (b. 1958) is a high-profile Russian propagandist and Vice President of PR at Rosneft. Born in Moscow, he graduated from the Moscow Institute of National Economy in 1979 and worked at the Institute of Economic Problems of Moscow.
- In 1989, he started his media career as a Kommersant reporter. The next year, Leontyev headed the department of economics at Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
- In 1993, he became the first deputy editor-in-chief of the weekly Business MN. In the same year, he co-founded the newspaper Today, was a member of the editorial board, political observer and first deputy chief editor.
- In 1998, he began working on television, he was the host of the “Actually” and “Seventh Day” programs, and the head of the TVC Channel’s Social and Political Programs Service.
- Since 1999 he has been author and presenter of the program Odnako on ORT TV (later – Channel One).
- In the 2000 presidential election, he supported Vladimir Putin. In 2001, he became a member of the political council of the socio-political movement Eurasia, headed by Alexander Dugin. In 2002 he became a member of the United Russia party.
- From May 2007 to March 2009 he was the chief editor of the Profile magazine.
- In 2009, he became the founder of Odnako magazine. Since January 2014, he has been the Press Secretary and Vice President of the state oil corporation Rosneft.
