Rykov Konstantin

Rykov Konstantin Date of Birth

27 May 1979

Rykov Konstantin Citizenship

Russia

Rykov Konstantin Professional field/official position

Russian Internet and media producer, founder of several online media
Member of the State Duma of the 5th convocation from the United Russia party.

Rykov Konstantin biography

RYKOV Konstantin Igorevich (b. 1979 in Moscow) graduated from the Academy of National Economy. In 1995, he went to the US on the Mikhail Gorbachev Foundation program, the Green Planet. There, he became acquainted with Internet technologies, after which he founded the online advertising agency Avangard.

In the late 1990’s – the early 2000s, he created a few entertainment and pornographic sites.
In 2003-2005, he headed the Internet department for Channel One TV. He participated in the creation of a series of reality shows on Russian television. Rykov was the founder of the production company Goodoo Media and the creator of a few pro-government online media, including Days.Ru, Vzglyad.Ru, Russia.ru.
Rykov was one of the initiators and ideologists of the “For Putin!” campaign. He actively popularized the slogan “Glory to Russia!”
In December 2007, he was elected to the State Duma from the list of the United Russia party. In the State Duma, Rykov was one of the first apologists for the government regulation of the Internet.
In 2008, Rykov produced the film “War 08.08.08. The Art of Betrayal,” justifying the armed aggression of Russia against Georgia. The same year, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
In 2011, he created the DA (YES) Internet movement in support of President Dmitry Medvedev. Rykov was among Putin’s confidants for the presidential election in 2018. In the last few years, Konstantin Rykov has virtually disappeared from public space.

Rykov Konstantin crime

Konstantin Rykov can rightfully be called the father of pro-Kremlin bots, fake news, and online propaganda. Given the example of the rapid career of Konstantin Rykov, one can observe the development of pro-Kremlin propaganda in post-Soviet Russia. At first, the Kremlin used him as a popularizer of the counterculture, then, during the years of high oil prices, Rykov did his best to give the regime a bright glamorous gloss, but under late Putinism, the state machine itself took over the functions of the propaganda media manager and Rykov’s services were no longer needed.