Gabrelianov Aram Date of Birth
10 August 1961
Gabrelianov Aram Citizenship
Russia
Gabrelianov Aram Professional field/official position
Propagandist, founder of News Media holding
Gabrelianov Aram biography
GABRELIANOV Aram Ashotovich (b. 1961) is a Russian media manager close to the Kremlin. Born in into an Armenian family in Derbent, Dagestan, he started his journalism career in 1985. In 1988 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University, got a job in a Ulyanovsk newspaper and became its chief editor in 1990.
- In 1995, he created the regional publishing holding Vedomosti Media which included the newspapers of Ulyanovsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saratov, and Volgograd.
- In 1997, he began to publish the weekly newspaper Moskovskiye Vedomosti, three years later renamed into Zhizn (Life). It became one of the most circulating tabloids in Russia.
- In 2001 he founded Life Publishing House, and in 2005 created and headed the News Media holding company.
- In 2008, he launched the infotainment Internet portal Life.ru. Since 2011, he has been Deputy General Director of the National Media Group and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Izvestia Newspaper. Since 2015, he is president of the Baltic Media Group. In 2018, Aram Gabrelianov resigned as CEO of News Media Holding.
