Alexey Pivovarov
Personal information
Born
Алексей Владимирович Пивоваров

(1974-06-12) 12 June 1974
Moscow, USSR
EducationLomonosov State University
Occupation(s)Journalist, Film Director, Producer & Media Manager
SpouseAnna Schneider
Children2
YouTube information
Channel
Subscribers4.01 million[1]
(December 2023)
100,000 subscribers2019
1,000,000 subscribers2020

Alexey Pivovarov (Russian: Алексей Владимирович Пивоваров, born June 12, 1974) is an independent Russian journalist, media manager and documentary filmmaker. His YouTube channel ‘Redaktsiya’[2] (eng: The Editorial Office) has over 3.76 million subscribers and over 1.1 billion views, as of June 2023. In 2022, the Russian Ministry of Justice has placed Pivovarov on the 'foreign agents list' for his condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and longstanding critical attitude toward the Russian authorities.[3]

Life and career

Alexey Pivovarov was born on June 12, 1974 in Soviet Moscow. He began his journalism career at the age of 14 as a correspondent for the children’s radio station Pionerskaya Zor’ka at the Vsesoyuznoye radio. During his undergraduate studies, he hosted at Radio Maximum.

After graduating from the Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Journalism, Pivovarov worked as a TV reporter, news anchor, and later as a film producer at the first independent TV channel in Russia — NTV. Pivovarov’s most notable work was alongside famous Russian journalist Leonid Parfyonov in his show ‘Namedni’. It has been considered the gold standard of journalism and was awarded the TEFI award numerous times, including a personal TEFI for Pivovarov in 2004 for his special report ‘Blood and milk’ on the bankruptcy of dairy and food corporations.

Since February 2003, Pivovarov had been anchoring the evening news but was suspended for making a scathing on-air comment about his ‘Namedni’ colleague’s unfair dismissal. Pivovarov told the audience that Leonid Parfyonov had proved it “might be better to write than to talk in Russia.”[4] When Pivovarov was reinstated, he was barred from prime time and became the anchor of the nightly news digest ‘Today’. Thus, he began producing and starring in his own infotainment programs such as ‘The Aviators’.[5]

In 2011, the news agency Reuters called Pivovarov “an unlikely opposition hero”[6] after Kommersant reported that Pivovarov refused to ancho the news on December 8, 2011 if he could not report on the ongoing protests in Moscow which were being ignored by all state-controlled media. The next day, NTV covered the demonstrations in the Evening news and other channels followed suit.

In 2013, Pivovarov left NTV to lead CTC Media and Transmedia Projects.[7] Under his leadership, CTC Media grew its share in the younger demographic viewership, in part thanks to new TV series like ‘Molodezhka’ and other highly rated TV shows.

In 2016, Pivovarov resigned from CTC Media, saying he “has done as much as possible” to improve the channel’s ratings.[8] Later that year Pivovarov was appointed an Executive Producer and Editor-in-Chief of RTVi, the only independent global Russian-speaking TV channel with HQ in New York, NY. Under his leadership, RTVi has undergone a massive digital transformation into a modern multimedia organization, expanding its presence to all social media and mobile apps.

After launching in 2019 his YouTube channel, Pivovarov left RTVi in June 2020 in order to dedicate more time and energy to his own projects.[9]

In 2020, the GQ magazine named Pivovarov their Person of the Year and one of the most influential Russian-speaking journalists.[10]

YouTube Channel Redaktsiya

In 2019, Pivovarov launched his YouTube channel ‘Redaktsiya’.[11] and a year later left RTVi to concentrate on this project.[12] The first episode of Redaktsiya featured Volodymir Zelensky.

Redaktsiya covers many topics from politics and current events to history, crime, personal development and self-improvement. In addition to hourlong storytellings, Redaktsiya publishes shorter Special Reports on Tuesdays and a weekly news roundup on Sundays. Part of the content is translated into English and available in a separate English Subbed playlist.

Pivovarov has become a respected and influential voice in the global Russian-speaking community with his unique perspective and engaging style and was named the one of 100 Most Creative Russians.[13]

Personal life

Pivovarov is married to journalist Anna Schneider and has a son, Ivan, and a daughter, Varvara.

Honors and awards

Documentaries and other notable work

Pivovarov's works as director and producer include an Award-winning documentary 'The Term" about the Russian opposition's reaction and protests to Vladimir Putin's third presidential term, "Bread for Stalin" about the Dekulakization -the Soviet campaign of political repressions of millions of kulaks (prosperous peasants) and their families; and also a five-part docu-series about World War II. Based on thorough research, newly released historical documents, and interviews with experts and surviving witnesses, each film sheds new light on events of the recent past, deviating significantly from the version imposed by official Soviet historiography. One of the films, Rzhev: General Zhukov's Unknown Battle, was awarded a special prize at the 2009 ru:NIKA Ceremony (dabbed the Russian Oscars). In 2011, Aleksei participated in a joint Russian-German documentary project about the events leading up to World War II, acting as producer and one of the hosts.

  • 2010 — My Sin (fiction, NTV)
  • 2010 — Master (fiction, NTV)
  • 2010-2011 — Dark Materials (documentary, head of the production, NTV)
  • 2011 — Anastasiya Aid Center (producer, NTV)
  • 2011 — Second Strike. Loyal Army Of Vlasov (docu-fiction, NTV)
  • 2011-2012 — June 22. Dramatic Decisions (docu-fiction, NTV)
  • 2011 — USSR. The Fall Of The Empire (documentary, seven episodes, NTV)
  • 2011 — Yeltsin. Three Days In August (fiction, NTV)
  • 2012 — A White Man (fiction, four episodes, NTV)
  • 2012 — Patriotic. Great. (docu-fiction, NTV)
  • 2012 — Bread For Stalin. Dekulakized Stories (docu-fiction, NTV)
  • 2012 — Lokomotiv. Ascending Team (documentary, NTV)
  • 2012 — October 1917. Why Bolsheviki Got The Power (documentary, NTV)
  • 2012 — 6 sense (fiction, 16 episodes, NTV)
  • 2012-2014 — Srok (Term) co-authored with Pavel Kostomarov and Alexander Rastorguev
  • 2013 — Egor Gaidar. The Death Of The Empire (documentary, NTV)
  • 2014 — Resort Police (fiction, 20 episodes, NTV)
  • 2015 — Prank (fiction, four episodes, NTV)
  • 2015 — Meteor (fiction, eight episodes, NTV)
  • 2016 — Red Easter (documentary, co-authored with Olga Belova, NTV)
  • 2016 — 90s. The Cost. (docu-fiction, NTV)
  • 2016 — Rasputin. The Investigation (docu-fiction, NTV)
  • 2016 — 11 Great Che's (documentary, 11 episodes, in August 2017, only one episode was released) Archived 2017-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
  • 2019 — Russian Opposition Leader: The Life and Death of Boris Nemtsov (YouTube film of Redaktsiya dedicated to Boris Nemtsov's death anniversary)
  • 2019 — Kursk Submarine Disaster: The Sad Truth About the Explosion and Sinking (YouTube film of Redaktsiya)
  • 2019 — The TU-154 Crash over the Black Sea: How and why did the famous Doctor Liza and the Russian Army’s Choir “Alexandrov" die? (YouTube film of Redaktsiya)
  • 2020 — How did Vladimir Putin's presidency begin with the tragic apartment bombings of 1999 (documentary about house explosions in 1999)
  • 2021 — Pozner/Donahue Space Bridge. Did it end the Cold War?(YouTube film of Redaktsiya about Vladimir Pozner 's and Phil Donahue teleconference)
  • 2021 — The amazing story of Yuri Knorozov, who solved the mystery of the Maya civilization (YouTube film of Redaktsiya)

References

  1. ↑ "About Redaktsiya". YouTube.
  2. ↑ "YouTube Redakciya". YouTube.
  3. ↑ "Russian journalist Alexey Pivovarov declared foreign agent for Google advertising income". EuroWeeklyNews. 2022-07-21.
  4. ↑ "Russia TV host suspended for joke". BBC. 2004-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Pivovarov will tell all about flying (Rus)". Lenta. 2006-08-11.
  6. ↑ "Russian TV struggles with Kremlin control". Reuters. 2011-12-14.
  7. ↑ "Alexey Pivovarov Appointed Head of CTC Media's TV and Transmedia Projects" (Press release). 2013-10-24.
  8. ↑ "Pivovarov is leaving CTC". Vedomosti. 2016-02-26.
  9. ↑ "Pivovarov is leaving RTVi". 2020-07-25.
  10. ↑ "Лицо с экрана 2020 года: Алексей Пивоваров". GQ. 2020-11-18.
  11. ↑ "YouTube Redakciya". YouTube.
  12. ↑ "Russian journalists leave TV behind for YouTube".
  13. ↑ "Pivovarov Named one of the most influential people".
  14. ↑ "Журналист НТВ удостоен награды кинофестиваля".
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