Born August 11, 1964, in Chelyabinsk

1987: Graduated from the Chelyabinsk State Medical Academy

2006: Graduated from the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration (Faculty of Law)

1987 – 1996: Worked in healthcare and medicine

1998 -1999: Advisor to Chairman of the Board of RIA Vesti

1999-2004: Press Secretary at the Russian Healthcare Ministry

2004-2006: Assistant and later Press Secretary of Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov

2006-2007: Deputy CEO of the Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

2007-2008: Head of the Department of Public Relations, Information and Protocol of the Russian Government

2008-2012: Deputy Minister of Communications and Mass media

May 3, 2012: Appointed Head of the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media

Speaks English and French.

Married, with five children.