Born on January 18, 1963, in Kostroma.
1986: graduated from Kostroma State Teacher Training University with a degree in History, Social Sciences and Methodology.
1986-1987: served in the Soviet Army.
1989: editor-in-chief of the Kostroma regional newspaper for young people Molodyozhnaya Linia.
From 1992: Chairman of the Kostroma Regional Administration's Youth Affairs Committee.
From 1998: CEO of the Kostroma State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.
2002-2004: CEO of the Kaliningrad State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and Deputy CEO of the Radio Baltika station in St Petersburg.
2005-2007: CEO of the Kostroma subsidiary of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK).
2007-2008: Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Federal Service for the Oversight of Legislation in Mass Communications and the Protection of Cultural Heritage.
December 8, 2008: appointed Director of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications.
State awards: the Order of Friendship and the medal of the Order of Services to the Fatherland.