Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club
In 1985-1991, Andrey Bystritskiy was engaged in research as a Senior Fellow of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences. He has been in the media industry since 1991, as member of the board of the Radio of Russia, author and host of radio and television broadcasts. In 1993-1996, Andrey Bystritskiy headed sociological research at the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). From 1996 to 1997, he was in charge of the Society Department at the Itogi (Russian Newsweek) magazine. In 1997-1998, he was Deputy Director General for Information at TV Tsentr. In 1998-1999, he was Producer at the BBC Russian news service. In 1999, he joined the Organizing Committee of the Unofficial Moscow Festival as one of its Co-Chairs, he was also a member of the Editorial Board of the Moscow Alternative newspaper and Chairman of the Mayak State Radio Broadcasting Company. In 2000, Bystritskiy became Director General of the Vesti State Television Company.
From 2000 to 2008, he was Deputy Director General of VGTRK and Director of the Department of Information Programmes of the Russia TV Channel. In 2000-2013 Bystritskiy was member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of Euronews. Between 2005 and 2007, he was Editor-in-Chief of the Apologia monthly magazine. From 2008 to 2014, he was Chairman of the Voice of Russia State Radio Company.
Since 2014, he has been Dean of the Faculty of Creative Industries at the National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club and Chairman of the Public Supervisory Council of the Russian Ministry of Communications.
Andrey Bystritskiy is Professor and PhD (Pedagogics, 1989). He is a member of the Union of Writers. In June 2007, he received the Order of Honour.
Andrey Bystritskiy is the author of books, including such works as Youth Subcultures and Russia’s Intelligentsia During the Demise of the Soviet System (1991), and numerous publications in newspapers and magazines.