The Public Council is an advisory body set up under the National Media Group to maintain a balance between commercial and public interests.

What are the aims of the Public Council?

The Public Council has set itself many aims, including:

• To revive cultural values within society;
• To improve the content of the group’s media resources;
• To make proposals on the production of informational and educational programmes on the group’s TV stations;
• To expand international exchange of information;
• To assess how well the media group is performing in terms of public goals and interests.

How will the Council achieve these aims?

Recommendations on the media group’s development strategy will be drawn up by all members of the Public Council with the help of experts and senior managers from organizations within the group, and also using data from surveys of a broad audience, including the youth audience.

Who sits on the Public Council?

The elected Chairman of the Public Council is Alina Kabaeva. Her deputies are Lyubov Sovershaeva and Daniil Dondurey. The other members of the Council are: Yuriy Kovalchuk, Aleksey Mordashov, Vladimir Bogdanov, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Yuriy Polyakov, Angelo Codignoni, Hans Mahr, Andrey Makarevich and Denis Matsuev.

How often will it meet?

The Public Council’s members will hold meetings as and when required. Information on each meeting and all its decisions taken can be found in this section.

Can I take part in the Council?

Anyone who’s interested can forward their wishes and recommendations on the Public Council’s work to its Chairman in the “Questions and Answers” section of the website.