National Media Group

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National Media Group
NationalMediaGroup logo.png
Type of business Joint-stock company
Founded2008;17 years ago (2008)
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
Industry Mass media
URL www.nmg.ru

National Media Group is a private media conglomerate in Russia. It was founded in 2008 by Russian oligarch Yuri Kovalchuk, a close associate of president Vladimir Putin. [1] [2] [3] [4] The company's board of directors is chaired by Alina Kabaeva. [5]

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Assets

As of 2023, National Media Group holds a majority ownership in the following media assets. Besides these, it owns several other companies related to content production and distribution. [6] [7]

Television

Newspapers

National Media Group additionally has a minority stake in Channel One, and in partnership with Rostelecom it runs the paid television channel Media-Telecom and the online video platform Wink  [ ru ]. [6] [8]

References

  1. ↑ "'Vladimir Putin's lover' Alina Kabayeva to head Russian media firm". South China Morning Post. 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  2. ↑ The Moscow Times (2015-12-23). "Billionaire Kovalchuk's National Media Group to Buy Russian Distributor of CNN". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  3. ↑ Hyatt, John (2022-03-18). "Meet The Oligarch Who Whispers In Putin's Ear". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  4. ↑ McKay, Betsy; Grove, Thomas; Barry, Rob (2022-12-02). "The Russian Billionaire Selling Putin's War to the Public". WSJ. Archived from the original on 2024-03-15. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  5. ↑ Ezhov, Sergei (2025-07-15). "Sunbathing with the enemy: Meet the Kremlin propagandists who vacation in Europe despite demonizing the West on air". The Insider (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  6. 1 2 "Media Capture in Russia: An Expensive Venture". Media and Journalism Research Center. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  7. ↑ "Assets — National Media Group". nmg.ru. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  8. ↑ Dziadul, Chris (2023-06-16). "Leading Russian streaming services to merge". Broadband TV News. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
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