Kolesnikov was appointed new executive director of Kommersant Holding

The new executive director of Kommersant-Holding was appointed journalist Andrei Kolesnikov, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in the publication.

“I consider my main task to protect the interests of the“ Kommersant ”from any external threats. There are a lot of work in this direction, ”Kolesnikov said.

He also noted that he will not stop engaged in journalistic activities.

Andrei Ivanovich Kolesnikov was born in 1966 in the village of Semibratovo, Yaroslavl region. He graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, he worked for a year in the many -flowing newspaper Accelerator High Energy Institute of Physics, then in Moscow News. In 1996, he moved to the Kommersant newspaper by a special correspondent. Laureate of the Elite National Prize, winner of the Golden Pen of Russia Prize, N.D. Sakharov.

Andrei Kolesnikov’s books “I saw Putin” (2004) and “Putin saw me” (2005) gained wide popularity.

Recall the scandal in the publishing house , which occurred in 2011. The reason was the release of the issue of the magazine "Kommersant-Vlast" and, possibly, illustrations for one of the materials. The illustration represented a photo of one of the spoiled ballots with insults to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The material was entitled "Apple Pui". From the network version of the publication, the image was seized after some time.

Then Usmanov fired the general director of Kommersant-Holding Andrei Galiev and the editor-in-chief of Kommersant-Vlast Maxim Kovalsky. Demyan Kudryavtsev and deputy commander of the authorities of Veronika Kutsyllo also resigned the Director General of the Kommersant ID. Veronika Kutsyllo.