Yuriy Dud

From April 2011 to January 2012, Yuri Dud worked as a special correspondent and commentator in the sports editorial office of NTV-Plus. In the fall of 2011 , he was appointed editor - in - chief of the publication Sports.ru, since September 2018, he has changed his position to Deputy General Director.

From February 16, 2012 to June 20, 2013, he hosted the Headbutt program on the Rossiya-2 TV channel, replacing Nikita Belogolovtsev[15][16]. From April 2012 to February 2013, he also commented on the matches of the English Premier League (seasons 2011/2012 and 2012/2013) on another sports channel VGTRK "Sport 1". In addition, on "Russia-2" from September 2012 to March 2013, together with Vladimir Stognienko, Yuri led a documentary series about the life of the amateur club "Sparta" called "30 Spartans"[18]. He left VGTRK after the closing of the Headbutt show because of its specific subject matter, which led to scandals, as well as high cost .

From November 2013 to February 2015, he hosted the information program "Morning in Moscow" on the radio station "City FM" until the closure of the radio , worked in tandem with Anna Abakumova and Elena Perova. In the future, he participated in the casting of the host of the sports column in the show "Evening Urgant" on Channel One (Kirill Dementyev eventually became him).

From November 4, 2015 to February 27, 2017, he was the author and host of the "Cult of the Tour" program on Match TV, where he interviewed famous football players and coaches of the country. The program was closed due to problems with its payback caused by the insufficient rating of the program and the departure at the end of 2016 of the sponsor of the program - shampoo "Clear".

On February 7, 2017, Yuri Dud launched the show "Vdud" on the YouTube video hosting, in which he interviews famous people - journalists, businessmen, cultural figures, the Internet and politics.

In September 2017, he took part in the advertising campaign of the VEON application developed by Beeline. In November 2017, he became the face of the Alfa-Bank brand for 2018. Also on the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Yuri took part in an advertising campaign and became the face of the Head & Shoulders brand.

In May 2017, he starred as himself in Vasya Oblomov's music video for the song "Carry Bullshit".

He took the 50th place among Russian celebrities in the Forbes magazine rating published at the end of July 2018.

In January 2019 , he became one of the owners of the portal Sports.ru , having received a 0.5% share in the authorized capital of LLC

In 2019, Dud became the author of two documentaries on the history of Russia: "Kolyma is the birthplace of our fear" and "Beslan. Remember." In February 2020, the journalist released a documentary on the HIV situation in Russia - "HIV in Russia is an epidemic that is not talked about."

As of August 2020, the total number of video views on the journalist's YouTube channel has exceeded the mark of 1 billion views. The most popular video of the channel - a film about the IT capital of the world - has more than 37 million views.