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Yuri Alexandrovich Dud (born October 11, 1986, Potsdam) is a Russian journalist, video blogger, TV and radio host. Former editor-in-chief of the publication Sports.ru , since September 2018 — Deputy General Director. Since 2017, he has been the host of the author's YouTube channel called "Vdud", in which Yuri interviews famous personalities from various fields of activity. As of December 2021, the channel has more than 9.7 million subscribers and more than 1.5 billion views
Born on October 11, 1986 in Potsdam (GDR).
Father - Alexander Petrovich Dud (born 1957), Head of the Military Department of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Doctor of Military Sciences, Professor, Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation, honorary worker of higher professional education, full member of the Academy of Military Sciences.
Mother - Anna Stepanovna Dud (born 1957), chemistry teacher of the State Budgetary professional Educational Institution of Moscow "Moscow Secondary Special School of the Olympic Reserve" No. 3 (technical school), Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the city of Moscow.
Yuriy Dud calls himself Ukrainian by origin and Russian by self-perception.
In 1990, the family moved to Moscow, where Dud entered secondary school No. 1246. He played football, dreaming of a career as a goalkeeper, but at the age of 10 he stopped classes due to fears caused by asthma attacks. Instead, at the age of 11, he began writing sports notes for the "Youth Newspaper". At the age of 13, from April 2000 to March 2001, he practiced in the newspaper "Segodnya" as an author of materials about sports events.
At the age of 14, starting in April 2001, he worked as a freelance correspondent for the Izvestia newspaper. In 2003, at the age of 16, he became a full-time employee of the newspaper, where he worked until August 2006.
In 2006-2007 he worked in the magazine "ProSport"[8], in parallel (until March 2007) he published in the newspaper "Vedomosti".
In 2008 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University.
Wife - Olga Dud (nee - Boneva; b. December 1, 1984), graduated from the Russian Technological University.
Two children: daughter Alyona (born 2008) and son Danila (born 2012).
From April 2011[12] to January 2012, Yuri Dud worked as a special correspondent and commentator in the sports editorial office of NTV-Plus[13]. 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. 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". 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 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 <url> 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 situation with HIV 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.
Yuri Dud has made more than 10 documentaries. Some of them caused a public outcry, heated discussion on social networks, criticism of the activities of Dudya by pro-government TV journalists and public figures, as well as attention from the authorities.
"Kolyma"
In April 2019, Dud released the documentary "Kolyma is the birthplace of our fear", in which he drove along the Kolyma highway, built by victims of Stalin's repressions, and talked with local residents. He also interviewed Efim Shifrin and Sergey Korolev's daughter Natalia. According to Dudya, one of the reasons for the creation of the film was a recent VTSIOM study, which showed that almost half of Russians aged 18 to 24 had never heard of Stalin's repressions.
"Beslan. Remember"
On September 2, 2019, the documentary "Beslan. Remember" in memory of the tragedy that occurred at the Beslan school on September 1, 2004. The emphasis in the film was focused on the role of the state in the tragedy that happened. Yuri himself stated at the beginning of the film: "Once the state made mistakes that led to trouble. Now the state should surround everyone who has suffered with maximum care. And only through this care will it be able to earn forgiveness, and then - the trust of people".
The film is constructed as an interview with the direct participants of those events: hostages, journalists, activists, officials. So, in the film there is the opinion of the former president of Ingushetia Ruslan Aushev — the only negotiator who entered the captured school, and the former head of North Ossetia Taymuraz Mamsurov.
In just four days, ten million people watched the film.
Due to the emphasis on the role of the state in the tragedy, controversy broke out on social networks after the release of the film.
Novaya Gazeta in its publication spoke positively about the new work of Yuri Dudya, emphasizing that the film was made clearly, in detail, with an even intonation and without tantrums .
TV journalist Vladimir Solovyov attacked Dudya with insults, who did not like that the state was accused of everything in the film.
The publication Argumenty i Fakty accused Dudya of protecting the militants and calling for cooperation with the terrorists who took hostages. The author of the article published on the resource also expressed doubt that the journalist sincerely does not understand the work of anti-terrorist units, instead suggesting that he intended to make a propaganda political film. Journalist Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich criticized the film on his Facebook page, saying that it biased the issue of the beginning of the storming of the school by special forces. Sokolov-Mitrich noted that he witnessed those events, as he was in Beslan from September 1-6, and also stated that Dudu had to choose other interlocutors for the interview. Journalist Vasily Utkin stood up for Dudya in the comments, clarifying that the film was shot for those who know little about the tragedy. Vasily also reproached the journalist for not making such a film himself.
In the film, the statement of the former head of North Ossetia, Taimuraz Mamsurov, was made that Vladimir Putin visited the cemetery in Beslan, where the victims of the terrorist attack are buried, which was not previously reported. Later, Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed Mamsurov's words
"HIV in Russia is an epidemic that is not talked about"
The 1 hour 48 minute film was published on Dudya's YouTube channel on February 11, 2020 and immediately went to the top of the video service. Dud dedicated his film to more than 1 million people living with HIV in Russia. During the interview, the author admits that initially his team wanted to tell people about how not to be in this statistic. But plunging into the topic, they realized that, in addition to the terrible figures, there is another problem: "People living with HIV in Russia are constantly discriminated aFedot Tumusov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Health Protection, organized a screening of the film in the State Duma building on February 14. On February 16, the head of the Accounts Chamber, Alexey Kudrin, announced an analysis of the effectiveness of measures to organize medical care for HIV-infected people in 2020.
After the release of the journalist's film, the number of Google requests for the purchase of an HIV test increased 56 times. In addition, the head of the Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for the Prevention and Control of AIDS, Academician Vadim Pokrovsky, said that Russians have increased interest in HIV testing. In particular, in St. Petersburg clinics there were twice as many people who wanted to be anonymously tested for HIV, and in Krasnoyarsk huge queues were lined up to check for the virusgainst, they are shunned, they are disdained." In five days, the film has gained 12 million views
"How the IT capital of the world works"
On April 23, 2020, a film about Silicon Valley entrepreneurs was published. The duration of the film is 3 hours and 7 minutes. Yuri Dud spoke with eight Russian entrepreneurs of the valley.
The film immediately got to the 2nd place in the "trends" tab of the Russian-language YouTube, in less than a week it was viewed more than 13 million times. At the same time, the work was seriously criticized by experts. The film was seen as sexism (due to the lack of female heroes), the authors were reproached for the uniformity of the characters (they are all from IT), that the valley is an ideal place for an entrepreneur, that the film motivates to leave Russia. In particular, Pavel Durov on his page on the social network named several reasons why the viewer may have a deceptive idea of life and work in California
"Why are they tortured in Russia"
On December 7, 2021, a 2-hour, 20-minute film about torture in Russia, "Why They Torture in Russia," was published. In the film, Yuri shows people who have been through torture, human rights defenders and human rights organizations that deal with this problem. In less than two days, the film has gained over 2 million views
Awards and nominations
2016 - "GQ Man of the Year" award in the nomination "Face from the TV" (the program "Cult of the Tour" together with Evgeny Savin ).
2017 - "GQ Man of the Year" award in the nomination "Face from the screen".
2017, October - the Editorial Board Award together with Alexander Aksenov for the documentary "Sergei Bodrov - the main Russian superhero".
2018 - Glamour Influencers Awards 2018 in the nomination "#glam_youtube".
2019 - GQ Man of the Year Award in the nomination "Face from the Screen".
2019 - award "Profession - journalist" of the Open Russia Foundation in the nomination "Video Document" for the film "Beslan. Remember".
2020, February - Editorial Board Award for the film "HIV in Russia is an epidemic that is not talked about".
2020 - award "Profession - journalist" of the Open Russia Foundation in the nomination "Video Document" for the materials "Bulk - interviews after poisoning" and "Kamchatka - the peninsula that was forgotten".
2022 - 6th place in the rating of influencers-bloggers Romir Influence Ranking
2021, December - Editorial Board Award for the film "Why are they tortured in Russia?" (together with Daniil Turovsky)
Resonant moments
In April of 2021 public organization "the League of safe Internet" has initiated an inspection of the Ministry of interior against Yuri Dude on the basis of two of his interview with rapper Morgenstern and blogger Evangel in which the organization's representatives saw signs of promotion of the use of illicit substances. The case against Dudya was opened on June 10. On October 20, 2021, the Zyuzinsky court of Moscow imposed an administrative fine of 100 thousand rubles on him. A month later, the Moscow City Court rejected Dudya's complaint and recognized this decision as legitimate
Literature
Nagapetova A. A., Belousova A. S. Author's stylistics and rhetoric of interviews: Yuri Dud and Irina Shikhman // Russian language: history, dialects, modernity. collection of scientific articles dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Professor Lev Feodosievich Koposov. Compiled by L. F. Koposov, Yu. V. Koreneva, O. V. Ryakhovskaya. - Moscow, 2020. pp. 377-384.
Podosokorsky N. N. The evolution of Yuri Dudya: from a popular video blogger to a public figure // "Science of Television", 2020. No. 16.4. pp. 65-82
