Alexander Rodnyansky
{{Short description|Ukrainian film director (born 1961)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexander Rodnyansky
| image = Александр Роднянский (пресс-подход) на VK Fest 5 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Rodnyansky in July 2019
| birthname = Oleksandr Yukhimovich Rodnyansky
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|07|02}}
| birth_place = Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date =
| citizenship = Ukraine
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| education =
| occupation = Film producer
| years_active = 1982–present
| family =
| spouse = Valeriya Rodnyanskaya
| children =
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| alma_mater = Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
}}
Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky ({{langx|uk|Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський|Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi}}, {{langx|ru|Александр Ефимович Роднянский}}; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian{{Cite web|url=https://fipresci.org/people/alexander-rodnyansky/|title=Alexander Rodnyansky|website=fipresci.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/opinion/op-ed/raphael-abraham-can-new-film-andrei-zvyagintsev-daring-leviathan.html|title=Raphael Abraham: Can new film of Andrei Zvyagintsev be as daring as 'Leviathan'? | KyivPost – Ukraine's Global Voice|website=KyivPost|date=28 January 2018 }}{{Cite web|url=https://thereviewmonk.com/person/alexander-rodnyansky/|title=Alexander Rodnyansky | Filmography, Highest Rated Films|website=The Review Monk}} film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media-manager Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network 1+1 and ran Russian CTC Media, which under his management became the first Russian media company to publicly trade on NASDAQ.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/library/news/2006/06/01/ctc-media-zarabotala-32814-mln-v-hode-ipo-na-nasdaq-razmestiv-1639-akcij |title=CTC Media заработала $328.14 млн. в ходе IPO на NASDAQ, разместив 16.39% акций |trans-title=CTC Media raises $328.14M in NASDAQ IPO with 16.39% stake |website=Ведомости|date=June 2006 |language=ru}}
During his career, Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series. Some of his most notable projects including Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless (2017) directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko.
Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films – Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for
Unclenching the Fists and César Award for Loveless.{{Cite web |last1=Richford |first1=Rhonda |date=March 2, 2018 |title=Cesar Awards: '120 BPM' Takes Six Awards Including Best Film |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cesar-awards-2018-winners-list-1089548/ |website=hollywoodreporter.com}} Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times.{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.ru/tag/the-winners-gq-men-of-the-year-2019|work=GQ|title=Победители GQ Человек Года 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.tatler.ru/party/gq-chelovek-goda-2012-pobediteli|work=Tatler|title=«GQ Человек года»-2012: победители}} He is a member of the European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards.{{Cite web |title=Alexander Rodnyansky |url=https://www.asiapacificscreenawards.com/apsa-academy-members/alexander-rodnyansky |website=asiapacificscreenawards.com}}
Rodnyansky is a Member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love,{{Cite web |title=Shekvarebuli kulinaris ataserti retsepti - IMDb |trans-title=Shekvarebuli culinary ataserti recipes - Imdb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117050/awards |via=www.imdb.com}} East/West, Leviathan and Loveless.
Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced are Stalingrad (2013), the highest grossing Russian film at the time. Among other films produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and for seven years was the CEO of a Russian media company CTC Media.
Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.
Family and Education
Rodnyansky was born in Kyiv to Jewish parents Efim Naumovich Fridman and Larisa Zinovyevna Rodnyanskaya.{{cite web
|author=
|language =ru
|url = https://tass.ru/encyclopedia/person/rodnyanskiy-aleksandr-efimovich
|title =Роднянский, Александр Ефимович
|trans-title=Rodnyansky, Alexander Efimovich
|publisher = TASS
|accessdate = 2022-04-08}} Both parents worked at the Ukrainian film studio 'Kontakt'. His father Yefim Fridman was a senior engineer, while his mother Larisa Rodnyanskaya worked as a film producer and later was assigned director of the 'Kontakt'.{{cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/library/articles/2009/06/25/pochemu-ushel-rodnyanskij|title=Почему ушел Роднянский? |trans-title=Why did Rodnyansky leave? |last=Ведомости|date=25 June 2009|website=www.vedomosti.ru}} Alexander's maternal grandfather Zinovy Rodnyansky was chief editor of the Ukrainian documentary film studios, his cousin Esfir Shub was a prominent Soviet director.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.msk.kp.ru/daily/author/821143/
|title =Александр Роднянский
|trans-title = Alexander Rodnyansky
|publisher = Komsomolskaya Pravda
|accessdate = 2022-04-04
}}[https://lb.ua/file/person/3276_rodnyanskiy_aleksandr_efimovich.html Rodnyansky Alexander Yefymovych] at LB.ua (in Russian)S. Porter. [http://www.vedomosti.ru/library/articles/2009/06/25/pochemu-ushel-rodnyanskij Why Did Rodnyansky Leave?] at Vedomosti, June 25, 2009 (in Russian) Alexander's cousin Boris Fuchsmann is a German media mogul and investor,{{cite web
|author=Sobolev, S.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1045825
|title =У "1+1" остался один владелец
|trans-title = 1 + 1 Channel Has Only One Owner Left
|publisher = Kommersant
|date = 2008-10-23
|accessdate = 2022-04-04
}} he is also the vice-president of the World Jewish Congress and the President of Jewish Confederation of Ukraine.[http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/bio/boris-fuchsmann Boris Fuchsmann] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529235729/http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/bio/boris-fuchsmann |date=2016-05-29 }} at the World Jewish Congress website Together the cousins co-founded the 1+1 TV Channel and built the Hilton hotel in Kyiv.Khalil Aminov, Sergei Sobolev. [http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1349012 Alexander Rodnyansky is Getting Ready for Euro 2012] by Kommersant, April 5, 2010 (in Russian)Oksana Lyachynska. [https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/business/developers-go-all-out-to-build-hotels-by-euro-2012-64783.html?flavour=mobile Developers go all out to build hotels by Euro 2012] by Kyiv Post, April 22, 2010 {{ill|Irina Rodnyanskaya|ru|Роднянская, Ирина Бенционовна}}, Alexanders aunt-cousin, was a prominent Russian critic and literary historian, laureate of the Pushkin Prize and the Solzhenitsyn Prize. His cousin once removed {{ill|Lazar Rodnyansky|ru|Роднянский, Лазарь Маркович}} was a Soviet engineer, laureate of the Lenin Prize for creation of the Myasishchev M-4 bomber.{{cite book
|last=Daffy
|first=Paul
|year=1999
|title=А.Н. Туполев – человек и его самолеты
|trans-title=A. N. Tupolev - Man And His Planes
|url=https://coollib.com/b/248111-pol-daffi-an-tupolev-chelovek-i-ego-samoletyi/readp?p=19&cnt=9000
|ref=Daffy
|author=Solovyova, K.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.tatler.ru/heroes/esli-ty-ne-v-kannah-ty-nigde-intervyu-s-aleksandrom-rodnyanskim
|title ="Если ты не в Каннах, ты нигде": интервью с Александром Роднянским
|trans-title = ‘If You're Not in Cannes, You're Nowhere’: Interview with Rodnyansky
|publisher = Tatler
|date = 2017-07-03
|accessdate = 2022-04-04
}}
Due to the busy schedule of his parents, Alexander was raised by his grandfather and given his surname. Rodnyansky graduated from Kyiv's National University of Film, Theatre and Television as a documentary director. He studied under Felix Sobolev.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://events.vedomosti.ru/speakers/rodnyanskii-aleksandr-920
|title =Александр Роднянский
|trans-title =Alexander Rodnyansky
|publisher = Vedomosti
|accessdate = 2022-04-04
Career
= Documentaries =
In 1983 Rodnyansky started his career at Kyivnaukfilm studio. At that time he was making documentaries on ecology and politics.
He directed 10 feature short motion pictures which won him over 40 prestigious awards both at home and abroad. For the documentary Raoul Wallenberg's Mission he was awarded the highest award for a documentary filmmaker in the USSR – the Russian National Film Award NIKA as well as the European Film Award (for Best Documentary).
In 1990 Rodnyansky was invited to 'Innova Film', founded by Germany ZFD channel. His 1991 film Last farewell USSR was awarded the Gran Prix of Cinema Jove Film Festival in Valencia, Russian National Film Award NIKA, Special Jury prize at the Festival International de Cinema Nyon and the Best Documentary prize at the Duisburg Film Festival.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2293723
|title =Сказкой сделать быль
|trans-title = Turn Fairy tale into Reality
|publisher = Kommersant
|date = 2004-06-13
|accessdate = 2022-04-08
}}
From 1990 till 1994, he worked as a producer and film director at the German television channel ZDF.
= TV =
When Leonid Kuchma became the President, Rodnyansky returned to Ukraine. With a start-up capital of $400,000, Rodnyansky and his cousin Boris Fuchsmann co-founded the 1+1 Channel.{{cite web
|author=Grishin, N.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1678413
|title =Мистер блокбастер
|trans-title = Mister Blockbuster
|publisher = Kommersant
|date = 2011-08-03
|accessdate = 2022-04-06
|language = ru
|url = https://antikor.com.ua/articles/184406-kto_takoj_boris_fuksman_osnovatelj_11_vladelets_hilton_i_kinoteatrov_sinema_siti
|title =Кто такой Борис Фуксман: основатель 1+1, владелец Hilton и кинотеатров Синема Сити
|trans-title =Boris Fuchsmann
|publisher = AntoKor UA
|date = 2017-08-10
|accessdate = 2022-04-06
}} They were given 2.5 hours of daily screen time on the state channel UA:First. The channel was in a poor state then, it was unprofitable and had only 7% of the audience. Under new management, in two years 1+1 became the leader of the television market in Ukraine. Rodnyansky served as CEO and was a co-owner of the company together with Central European Media Enterprises (CME).{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1098087
|title =Телевизионный рынок
|trans-title = TV Market
|publisher = Kommersant
|date = 2008-12-22
|accessdate = 2022-04-06
}} On January 1, 1997, 1+1 started broadcasting on the {{ill|UT-2 Ukrainian State Channel|pl|UT-2 (stacja telewizyjna)}}. In 1997, Rodnyansky sold his 30% of shares in 1+1 to CME for $22 mln. Later, in 2005–2008, CME bought 100% of shares.{{cite web |language = ru
|url = https://file.liga.net/companies/1plus1
|title =1 + 1
|publisher = Liga File |accessdate = 2022-04-06
}}
In 2002 Peter Gerwe asked Rodnaynsky to head the American company Story First Communication (later renamed CTC Media) which operated one TV-channel – CTC. Rodnaynsky started buying licenses on Western TV series and shows and produced their localisation for Russia. Under his leadership the company transformed into an international television powerhouse with five channels in three countries.
Rodnyansky led CTC Media to become the first ever Russian media company with an IPO on NASDAQ. In 2002 the CTC Channel had a market value of approximately $40 million; when Rodnyansky left CTC Media in 2008, the company's market capitalization was over $4 billion; CTC doubled its audience share and became the fourth most popular channel in Russia.
= Later Business =
In 2009 Rodnyansky founded A.R. Films and purchased 51% of shares of Sergey Melkumov's Non-Stop Production. At the end of 2009 he acquired 51% of the A Company, which also had a stake in Filmklik.{{Cite web |title=Russischer Filmemacher übernimmt Mehrheit an A Company |url=https://beta.blickpunktfilm.de/details/303781 |access-date=2022-12-05 |website=beta.blickpunktfilm.de}} In Spring 2010 Rodnyansky bought majority share in {{ill|Cinema Without Limits (Russian Company)|ru|Кино без границ}}. In 2011 A.R. Films acquired 'A Company', founded by Alexander Van Dulmen. In 2012 it launched 'A Company Distribution' in Russia that soon started collaborating with the 20th Century Fox on domestics releases. It also produced and distributed Non-Stop Production's movies and TV series.{{cite web |language = ru
|author=Afanasyeva, A.
|url =https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4340379
|title =К AR Films спродюсировали иск
|trans-title = AR Films Gets Sued
|publisher = Kommersant
|date = 2020-05-08
|accessdate = 2022-04-06
}} Also in 2011 Alexander Rodnyansky's A.R. Films purchased 51% of Berlin-based A Company Consulting and Licensing, one of the biggest film licensing and distribution outfits in Central and Eastern Europe.{{cite web
|author=Holdsworth, N.
|language = en
|url = https://variety.com/2013/film/news/eeap-renamed-a-company-film-licensing-intl-1118064261/
|title =EEAP renamed A Company Film Licensing Intl.
|publisher = Variety
|date = 2013-01-07
|accessdate = 2022-04-08}}
In 2015 'A Company' declared bankruptcy, Rodnyansky withdrew €10 mln shortly before. The bankruptcy supervisor Tornsten Martini sued A.R. Films for €2 mln, in March 2018 the Berlin court ordered A.R. Films to pay, however, the order wasn't executed. In 2019 the second sue followed, $3.8 mln were added to the previous fine. Later, the producer settled all legal issues with opponents and sold his part to AR Films.[https://rtvi.com/stories/avtorskie-proekty-zabral-s-soboj-aleksandr-rodnyanskij-izbavilsya-ot-kinokompanii-non-stop-prodakshn-i-ee-dolgov/ “Авторские проекты забрал с собой”. Александр Роднянский избавился от кинокомпании «Нон-стоп продакшн» и ее долгов]
In 2018 Rodnyansky announced the establishment of a new, Hollywood-based company AR Content to work on international projects.{{cite web
|author=Nekrasov, D.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kinometro.ru/news/show/name/ar_content_announcement_5496
|title =Александр Роднянский анонсировал новую компанию AR Content
|trans-title = Alexander Rodnyansly Announces New Company AR Content
|publisher = Film Distribution Bulletin
|date = 2018-05-14
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
|author=Kozlov, V.
|language = en
|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/alexander-rodnyansky-beanpole-embracing-opportunities-1211142/
|title =Alexander Rodnyansky on 'Beanpole,' Embracing Opportunities in the Age of Netflix
|publisher = The Hollywood Reporter
|date = 2019-05-16
|accessdate = 2022-04-07}}
= Cinema and TV Series =
In 2011 Alexander Mindadze's film Innocent Saturday produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and received a Golden Eagle for Best Script in 2012.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/markets-festivals/innocent-saturday-1117944605/|title=Innocent Saturday|first1=Leslie|last1=Felperin|date=14 February 2011|publisher=}} In the same year, Andrey Zvyagintsev's Elena, also produced by Rodnyansky, won The Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite news|last=Leffler|first=Rebecca|date=21 May 2011|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/regard-announces-top-prizes-cannes-190886|title=Un Certain Regard Announces Top Prizes (Cannes 2011)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 May 2011}} In 2012, Elena won four Golden Eagles for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1861307
|title ="Золотой орел" за лучший фильм получила "Елена" Звягинцева
|trans-title =Zvyagintsev's Elena Receives ‘Golden Eagle’ for Best Film
|publisher = Kommersant
|date = 2012-01-27
|accessdate = 2022-04-05
}} In the television mini-series category, Dostoevsky, produced by Rodnyansky's Non-Stop Production, won three Golden Eagles, for Best Television Drama and for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress in a TV Drama.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.gazeta.ru/photo/culture/nazvany_pobediteli_kinopremii_zolotoi_orel.shtml?photo=3977753#!photo=6
|title =Названы победители кинопремии "Золотой орел"
|trans-title = Golden Eagle Laureates Announced
|publisher = Gazeta.ru
|date = 2012-01-28
|accessdate = 2022-04-06
}}
Jayne Mansfield's Car, a family comedy/drama directed by Billy Bob Thornton became the first US film, produced by Alexander Rodnyansky. The ensemble cast included Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Kevin Bacon, Robert Patrick, Frances O'Connor and Ray Stevenson.{{cite web
|language = en
|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/hurt-and-bacon-in-jayne-mansfield-s-car-2298173.html
|title =Hurt and Bacon in 'Jayne Mansfield's Car'
|work = The Independent
|date = 2011-06-16
|accessdate = 2022-04-05
}}
In 2012, Rodnyansky partnered with director Robert Rodriguez to produce a sequel to the 2010 film Machete, Machete Kills, and the cult 2005 film Sin City, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller. Cloud Atlas, directed by The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, and co-produced by Alexander Rodnyansky, was released in 2012 in Russia by A Company and grossed $16.5 mln.{{cite web
|author=Kozlov, V.
|language = en
|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/alexander-rodnyansky-launches-russian-festival-foreign-films-1265172/
|title ='Cloud Atlas' Producer Sets Russian Fest for Foreign Films, Including '1917'
|publisher = The Hollywood Reporter
|date = 2019-12-30
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}}
In 2013 Alexander Rodnyansky produced with his partner Sergey Melkumov an epic war drama Stalingrad, directed by Fedor Bondarchuk. Stalingrad has opened to $8.3 million in China on 7,136 screens, including 123 in Imax 3D making it the best-ever start for a non-Chinese and non-Hollywood film in the country.
After 2013 Rodnyansky decided to specialize in art house cinema genre.{{cite web |language = ru
|url = https://secretmag.ru/business/trade-secret/mister-blokbaster-s-chego-nachinalas-karera-aleksandra-rodnyanskogo-v-gollivude.htm
|title =Мистер блокбастер: Как Александр Роднянский осваивался в Голливуде
|trans-title = Mister Blockbuster
|publisher = Secret Mag
|date = 2017-09-29
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}}
In 2014 Leviathan directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition of 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The Guardian called the film "a new Russian masterpiece", while IndieWire gave it an "A+". Leviathan won the award for The Best Screenplay and was picked up for US distribution by Sony Classics.{{cite web |language = ru
|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/director-cannes-best-screenplay-winner-707120/
|title =Director of Cannes Best Screenplay Winner 'Leviathan' Defends Film's 'Bad Language'
|publisher =The Hollywood Reporter
|date = 2014-05-27
|accessdate = 2022-04-04
|author=Catherine Shoard
|language = en
|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/29/leviathan-russian-cannes-movie-putin-attack
|title =Leviathan: the Cannes hit which absolutely definitely doesn't put the boot in to Putin
|work = The Guardian
|date = 2014-05-29
|accessdate = 2022-04-04
}}
Leviathan won the Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/11172800/Leviathan-wins-Best-Film-Award-at-the-BFI-London-Film-Festival.html|title=Leviathan wins Best Film Award at the BFI London Film Festival|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}} and the Best Foreign Language Film award at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards.[http://www.dickclark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/72nd-Annual-Golden-Globes-Nominations.pdf 72ND ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227021100/https://www.dickclark.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/72nd-Annual-Golden-Globes-Nominations.pdf |date=2017-02-27 }}. dickclark.com. Retrieved 11 December 2014. It was also nominated for an Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 87th Academy Awards. Leviathan was also nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and an Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film.
In 2016 The Duelist directed by Aleksey Mizgirev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky was screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/duelist-review-929322 |title=The Duelist (Duelyant): Film Review, TIFF 2016 |last=Felperin |first=Leslie |date=September 15, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter review}}
In 2016 Alexander Rodnyansky was invited to the Jury{{Cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/actualites/articles/the-camera-d-or-jury-2016|title=The Caméra d'or Jury 2016|date=2016-04-28|website=Festival de Cannes 2016|access-date=2016-08-01}} of the Caméra d'Or program of the Cannes Film Festival. In June 2016 he became the member{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-683-membership|title=ACADEMY INVITES 683 TO MEMBERSHIP|date=2016-06-29|access-date=2016-08-01}} of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2017 Loveless directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in competition of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Loveless won the Jury Prize at Cannes. and The Best Film Award at BFI London Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/andrey-zvyagintsev-loveless-best-film-bfi-london-film-festival-1202590197/|title=Andrey Zvyagintsev's 'Loveless' Takes Top Honors at London Film Festival|first1=Henry|last1=Chu|date=October 14, 2017|website=variety.com}} In September 2017 the Russian Oscar committee nominated Loveless as a Russian entry into the Oscar race for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards and was nominated in final shortlist. Another film produced by Alexander Rodnyansky – Requiem for Mrs. J directed by Bojan Vuletić was nominated by Serbia as their entry into the Oscar race.
In 2018 The Man Who Surprised Everyone, directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. It won the Best Actress Award at the Horizons (Orizzonti) section.{{Cite web|url=https://www.plutofilm.de/news/best-actress-award-at-venice-iff-goes-to-the-man-who-surprised-everyone/0067|title=Best Actress award at Venice IFF goes to THE MAN WHO SURPRISED EVERYONE|website=www.plutofilm.de}}
In 2019 Beanpole directed by Kantemir Balagov and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Beanpole won the Un Certain Regard Best Director Award and the FIPRESCI Prize for Best Film in the Un Certain Regard section. It was selected as the Russian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, making the December shortlist.{{cite web |language =en
|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/2020-oscars-russia-selects-beanpole-international-feature-film-category-1243207/
|title =Oscars: Russia Selects 'Beanpole' for International Feature Film Category
|publisher = The Hollywood Reporter
|date = 2019-09-24
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}} In 2020 when Beanpole was released in the US, it gathered almost universal critical praise – 92% at review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beanpole|title=Beanpole|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}} Beanpole was included in Best Films of 2020 tops by the Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-12-11/10-best-movies-2020-justin-chang|title=The best movies of 2020 — and where to find them|date=December 11, 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}} Esquire,{{Cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/g29500577/best-movies-of-2020/|title=The Best Movies of 2020|first=Nick|last=Schager|date=December 16, 2020|website=Esquire}} The Hollywood Reporter,{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hollywood-reporter-critics-pick-the-best-films-of-2020-4103713/|title=Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best Films of 2020|first1=David|last1=Rooney|first2=Jon|last2=Frosch|first3=Sheri|last3=Linden|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=December 15, 2020}} IndieWire,{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/best-films-2020-indiewire-staff-1234606790/|title=The Best Films of 2020, According to IndieWire's Staff|first1=Kate|last1=Erbland|date=December 30, 2020|website=indiewire.com}} CBS ,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/best-movies-2020-ranked/|title=The best movies of 2020, ranked|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=September 2020 }} The Playlist,{{Cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/the-25-best-films-of-2020-20201208/|title=The 25 Best Films Of 2020|website=theplaylist.net}} Vulture,{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-movies-2020.html|title=The Best Movies of 2020|first=Alison Willmore, Bilge Ebiri, Angelica Jade|last=Bastién|date=December 8, 2020|website=Vulture}} and The Rolling Stone.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-lists/the-20-best-movies-of-2020-1096214/|title=Year in Review: The 20 Best Movies of 2020|first1=David|last1=Fear|date=December 11, 2020|website=rollingstone.com}} Former US president Barack Obama named Beanpole among his favourite films of 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/obama-best-movies-2020-1234605518/|title=Barack Obama's Favorite Films of the Year Include 'Nomadland,' 'Mank,' and 'Time'|first1=Jude|last1=Dry|date=December 18, 2020|website=indiewire.com}}
Variety included Alexander Rodnyansky in its Variety500 index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global entertainment industry. In 2021 his AR Content production company signed a first look deal with Apple TV+.{{Cite web|first1=Leo|last1=Barraclough|first2=Christopher|last2=Vourlias|date=2021-07-12|title=Apple Inks First-Look Deal With Oscar-Nominated Producer Alexander Rodnyansky's AR Content (EXCLUSIVE)|url=https://variety.com/2021/streaming/global/apple-first-look-alexander-rodnyansky-1235017386/|access-date=2021-07-13|website=Variety|language=en-US}}
In 2021 Unclenching the Fists, directed by Kira Kovalenko and produced by Alexander Rodnyansky became the first Russian film in history to win the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program in 2021 Cannes Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/unclenching-the-fists-wins-top-prize-cannes-film-festivals-un-certain-regard-1234794617/|title='Unclenching The Fists' Wins Top Prize In Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard Sidebar|first1=Tom|last1=Grater|date=July 16, 2021}} Also in 2021 Vladimir Bitokov's movie Mama, I'm Home was included into the Orizzonti Extra program of the 78th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url =https://tass.ru/kultura/11987127
|title =Роднянский назвал фильм "Мама, я дома" бескомпромиссным авторским высказыванием
|trans-title = Rodnyansky on Bitokov's Movie 'Mama, I'm Home': ‘It's an uncompromising statement’
|publisher = TASS
|date = 2021-07-26
|accessdate = 2022-04-12
|author=Christopher Vourlias
|language = en
|url =https://variety.com/2021/film/global/mama-im-home-venice-film-festival-1235051730/
|title =Vladimir Bitokov Looks to Find a 'Home' in Venice With Sophomore Feature
|publisher = Variety
|date = 2021-09-03
|accessdate = 2022-04-12}}{{cite web
|author=Geoffrey Macnab
|language = en
|url =https://www.screendaily.com/features/alexander-rodnyansky-on-why-this-is-an-amazing-moment-for-russian-filmmaking/5162960.article
|title =Alexander Rodnyansky on why this is an amazing moment for Russian filmmaking
|publisher = Screen Daily
|date = 2021-09-02
|accessdate = 2022-04-12}}
After the beginning of Russian war in Ukraine, Rodnyansky publicly announced{{Citation |title=Александр Роднянский об отъезде из России, Буче и ответственности за войну {{!}} Интервью Би-би-си |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRbNyAFTjcc |language=en |access-date=2022-04-19}} that all of his Russian projects are put on hold or closed. Following the invasion, he will focus on his American company AR Content, which develops English-language and multi-lingual feature films, documentaries and television shows, including Khan{{Cite web |last1=Vourlias |first1=Christopher |date=2022-02-11 |title=Fox Entertainment Acquires U.S. Rights to AR Content's 'Khan: The Series' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/fox-ar-content-khan-us-rights-1235178444/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} with FOX Entertainment and Red Rainbow, to be directed by Emmy-winning director Andrij Parekh.{{Cite web |last1=Lodderhose |first1=Diana |date=2021-12-08 |title='Succession' Director Andrij Parekh Boards Alexander Rodnyansky-Produced LGBTQ+ Dramedy Series 'Red Rainbow' |url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/succession-director-andrij-parekh-boards-alexander-rodnyansky-produced-lgbtq-dramedy-series-red-rainbow-1234886908/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
In February 2023 Rodnyansky announced that The Killing and Suicide Squad alum Joel Kinnaman will star in AR Content's adaptation of John Nixon's Debriefing the President{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=James |date=2016-12-18 |title=Review: ‘Debriefing the President’ Tears Into the C.I.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/18/books/review-debriefing-the-president-tears-into-the-cia.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=2023-02-15 |title=Joel Kinnaman To Star As Former CIA Agent John Nixon In AR Content’s Saddam Hussein Interrogation Drama ‘Debriefing The President’ |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/joel-kinnamen-to-star-in-ar-content-saddam-hussein-interrogation-drama-debriefing-the-president-1235122263/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}. Kinnaman will play a former CIA analyst Nixon who wrote the non-fiction book about his experience of being the first American to identify and interrogate Saddam Hussein following his 2003 capture.
In 2024 Rodnyansky announced that the strategy would be “building a hub”{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=2024-05-20 |title=Why Ukraine-Born Producer Alexander Rodnyansky, Who Was Forced To Flee Russia, Feels More Compelled Than Ever To Bring Stories "Rooted In Truth" To The Screen — Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/alexander-rodnyansky-loveless-ukraine-russia-stories-rooted-in-truth-ar-content-cannes-1235923049/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} of European and international talent and uniting them with Hollywood through his banner AR Content. As a part of this strategy Alexander Rodnyansky already announced the following films: At The Sea by Kornel Mundruzo, starring Amy Addams,{{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=2024-04-24 |title=Amy Adams to Star in ‘At the Sea,’ Latest Drama From Kornél Mundruczó |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/amy-adams-at-the-sea-movie-kornel-mundruczo-1235880350/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Orphan directed by Oscar-winning Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes,{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=2024-04-24 |title=Laszlo Nemes Feature ‘Orphan’ Sets June Start For Budapest Shoot As Charades & New Europe Team To Co-Sell – Cannes Market |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/laszlo-nemes-orphan-june-start-budapest-shoot-charades-new-europe-sales-launch-cannes-market-1235893506/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} first English-language film of Kantemir Balagov Butterfly Jam, produced in cooperation with Why Not Productions{{Cite web |last=Lodderhose |first=Diana |date=2024-05-07 |title=Goodfellas, Why Not Productions Board Kantemir Balagov’s English-Language Debut ‘Butterfly Jam’ With AR Content — Cannes Market |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/goodfellas-why-not-productions-board-kantemir-balagovs-english-language-debut-butterfly-jam-ar-content-cannes-market-1235907783/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} and 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel aftermath film Of Dogs And Men, directed by Dani Rosenberg.{{Cite web |last=Vourlias |first=Christopher |date=2024-05-22 |title=Hamas Attack Aftermath Film ‘Of Dogs and Men’ From Dani Rosenberg, AR Content Boarded by RAI Cinema International Distribution (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/hamas-attack-film-of-dogs-and-men-rai-cinema-international-distribution-1236012275/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Public and political views
As a Kyiv-born Ukrainian, Alexander Rodnyansky never held a Russian passport despite working in Russia for over 20 years. He holds a Ukrainian passport and has numerous friends and relatives in Ukraine, though his own family is Russian-speaking.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://detector.media/novosti/article/158690/2014-06-23-aleksandr-rodnyanskyy-maydan-sozdal-vse-nyneshnye-problemy-ukrayny/
|title =Александр Роднянский: "Майдан создал все нынешние проблемы Украины"
|trans-title =Alexander Rodnyansky: ‘Euromaidan Created All Problems of Modern Ukraine’
|publisher = Detector Media
|date = 2014-06-23
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}} In a 2014 interview he explained his point of view of the Crimea annexation. According to Rodnyansky, losing the Crimea in 1992 was perceived by the Russian society as the deepest psychological injury in recent history, and in public perception the annexation was inevitable. He recalled that in 1995 Aleksei Balabanov explained this to him and that during the years of its independence, Ukraine did nothing to the Crimea. Rodnyansky was sure though, that a war between Russia and Ukraine is impossible.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://sobesednik.ru/dmitriy-bykov/20140621-aleksandr-rodnyanskiy-prisoedinenie-kryma-bylo-neizbezhno
|title =Александр Роднянский: Присоединение Крыма было неизбежно
|trans-title=Rodnyansky: Annexation of Crimea Was Inevitable
|publisher = Sobesednik
|date = 2014-06-21
|accessdate = 2022-04-07}} In 2015 he explained that he sees deep flaws in both political systems, and expressed regrets, that Ukrainian culture and TV is controlled by the government as much as it is in Russia .{{cite web
|author=Sobchak, X.
|language = ru
|url = https://tvrain.ru/teleshow/sobchak_zhivem/gosudarstvennye_telekanaly_namnogo_soderzhatelnee_ostalnyh_esli_otsech_ideologiju_prodjuser_aleksandr_rodnjanskij_o_spornyh_storonah_goskontrolja_nad_smi-384821/
|title ="Нынешний синий паспорт гражданина Украины менять не собираюсь"
|trans-title = ‘I'm Not Going to Change my Blue Ukrainian Passport to Any Other’
|publisher = TV Rain
|date = 2015-03-31
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}}
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In a 2019 interview, Rodnyansky criticized self-censorship in Russia and its growing trend for self-isolation.
In April 2020 Rodnyansky's Non-Stop Production was excluded from the official register of the {{ill|Russian State Cinema Committee|ru|Государственный комитет Российской Федерации по кинематографии}} which meant that they could no longer receive government fundings for their movie projects.{{cite web
|author=Boletzkaya, K.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.vedomosti.ru/media/articles/2020/04/24/828929-rodnyanskogo-uchitelya-spiska-fonda
|title =Кинокомпании Роднянского и Учителя исключены из списка Фонда кино
|trans-title = Rodnyansky's and Uchitel's Cinema Companies Excluded from State Cinema Committee register
|publisher = Vedomosti
|date =2020-04-24
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}}
From the first day of war, Alexander Rodnyansky publicly opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He gave multiple anti-war interviews to both film industry publications - Variety ,{{Cite web |last1=Vourlias |first1=Christopher |date=2022-02-25 |title=Oscar-Nominated Producer Alexander Rodnyansky on Russian Invasion of Ukraine: 'There Are No Excuses for War' |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/ukraine-alexander-rodnyansky-1235190157/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} Deadline{{Cite web |last1=Lodderhose |first1=Diana |date=2022-03-17 |title=Ukraine-Born Producer Alexander Rodnyansky Responds After Russia's Defense Minister Demands His Work Be Removed From "Cultural Agenda" |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/russia-defense-minister-demands-work-ukraine-born-producer-alexander-rodnyansky-removed-cultural-agenda-1234981620/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} and Screen International{{Cite web |last=Macnab2022-03-18T08:52:00+00:00 |first=Geoffrey |title=Producer Alexander Rodnyansky decries move to exclude him from Russia's "cultural agenda" |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/producer-alexander-rodnyansky-decries-move-to-exclude-him-from-russias-cultural-agenda/5168758.article |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Screen |language=en}} as well as international media.
Alexander Rodnyansky turned his personal [https://www.instagram.com/alexander.rodnyansky/ Instagram] account into an anti-war media, documenting for his largely Russia-based audiences the atrocities of war in Ukraine, including the massacre of Bucha and other war crimes perpetrated by the Russian army.
Jerusalem Post first reported that In the first hours of war Rodnyansky was instrumental in getting a Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich to help broker a peace process.{{Cite web |title=Russia-Ukraine war: Roman Abramovich in Belarus assisting talks |url=https://www.jpost.com/international/article-698891 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}} This was later confirmed by UK and US media, including Sky News{{Cite web |title=Roman Abramovich: Chelsea owner trying to find 'peaceful resolution' to Ukraine invasion, spokesman says |url=https://news.sky.com/story/roman-abramovich-chelsea-owner-trying-to-find-peaceful-resolution-to-ukraine-invasion-spokesman-says-12553990 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Sky News |language=en}} and Financial Times.{{Cite news |last1=Massoudi |first1=Arash |last2=Seddon |first2=Max |last3=Olearchyk |first3=Roman |date=2022-02-28 |title=Roman Abramovich 'trying to help' end the war in Ukraine |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3fe58bed-0435-4774-82e1-d7ad915bfe49 |access-date=2022-04-19}} Rodnyansky confirmed to FT his involvement. He said that Abramovich's influence over the Kremlin “was limited” but added that the billionaire was the only Russian figure who had agreed to help.
For his public anti-war position Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Sergey Shoigu made a request to Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova to eliminate "Rodnyansky from cultural agenda of Russia". In a letter leaked to a Russian publication Insider,{{Cite web |title=Шойгу направил личное обращение в Минкульт с просьбой исключить "Зеленского и Роднянского из культурной повестки России" — источник |url=https://theins.ru/news/249369 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=The Insider |language=ru}} Rodnyansky was named alongside Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky.{{Cite web |title=Shoigu asked the Ministry of Culture to exclude Zelensky and Rodnyansky from the "cultural agenda" |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/03/17/smi-shoigu-poprosil-minkult-iskliuchit-zelenskogo-i-rodnianskogo-iz-kulturnoi-povestki-news |website=Novaya Gazeta}} Rodnyansky responded, that he is independent and does not need state money, but he is deeply troubled that the directors that he worked with - Zvyagintsev, Balagov, Kovalenko - might also suffer and their films might be «excluded from the cultural agenda».{{cite web
|author=Macnab, G.
|language = en
|url =https://www.screendaily.com/news/producer-alexander-rodnyansky-decries-move-to-exclude-him-from-russias-cultural-agenda/5168758.article
|title =Ukrainian-Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky decries move to exclude him from Russian "cultural agenda"
|publisher = Screen Daily
|date = 2022-03-18
|accessdate = 2022-04-07}} Rodnyansky speaks up publicly not only against the war and the Putin regime, he also published an opinion piece in Financial Times{{Cite news |last=Rodnyansky |first=Alexander |date=2022-03-23 |title=We should not abandon Russian citizens to a culture of brutality |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e0da5dc1-0e68-4156-9153-d7f501be487a |access-date=2022-04-19}} urging the West not to isolate Russians, who oppose Putin, who were either forced to leave the country or trapped under Putin's regime.{{cite web
|author=Rodnyansky, A.
|language = en
|url = https://www.ft.com/content/e0da5dc1-0e68-4156-9153-d7f501be487a
|title =We should not abandon Russian citizens to a culture of brutality
|publisher = Deadline
|date = 2022-03-17
|accessdate = 2022-04-07}}
A public pro-war group that lists «national traitors that pose threat to Russian interests» branded Alexander Rodnyansky as an «enemy» of the Russian state.{{Cite web |title=Роднянский Александр Ефимович {{!}} Комитет защиты национальных интересов |url=https://rustraitor.info/node/1696 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=rustraitor.info}}
On October 21, 2022, Alexander Rodnyansky was declared to be a "foreign agent" by the Russian Ministry of Justice.{{Cite web |date=2022-10-21 |title=Foreign agent Friday: Ukrainian producer Alexander Rodnyansky, Russian reporters Alexander Plyushchev, Tatyana Felgenhauer, Mikhail Zygar added to Russia's 'foreign agent' list |url=https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022/10/21/foreign-agent-friday-ukrainian-producer-alexander-rodnyansky-russian-reporters-alexander-plyushchev-tatyana-felgenhauer-mikhail-zygar-added-to-russias-foreign-agent-list-en-news |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=Novaya Gazeta. Europe}} A so-called “foreign agents” law, passed in 2012 and repeatedly expanded, allows the Justice Ministry to label for political reason opposition groups or individuals “foreign agents,” exposing them to fines and harassment that stymie their work.{{Cite web |last=Tbilisi |first=U. S. Embassy |date=2021-08-10 |title=How Russia's 'foreign agents' law silences dissent |url=https://ge.usembassy.gov/how-russias-foreign-agents-law-silences-dissent/ |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=U.S. Embassy in Georgia |language=en-US}}
On May 17, 2023, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Rodnyansky in absentia in connection on the charges of "spreading fake news" about the Russian army. There had been no previous reports of a criminal case against Rodnyansky.{{cite news |title=Ukrainian film producer arrested in absentia in Russia over "fake news" about army|url=https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/17/7402571/|work=Ukrainska Pravda|date=17 May 2023|access-date=17 May 2023|language=English}} According to the court's press service, Rodnyansky, who is outside Russia, will be arrested once Russian authorities manage to detain him or to get him extradited.{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2023-05-17 |title=Russia orders arrest of movie producer, director who criticized Ukraine war |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-05-17/russia-orders-arrest-of-prominent-producer-director-who-criticized-ukraine-war |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
On October 21, 2024 the Basmanny District Court of Moscow sentenced Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years in prison{{Cite news |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=2024-10-22 |title=Alexander Rodnyansky: Oscar-nominated producer sentenced to jail in Russia in absentia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/oct/22/alexander-rodnyansky-ukrainian-producer-jail-sentence-russia |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} for speaking out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2023 Rodnyansky wrote in the Guardian{{Cite news |last=Rodnyansky |first=Alexander |date=2023-09-14 |title=Putin will give me a jail sentence for opposing his war in Ukraine, but he won’t silence me |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/vladimir-putin-jail-war-ukraine-russia-alexander-rodnyansky |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} about his potential sentencing: “No other country in the world recognises this crime and I don’t either. I will continue to speak out against the invasion on every platform available to me". Russia has detained, fined and jailed thousands of people for opposing its Ukraine offensive since February 2022 – a crackdown rights groups have compared to the Soviet era.
Personal life
Alexander Rodnyansky is married to Valeria Rodnyansky (née Miroshnichenko), the couple have a daughter, Ellen, and a son, Alexander.{{cite web
|language = ru
|url = https://www.buro247.ru/stars/valeriya-rodnyanskaya
|title =Валерия Роднянская
|trans-title = Valeria Rodnyansky
|publisher = Buro 24/7
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
|language = ru
|url = https://www.tatler.ru/heroes/kak-valeriya-rodnyanskaya-prodvigaet-tirazhnuyu-grafiku
|title =Как Валерия Роднянская продвигает тиражную графику: "Я чуть ли не впервые делаю вещь, которая не сопротивляется"
|trans-title = Valeria Rodnyansky Promotes Art of Printmaking: ‘For the First Time in My Life I'm Working With Material that Doesn't Resist’
|publisher = Tatler
|date = 2021-01-13
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
|author=Panushkin, V.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.vogue.ru/magazine/articles/126811
|title =На своем месте
|trans-title = In Its Place
|publisher = Vogue Russia
|date = 2010-10-19
|accessdate = 2022-04-07
}}
In 2019, Alexander Rodnyansky Jr. was assigned Principal Economics Advisor of Ukrainian government.{{cite web
|author=Voropaeva, E.
|language = ru
|url = https://www.rbc.ru/politics/18/03/2022/62346d599a7947d16b49e97c
|title =Роднянский усомнился в возможности "очистить" от него культурную повестку Александр Роднянский
|trans-title = Rodnyansky Doubts He Can Be Cancelled From Russian Cultural Agenda
|publisher = RBC
|date = 2022-03-18
|accessdate = 2022-04-08
|author=Bosotti, Aurora
|language = en
|url = https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1584843/Zelensky-Volodymyr-Ukraine-Russia-invasion-sanctions-oligarchs-warning-vn
|title ='Knew what's coming' Zelensky advisor warns oligarchs prepared to bypass West sanction
|publisher = Express
|date = 2022-03-23
|accessdate = 2022-04-08}}
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