Alexander Sladkov
{{Short description|Russian journalist}}
{{POV|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexander Sladkov
| image = Aleksandr Sladkov (2023).jpg
| caption = Sladkov in 2009
| native_name = Александр Сладков
| native_name_lang = ru
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1966|04|01}}
| birth_place = Monino, Moscow Region, U.S.S.R.
| alma_mater = Kurgan Higher Military-Political Aviation School
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Journalist}}
| years_active = 1992–present
}}
Alexander Valeryevich Sladkov ({{langx|ru|Александр Валерьевич Сладков}}; born April 1, 1966) is a prominent Russian military correspondent and a special correspondent for the Izvestia program.
Biography
Sladkov graduated from Kurgan Higher Military-Political Aviation School in 1987.{{Cite web |title=Военкор Александр Сладков приехал на юбилей КВВПАУ в Курган |url=https://oblast45.ru/publication/46884 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=oblast45.ru |language=ru-RU}}{{Cite web |title=Читать Швабра, Ленин, АКМ. Правдивые истории из жизни военного училища онлайн |url=https://bookshake.net/r/shvabra-lenin-akm-pravdivye-istorii-iz-zhizni-voennogo-aleksandr-valerevich-sladkov |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=bookshake.net}} In 1992, he retired from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the rank of Senior lieutenant (First lieutenant){{citation needed|date=November 2022}}. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as a correspondent for the regional newspaper Vremya in the town of Shchyolkovo in the Moscow Region and for the program Voice of Russia on Radio Rossii.{{Cite web |date=1 December 2008 |title=Александр Сладков/Alexandr Sladkov |url=https://www.peoples.ru/state/journalist/alexandr_sladkov/ |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=Люди}}
He studied journalism at the Faculty of Humanities University{{Vague|date=July 2023|reason=At which university and in what years?}}, graduating with an externship.{{Cite web |date=2008-08-14 |title=ТАТЬЯНА СЛАДКОВА: "НЕ СОЧТИТЕ МЕНЯ СУМАСШЕДШЕЙ, НО Я ЛЮБЛЮ ОПАСНУЮ РАБОТУ МУЖА" |url=https://www.trud.ru/article/14-08-2008/132166_tatjana_sladkova_ne_sochtite_menja_sumasshedshej_n.html |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=www.trud.ru |language=ru-RU}} Since 1993, Sladkov has worked on the television channel Rossiya as a correspondent for the program Izvestiya. From April 2002 to September 2015 he was the author, manager, and presenter of the Military Program,{{Cite news |title=Все мы родом из армии |work=Красная Звезда |publication-date=14 February 2002 |url=http://old.redstar.ru/2002/02/14_02/1_01.html}} and from September 2003 to January 2004 he was the presenter of the TV entertainment program Steep Route.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}} Sladkov broadcast news from Grozny during the battles of the Russian forces against the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in January 1995, March and August 1996, and January 2000. On August 9, 2008, he received a leg wound while covering the Russo-Georgian war.{{Cite web |date=2008-08-10 |title=В Южной Осетии получил ранение журналист НТВ |url=https://iz.ru/news/432305 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Известия |language=ru}}
He covered the Transnistria conflict, the Tajikistani Civil War, the Chechen-Russian conflict, the Russo-Georgian war, and the Russo-Ukrainian war. Since 2014, he has been a member of the Public Council under the Russian Ministry of Defense.{{Cite web |title=Члены Общественного совета при Минобороне РФ посетили автошколу ДОСААФ в Рязани — Союз Десантников России |url=http://sdrvdv.ru/news/chleny-obshhestvennogo-soveta-pri-minoborone-rf-posetili-avtoshkolu-dosaaf-v-ryazani/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |language=ru-RU}}
= Work in Ukraine =
Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, Alexander Sladkov has worked in the contested territories, justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine and role of the Russian army's alleged war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.{{No source|date=December 2023}}
Sladkov regularly interrogates Ukrainian prisoners of war and political prisoners who have allegedly been tortured by the Russian special services. One of the most famous victims was Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev from Donetsk.{{Cite web |title=Достатньо було сказати, що зроблять з його дівчиною – Асєєв про допит Протасевича на телебаченні Білорусі (рос.) |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/protasevich-aseev-interview/31290543.html |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Радіо Свобода |language=uk}}{{Citation |title=Как пленного украинского журналиста превратили в "шпиона" {{!}} Донбасc Реалии |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwZeFhjA1d4 |language=en |access-date=2022-07-16}}{{Neutrality disputed|date=December 2023}}
In April 2020, Alexander Sladkov published a video on his YouTube channel showing Russian positions near the Ukrainian-controlled town of Horlivka in the Donetsk Region. In this video, the separatists fired from a 122 mm caliber Partisan launcher (improvised launcher for MLRS BM-21 Grad), which was prohibited according to the Minsk agreements that were rejected by both sides .{{Cite web |title=Пропагандист РФ в своем видео случайно показал карту по которой боевики корректируют огонь по позициям ВСУ • ГЛАВК – главные новости со всего мира |url=https://glavk.net/news/687368-propagandist_rf_v_svoem_video_sluchajno_pokazal_kartu_po_kotoroj_boeviki_korrektirujut_ogonj_po_pozitsijam_vsu |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=ГЛАВК}}
=Personal life=
Alexander Sladkov lives in Moscow, is married and has four children.{{Cite web |title=Александр Сладков: Как живет известный военный корреспондент и как выглядит его семья |url=https://showbiz.mediasole.ru/aleksandr_sladkov_kak_zhivet_izvestnyy_voennyy_korrespondent_i_kak_vyglyadit_ego_semya |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=showbiz.mediasole.ru}}
=Awards=
- Order of Honor (1996) - for active participation in the creation and development of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 08.05.1996 г. № 683 |url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/9320 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}
- Honorary weapon (1999) - from the Russian Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Russian Federation I.D. Sergeev.{{Cite web |title=Вернувшись из Чечни, министр обороны заявил, что российские войска пришли туда навсегда |url=https://polit.ru/news/1999/10/28/539002/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=polit.ru}}
- Order of Courage (2000), for self-sacrifice in covering events in the North Caucasus region.{{Cite web |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 08.12.2000 г. № 1982 |url=http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/16343 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}
- Award of the Federal Security Service of Russia (nomination "Television and Radio Programs", 2006) - for the propaganda film The End of the Black Angel"{{Cite news |date=8 December 2006 |title=В Москве впервые вручили премии ФСБ России за лучшие произведения об органах безопасности |work=NewsRu |url=https://www.newsru.com/cinema/08dec2006/fsb.html |access-date=16 July 2022 }}
- Award of the Federal Security Service of Russia (nomination "Television and Radio Programs", 2013) - for the propaganda film Fire Bail. Those who survived {{Cite web |date=14 June 2014 |title=Подведены итоги Конкурса ФСБ России за лучшие произведения литературы и искусства о деятельности органов федеральной службы безопасности 2013 года. |url=https://www.fsb.ru/fsb/premiya/2013.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140614133847/http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/premiya/2013.htm |archive-date=14 June 2014 |website=Federal Security Service of Russian Federation Official website}}
- Award of the Federal Security Service of Russia (nomination "Television and Radio Programs", 2019–2020) - for the propaganda film Operation Argun {{Cite web |title=Итоги Конкурса ФСБ России на лучшие произведения литературы и искусства о деятельности органов федеральной службы безопасности 2019 – 2020 гг. |url=http://www.fsb.ru/fsb/premiya/2019-2020.htm |access-date=16 July 2022 |website=Federal Security Service of Russian Federation website}}
- A valuable gift (2007) from the Russian Minister of Defence S. B. Ivanov - for active assistance in completing of missions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-15 |title=Александр Сладков: биография и личная жизнь, жена, карьера и успех, Инстаграм и фото |url=https://100biografiy.ru/tv/aleksandr-sladkov |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=100Biografiy - Сайт о биографиях знаменитостей |language=ru-RU}}
- Order of Courage (2009) - for self-sacrifice in covering events during the Russo-Georgian war{{Cite web |title=Представители средств массовой информации, награждённые государственными наградами |url=http://kremlin.ru/supplement/193 |access-date=2022-07-16 |website=Президент России |language=ru}}
- Order of Friendship (2013, self-proclaimed non-recognized Republic of South Ossetia) - for significant personal contribution to the development of friendly Russian-South Ossetian relations, high professionalism, courage, and selflessness demonstrated during the Russo-Georgian war.{{Cite web |title=» Указ "О награждении Орденом Дружбы Сладкова А.В." Официальный сайт Президента Республики Южная Осетия |url=https://presidentruo.org/ukaz-o-nagrazhdenii-ordenom-druzhby-sladkova-a-v/ |access-date=2022-07-16 |language=ru-RU}}
- «Военкор» 'War Correspondent medal, (November 2020, 'Wave of Memory' Organisation, Moscow).{{Cite web |title=В Москве прошла онлайн-церемония вручения медали "Военкор" |url=https://smotrim.ru/article/2482146 |access-date=2022-08-15 |language=ru-RU}}
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