Russian Axis

Director General

Dr. Vadim Malkin was appointed Director General in 2003 when Russian Axis was founded.
Vadim was educated at the Russian state film-school and has a PhD degree in Sociology from the Institute of Social Studies of the Russian Academy of Science.
Vadim has worked as a freelance writer for a variety of Russian newspapers and between 1996 and 1997 he worked as an analyst researching the Russian media-audience for Russian Research, the first Russian media-measuring firm. In 1997 Vadim joined the Moscow office of Burson-Marsteller, advising the World Bank as an information coordinator and, later, as a project director on its World Bank funded public education campaigns aiming to promote the rule-of-law and market economy in Russia.
Vadim was Editor-in-Chief of Federal News Agency in 1999 and the following year was appointed Information Director of the National News Service "Strana.Ru", where he was responsible for the news department and the national regional and international correspondents network. He also managed Strana.ru’s special projects such as providing international audiences with up-to-date information on the submarine “Kursk” lifting operation. In 2001 Vadim organised and chaired the first on-line interview with Russia’s President Putin, which has been held by Strana.ru, Gazeta.ru and the BBC.
In 2002 Vadim established JSC “Strategic Communications Agency” specialising in public relations, media-management and political consulting. JSC acted as advisers to the Russian liberal party “Yabloko” in the 2003 parliamentary elections in Russia.