[3] He studied journalism at the Faculty of Humanities University[vague], graduating with an externship.

[4] Since 1993, Sladkov has worked on the television channel Rossiya as a correspondent for the program Izvestiya.

[7] 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.

One of the most famous victims was Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev from Donetsk.

[8][9][neutrality is disputed] 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.