Oleg Borisovich Dobrodeev (born October 28, 1959, Moscow) is a Russian journalist and media manager, general director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK).

A scriptwriter and Film Makers Union secretary, Oleg's father produced documentaries on Karl Marx and the family grew up in a community of writers North of Moscow.

[6] He began his work here as a junior editor, then was a correspondent, commentator on the Vremya program and deputy editor-in-chief of the Main Editorial Information.

[5] On January 5, 1992, ten days after the fall of the Soviet Union Dobdrodeev launched the show Itogi in the Vremya time slot.

Since April 13, 2000, he has also been the editor-in-chief of the United Editorial Office of Electronic Media of the Rossiya Channel and the Vesti State Television Company.

[5] Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Union imposed sanctions on Dobrodeev "for actively supporting or implementing actions or policies that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine" in April 2022[14] The European Union notes that "Oleg Dobrodeev actively participated in the Kremlin's propaganda, creating and disseminating distorted information in the interests of the political leadership of the Russian Federation."