His interest in journalism started from an early age, his career beginning in a local paper.

In 1981 he graduated from Moscow State University’s Faculty of Journalism, having also been trained at Gosplan economics courses.

[5] Following his resignation as press secretary, Medvedev returned to television and became the first deputy general director of ORT.

In 2000, Medvedev took part in the elections to the State Duma from the Kaliningrad district number 84 as an independent candidate, but the results of voting placed him second.

[6] Together with Alexey Pimanov [ru] he is the founder of one of the largest broadcasting companies of the country Ostankino, which creates the content for the first and other federal channels in Russia.