Since 2005, he has been the organizer and leader of the democratic movement "We", a member of the federal political council of the Solidarity movement since the founding of the movement in 2008, a member of the political council of the Moscow branch of Solidarity since 2009.

In 2007-2008, he repeatedly participated in the “Marches of Dissent”.

From May 2006 to March 2009, he wrote articles for the New Izvestia newspaper and worked as deputy editor of the economics department. Wrote materials on economics, international politics and culture. During the Russian-Georgian military conflict, I wrote a report from there.

From 2006 to 2008, he worked as a freelancer for the radio station "Moscow Speaks", where he hosted the weekly program "Confrontation".

In 2009, he collaborated with Radio Liberty.

In July 2009, Roman Dobrokhotov announced his intention to run for election to the Moscow City Duma in single-mandate electoral district No. 5. Roman's nomination was supported by the Solidarity movement. The Moscow City Election Commission refused to register him, citing claims to the quality of the collected signatures.

In March 2010, he signed the appeal of the Russian opposition “Putin must leave.”

Since April 2010, he worked as editor of the online publication Slon.ru. In January 2013, Roman became the author of the “Coming Out Week” project, dedicated to the problems of the LGBT community. On February 25, 2013, Roman, along with part of the editorial staff of the Internet portal Slon.ru, was fired, after which he became one of the authors of articles on colta.ru.

In June 2011, he participated in the Antiseliger forum. In 2012, he willingly accepted the offer to participate in the Seliger forum.

In September 2014, Dobrokhotov is going to run from his party for deputies of the Moscow City Duma in the Yasenevo district.

Since January 2010, he has been teaching political science and world economics at the State Academic University. humanities(GAUGN). As a journalist, he publishes articles in various online media.

Chief editor of the online publication Insider.

Incident with President Medvedev

On December 12, 2008, Roman Dobrokhotov attracted media attention by interrupting the speech of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his speech in the Kremlin on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Russian Constitution. Roman Dobrokhotov shouted from his seat: “Shame on the amendments!” (We are talking about amendments to the Constitution proposed by Dmitry Medvedev to extend the term of office of the president to six years, and of Duma deputies to five years. The amendments came into force in December 2008). After Medvedev’s words that human rights “determine the meaning and content government activities", Roman Dobrokhotov shouted: "Why are you listening to him?! He violated all the rights and freedoms of man and citizen!... The Constitution has been violated, there is censorship in the country, there are no elections, but he is talking about the Constitution...”

During the last sentence, employees Federal service security guards were already taking Roman Dobrokhotov out of the hall, one of the employees tried to cover his mouth. President Medvedev said: “In fact, there is no need to take him anywhere, let him stay and listen. Frankly speaking, the Constitution was adopted so that everyone has the right to express their own position. This is also a position, it can be respected.” However, the president’s words were ignored by the guards and Roman Dobrokhotov was taken to the police station.

On the same day, Roman Dobrokhotov announced on his blog that he had been fired from his job at the radio “Moscow Speaks”. Returning home, he received a message that he was fired due to staff reductions; supposedly the radio station was firing all freelancers. Although, according to Dobrokhotov, no one had warned him about his possible dismissal before.

Representatives of the Anti-Maidan movement asked law enforcement officers to check Dobrokhotov’s statement from the point of view of the law for the presence of calls for a violent change in the constitutional system, for which Article 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation provides for punishment of up to 5 years in prison.

Article 128.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - libel

Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Article 319. Insulting a representative of authority

Dobrokhotov's website "The Insider" steals photos

Dobrokhotov was accused of lying by his own people

Calls representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “our military” and stated that he can become a partisan in Russia against Putin

Dobrokhotov as a tool for promoting the interests of Qatar or the interests of Great Britain against Russia

In 2012, the documentary film "Roman vs Kremlin" was released. The film was shot at the request of the international television channel Aljazeera England and, accordingly, at their expense. Country of origin: England. The script was written by Oliver Englehart. Roman Dobrokhotov acted as the main character. This film took part in the One World Media Awards film festival in 2013.

The film tells that Roman was arrested 120 times, he is fighting against Vladimir Putin, and also that in Russia they are “stifling” the opposition and passing “dragon” laws that are directed against the opposition. Dobrokhotov appeared on the TV channel in 2012 as a political scientist and journalist. The topic of discussion was Syria, where Dobrokhotov, accordingly, was against Putin and Russian interests in the region.

About the festival: The film festival is one of the main awards in the UK. The One World Media Awards Film Festival has many partners.

About the channel: Al Jazeera is considered an effective tool foreign policy Qatar, which aims to weaken key countries in the region such as Egypt, Libya, Syria and Saudi Arabia. During the Arab Spring, the channel was used to create a myth about it as a purely democratic revolution against tyrannies in the region, as well as to destabilize secular regimes in the Arab world.

During the 2011 Egyptian unrest, Al Jazeera is believed to have played an extremely important role in the overthrow of the secular regime of Hosni Mubarak. The driving force behind the revolution was the Islamist organization "Muslim Brotherhood" supported by Qatar (recognized as terrorist by some countries of the world, including Egypt and Russia). Qatar, interested in the Islamization of the region, used Al-Jazeera as a “mouthpiece” for this organization.

In 2013, dissatisfaction among the population with Mursi's policy of Islamization of the country was growing in Egypt. As a result of the military coup, new authorities come to rule the country. Adviser to the Egyptian President Sukeina Fouad then said that: "Al Jazeera has lost professional objectivity in its coverage of events in Egypt and is engaged in incitement." However, even after the change of power and despite the obvious dissatisfaction of the population with the Muslim Brotherhood, the channel continued its policy of one-sided presentation of information in favor of the Islamists. Several sources close to Al Jazeera confirmed the fact that the channel often invited analysts sympathizing with the Muslim Brotherhood on air. The channel continued to play the role of an instrument for realizing Qatar’s foreign policy goals, seeking to carry out the “Sunniization” of the Arab world, as well as weaken the leading countries of the region by destabilizing their internal situation.

Contribution to inciting the civil war in Libya. In February 2011, following the Egyptian events, mass unrest began in Libya, which turned into civil war between opponents and supporters of Muammar Gaddafi. The materials broadcast by Al Jazeera contributed to the escalation of the conflict and the formation of a distorted perception of the Libyan events among Western countries. V. Chamov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Libya in 2008-2011, writes in his memoirs: “In January-March 2011, Al-Jazeera systematically contributed to inciting fratricidal hatred in Libya and forming a distorted picture of what happened there.”

In 2012, the Roosevelt Foundation (eng. Roosevelt Stichting), as part of the International Four Freedoms Award project, awarded the Al Jazeera channel a victory in the Freedom of Speech and Expression category. The award ceremony took place in the Netherlands with the participation of Queen Beatrix. It is worth noting that Al Jazeera, as during the intervention International forces security assistance in Afghanistan turned out to be almost the only source of information about what is happening in cities affected by unrest. In 2012, Qatar's Al Jazeera TV channel was named the best news channel of the year by the UK's Royal Television Society (RTS) for its coverage of the Arab Spring and for providing an "insider perspective".

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Biography:

Roman Aleksandrovich Dobrokhotov (born August 6, 1983, Moscow, USSR) - one of the founders and leaders of the “December 5 Party”, founder and leader of the “We” movement, member of the federal political council of the “Solidarity” movement, member of the political council of the Moscow branch of “Solidarity”, journalist, teacher.

Since 2005, he has been the organizer and leader of the democratic movement “We”, a member of the federal political council of the Solidarity movement since the founding of the movement in 2008, a member of the political council of the Moscow branch of Solidarity since 2009.

In 2007-2008, he repeatedly participated in the “Marches of Dissent”.

From May 2006 to March 2009, he wrote articles for the newspaper “Novye Izvestia” and worked as deputy editor of the economics department. Wrote materials on economics, international politics and culture. During the Russian-Georgian military conflict, I wrote a report from there.

From 2006 to 2008, he worked as a freelancer for the radio station “Moscow Speaks,” where he hosted the weekly program “Confrontation.”

In 2009, he collaborated with Radio Liberty.

In July 2009, Roman Dobrokhotov announced his intention to run for election to the Moscow City Duma in single-mandate electoral district No. 5. Roman’s nomination was supported by the Solidarity movement. The Moscow City Election Commission refused to register him, citing claims to the quality of the collected signatures.

In March 2010, he signed the appeal of the Russian opposition “Putin must leave.”

Since April 2010, he worked as editor of the online publication Slon.ru. In January 2013, Roman became the author of the “Coming Out Week” project, dedicated to the problems of the LGBT community. On February 25, 2013, Roman, along with part of the editorial staff of the Internet portal Slon.ru, was fired.

On June 7, 2011, a political debate took place between the Nashi and Solidarity movements at the ArteFAQ club in Moscow. Maria Kislitsyna and Gleb Krainik spoke from Nashi, Roman Dobrokhotov, Kostantin Yankauskas and Anastasia Rybachenko from Solidarity. In June 2011, he participated in the Antiseliger forum. In 2012, he willingly accepted the offer to participate in the Seliger forum, gave a lecture on corruption in the Kremlin at the forum in July 2012. Roman spoke about businessman Yuri Kovalchuk, his son Boris Kovalchuk, Gennady Timchenko and about “Mikhail Ivanovich” himself.

Roman became one of the founders of the “December 5 Party” in the summer of 2012. He was nominated along with Sergei Davidis, Anna Karetnikova, Pyotr Tsarkov, Maria Baronova and 8 other candidates from the “December 5 Party” in the elections to the Opposition Coordination Council, which took place in October 2012. On the general civil list.

On December 2, 2008, Roman Dobrokhotov attracted media attention by interrupting the speech of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his speech in the Kremlin on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.

Roman Dobrokhotov shouted from his seat: “Shame on the amendments!” (We are talking about amendments to the Constitution proposed by Dmitry Medvedev, to extend the term of office of the president to six years, and of Duma deputies to five years. The amendments came into force in December 2008). After Medvedev said that human rights “determine the meaning and content of state activities,” Roman Dobrokhotov shouted:

Why are you listening to him?! He violated all the rights and freedoms of man and citizen!... The Constitution has been violated, there is censorship in the country, there are no elections, but he is talking about the Constitution...

On January 31, 2010, he was detained (more than a hundred people were also detained) at a rally in defense of Article 31 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of assembly. On September 28, 2010, he was detained (three others were also detained) at a rally against the former mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov at the monument to Yuri Dolgoruky opposite the Moscow City Hall on Tverskaya Square.

On February 20, 2011, Roman Dobrokhotov and the democratic movement “We” hung a banner from the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge opposite the Kremlin with the inscription “It’s time to change!” and images of Putin behind bars and Khodorkovsky.

On December 4, 2011, he was detained among dozens of other activists at the Mayakovsky monument on Triumfalnaya Square in Moscow. He spoke from the stage of the rally “For Fair Elections” at Chistye Prudy in Moscow on December 5, 2011. Roman was inspired by the 1989 “Baltic Way” action and organized the bright “Big White Ring” flash mob. The action took place on February 26, 2012.

On Putin’s birthday, October 7, 2012, he came with a rake to the “Seeing off Grandfather to Retirement” rally at the monument to the heroes of Plevna in Ilyinsky Park in Moscow, and was detained by the police. A year earlier, he was detained at a rally of the pro-government Nashi movement dedicated to Putin’s next birthday.

During the “Freedom for Prisoners on May 6” rally on May 6, 2013 on Bolotnaya Square, he got into a fight with Orthodox activists.

Roman Dobrokhotov
Moscow, August 31, 2009
Occupation: Politician
Date of birth: August 6, 1983
Place of birth: Moscow
Citizenship: Russia

Roman Alexandrovich Dobrokhotov(born August 6, 1983, Moscow) - Russian public figure, leader youth movement "We", member of the federal political council of the Solidarity movement

Roman Dobrokhotov born into the family of the Soviet philosopher Alexander Lvovich Dobrokhotova.
He studied at school No. 1525 (Lyceum “Sparrow Hills”). From 2000 to 2006 he studied at MGIMO at the Faculty of Political Science. Since 2006 - at the Higher School of Economics.
Roman Dobrokhotov participated in the youth movement “Walking without Putin”, is the organizer and leader of the youth movement “We”.
In 2007-2008 Roman Dobrokhotov repeatedly participated in the “Marches of Dissent”.

Roman Dobrokhotov: incident with President Medvedev

December 12, 2008 Roman Dobrokhotov attracted the attention of the media by interrupting the speech of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during his speech in the Kremlin on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Roman Dobrokhotov shouted from his seat: “Shame on the amendments!” (We are talking about amendments to the Constitution proposed by Dmitry Medvedev, to extend the term of office of the president to 6 years, and of Duma deputies to five years. The amendments came into force in December 2008).
After Medvedev’s words that human rights “determine the meaning and content of state activities,” Roman Dobrokhotov cried out:

Why are you listening to him?! He violated all the rights and freedoms of man and citizen!... The Constitution has been violated, there is censorship in the country, there are no elections, but he is talking about the Constitution...

During the last phrase, employees of the Federal Security Service were already withdrawing Romana Dobrokhotova from the hall, one of the employees tried to cover his mouth.
President Medvedev said: “In fact, there is no need to go anywhere, let him stay and listen. Frankly speaking, the Constitution was adopted so that everyone had the right to express their own position. This is also a position, it can be respected.” However, the president's words were ignored by the guards and Roman Dobrokhotov was taken to the police station.

The incident was cut from the broadcast of Medvedev’s speech on federal television channels [but was shown on the air of the St. Petersburg “Channel Five” (video). Subsequently Roman Dobrokhotov claimed that he was not preparing provocations, and his speech was a “spontaneous emotional outburst”

On the same day Roman Dobrokhotov announced on his blog that he was fired from his job. He worked as a freelancer for the radio station “Moscow Speaks,” where he hosted the weekly program “Confrontation.” Returning home, Roman Dobrokhotov received a message that he had been fired due to staff reductions, and that the radio station was allegedly firing all freelancers. Although, according to Dobrokhotov, no one had warned him about his possible dismissal before.
Myself Roman Dobrokhotov did not directly link his dismissal with the scandal in the Kremlin.

Roman Dobrokhotov's career after the incident

Since 2010 Roman Dobrokhotov works for the publication slon.ru.

In July 2009 Roman Dobrokhotov announced his intention to run for election to the Moscow City Duma in single-mandate electoral district No. 5, which includes the districts of Moscow: Sokolniki, Alekseevsky, Babushkinsky, Butyrsky, Losinoostrovsky, Marfino, Maryina Roshcha, Ostankino, Rostokino, Sviblovo, Yaroslavsky.
Roman's nomination was supported by the Solidarity movement. The precinct election commission refused Dobrokhotov in the registration, rejecting some of the signatures in its support.
In March 2010 Roman Dobrokhotov signed the appeal of the Russian opposition “Putin must leave.”

Political views of Roman Dobrokhotov

According to your political views Roman Dobrokhotov is a liberal and supporter of constitutional rights and freedoms. Dobrokhotov firmly opposes incitement to national hatred and calls for fighting xenophobia. In a speech on Radio Liberty, Dobrokhotov expressed the opinion that more than half of the Russian population, who support the slogan “Russia for Russians,” are xenophobes, and democracy is not “the rule of the majority,” but the power of the entire people, therefore calls for discrimination against national minorities are a crime considers Vladimir Bukovsky to be his moral leader, as he stated on radio “Echo of Moscow”:

S. KURGINYAN: May I ask a question? I agree with you that this is all a disgrace; I have no other point of view here. But another question - you called Bukovsky the moral authority.
R. DOBROHOTOV: Yes. Which no one knows anything about.
S. KURGINYAN: Which no one knows anything about. But Bukovsky - you probably know that, giving an interview to a St. Petersburg magazine, he says that we must rebuild the foundation, but if during the construction of this regional foundation it turns out that some regions are separating - due to interests or for historically justified reasons, then it’s okay - let Russia fall apart.
R. DOBROKHOTOV: Excuse me, the Baltic states and Ukraine separated from us.
S. KURGINYAN: So, are you ready, as an opposition leader, to support another collapse?
R. DOBROHOTOV: Do you want to introduce more tanks?
A. VOROBYEV: Why bring in tanks right away?
S. KURGINYAN: Are you ready or not? Tell me, in America can a leader support this?
R. DOBROKHOTOV: I believe that neither in America nor in Russia there is now such a situation that any region would objectively need secession. But we had such a precedent when we lived in the USSR, and people like you then also advocated for us to have a super-empire. True, I don’t know what you said then, but now you will probably say that it was a terrible catastrophe - the collapse of the USSR.

With a certain frequency in materials Russian media Roman Dobrokhotov is mentioned. Who is this man? What does he do and thanks to what actions did he become famous?

This article will focus on public and politician, an active Russian oppositionist, the inspirer of the sensational movements “Walking Without Putin” and “We” and a member of Solidarity. Besides, in political biography Dobrokhotov’s party “December 5” is present. The name of the young oppositionist became widely known thanks to a scandalous public altercation with former president RF Dmitry Medvedev, arrest and some other events.

Childhood and youth

Roman Aleksandrovich Dobrokhotov is a native Muscovite. He was born in the capital of the then USSR on August 6, 1983. He was brought up in Roman's father - professor of Moscow State University, philosopher and cultural scientist Alexander Lvovich Dobrokhotov.

The boy received his secondary education at the Vorobyovy Gory Lyceum (school No. 1525). Having received the certificate, he entered MGIMO to study at the Faculty of Political Science, from which he successfully graduated in 2006. And then a vigorous social activity began.

“Walking without Putin” and “We”

Dobrokhotov took part in opposition rallies while still a student. In February 2005, he took over the leadership of the Moscow wing of the “Walking Without Putin” movement, whose participants were mostly young people who supported revolutionary events in neighboring Ukraine and Georgia. The organization was born in St. Petersburg in opposition to the pro-government “Walking Together”, which, on the contrary, campaigned for President Putin. The young oppositionists saw the goal of their activities, at a minimum, as the fight for benefits and deferments for conscripts, and, at a maximum, as the “orange” revolution in the Russian Federation and regime change in the country through early presidential elections.

When, in the same 2005, opponents of Dobrokhotov and “Co” changed their name to “Ours,” the “We” movement appeared. In fact, these were the renamed “Walking without Putin.” Roman Aleksandrovich headed this organization, which actively collaborated with like-minded people from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. The opposition dreamed of a powerful “fist” of united democratic movements in post-Soviet space and have done a lot in this direction.

Roman Dobrokhotov and his team repeatedly took part in various protests, held in the form of flash mobs, performances, etc., for which they were often detained by law enforcement officers and subjected to administrative penalties, including arrests. In 2007-2008, “We” actively supported the “Dissent Marches.”

Skirmish with Medvedev

A resonant incident that brought Dobrokhotov wide fame was his public skirmish with Dmitry Medvedev, who at that time held the post of President of the Russian Federation. The event took place in December 2008 in the Kremlin, where a gala event was held in honor of the fifteenth anniversary Russian Constitution. Roman Dobrokhotov, who was in the hall, interrupted Medvedev's speech, loudly declaring that he considered the amendments to the basic law shameful. The discussion was about extending the terms of office of the President (up to 6 years) and State Duma deputies (up to 5).

The activist was immediately taken out of the hall by security guards, covering his mouth, although Dmitry Anatolyevich asked not to touch the young man.

On the same day, Dobrokhotov was fired from the Govorit Moskva radio station, where at that time he worked as a freelance presenter. The official reason was the layoff, but Roman Aleksandrovich himself linked his dismissal to the Kremlin scandal.

Arrest

Less than a month after the altercation with the President, Roman Dobrokhotov received another reason to become famous. In January 2009, he went out on a single picket to the Government House with his mouth taped shut, holding in his hands Blank sheet paper. To a young man managed to stand there for only a couple of minutes when he was detained by the police. The oppositionist was sentenced to five days of arrest, charging him with “defiant behavior” as well as “gratuitous public obscene language.” True, the court later overturned this verdict, but the case received wide publicity, and Dobrokhotov became even more popular among his like-minded people.

"Solidarity" and attempt to run for office

Since March 2009, the Solidarity movement has appeared in Dobrokhotov’s biography, and he became a member of the Moscow political council.

Almost immediately, the activist began to have ideological confrontations with another member of the organization, Vladimir Milov, who was one of the leaders. Dobrokhotov accused his opponent of Solidarity’s excessive passivity in terms of protests. The same one, in turn, suggested working more constructively than holding rallies.

Later, the opposition movement "Solidarity" was divided into "right" and "left". The former advocated for fair economic competition in the state, while the latter defended the rights of the poor. Roman Aleksandrovich considered himself a “right-wing liberal.”

In the summer of 2009, Dobrokhotov publicly announced his intention to run for deputy of the Moscow City Duma from Solidarity. Participants in the movement supported him by collecting signatures. But the latter, according to the election commission, were not enough, so the potential candidate was not registered.

By the way, this was not Dobrokhotov’s first attempt to become a deputy. In 2007, he “swinged” at the State Duma, planning to run from the “Other Russia”. Then, too, everything ended in nothing. The Election Commission did not allow Other Russia to participate in the race because it was not officially registered.

New game “December 5”

On December 4, 2011, parliamentary elections were held in Russia, and the next day a new batch. It was called “December 5th”, and Dobrokhotov became one of the co-founders.

Two years later, the political force supported Alexei Navalny, who was vying for the main seat in Moscow, and a little later - the participants in the Ukrainian Euromaidan. Twice in 2013 they tried to register the party officially, but both times without success. The Ministry of Justice refused.

Dobrokhotov's political views

Roman Dobrokhotov professes liberal views in politics and believes that the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens and people come first. He is categorically against xenophobia in all its forms and manifestations. He has repeatedly expressed public concern about cases of incitement to national hatred in Russia.

Dobrokhotov calls (one of the leaders of Soviet dissidents) his authority in terms of ideology. He does not support people who believe that the USSR had to be preserved at any cost (including by force), and allows the secession of some regions of Russia if democratic processes require it.

Career

In parallel with public and political activity Dobrokhotov is trying to build a career.

Immediately after receiving his diploma, he got a job at the newspaper “Novye Izvestia”, where he served as a columnist and deputy editor. The topics of his articles concerned mainly international political and cultural events. As a representative of Novye Izvestia, Dobrokhotov was in Georgia during its military conflict with Russia.

Roman Aleksandrovich combined his work at the newspaper with running the “Confrontation” program on “Moscow Speaks”, as well as with postgraduate studies at the State University Higher School of Economics.

In 2009, Dobrokhotov was an employee of Radio Liberty. And from 2010 to 2013, he edited the online publication Slon.ru, until he was fired along with part of the team.

Since 2010, he has been working as a teacher at the State Academic University for the Humanities, teaching world economics and political science.

He constantly collaborates with various online publications, where he publishes his articles. He is the chief editor of one of these portals called Insider.

Hobby

Among his hobbies, the activist names, first of all, music, cinema and football. As for the latter, once Dobrokhotov even acted as the organizer of the tournament. It was in 2010, then two teams fought for victory on the football field - the opposition and the National Bolsheviks. Roman Anatolyevich took part in the game as part of the first of them.