Born October 8, 1949 in the village Kalja Severouralsk district of Sverdlovsk region.
. In 1972 he graduated from the Sverdlovsk Institute of National Economy.
. He worked as chief engineer in Sverdlovsk, the first "supermarket".
. Since 1973 worked as a correspondent for the contract in the newspaper "replaced", he studied at the Faculty of Journalism of Ural State University, collaborated with the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
. In 1980 he graduated from the Faculty of Journalism.
. He worked as a special correspondent for Pravda, head of the department of "Moscow", an instructor of the ideological department of the CPSU Central Committee.
. Since 1989 - the political columnist of CB Radio and Television of the USSR
. A commentator Information Programs, "Time" and "Country Time".
Since 1993 - the leading commentator TRC "Moscow".
Secretary of the Union of Writers of Russia.
Winner of literary award. Ostrovsky. Married. He has a son and a daughter.
