Vladimir Molchanov dead at age 75, Russian television host and journalist

Vladimir Molchanov, the Russian television host and journalist, died on May 12, 2026, at the age of 75.

Born in Moscow on October 7, 1950, he was a Soviet and Russian TV and radio host, speaker and journalist. Molchanov was a writer and host of the television program “Before and after midnight” in the late 1980s and early 1990s on Soviet television.

He had been a member of the Russian Television Academy since 1994 and headed the studio of the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow.

Vladimir Molchanov, 75, Russian television host and journalist.

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