Vladimir Molchanov
# Vladimir Molchanov

Vladimir Kirillovich Molchanov (Russian: Владимир Кириллович Молчанов; born October 7, 1950, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian TV and radio host, speaker and journalist. He was a writer and host of the TV program Before and after midnight in the late 1980s - early 1990s on Soviet television. He is a member of the Russian Television Academy since 1994, and head of the studio of the Faculty of Journalism at Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting Ostankino.

## Family and personal life

Molchanovs parents were his father, composer Kirill Molchanov, and his mother, actress Marina Dmitrieva-Pastukhova. His godmother was Olga Knipper. His half-sister Anna Dmitrieva is a sports commentator. He is married to Cuban Consuelo Segura, a director. He has a daughter, Anna and grandson, Dmitry.

