1. Yury Dud has been deputy director-general of the sports website Sports.
14 Facts About Yury Dud
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Yury Dud is one of the most popular YouTubers in Russia, with vDud having over ten million subscribers as of early 2022.
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On 11April 2022, Yury Dud released, a film project based upon his research into the Ukrainian refugee crisis.
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Yury Dud considers himself to be of Ukrainian origin and particularly Russian by identity.
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Yury Dud played football as a child and dreamt of becoming a goalkeeper, but had to stop playing because of asthma.
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In 2001, Yury Dud began working at the Russian newspaper Izvestia as a freelance journalist; he became a staff journalist at the age of 16.
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In 2007, Yury Dud began working for the sports magazine PROSPORT.
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From 2011 to 2013, Yury Dud hosted the TV show Headbutt on Russia-2.
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In February 2017, Yury Dud launched the YouTube channel vYury Dud, where he interviews famous figures, including musicians, politicians, journalists, film directors, and businesspeople.
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In September 2019, Yury Dud was awarded GQ Russia's Person of the Year prize in the Face From the Screen category.
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Yury Dud tried to appeal the ruling, but the Moscow City Court declined his appeal.
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Dmitry Sokolov-Mitrich, who witnessed the events, criticized Yury Dud for what he called was a biased description of the storming of the school by Russian forces.
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Yury Dud is married to Olga Yury Dud and has two children.
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In February 2022, after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Yury Dud condemned the invasion and publicly called for Russian troops to be withdrawn from Ukraine; his anti-war Facebook post received over 1 million likes.