Background
Mikhael was born on September 18, 1949, in Moscow, Russian Federation in a family of hereditary lawyers.
lawyer politician statesman and human rights activist
Mikhael was born on September 18, 1949, in Moscow, Russian Federation in a family of hereditary lawyers.
He was born in a family of hereditary lawyers. In 1966 he entered the law faculty of the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov, but in 1968 he was expelled for his participation in the human rights movement. At the insistence of a number of professors, he was reinstated at the evening department of the university, simultaneously working as a journalist in the newspapers "Evening Moscow", "Socialist Industry", magazines "Forest Newground", "At the fighting post".
He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow State University (1972), graduate school of the All-Union Legal Correspondence Institute (1976). Candidate of Juridical Sciences (1976, thesis: "Freedom of the press - the constitutional right of Soviet citizens"). Doctor of Law (1989, thesis: "Mass media as an institution of socialist democracy (state and legal problems)"). Professor.
• In September 1990 - May 1992 - Deputy Minister of Press and Mass Media of Russia.
• In February 1992, he initiated and headed the Russian Intellectual Property Agency under the President of the Russian Federation.
• In December 1992 - August 1993 - the Minister of Press and Information of Russia. In the summer of 1993 he fought against the amendment by the Supreme Soviet of the Russian law "On the Mass Media." After voting on these amendments he resigned.
• In September 1993 - January 1998 - Permanent Representative of Russia to UNESCO. He has the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
• The candidature of Mikhail Fedotov to the position of judge of the Constitutional Court was rejected twice: in 1991, the Fifth Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR [2] [3], in 1997 - by the Federation Council [4].
He was a representative of the Russian president at the trials in the Constitutional Court in the case of the CPSU, in the case of the National Salvation Front, as well as in the case of the introduction by the Congress of People's Deputies of the Russian Federation of supervisory boards on state television and radio broadcasting. Repeatedly represented the president at the Congress of People's Deputies and in the Supreme Council. A representative of the Russian government in the Constitutional meeting, a member of the presidential working group on the draft Constitution.
Social activity
In August 1993, he initiated the creation of the Russian Authors' Society (RAO). In 1993-1995 - Chairman of the Author's Council, President of RAO. Since May 1998 - Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia and co-chairman of the Public Collegium on complaints against the press. One of the creators of the Code of Professional Ethics of a journalist.
Member of the UNESCO International Advisory Council for a Culture of Peace. In 2003, he was co-chairman of the supervisory board for observing the agreement on fair elections. Member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Fund for Free Elections. Teaches at the Higher School of Economics.
Fedotov calls himself a "democrat", he is convinced that "the highest form of democracy is the absolute dictatorship of a real democrat".
Political activity
He was a member of the federal political council of the Union of Right Forces. Since 2004 -
member of the Committee "2008: Free Choice".
Proceedings
Author of about 100 books and articles on human rights and constitutionalism, intellectual property and international humanitarian cooperation, including:
• The constitutional status of a Soviet citizen (theory issues). M., 1982.
• Advice and press. M., 1989.
• Draft of a serious text (Handbook for self-styled writers with alternative options). M., 1995.
• Laws and practice of the media in Europe, America and Australia. M., 1996.
• Legislation of the Russian Federation on the mass media. M.,
1996.
• The right of mass media in the Russian Federation. M., 2002.
• Media Law: at the crossroads of centuries and opinions. M., 2004 (in co-authorship)
• Wife - Fedotova Maria Mikhailovna, linguist-translator, June 30, 1954, the daughter of the actor Mikhail Gluzsky.
• Son - Fedotov Alexander Mikhailovich, born on 20.08.1979. Lawyer.
• Daughter - Fedotova Ksenia Viktorovna, 27.01.1977. Lawyer.
