Cherkesova Bella Mukharbievna

Cherkesova Bella Mukharbievna

Biography

Bella Cherkesova was born on September 4, 1985 in the city of Vereya, Naro-Fominsk District, Moscow Region.

In 2008 she graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

From 2008 to 2012, she worked in various positions in the press service of the Russian government.

Since July 2012, she held the positions of Advisor to the Department for External Information Activities, Deputy Head of the Department of Partner Programs, Head of the Department of Partner Programs, Head of the Department of Media Development of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Relations and Communications.

On October 23, 2020, by order of the government, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Cherkesova will oversee the media industry and the Internet. Previously, this area was under the jurisdiction of Alexei Volin, who worked as deputy minister for eight years.

According to the order of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation of December 2020, Bella Mukharbievna Cherkesova, as Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation, is responsible for developing state policy in the field of mass communications and the media, publishing and printing activities, protecting children from information harmful to their development. She also coordinates the work of the Department of Public Policy in the field of media. Read more here.

2021: 8th in the industry in terms of revenue

For the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, the income of the Bella Cherkesova family amounted to 36.59 million rubles, of which 26.5 million rubles were earned by her husband. Her own earnings amounted to 10.07 million rubles (compared to 2020, it increased by 3.11 million rubles). As a result, Bella Cherkesova took 8th place in the ranking of revenues of federal IT officials for 2021 according to CNews Analytics ^[1].

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