Badalov Andrei Yuryevich

Badalov Andrei Yuryevich

Biography

Andrei Badalov was born on August 17, 1962 in Krasnodar. He graduated from the Moscow experimental school No. 710 of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1984 he graduated with honors from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, and in 2008 - advanced training courses of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

After graduation, he worked at defense industry enterprises.

Since 1994, he served as Deputy General Director of the Association of Users and Developers of CD-ROM Products.

In 1999-2001 worked as a consultant to the Information Center of the Scientific Park of Moscow State University.

2001-2007: "Atlantis Communities"

In 2001-2007 held a number of positions in the Atlantis Communications group of companies, in particular, he was the first deputy general director.

Atlantis was created in 1997 by CROC co-founder Evgeny Melnik. Dmitry Taraba and Maxim Ponomarenko, who later founded the system integrator NVision Group, worked in senior positions in the company.

2007-2019: "Russian Communications Corporation"

In 2007-2019 Andrei Badalov worked as First Deputy General Director, Vice President, General Designer of the Russian Communications Corporation, created as a joint venture between Atlantis Evgeny Melnik and the state-owned Rosoboronexport (which later became Rostec Group of Companies).

The main goal of the Russian Telecom Equipment Company is the production and development in Russia of trusted telecommunication equipment, communication systems and software, solutions in the field of information security.

At the Russian Telecom Equipment Company, Badalov headed a department engaged in the development of integrated automated security systems for transport, critical facilities, cities, etc.

In the preparation and holding of the 2014 Olympics, he was the general designer of the Power Supply Management Center (CUE) and the Integrated Automated Safety Management System (KASUB) of Sochi power facilities.

KASUB is one of the key solutions developed by the Russian Telecom Equipment Company. Among the main customers of this solution are government agencies implementing such programs of safe regions and cities, as well as critical infrastructure facilities.

2019: Appointment as Director of Voskhod Research Institute

On July 15, 2019, Andrei Badalov was appointed director of the Scientific Research Institute "Voskhod". The order of appointment was signed by the Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Konstantin Noskov.

Since May 2019, Badalov worked as the acting director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Research Institute "Voskhod," and on June 1 he was presented to the staff of the institute. Read more here.

In connection with the appointment to the post of director, the head of the Ministry of Ministry of Digital Development Konstantin Noskov said:

"Andrey Yuryevich Badalov has specialized education, managerial competencies and extensive experience in the field of communications and information technologies. I have no doubt that he will successfully cope with the tasks assigned to him as director of the Voskhod Research Institute.

Andrei Badalov himself believes that the Voskhod Research Institute should soon become one of the leaders in the IT field in Russia.

I consider it important on the basis of the research institute to form a competence center for the development and support of a unified technological architecture of information systems of executive authorities of the Russian Federation. For this, the enterprise has all the possibilities, - he noted

Proposals for determining the competence center should be prepared by the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications together with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance by November 1, 2019 (more). Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev gave instructions on this in May 2019 .

2021

Dismissal from the Research Institute "Sunrise"

On July 29, 2021, Andrei Badalov told TAdviser about his decision to leave the post of head of the Voskhod Research Institute.

I decided to leave the Voskhod Research Institute in connection with the offer to me for a new job. The collaboration with Voskhod gave me an interesting professional and life experience. The Institute continues to conduct important technological projects for the state and remains the leading system enterprise in the field of state digitalization. I am grateful to the team of the organization and the Ministry of Digital Development for their joint activities, - he added

Badalov chose not to talk about the new place of work, as well as about his successor.

Badalov's decision to quit came as a surprise, says a source in the Ministry of Digital Development. - "Sunrise" after his resignation will remain in a difficult position. Under some large contracts, the deadline has passed, and the work has not been completed, in connection with which Voskhod risks entering the register of unscrupulous suppliers. For the first time in history, the institute had to take a loan to pay salaries

Speaking about Badalov's successor, the source adds that the director's position requires a political heavyweight with a commercial streak. There are few people willing to take this position, he said.

According to TAdviser, the Ministry of Ministry of Digital Development has two main candidates for the post of director of the research institute, including ex-Deputy Minister of Communications Ilya Massukh.

Later on the same day, Voskhod reported that the acting Director of the Institute was appointed Pavel Gryaznov, who had previously served as deputy director.

Vice President of Transneft

On July 29, 2021, Andrei Badalov was appointed vice president of Transneft. He will oversee the issues of digital transformation, information technologies and automation of production and economic activities, Transneft said in a statement.

It also states that the appointment took place in order to ensure structural and functional continuity and sequence of work performed in the implementation of digital development measures, as well as in pursuance of government directives, according to which managers responsible for digital transformation should be appointed in state-owned companies.

2025: Passing Away

Andrei Badalov, 62, vice president of Transneft, who oversaw digital transformation and information technology, died after falling out of the window of his apartment on Rublevskoye Shosse. The Telegram channel Baza announced this on July 4, 2025. According to the channel, at the time of the message, employees of operational services are working at the scene^[1]

Political activities

In the public biographical certificates of Andrei Badalov, there is information about his membership in the expert council of the State Duma Committee on Security. Confirmation of this information in official TAdviser sources could not be found.

Awards

He was repeatedly awarded departmental insignia, awarded the Silver Dagger professional prize in the field of information security, an honorary diploma of the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation for ensuring sustainable energy supply to the Sochi 2014 Olympic sports facilities and a badge "For reliable operation of Olympic energy facilities."

Family

Married, two daughters.

Hobbies

Tourism, travel.

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