Khusnoyarov Farit Faritovich

Khusnoyarov Farit Faritovich

Biography

Farit Khusnoyarov graduated from Moscow state the University of Railways with a degree in Software computer technology and automated systems.

2004-2015: Work in "Medialogia"

Since 2004, he worked at Medialogia.

In 2011, he took the position of Director for Development of Medialogia.

2015: State Service

In 2014, as an Advisor to the Head of the Information Technology Department of the city, Moscow he took part in the development and implementation of the Active Citizen project.

In 2015, he was admitted to the State Civil Service of the Moscow Region and appointed to the post of Deputy Minister of Public Administration, Information Technologies and Communications of the Moscow Region. The department at that time was headed by Maksut Shadayev.

During the passage of the civil service with the participation of Farit Khusnoyarov:

• A new algorithm has been developed and implemented in the practice of MPSC, which made it possible to reduce the waiting time in the queue for receiving the service by 10 times;
• More than 200 services have been transferred to electronic form;
• A project has been implemented to launch and organize the work of the Dobrodel portal, which provides residents with additional opportunities - both to inform about problems and to obtain operational solutions.

2016: Return to "Medialogy"

Since 2016, he worked at Medialogia as Deputy General Director.

2019: First Deputy General Director of RT Labs

In February 2019, according to a TAdviser source, Farit Khusnoyarov was represented at RT Labs as the first deputy director. In the same month , Maksut Shadayev, who had previously headed the Ministry of Public Administration, IT and Communications of the Moscow Region, was appointed general director of this company.

2021: CEO of RT Labs

In 2021, the general director changed at RT Labs: Farit Khusnoyarov was indicated in this position on the company's website as of April 8.

The day before, TAdviser, citing its sources, wrote that the previous head of RT Labs, Alexei Trachuk, was leaving the company.

2022

Leaving the post of CEO of RT Labs

In April 2022, Farit Khusnoyarov, who headed RT Labs, left the company. During his leadership, the company has strengthened its technological partnership with the state in the field of e-government projects and innovative digital services for the population. The receiver of Farit Khusnoyarov was Tengiz Alania. Read more here.

He took the post of curator of the development of "VK Messenger"

On August 10, 2022, it became known about the transfer of Farit Khusnoyarov to the holding, in VK which ITRostelecomRT labs the former general director - "daughters" "" "headed the development unit VK messenger."

The fact that Khusnoyarov began working at VK is written "" Sheets with reference to a source close to Rostelecom and a federal official. The representative of VK confirmed to the publication the appointment of Khusnoyarov as vice president of the company.

The ex-head of Rostelecom's daughter became the curator of the development of VK Messenger

The publication of the publication notes that Khusnoyarov came to the company shortly after his appointment as general director of Vladimir Kiriyenko in December 2021. Kiriyenko was the first vice president of Rostelecom. According to the interlocutor of the publication, Khusnoyarov reports directly to Kiriyenko in the holding.

Khusnoyarov is one of the authors of the Active Citizen project. At one time, he received the Runet Prize for the Dobrodel project. Both services allow you to accept complaints, proposals and feedback from citizens about the work of the mountains

VK Messenger, whose development is supervised by Khusnoyarov, was launched in May 2022 as a separate application. In the messenger, you can communicate with friends from VKontakte and contacts from the phone book. Users, in particular, have access to group chats for more than 1 thousand people, disappearing messages, audio and video calls without restrictions. They can record audio messages and read their transcripts, send music, stickers, photos, videos and stories.

VK's plans to reanimate ICQ and restart the corporate messenger VK Teams became known in mid-March 2022. The ICQ messenger was popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. At the same time, a representative of VK told the newspaper that the company is not going to restart it on the basis of "VK messenger^[1]

2025: Appointment as CEO of Max messenger

Farit Khusnoyarov has been appointed to the post of General Director of the operator of the multifunctional information exchange service based on the Max messenger - Communication Platform LLC. The corresponding entry was entered into the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Unified State Register of Legal Entities) on December 23, 2025

Information about the leadership role of Farit Khusnoyarov in the launch of the Max in July 2025 was published by Forbes, citing a former VK employee. According to another source of the publication, the general supervision of the project is carried out by the general director of VK Vladimir Kiriyenko, while Khusnoyarov is one of the three key employees developing the messenger.

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Фото: Telegram channel Ministry of Digital Development Russia

Official reports on the leadership of the Husnoyar Max project began to appear in November 2025. As noted by CNews, state media pointed to his dual role as VK vice president and Max project manager. Farit Khusnoyarov made public statements regarding the blocking of suspicious accounts in cooperation with law enforcement agencies, as well as the age verification system through the digital ID in the Max messenger.

Khusnoyarov's professional biography includes close cooperation with the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev. According to Vedomosti, since 2015 they have worked together in the Ministry of Public Administration, Information Technology and Communications of the Moscow Region, where Shadayev served as minister and Khusnoyarov as his deputy.

Director of the Association of Professional Users of Social Networks and Messengers Vladimir Zykov connects the appointment of Khusnoyarov with the successful development of the project. "Greater operational autonomy is required for further growth. This is a significant signal for the team: the founder of the project is now personally responsible for the result, "said Vladimir Zykov^[2]

Awards and titles

Farit Khusnoyarov is one of the authors of the Active Citizen project. In 2015, Farit Khusnoyarov received the Runet Prize for the Dobrodel project.

For the successful implementation of this project, he was also awarded the diploma of the Governor of the Moscow Region A.Yu. Vorobyov "Breakthrough of the Year."

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