Work in Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, Alexander Sladkov has worked in the contested territories, justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine and role of the Russian army's alleged war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.^{[citation needed]}

Sladkov regularly interrogates Ukrainian prisoners of war and political prisoners who have allegedly been tortured by the Russian special services. One of the most famous victims was Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev from Donetsk.^{[8][9][neutrality is disputed]}

In April 2020, Alexander Sladkov published a video on his YouTube channel showing Russian positions near the Ukrainian-controlled town of Horlivka in the Donetsk Region. In this video, the separatists fired from a 122 mm caliber Partisan launcher (improvised launcher for MLRS BM-21 Grad), which was prohibited according to the Minsk agreements that were rejected by both sides .^[10]

Personal life

Alexander Sladkov lives in Moscow, is married and has four children.^[11]

Awards

• Order of Honor (1996) - for active participation in the creation and development of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.^[12]
• Honorary weapon (1999) - from the Russian Minister of Defense, Marshal of the Russian Federation I.D. Sergeev.^[13]
• Order of Courage (2000), for self-sacrifice in covering events in the North Caucasus region.^[14]
• Award of the Federal Security Service of Russia (nomination "Television and Radio Programs", 2006) - for the propaganda film The End of the Black Angel"^[15]
• Award of the Federal Security Service of Russia (nomination "Television and Radio Programs", 2013) - for the propaganda film Fire Bail. Those who survived ^[16]
• Award of the Federal Security Service of Russia (nomination "Television and Radio Programs", 2019–2020) - for the propaganda film Operation Argun ^[17]
• A valuable gift (2007) from the Russian Minister of Defence S. B. Ivanov - for active assistance in completing of missions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.^[18]
• Order of Courage (2009) - for self-sacrifice in covering events during the Russo-Georgian war^[19]
• Order of Friendship (2013, self-proclaimed non-recognized Republic of South Ossetia) - for significant personal contribution to the development of friendly Russian-South Ossetian relations, high professionalism, courage, and selflessness demonstrated during the Russo-Georgian war.^[20]
• «Военкор» 'War Correspondent medal, (November 2020, 'Wave of Memory' Organisation, Moscow).^[21]