I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname

Rikhter

I.2 - Name

Andrey

I.3 - Degrees

prof., PhD., DrSc./Professor, Ph.D., DrSc.

I.4 - Year of birth

1959

I.5 - Name of the workplace

Department of Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava

I.6 - Address of the workplace

Štúrova 9, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia

I.7 - Position

Professor

I.8 - E-mail address

andrey.rikhter@uniba.sk

I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/33300

I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university

Media and Communication Studies

I.11 - ORCID iD

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-7577

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

II.b - Year

1981

II.c - Study field and programme

English Language and Literature

II.2 - Second degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

II.b - Year

1981

II.c - Study field and programme

English Language and Literature

II.3 - Third degree of higher education

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Lomonosov Moscow State University

II.b - Year

1991

II.c - Study field and programme

Foreign Journalism and Literature

II.4 - Associate professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation

II.b - Year

2003

II.c - Study field and programme

Media and Communication Studies

II.5 - Professor

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Pan-European University in Bratislava, Slovakia

II.b - Year

2015

II.c - Study field and programme

Media Studies

II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

II.a - Name of the university or institution

Lomonosov Moscow State University

II.b - Year

2008

II.c - Study field and programme

Philology, Journalism

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position	III.b - Institution	III.c - Duration
Visiting Professor, Member of the Academic Council (2011–13)	Pan-European University (PEVŠ), Faculty of Media	2011-15
Lecturer, Associate Professor, Professor, Head of Department	Lomonosov Moscow State University	1991-2016
Guarantor of Masters’ Programme in Media Studies, Vice-Rector for Research, Member of the Academic Council	Media Academy	2016-17
Director of the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media, Senior Adviser	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	2011-2022
Professor	Comenius University in Bratislava	2020-present

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other	IV.b - Name of the institution	IV.c - Year
Leadership Development Programme, training targeting senior staff, including 360-degree feedback, within the OSCE training courses system	SigmaRADIUS	2013
German language courses	Meridian Language School	2019
Fellowship	Columbia University, Gannett Center for Media Studies (USA)	1991

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.1.a - Name of the profile course	V.1.b - Study programme	V.1.c - Degree	V.1.d - Field of study
Law in Mass Media	Journalism	I.	Media and Communication Studies
Information policy	Journalism	II.	Media and Communication Studies
Theory of social and media communication	Media and Communication Studies	III.	Media and Communication Studies
Media texts research	Media and Communication Studies	III.	Media and Communication Studies
History of journalistic communication	Media and Communication Studies	III.	Media and Communication Studies

V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year

V.2.a - Name of the study programme	V.2.b - Degree	V.2.c - Field of study
Journalism	I.	Media and Communication Studies
Journalism	II	Media and Communication Studies
Media and Communication Studies	III	Media and Communication Studies

V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year

V.3.a - Name of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure	V.3.b - Study field to which it is assigned
Mass Media Studies	Media and Communication Studies

V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses

V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.4.2 - Number of defended theses

V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)

V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)

V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)

V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes

V.5.a - Name of the course	V.5.b - Study programme	V.5.c - Degree	V.5.d - Field of study
Diploma Seminar 1	Journalism	II	Media and Communication Studies
Diploma Seminar 2	Journalism	II	Media and Communication Studies
Media Law, Ethics & Policy	Journalism	II	Media and Communication Studies
Media debates	Journalism	II	Media and Communication Studies

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations

VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

278

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level

VI.1.a - Overall

VI.1.b - Over the last six years

VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

Richter, A. (2024). The need to accelerate worldwide progress: UNESCO 2023 Report on public access to information (SDG 16.10.2). UNESCO. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000389214

Richter, A. (2015). The relationship between freedom of expression and the ban on propaganda for war. In W. Benedek, F. Benoît-Rohmer, M. Kettemann, B. Kneihs, & M. Nowak (Eds.), European Yearbook on Human Rights 2015 (pp. 489–503). Intersentia. ISBN 978-3-7083-1040-4

Richter, A. (2007). A post-Soviet perspective on censorship and freedom of the media. Издательство ИКАР. ISBN 978-5-98405-043-1

Richter, A. (2015). Legal response to propaganda broadcasts related to crisis in and around Ukraine, 2014–2015. International Journal of Communication, 9, 3125–3145. ISSN 1932-8036

Richter, Andrei: Sloboda médií v kontexte činnosti OBSE Mesmédiá a politika: Komunikácia či manipulácia? Bratislava: Veda. 2014. pp. 29–38. ISBN 978-80-224-1425-8

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

Richter, A. (2021). Balancing protection of public health and freedom of information in times of COVID-19. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 12, 27–46. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00046_1

Richter, A. (2024). Decriminalisation of defamation in the context of free speech: A European perspective. In M. Dragomir & J. Szakács (Eds.), Freedom of expression in Europe: Insights on EU regulations and policies impacting media and journalism (pp. 63–93). Media and Journalism Research Center. ISBN 978-9916-4-2476-6

Richter, A. (2023). The legal death of media freedom in Russia. In P. Wragg & A. Koltay (Eds.), Global perspectives on press regulation, Vol. 1: Europe (pp. 155–185). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/global-perspectives-on-press-regulation-volume-1-9781509950355/ ISBN 9781509950355

Richter, A. (2023). Media law and policy in selected Black Sea region countries. IRIS Extra. European Audiovisual Observatory. https://rm.coe.int/iris-extra-2023en-media-law-and-policy-in-selected-black-sea-region-co/1680ac8a8b ISSN 2079–1062

Richter, A. (2019). Accountability and media literacy mechanisms as counteraction to disinformation in Europe. Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 10(3). ISSN 2516-3523

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Richter, A. (2019). Accountability and media literacy mechanisms as a counteraction to disinformation in Europe. Journal of Digital Media and Policy, 10(3), 311-327. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00005_1.

Iosifidis, Petros. (2024). Theoretical understanding of state-sponsored disinformation. In State-sponsored disinformation around the globe (1st ed., pp. 16). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032632940.

Richter, A. (2015). Legal response to propaganda broadcasts related to crisis in and around Ukraine, 2014–2015. International Journal of Communications, 9(1), 3125-3145. University of Southern California.

Soboleva, A., & Gerashchenko, A. (2024). Different facets of cyber hate in Russia and controversial legal responses. In Handbook on cyber hate: The modern cyber evil (pp. 335-355). Springer.

Richter, A. (2025). The post-Soviet media and communication policy landscape: The case of Russia. In The handbook of global media and communication policy (pp. 192-209).

Martin, D. A., Shapiro, J. N., & Ilhardt, J. G. (2023). Introducing the online political influence efforts dataset. Journal of Peace Research, 60(5), 868-876. https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433221092815

Richter, A. G. (2015). Legal response to propaganda broadcasts related to crisis in and around Ukraine, 2014–2015. International Journal of Communication, 9, 3125–3145.https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/4149/1474.

Glazunova, S., Ryzhova, A., Bruns, A., & Montaña-Niño, S. (2023). A platform policy implementation audit of actions against Russia's state-controlled media. Internet Policy Review, 12(2).

Richter, A. 2008. “Post-Soviet Perspective on Censorship and Freedom of the Media: An Overview.” The International Communication Gazette 70 (5): 307–324. doi:10.1177/1748048508094291.

Faris, J., Maeseele, P., Badran, Y., & Smets, K. (2023). Media capture and journalism as emotional labor: How do media professionals manage bureaucratic violence in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq? Journalism Studies, 24(7).

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

2022-2023 Research into the global situation with the Public Access to Information (SDG 16.10.2) for the 2022 and 2023 Reports (UNESCO), Key Riešiteľ/Researcher

2023-2024 Legal Needs and a Roadmap for the Republic of Moldova to Effectively Protect its People Against Propaganda, Manipulation, Disinformation: A Study. (Soros Foundation in Moldova) Co-researcher

2010–súčasnosť/present Právne rozvíjanie audiovizuálneho sektora krajín SNŠ, OBSE/Legal development of the audio-visual sector of the CIS countries, European Audiovisual Observatory (Council of Europe) Riešiteľ/Researcher

2023-2024 Propaganda and freedom of information in Europe – writing the Expert report (Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media), Expert

2023 - present, “Support to Media Reform in Lebanon to Enhance Freedom of Expression”, Media and Journalism Research Center, https://journalismresearch.org/2023/06/support-to-media-reform-in-lebanon-to-enhance-freedom-of-expression/, Riešiteľ/Researcher (European Union)

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position	VII.b - Name of the institution, board	VII.c - Duration
Head of Department	Lomonosov Moscow State University	2008-16
director	Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute	1995-2011
Guarantor of Masters’ programme in Media studies, Vice-Rector (Research)	Media Academy	2016-17

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution	VIII.b - Address of the institution	VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay)	VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
Boris Nemtsov Summer School of Journalism and Cultural Studies, Charles University	Akademické centrum Borise Němcova pro výzkum Ruska FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2 116 38 Praha 1, Česká republika /Boris Nemtsov Academic Centre for Study of Russia, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 2 116 38 Prague 1, Czech Republic	2018, 2019, 2022	lecturer
International Media Law Summer School	Centre for Democracy and Rule of Law, Zankovetskoyi st., 3/1, of. 12, Kyiv, 01001	2018-2021 (annual)	lecturer
Charles University, Faculty of Philosophy	Akademické centrum Borise Němcova pro výzkum Ruska, FF UK, nám. Jana Palacha 2 116 38 Praha 1, Česká republika /Boris Nemtsov Academic Centre for Study of Russia, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 2 116 38 Prague 1, Czech Republic	2024	visiting professor at Magisterský program „Ruská studia (studijní program Borise Němcova)“
Global Campus on Human Rights	Monastery of San Nicolò Riviera San Nicolò, 26 I-30126 Venice Lido, VE, Italy	2023	Representing Rector of the Comenius University

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update

2025-03-18

Name and surname:	prof. Mgr. Andrey Rikhter, PhD.
Document type:	Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:	Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:	Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava