Ricardo Marquina graduated in History of Art, but his interest in journalism brought him to work as a photojournalist, and his interest in the history of Eastern Europe inspired him to move and to settle down in Russia. He worked at various international and national TV and radio stations, such as La Sexta, Telecinco, Cuatro, TV3, Cope o TVE. He has founded his own production company, IR, In Russia Productions, through which he produces his film projects.