Yevgeny Popov
Евгений Попов
Deputy of the 8th State Duma
Assumed office
19 September 2021
Personal details
Born
Evgeny Georgievich Popov

(1978-09-11) 11 September 1978 (age 45)
Vladivostok, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, USSR
Political partyUnited Russia
SpouseOlga Skabeyeva
Alma materFar Eastern Federal University
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • politician

Evgeny Georgievich Popov (Russian: Евгений Георгиевич Попов; born September 11, 1978, Vladivostok) is a Russian politician, journalist and a deputy of the 8th State Duma.[1]

Career

After graduating from the university, Popov started working as a correspondent of the Vesti TV program in Vladivostok. In 2002 he moved to Moscow and in 2003-2006 was in Ukraine, covering news for Russia-1. He came back to Moscow in 2006 to become a political commentator of the TV program "Vesti nedeli". From 2008 to 2013, Popov headed the "Vesti" program in New York.

In 2016, Popov, and his wife, Olga Skabeyeva, launched a TV show titled "60 minut" on Russia-1. Since September 2021, Popov has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma from the Moscow constituency.[1][2][3][4]

Popov covered the conflicts of 2004-2005 and 2013-2014 in Ukraine. Later Popov created a series of documentaries in which he used fake documents to discredit Alexey Navalny.[5] In 2014, Security Service of Ukraine declared Evgeny Popov persona non grata.[6]

In 2020, The Insider ranked Popov and Skabeyeva 7th and 8th out of 12 wealthiest Russian propagandists.[7]

In 2021, the Anti-Corruption Foundation released the proof that Popov and Skabeyeva own property in Moscow, the overall cost of which is around 300 million rubles.[8]

In January 2023, Popov proposed canceling the passports of Russians who fled abroad after Russia invaded Ukraine.[9]

Personal life

Evgeny Popov is married to Olga Skabeyeva both of them are well-known for their criticism of the Russian opposition. Skabeyeva even has the nickname "iron doll of Putin TV".

References

  1. ^ a b "Попов, Евгений Георгиевич" (in Russian). ТАСС Энциклопедия. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  2. ^ "Список избранных депутатов Государственной Думы РФ восьмого созыва" (in Russian). Российская газета. 2021-09-25. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. ^ "Эффект Попова" (in Russian). The New Times. 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  4. ^ "Телеведущий Евгений Попов выиграл в Кунцевском одномандатном округе Москвы с 35,17%" (in Russian). ТАСС. 2021-09-20. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. ^ "3.2 Olga Skabeyeva". BBC monitoring. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  6. ^ "В Украине персонами нон-грата объявили 83 российских журналиста" (in Russian). NikCenter. 2014-11-27. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  7. ^ Сергей Ежов (2020-09-23). "13 друзей Путина. Сколько зарабатывают самые известные пропагандисты российского ТВ". The Insider. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  8. ^ Виталий Кропман (2021-07-29). "ФБК нашел у телеведущих Скабеевой и Попова недвижимость на 300 млн рублей". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  9. ^ "Critical Russian Emigres Should Have Property Seized, Lawmakers Say". The Moscow Times. 13 January 2023.

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