Russian public figure, politician and political scientist, journalist Alexey Pushkov is well known to Russian television viewers as the host of a popular analytical program on the TVC channel “Postscriptum”. Alexey Konstantinovich has made a great contribution to the development of Russian television and has been advising senior officials in the Russian government for many years.
In addition, Alexey Pushkov is a member of the presidium of the Council on Internal and External Security of our country, and has been a permanent expert at the forum in Davos for many years.
Childhood, family
Alexey was born in Beijing on August 10, 1954 in the family of a Soviet diplomat, who at that time was serving in the capital of China. Konstantin Mikhailovich, his father, held a serious post at the Consulate General of the Soviet Union in the capital of the People's Republic of China.
Margarita Vladimirovna, his mother, also worked there as a translator from Chinese. Alexey Pushkov's nationality is Russian. The boy lived in the Celestial Empire for only a few years. He became a first-grader in Moscow. It was an elite metropolitan school where in-depth study of foreign languages was conducted.
The child had good abilities, and therefore there were no problems with his studies: he was diligent and assiduous, was interested in history, and read a lot. Having successfully completed high school, Alexey Pushkov easily entered MGIMO. He graduated from the Faculty of International Relations in 1976 and was assigned to Geneva, where he received a position at the UN Office.
Alexey Pushkov now
Alexey Pushkov continues to keep his finger on the pulse of events in Russia and in the world as the permanent host of the Postscript program. He continues his activities in the Federation Council, holding the position of head of the Commission on Information Policy.
Alexey Pushkov – head of the Commission on Information Policy in the Federation Council
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In 1980, a significant event occurred in the biography of Alexei Pushkov - after graduating from his master’s degree, he became a candidate of historical sciences. Three years later he was sent to Prague, where he became editor-in-chief of the journal Problems of Peace and Socialism. Upon returning to Moscow in 1988, Alexei Konstantinovich was offered a job in the International Department of the CPSU Central Committee, where he began to engage in analytics.
Few people know that it was he who wrote speeches for M. S. Gorbachev, who differed from his predecessors in his love of public speaking. For some time, Pushkov was an adviser to Gorbachev.
Pushkov, Alexey Konstantinovich
Born on August 10, 1954 in Beijing (China) in the family of a Soviet diplomat. Father - Pushkov Konstantin Mikhailovich, participant in the Great Patriotic War, diplomat, worked at the Consulate General of the USSR in Beijing. Mother - Pushkova Margarita Vladimirovna, translator, teacher of Chinese, also worked in the Soviet diplomatic mission in China. In 1957, the family returned to Moscow, and at the end of 1959 they moved to Paris, where Konstantin Pushkov was sent to work at UNESCO headquarters. Alexey Pushkov studied at a French school; after returning to the USSR, he continued his education at the 12th Moscow special school, teaching a number of subjects in French.
In 1976, he graduated with honors from the Faculty of History and Diplomatic Affairs of the Moscow Institute of International Relations of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MGIMO) with a degree in international relations.
Candidate of Historical Sciences. In 1979, he defended his dissertation at MGIMO on the topic “The crisis of the basic political concepts of Anglo-American bourgeois “Sovietology.”
During his school years, he was a presenter at the Voice of Russia radio station and hosted a youth radio program in French. From 1979 to 1983 - lecturer at the Department of History of International Relations and Foreign Policy at MGIMO. From 1979 to 1981, he also worked as a translator as part of the Soviet delegation to the UN Disarmament Committee (Geneva, Switzerland). In 1983-1988. - senior referent, editor, consultant of the magazine of communist and workers' parties "Problems of Peace and Socialism", published in Prague (Czechoslovakia). In 1988, he was invited to the position of assistant and consultant of the international department of the CPSU Central Committee, dealing with issues of relations with socialist countries. Prepared texts of speeches on foreign policy issues for General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Mikhail Gorbachev and members of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee. From 1991 to 1995, he worked at the weekly newspaper “Moscow News” as deputy editor-in-chief for international issues and at the same time as editor-in-chief of the newspaper’s foreign editions. He wrote his own column as a political observer. In 1993, he became a permanent expert at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He gave lectures at US universities and published articles in foreign press (New York Times, Wall Street Journal, etc.). In 1993-2000 was a member of the editorial board of the journal Foreign Policy (USA), and since 2002 - a member of the editorial board of the American magazine National Interest, published by the Nixon Center in Washington, USA. In 1995-1998 worked as deputy general director of Public Russian Television (ORT) Sergei Blagovolin, headed the department of public relations and media, then the directorate of international and public relations of ORT. At the same time, in 1995-1996. remained a political observer for Moscow News in 1997-1998. wrote his own column in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. In the mid-1990s. was a member of the working analytical group on strategic issues under the Secretary of the Defense Council of the Russian Federation, and was a consultant to Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov on foreign policy issues. In April 1998, he was invited to the television channel “TV Center” (TVC), where he became the author, presenter and director of the information and analytical program “Postscript”. At the same time, he was a political observer for the multiportal KM.RU, and the host of a weekly program on the radio “Voice of Russia”. In 2008-2011 - Director of the Institute of Current International Problems of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2011-20166 - Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the VI convocation. He was elected on December 4, 2011 on the list of the United Russia party (fourth number of regional group No. 27, Perm Territory). Since December 21, 2011, he served as Chairman of the Duma Committee on International Affairs. He was a member of the United Russia faction. In February 2012, he headed the Russian parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). In January 2014, he was elected head of the European Democrats faction, one of the largest political groups in PACE. In May 2020, he took part in the preliminary voting (primaries) of the United Russia party to select candidates for the State Duma in the Perm Territory, but lost it. On September 18, 2020, he was elected as a deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Perm Territory of the 3rd convocation. He ran as part of the list of candidates of the regional branch of United Russia (regional group Osinskaya No. 23). He resigned his parliamentary powers early due to his transfer to the Federation Council. Since September 29, 2016 - member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, representative of the legislative body of state power of the Perm Territory. In October 2020, he headed the temporary commission of the Federation Council on information policy and interaction with the media. Until 2020, he was a member of the Senate Committee on Defense and Security, then moved to the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Building.
He was a member of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, the Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights under the President of the Russian Federation (2004-2016). Member of the presidium of the independent organization “Civil Society”, the National Civil Committee for Interaction with Law Enforcement, Legislative and Judicial Bodies. Member of the London Institute for Strategic Studies, senior consultant at the Nixon Center (Washington, USA).
The total amount of declared income for 2020 was 22 million 362 thousand rubles, spouses - 193 thousand rubles. The total amount of declared income for 2020 was 16 million 295 thousand rubles, spouses - 238 thousand rubles. The total amount of declared income for 2020 was 17 million 191 thousand rubles, spouses - 228 thousand rubles. The total amount of declared income for 2020 was 16 million 394 thousand rubles, spouses - 320 thousand rubles.
Awarded the Orders of Honor (2007), Friendship (2009), “For Services to the Fatherland” IV and III degrees (2014, 2019).
Received gratitude from the President of the Russian Federation (2007, 2008, 2011, 2012). Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (2004).
Author of the books “Putin’s Swing” (2008), “From Davos to Courchevel. Where the fate of the world is decided" (2011), "Grandmasters of the Looking Glass. PS Russia and world geopolitics” (2009), “Confrontation. Obama vs. Putin" (2016), "Mission of Russia. Will Putin have enough strength? (2016), etc. Laureate of the Russian Federation Prize in the field of media for 2009. He is also a laureate of the Moscow Government Prize in the field of journalism (2002, 2007), the Golden Pen award of the Union of Journalists of Russia (2004) and the Union of Writers of Russia (2006). In 2009 he became a laureate of the Bunin Prize for the book “Putin’s Swing. Postscript: ten years surrounded."
Speaks English, French and German.
Married. Wife - Nina Vasilievna Pushkova (born 1957), a graduate of the Theater School named after. Shchukina, actress, screenwriter and producer of documentaries. Author of the book “A Romance with Postscript” (2013). Daughter - Daria (born 1977), worked for NTV, BBC, headed the London bureau of the Russia Today television channel, works in the directorate of information programs at VGTRK.
Alexey Pushkov plays tennis, swims, and skis.
Journalism
When the USSR collapsed, his biography did not undergo fundamental changes. Alexey Pushkov was still actively involved in journalism, first becoming a political commentator, and a little later took the post of deputy editor-in-chief of Moscow News, which was published every week. In addition, he was the curator of the newspaper's publications abroad, in which he later took the post of chief editor.
Alexey Konstantinovich was invited to Washington in 1993 to work for Foreign Policy magazine. At the same time, he represented the economic interests of our country in Davos.
A television
The next serious stage in Alexei Pushkov’s career was the ORT television channel, where he first became director of public relations and later headed the international relations directorate. In the period from 1995 to 1998, Pushkov was deputy general director of Channel One. He became the director, author and permanent presenter of the Postscript program in 1998.
In this author's program in the studio, he receives famous Russian and foreign politicians, cultural and scientific figures. Pushkov’s popular program is distinguished by the competence of experts, balanced assessments and conclusions, accuracy of facts and analyses, which made it popular not only among millions of television viewers, but also among the highest political elite of our country.
The heated discussions that sometimes arise between the guests invited to the studio and the presenter arouse constant interest among the audience. The program is often criticized for its expressed anti-Western position and negativity towards the Russian opposition. Nevertheless, the program has no less regular viewers than critics - experts estimate its audience at tens of millions of viewers.
Alexey Pushkov, whose photo is posted in this article, was awarded the title of Honored Worker of Culture for his services in the field of media in 2004.
Postscript by Alexey Pushkov
On one salary of a member of the Federation Council (385 thousand rubles), it would be difficult for Alexei Pushkov to maintain such a lifestyle. But his work on TV is paid even better than in the upper house of parliament.
At the end of December last year, TV Center signed a contract with Pushkov for “the provision of services for creative direction, preparation and hosting of the cyclical television program “Postscript”. During the year, he must prepare a maximum of 39 programs for 10.2 million rubles. It turns out that one issue of “Postscript” costs TV Center 262 thousand rubles.
It was not possible to find out why the channel values the services of Alexey Pushkov so highly. In the public relations directorate, in response to a request to comment on the situation, I was redirected to the head of the TV Center procurement department, Vadim Borisov, and he forwarded all questions back to the directorate.
Alexey Pushkov
At the same time, “TV Center” is a state television channel. And far from profitable. At the end of 2020, the loss of TV Center JSC amounted to 484 million rubles. In 2020, the channel, along with First, NTV, Fifth, Match TV and Karusel, will share 9 billion rubles in state subsidies.
It is curious that last year the politician was supposed to give a paid lecture to TV employees. But the government purchase at the cost of 523 thousand rubles was canceled for an unknown reason. So Pushkov missed another opportunity to talk about the decay of the West for budget money, and then spend his earnings on it.
Meanwhile, the hosts of the “60 Minutes” program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov, were criticized on the Internet because of their vacation in Austria. The couple spent their winter holidays in the Alps, and Skabeeva actively published photos on Instagram. The TV presenter’s subscribers were left perplexed: why do Skabeeva and Popov criticize Europe and its values on television, and go on vacation not to Russian winter resorts, but to the “decaying West”?
PS. Nina Pushkova accompanies her husband on business trips abroad at her own expense, the senator said. The expenses of Alexei Pushkov himself in the event of his official visits to Europe are covered from the budget in accordance with the law.
Creation
Many fans of journalism, social psychology, and documentary literature are known as the writer Alexey Konstantinovich. The most famous of them:
- "Grandmasters of the Looking Glass."
- “Global chess.
- "Russian Party".
- “Confrontation. Obama versus Putin."
- "Putin's swing."
In his books, Alexey Pushkov expresses his own point of view on many events in political life in our country and in the world, and gives his assessment of the actions of famous political figures.
Books and publications
- 2008 — “Putin’s swing.” Moscow. EXMO.
- 2009 — “Grandmasters through the looking glass. Russia and world geopolitics". Moscow. EXMO-Algorithm.
- 2011 — “From Davos to Courchevel. Where the fate of the world is decided." Moscow. EXMO-Algorithm.
- 2012 — “Postscript. Will Putin help Russia? Moscow. Algorithm.
- 2016 — “Mission of Russia. Will Putin have enough strength? Moscow. Algorithm.
- 2018 — “Global Chess. Russian Party". Moscow. Eksmo
In 2020, the French edition of the book “Global Chess. Russian Party" in French with a foreword by the special representative of the French government for the development of relations with Russia, J.-P. Chevenman. In November 2020, a presentation of the book was held at the Russian Spiritual and Cultural Center in Paris with the participation of famous French politicians, experts and representatives of the French public[60].
Author of more than 400 scientific publications [ source not specified 919 days
] and analytical articles in leading Russian and foreign periodicals, including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Die Zeit, Yomiuri Shimbun, The Wall Street Journal Europe, Foreign Policy, The National Interest”, “Foreign Affairs”, “NATO Review”.
Pushkov in politics
Alexey Pushkov in 2011 was elected as a deputy from the Perm region to the State Duma of the VI convocation, and a year later he headed the Russian representation in PACE. It was he who initiated the withdrawal of the Russian delegation from this organization, which followed after the delegation of our country was denied the right to vote in 2020.
Pushkov became a member of parliament (upper house) from the Perm region in September 2020. Because of his clear position regarding Donbass and Crimea, Pushkov’s name was included in the sanctions list first by Ukraine, and a little later by the EU, Australia and Canada.
Alexey Pushkov was nominated for numerous government awards for his activities for the benefit of Russia. He has four letters of commendation from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Policy
In 2011, Alexey Pushkov officially entered the world of big politics. First, he was elected to the State Duma on the lists of the United Russia party, whose ranks the diplomat, by the way, did not join. After that, he was appointed to the post of head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, and in 2012 he became vice-president and member of the PACE bureau, and headed the Russian delegation in Strasbourg.
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Pushkov’s achievements in politics are difficult to overestimate - Alexey is known as a strong defender of the interests of his homeland at all political levels, has a clear position on Ukraine and Crimea, for which he was included in the EU sanctions list in 2014, Canada and Australia.
In 2020, the parliamentarian proudly and calmly responded to the PACE resolution on depriving the Russian side of the right to vote in the assembly and stated that Russia would leave the organization by the end of the year, because the country does not need such a dialogue that limits the rights of the Russian Federation in critical moments.
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Alexey Pushkov and his book “Global Chess.
Russian Party" In addition to politics, Alexey Pushkov is interested in journalism; he is the author of over 500 analytical and scientific articles on the topic of foreign and domestic policy of Russia. These works are known all over the world and are reprinted in international publications. The diplomat was awarded the prestigious Bunin Prize for writers.
In 2020, the deputy’s fifth book, “Global Chess. Russian Party”, in which the author outlined his own vision of the situation in the country since the early 2000s. Pushkov regards this time as a period of restoration by Russia of its lost positions on the world stage, returning to the status of an authoritative power, and also explains why such a state cannot be isolated and coerced.
Personal life
Alexey Pushkov has been happily married for a long time. At the beginning of his career, almost after graduating from college, he met his future wife Nina, who at that time was a graduate of the Theater School. Shchukin. Alexey Konstantinovich recalls that he had strong feelings for the beautiful Nina at first sight.
After the young people formalized their relationship and got married (1977), they never parted for a single day, since Pushkov’s wife abandoned her career for the sake of her family and devoted her entire life to her husband and daughter, who was born in the same 1977.
Today, Alexei Pushkov’s only daughter Daria, is married and lives in London. She headed the bureau of the RT television channel, which broadcasts exclusive materials from around the world around the clock. Daria gave her parents a luxurious gift for their thirty-third wedding anniversary - she gave them a charming granddaughter, who was born in one of the Moscow maternity hospitals. Alexey Konstantinovich loves his granddaughter very much and dreams of spending as much time as possible with her.
Family
- Spouse: Nina Vasilyevna Pushkova (born 1957), an actress by training, a graduate of the Theater School named after. Shchukin. Writer and producer of documentaries about culture and architecture. Author of the book “A Romance with Postscript” (Moscow, 2013). She acted in films (“An Ordinary Miracle”, “Meeting on a Distant Meridian” and others).
- Daughter: Daria Pushkova (born 1977), at various times worked for NTV, the BBC, head of the London bureau of the Russia Today TV channel[31], worked in the directorate of information programs at VGTRK[32]. Since May 30, 2020, she has headed the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Rome (Italy)[33].
- Granddaughter: Anastasia (born 2009)[34].
