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Yevgeny Primakov Jr.
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Primakov (Yevgeny Primakov Jr.) (, 29 April 1976) is a Russian journalist, TV host, politician and diplomat serving as Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation since 25 June 2020. He previously was the Member of the State Duma from 2018 to 2020. In the media, he is known by the pseudonym Yevgeny Sandro. He is a grandson of Yevgeny Primakov, former Russian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. Early life Yevgeny Primakov Jr. was born on April 29, 1976, in Moscow in the family of Alexander Primakov, who was a son of Yevgeny Primakov, a Soviet and Russian spy and politician. When he was five years old his father died. In 1999, he graduated from the history and Philology Department of the Russian State University for the Humanities with a degree in history. Career Journalistic career (2000-2017) For some time Primakov worked in radio Echo of Moscow, in TASS, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossotrudnichestvo
The Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation or Rossotrudnichestvo is an autonomous Russian government of Russia, federal government agency under the jurisdiction of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and cultural exchange. Rossotrudnichestvo operates in Central Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe (but mostly in the Commonwealth of Independent States). History The agency was created from its predecessor agency by Decree of the President of Russia, Presidential decree, signed by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 6 September 2008, with the aim of maintaining Russia's influence in the Commonwealth of Independent States, and to foster friendly ties for the advancement of Russia's political and economic interests in foreign states. Rossotrudnichestvo and its structures support pro-Russia rallies which are alleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Literaturnaya Gazeta'' (, ''Literary Gazette'') is a weekly cultural and political newspaper published in Russia and the Soviet Union. It was published for two periods in the 19th century, and was revived in 1929. Overview The current newspaper shares its title with a 19th century publication, and claims to be a continuation of the original publication. The first paper to bear the name of ''Literaturnaya Gazeta'' was founded by a literary group led by Anton Delvig and Alexander Pushkin, whose profile to this day adorns the paper's masthead.ﾐ佯ﾑひｾﾑﾐｸﾑﾐｵﾑﾐｺﾐｰﾑ ﾑﾐｿﾑﾐｰﾐｲﾐｺﾐｰ (in Russian) The first issue appeared on January 1, 1830. The paper appeared regularly until June 30, 1831, reappearing in 1840窶1849. Pushkin himself published some of his most famous works in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western European nations in the early 20th century as a replacement of the term Near East (both were in contrast to the Far East). The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions. Since the late 20th century, it has been criticized as being too Eurocentrism, Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of West Asia, but without the South Caucasus. It also includes all of Egypt (not just the Sinai Peninsula, Sinai) and all of Turkey (including East Thrace). Most Middle Eastern countries (13 out of 18) are part of the Arab world. The list of Middle Eastern countries by population, most populous countries in the region are Egypt, Turkey, and Iran, whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NTV (Russia)
NTV (Cyrillic: ﾐ斷｢ﾐ) is a Russian free-to-air television channel that was launched as a subsidiary of Vladimir Gusinsky's company . Since 14 April 2001 Gazprom Media controls the network. NTV has no official meaning according to Igor Malashenko, the author of the name and co-founder of the company, but in the 1990s unofficial transcripts of the acronym include "New" (''Novoje''), "Independent" (''Nezavisimoje''), "Non-governmental" (''Negosudarstvennoje''), "Our" (''Nashe''). History Gusinsky era (1993-2001) Gusinsky founded NTV broadcasting in October 1993 on channel 4. It moved to channel 5 in January 1994. He attracted talented journalists and news anchors of the time such as Tatiana Mitkova, Leonid Parfyonov, Mikhail Osokin, Yevgeniy Kiselyov, Vladimir A. Kara-Murza, Victor Shenderovich, Pyotr Marchenko and others. The channel set high professional standards in Russian television, broadcasting live coverage and sharp analysis of current events. Starting before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Gazeta.Ru'' () is a Russian news site based in Moscow. In 2012, ownership of ''Gazeta.Ru'' was transferred to Alexander Mamut. In 2020, the state-owned company Sberbank became the sole owner of ''Gazeta.Ru'''s holding company, Rambler Media Group. History ''Gazeta.Ru'' was launched in 1999 as a project with the Foundation for Effective Politics (rus. ﾐ､ﾐｾﾐｽﾐｴ ﾑ采ﾑﾐｵﾐｺﾑひｸﾌﾐｲﾐｽﾐｾﾐｹ ﾐｿﾐｾﾐｻﾐｸﾌﾑひｸﾐｺﾐｸ) under the leadership of Anton Nosik. In February 1999 the first publication was published. In September 1999 the publications '' Vesti.ru'' and ''Lenta.ru'' were created, and the brand Gazeta.ru was sold to the company Yukos, which created a new edition under the leadership of former editor-in-chief of the daily business newspaper Kommersant, Vladislav Borodulin. After its time under Vladislav Borodulin who owned 100% of the stock, ''Gazeta.Ru'' was sold to Sekret Firmy in 2005, a publishing house owned by Alisher Usmanov since 2006. In 2005 Aleksandr Pisarev served as chief e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq窶鉄audi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq窶典urkey border, the north, Iran to Iran窶的raq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the Iraq窶適uwait border, southeast, Jordan to Iraq窶笛ordan border, the southwest, and Syria to Iraq窶鉄yria border, the west. The country covers an area of and has Demographics of Iraq, a population of over 46 million, making it the List of countries by area, 58th largest country by area and the List of countries by population, 31st most populous in the world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, is the capital city and the List of largest cities of Iraq, largest in the country. Starting in the 6th millennium BC, the fertile plains between Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, referred to as Mesopotamia, fostered the rise of early cities, civilisations, and empires including Sumer, Akkadian Empire, Akkad, and Assyria. Known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Israeli-occupied territories, It occupies the Occupied Palestinian territories, Palestinian territories of the West Bank in the east and the Gaza Strip in the south-west. Israel also has a small coastline on the Red Sea at its southernmost point, and part of the Dead Sea lies along its eastern border. Status of Jerusalem, Its proclaimed capital is Jerusalem, while Tel Aviv is the country's Gush Dan, largest urban area and Economy of Israel, economic center. Israel is located in a region known as the Land of Israel, synonymous with the Palestine (region), Palestine region, the Holy Land, and Canaan. In antiquity, it was home to the Canaanite civilisation followed by the History of ancient Israel and Judah, kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Situate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraq War
The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with 2003 invasion of Iraq, the invasion by a Multi-National Force 窶 Iraq, United States-led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist Iraq, Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict persisted Iraqi insurgency (2003窶2011), as an insurgency arose against coalition forces and the newly established Iraqi government. US forces Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq (2007窶2011), were officially withdrawn in 2011. In 2014, the US became re-engaged in Iraq, leading a new coalition under Combined Joint Task Force 窶 Operation Inherent Resolve, as the conflict evolved into the ongoing Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017窶菟resent), Islamic State insurgency. The Iraq invasion was part of the Presidency of George W. Bush, Bush administration's broader war on terror, launched in response to the September 11 attacks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVS (Russia)
TVS Television () was a private Russian television network which was shut down by the Press Ministry of Russia on June 22, 2003. Translation of Where The End Began For TVS. Kommersant, June 23, 2003, p. 4. Media-Sotsium was a nonprofit partnership, founded by Arkady Volsky, president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, and Yevgeny Primakov, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Creation On January 11, 2002, a separate Russian television channel, TV-6 lost a court battle over bankruptcy and was placed into liquidation by a unanimous decision of thirteen judges of the Russian High Arbitration Court. States that there were "13 arbitration judges", not 14. At midnight on January 22, 2002 the Press Ministry pulled TV-6 off the air. The frequency was temporarily filled with programming from the NTV Plus Sports satellite channel. The auction for TV-6's old frequency took place on March 27, 2002. The Media-Sotsium partnership won the frequency a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
