Alexander Glebovich (Oleksandr Hlibovych) Nevzorov (; Ukrainian: Олександр Глібович Невзоров; born on 3 August 1958) is a Russian and Ukrainian television journalist, film director and a former member of the Russian

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. He has been continuously speaking out against

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Biography

Nevzorov was born on 3 August 1958 in

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. On his mother’s side, Nevzorov is Russian, and on his biological father’s side, he belongs to the Native American ancestry of the

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tribe. He started working for the Leningrad television in 1985.«Звезды» телевидения
From December 1987 to 1993, he hosted the program '' 600 Seconds'' on the

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channel, aired then all over the

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.Biography
(in Russian) On 12 December 1990 he was shot and wounded during a meeting with someone who pretended to have sensitive documents to offer. In late 1991 his program was taken off the air twice and later gradually lost its popularity.
Если завтра во главе России встанет буддист, чиновничья братия немедленно побежит заказывать себе оранжевые сари, начнёт подыскивать местечки для определенных знаков и будет косноязычно приветствовать друг друга словами: «Ом мани падме хум»
'' During the 1991 coup d'état attempt, Nevzorov supported the

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, the organ of the coupists. Nevzorov formed the Nashi movement (not to be confused with the later pro-Putin youth movement of the same name). The broadcast was finally closed down in the aftermath of Yeltsin's victory in his confrontation with the

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(Nevzorov had supported the anti-Yeltsin side). Nevzorov worked as a reporter in the

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and the

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in 1992–1993. In the 1993 campaign, Nevzorov was elected deputy in the

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for the first time, and after that was re-elected as an independent deputy three times, serving until the

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when the single constituency seats were abolished. He served as an adviser on film, TV and radio to Vladimir Yakovlev during the latter's tenure as the

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(mayor) of

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. In 1994 Nevzorov was a vocal supporter of the initiation of the

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. In 1997 he wrote and directed the TV film ''Chistilishche'' ("Purgatory") about the Chechen war, co-produced with Boris Berezovsky and released in March 1998. As the Chechen War dragged on, his views changed and he became skeptical of Russian imperialism. He regretted his past nationalist positions, and said in 2015 about his involvement in

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: In 2003 Nevzorov collaborated with the ORT TV channel and often appeared as a political commentator on

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's Saturday night news show. In 2012, Nevzorov supported

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during his

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, and was his authorised representative. In 2014 Nevzorov opposed the

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Russian invasion of Ukraine

In a video posted to

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on 11 April 2021, during the build-up of Russian forces near the Ukrainian borders, Nevzorov predicted that the future

is inevitable and will end in tragedy and humiliation for Russia. He also predicted fierce Ukrainian resistance. After the

began in earnest, Nevzorov was charged on 22 March 2022 under Russia's "false information" law after he published information that Russian forces had shelled a maternity hospital in

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. He could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison. Nevzorov said that Vladimir Putin's "regime is not going to spare anyone, and that any attempts to comprehend the criminal war n Ukrainewill end in prison." Nevzorov's wife Lidia stated on social media that her husband was in

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. On 22 April 2022, Nevzorov was added by the Russian government to the list of individuals acting as foreign agents. In June 2022, Nevzorov and his wife Lidia submitted an application to the

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for

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. On 3 June, Nevzorov and the

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confirmed that Nevzorov and his wife had received Ukrainian citizenship.The Migration Service confirmed that the President had granted Ukrainian citizenship to Nevzorov

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stated that Nevzorov did not yet have citizenship, but that he had only applied for it. On March 2025, Nevzorov and his wife were added to the

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list of terrorists and extremists.

References

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