Yuri Alexandrovich Nikolaev (russian: Юрий Александрович Николаев; born 16 December 1948, Chisinau) is a

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and

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n TV and radio host, actor. He was awarded the title of

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

in 1998,Юрий Александрович Николаев. Биографическая справка
/ref> and since 2007 has been a member of the Academy of Russian Television. On 9 May 2007 he was awarded the

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds ...

via

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, and was awarded the Order of Honour on 14 January 2014 "for his great contribution in the development of national television, radio, print and many years of fruitful activity". Nikolaev supports the Russian anti-LGBT propaganda law, which prohibits the " propaganda of non-traditional sexual relationships".Юрий Николаев: я «за» закон о пропаганде гомосексуализма. Тем более, я давно в шоу-бизнесе представляю меньшинство
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Эхо Москвы: Юрий Николаев

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nikolaev, Yuri 1948 births Actors from Chișinău Living people Russian television presenters Soviet television presenters Russian male actors Soviet male actors Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) People's Artists of Russia Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni Television people from Chișinău Winners of the Golden Gramophone Award