Alexander Politkovsky

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Politkovsky.

Alexander Politkovsky
Александр Политковский
Politkovsky in 1989
Born	Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky (1953-09-15) 15 September 1953 (age 72) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Occupations	Journalist political commentator professor
Spouse	Anna Politkovskaya ​ ​ (m. 1978; d. 2006)​
Children	2

Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Политко́вский; born 15 September 1953) is a Russian journalist, political commentator, and a professor at the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting.^[1]

From 1987 to 1991 he was a special correspondent and presenter of an infotainment program Vzglyad. Politkovsky was one of the founders of the TV company VID. He was elected as a Deputy of the Russian Federation for the period of 1990 to 1993.

His former spouse Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on 7 October 2006.^[2]

References

1. Политковский нашел ярославские корни
2. Убийство Политковской в день рождения Владимира Путина — это провокация против него и Рамзана Кадырова

External links

• Александр Политковский: «Нынешнее телевидение — это гадюшник» Почему он не хочет возвращаться на ТВ