Aleksey Pushkov

Aleksey Pushkov
Алексе́й Константи́нович Пушко́в
Senator from Perm Krai
Assumed office
29 September 2016
Preceded by Igor Shubin
Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs
In office
21 December 2011 – 18 September 2016
Preceded by Konstantin Kosachyov
Succeeded by Leonid Slutsky
Deputy of the State Duma
In office
21 December 2011 – 18 September 2016
Personal details
Born Aleksey Konstantinovich Pushkov
(1954-08-10) 10 August 1954
Beijing, China
Alma mater Moscow State Institute of International Relations
Website (in Russian) Пушков Алексей Константинович

Aleksey Konstantinovich Pushkov (Russian: Алексе́й Константи́нович Пушко́в; born 10 August 1954) is the Russian politician, Senator from Perm Krai since 29 September 2016. Former Deputy of the State Duma, former head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament.[1]

From 2008 to 2011, Pushkov was the Director of the Institute of Contemporary International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Russia.[2] He was elected to the Duma on 4 December 2011 on the United Russia Party list.

Pushkov is a Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. He has the title of honoris causa from the Moscow University for the Humanities, the Russian-Armenian State University (Yerevan), and the Azerbaijan University of Languages.

Since 1998, Pushkov has been the lead author of the information and analytical program, Postscriptum, on TV channel TV Tsentr.[3]

In 2014, Pushkov suggested that Petro Poroshenko dismiss Andrii Deshchytsia, who was accused by Sergei Lavrov of calling Vladimir Putin a dickhead during the rioting near the Russian Embassy in Ukraine. He also said that if this issue is not resolved, Russia will have the right to cut down gas supplies to the neighboring nation.[4]

Pushkov is fluent in French and English.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Alexey Pushkov (March 12, 2014). "A Top Russian Lawmaker on Ukraine". The National Interest. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ ПУШКОВ АЛЕКСЕЙ КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine., referring to either Moscow State Institute of International Relations or the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
  3. ↑ http://www.tvc.ru/channel/brand/id/41
  4. ↑ Timothy Heritage and Alissa de Carbonnel (June 15, 2014). "Ukraine minister under fire for swearing about Putin". Yahoo! News. Reuters. Archived from the original on June 15, 2014. Retrieved June 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ Video on YouTube
  6. ↑ Video on YouTube
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