Leonid Parfyonov

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Leonid Gennadievich Parfyonov (Russian: Леонид Геннадьевич Парфёнов, b. January 26, 1960, Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast, USSR) is a Russian news anchor, journalist and an author of some popular TV shows. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of the Russian edition of Newsweek.

He is also the author and narrator of the documentary cycle Namedni 1961-2003: Nasha Era in 42 TV series (1997). For this work he was presented with the TEFI award and also a special prize in 2004.