Aleksey Pushkov

Aleksey Pushkov
Алексе́й Константи́нович Пушко́в
Personal details
Born Alekseĭ Konstantinovich Pushkov
(1954-08-10) 10 August 1954
Beijing, China
Alma mater Moscow State Institute of International Relations

Aleksey Pushkov (Russian: Алексе́й Константи́нович Пушко́в; born 10 August 1954) is the 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, Diplomatic Academy of Russia.[2] He was elected to the Duma on 4 December 2011 on the United Russia party list.

Professor of Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Has title honoris causa of the Moscow University for the Humanities ,Russian-Armenian State University (Yerevan), Azerbaijan University of Languages.

Since 1998, lead author information and analytical program "Postscriptum" on TV channel TV Tsentr.[3]

In 2014 he suggested 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 won't be resolved Russia will have a right to cut down gas supplies to the neighboring nation.[4]

He is fluent in French[5] and English.[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, 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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