1. Aleksey Pushkov is a former Deputy of the State Duma and former head of the Committee on International Affairs of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament.
12 Facts About Aleksey Pushkov
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Aleksey Pushkov's father, Konstantin Mikhailovich Pushkov was an employee of the Consulate General of the USSR in Beijing.
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Aleksey Pushkov's mother, Margarita Vladimirovna Pushkova was a translator and a teacher of the Chinese language.
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Aleksey Pushkov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1976 with a degree in international relations before getting a job at the United Nations mission in Geneva.
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From 2008 to 2011, Aleksey Pushkov was the Director of the Institute of Contemporary International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of Russia.
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Aleksey Pushkov was elected to the State Duma on 4 December 2011 on the United Russia Party list.
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Aleksey Pushkov is a professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
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Since 1998, Aleksey Pushkov has been the lead author of the information and analytical program, Postscriptum, on TV channel TV Tsentr.
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Aleksey Pushkov said that if this issue is not resolved, Russia will have the right to cut down gas supplies to the neighboring nation.
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Aleksey Pushkov has been on the list of personal sanctions imposed by the US, Canada, Australia, and Ukraine.
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Aleksey Pushkov was sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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Aleksey Pushkov has appeared on a state-run Russian TV station, TV Centre.