Nikolay Peskov is the eldest son of Dmitry Peskov and Anastasia Budyonny.
10 Facts About Nikolay Peskov
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Nikolay Peskov moved with his mother to the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
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From 2010 to 2012, Peskov was in the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces and participated in the 2012 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said that Dmitry Nikolay Peskov asked him to "take [Nikolai] on as a simple artilleryman".
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In September 2022, regarding the 2022 Russian mobilization, Russian journalist Dmitry Nizovtsev, an associate of opposition activist Alexei Navalny, called Nikolay Peskov and pretended to be a military recruitment officer.
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Nikolay Peskov asked Mr Peskov why he hadn't shown up to the Moscow call up centre.
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Nikolay Peskov claimed that he was estranged from his family and had been kicked out by his family at the age of 16.
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In 2016, it was alleged that Nikolay Peskov was the subject of a police investigation for beating his grandmother, Inese Budyonny, a 71-year-old pensioner.
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On 11 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Nikolay Peskov was added to the list of specially designated nationals who are sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury as part of the international sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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On 15 March 2022, Nikolay Peskov was sanctioned by the United Kingdom and is banned from traveling to the country.