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Mikhail Leontyev was born on 12 October, 1958 in Moscow, Russia, is a Russian journalist and political commentator (born 1958). Discover Mikhail Leontyev's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 65 years old?

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Occupation Political commentator
Age 65 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 12 October 1958
Birthday 12 October
Birthplace Moscow, Russia
Nationality Russia

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Children Dmitriy Leontyev, Yelena Leontyeva, Darya Leontyeva

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1958

Mikhail Vladimirovich Leontyev (Михаи́л Влади́мирович Лео́нтьев; born 12 October 1958) is a Russian political commentator currently working on national TV Channel One.

1979

Graduated from the Department of General Economics of the Moscow Institute of National Economy in 1979, and worked in a scientific-research institute up to 1985.

Then he graduated from a vocational college with the profession of "joiner-cabinetmaker", worked as unskilled labourer in the Museum of Literature, was a guard at the cottage of Boris Pasternak, and offered private lessons in history.

1989

From 1989 he began working in journalism and served as a correspondent of the political department of the newspaper Kommersant.

1990

In 1990 headed the economic department of Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

He became assistant editor-in-chief in of the newspaper Business МН.

1993

In 1993 he participated in the founding of the newspaper Segodnya and for some time worked as assistant editor-in-chief there.

1997

He has worked in television since 1997, at first on channel TVC; in February 1999 he left TVC for Channel One.

Besides Odnako, on Channel One Leontyev also made programs "Different Time" and "Puppet Theater with Leontyev", but they were closed by the channel.

Leontyev also put together a project named "Bolshaya Igra" (The Great Game) with him in close-ups.

Leontyev was awarded "Gold Pen of Russia" and nominated for TEFI-1997 (national television award).

1999

He is known for his program "Odnako" ("Однако") (Translated "However" or "Still"), irregularly appearing on air with commentaries on certain political occasions since March 1999.

He is also a laureate of the "Golden pen of Russia" award and the TEFI award.

2001

In 2001 he accused Viktor Yuschenko's wife, Kateryna Yushchenko-Chumachenko, of influencing her husband's political decisions with American ideas, hinting that she is an agent of American government in Ukraine.

2002

Mrs. Yushchenko has won two libel cases regarding the accusations in 2002 in Ukrainian city of Kyiv, but the Russian government refuses to take legal actions against Leontyev as ruled out by the Ukrainian court.

2003

Latvia declared Leontyev persona non grata after his sharp words about the country in 2003 interview on Riga television.

2006

In 2006, the Ukrainian government banned Leontyev from visiting the country for five years, referring to his "insulting statements" towards Ukraine (denying the existence of Ukrainian national identity).

2007

It hit the air in October 2007, on the same channel.

The short series of shows dealt with key historical episodes, chiefly mirroring relations between the West and Russia, and taking the storyline to the present day to thus show the origins of the current issues concerning Russia and the western countries.

In 2007 Leontyev has launched Ukrainian business magazine Der Spiegel-Profil (as Editor in Chief).

2008

Publisher Evgeny Dodolev ended its one-year print run for magazine, due to economic difficulties (in 2008).

Leontyev made several scandalous accusations both in his own show and in various interviews, for some of which he underwent trials.

2009

Since 2009 Leontyev has been publisher and co-owner (along with Channel One) of the weekly magazine Odnako.

The magazine writers include:

2014

In November 2014, Leontyev wrote an article for Channel One Russia, which presented an aerial photo claiming to show a jet fighter firing a missile at Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.

This refuted the view, widely held in the West, that MH17 had been shot down by a BUK missile fired by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.

The photo in Leontyev's article was analysed by contributors to the Bellingcat site, who found it had been artificially constructed with photo manipulation software, and was not a genuine image of the incident.

2016

On 14 January 2016, Leontyev became the spokesperson for Rosneft.

In September 2016, Leontyev vouched for the experience of Carter Page, former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump, both in the oil industry and as an "authoritative" expert on Russia.

2020

In July 2020, he called for assimilation or genocide against Circassians, these comments were sparked over the demolition of a War Monument commemorating the Circassian Genocide in Adler, he said in addressing the Circassian population living in Russia: "Yes, gentlemen, you have two options. First, we either tolerate you and assimilate you; or we destroy you."

and "A line was drawn for you and you were told not to go beyond this line. You will stay here! Be happy that you are tolerated, that you continue to exist!"

Sanctioned by the United Kingdom from 4 May 2022 in relation to support of Russia's actions in Ukraine.