Claim: Aleksandr Bovin (9 August 1930 – 29 April 2004) was a Soviet and Russian journalist, political scientist and diplomat.
Evidence: Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Bovin (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Бовин, 9 August 1930 – 29 April 2004) was a Soviet and Russian journalist, political scientist and diplomat, notable for being the first Soviet, and then Russian ambassador to Israel after the re-establishment of Soviet-Israeli diplomatic relations.