Yevgeny Popov (journalist)
Evgeny Georgievich Popov (; born September 11, 1978, Vladivostok) is a Russian political figure, journalist, and a deputy of the 8th State Duma. After graduating from the university, Popov started working as a correspondent of the Vesti TV program in Vladivostok. In 2002 he moved to Moscow and in 2003-2006 was in Ukraine, covering news for Russia-1. He came back to Moscow in 2006 to become a political commentator of the TV program "Vesti nedeli". From 2008 to 2013, Popov headed the "Vesti" program in New York. In 2016, Popov, and his wife, Olga Skabeyeva, launched a  TV show titled "60 minutes". Since September 2021, Popov has served as deputy of the 8th State Duma from the Moscow constituency. Evgeny Popov is married to Olga Skabeyeva; both of the journalists are well-known for their criticism of the Russian opposition. Skabeyeva even has the nickname "iron doll of Putin TV". Popov covered the revolutions of 2003 and 2014 in Ukraine. Later Popov created a series of documentaries in which he used fake documents to discredit Alexey Navalny. In 2014, Security Service of Ukraine declared Evgeny Popov persona non grata. In 2020, The Insider ranked Popov and Skabeyeva  7th and 8th out of 12 wealthiest Russian propagandists. In 2021, the Anti-Corruption Foundation released the proof that Popov and Skabeyeva own property in Moscow, the overall cost of which is around 300 mln rubles. Recently Popov made headlines internationally for proposing during one of his shows "a change regime" in the U.S. presidency, claiming that "it's time for the Russian people to call on Americans to change 'the regime in the U.S.' and 'help our partner Trump to become President." Donald Trump, when he was elected president, was at the case of a plot that claim he  is a russian asset and that his election was hacked by the Russian presidency. This exploded in the know Russiagate scandal.