Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy
Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy (; born June 20, 1969 in Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian journalist, producer, presenter and politician. He is the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma since 2016. Career. He hosted debates for the 2011 parliamentary election and the 2012 presidential election, as well as the election night on Channel One Russia after the 2012 election with Alexander Gordon. Member of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation (2012-2014). A former Deputy Director of the Directorate of social and political programs on Channel One (2009-2016), a former host of the Sunday news  program Vremya (2005–2012), the program "Politics" (2013-2016) and "Time Will Tell" (2014-2016) on the same channel. In September 2016, he was elected to the State Duma from the Lyublino constituency #199 of Moscow, running from the political party United Russia. In September 2021, he was re-elected from the same constituency. He is a member of the Tolstoy family and Leo Tolstoy's great-great-grandson. Controversies. Pyotr Tolstoy's work is criticised for absence of impartiality and pro-governmental propaganda. On 23 January 2017, he publicly claimed that "grandchildren of those who sprang ... across the Pale of  Settlement with Nagants in 1917 and were destroying our churches ... today they are working in revered places like radio stations and legislatory assemblies and are continuing that work". Being publicly accused of antisemitism, he later denied any such context in his words.