Yevgeny Primakov Jr.
Yevgeny Alexandrovich Primakov (Yevgeny Primakov Jr.) (, 29 April 1976) is a Russian journalist, TV host, politician and diplomat serving as Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation since 25 June 2020. He previously was the Member of the State Duma from 2018 to 2020. In the media, he is known by the pseudonym Yevgeny Sandro. He is a grandson of Yevgeny Primakov, former Russian Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. Early life. Yevgeny Primakov Jr. was born on April 29, 1976, in Moscow in the family of  Alexander Primakov, who was a son of Yevgeny Primakov, a Soviet and Russian spy and politician. When he was five years old his father died. In 1999, he graduated from the history and Philology Department of the Russian State University for the Humanities with a degree in history. Journalistic career. Some time he worked on radio Echo of Moscow, in TASS, in the magazine "Kommersant-Money", published in the "Obshchaya Gazeta" newspaper. He has been working on television since 2002. Initially, he worked on the TVS channel as a military correspondent of the "News" and "Results" programs. He was among  the journalists of the TV channel covering the Iraq War and worked as a correspondent in Israel and Iraq. In May 2003, he left TVC and started working for NTV. He made stories for the programs "Today", "Country and the World" and "Profession is Reporter". From 2003 to 2005, he worked most often in Moscow, rarely—special forces in the Middle East. He covered the terrorist attack at the rock festival "Wings" in July 2003. While working at NTV as a correspondent he worked on business trips in Israel, Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya and Iraq. During his missions to Israel  and Palestine, he covered the terrorist acts of Palestinian extremist organizations in Israeli cities. From 2005 to 2007 he was the Chief of the Middle East Bureau of NTV. In his reports, he covered the 2006 Lebanon War in Lebanon in the war zone and in Israel. Also during the work on NTV covered the events in the Gaza Strip (Gaza–Israel conflict), in the West Bank of the Jordan river. Repeatedly worked in a combat zone. For the organization of the evacuation of Russian citizens from the Gaza strip in the summer of 2007 during the coup carried out  by Hamas, he was awarded the medal of the EMERCOM and UNHCR "Member of the Emergency Humanitarian Operation." He resigned from NTV in June 2007. From autumn 2007 to October 2011, he was a correspondent of the Directorate of information programs of Channel One Russia (TV programs: "News", "Time" and "Other News"). From April 2008 to January 2011, he was the head of the Channel One bureau in Israel. In particular, as an employee of the TV company he worked on business trips in Libya during the Battle of Tripoli in the summer of 2011. From 2011 to 2014 he  worked in the office of the United Nations high Commissioner for refugees in Turkey and Jordan. Initially (from 2011 to 2013) — at the UNHCR office in Turkey as a special adviser on urban refugee policy, in 2013-2014-in Jordan, at the office of the Director for the Middle East and North Africa in Amman as a media and communications officer. From March 2015 to the present time-author and host of the program "International Review" on the TV channel Russia 24. Political career. On March 20, 2017, Yevgeny Primakov was approved as a member of the Civic Chamber for  2017-2020 by the presidential quota. In May 2017, he became an adviser to the Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin on international issues and humanitarian projects. In 2018, he was a Trustee of the Russian presidential candidate Vladimir Putin. State Duma. In April 2018, Yevgeny Primakov announced his participation in the United Russia primary election for the State Duma by-election in the Balashov constituency. Primakov won the primary on June 4, gaining 72.3% of the vote. On he was elected to the State Duma on 9 September 2018 on a Single Electoral Day. As a Deputy, he  was a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs. On 25 June 2020, resigned due to appointment to new office. Diplomatic career. On 25 June 2020, he was appointed Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo). Personal life. Yevgeny Primakov is married and has four children.