Olga Skabeyeva

Olga Vladimirovna Vladimirovna Skabeyeva (Russian: О́льга Владимировна Пуке́ева; born December 11, 1984, Volzhsky) is a Russian journalist and television host. Two-time winner of the TEFI Award (2017, 2018).[1][2]

Olga Skabeyeva
О́льга Пуке́ева
Skabeyeva at the Direct Line with Vladimir Putin show in 2013.
Born (1984-12-11) December 11, 1984
Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast, RSFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussia
Alma materSaint Petersburg State University
OccupationJournalist, TV-presenter, propogandist

Biography

Skabeyeva was born December 11, 1984, in Volzhsky, Volgograd Oblast,[3] where she graduated from high school. In the tenth grade she decided to become a journalist.[4] Her journalistic career began in the local newspaper.[3][4]

She studied at the Faculty of Journalism at St. Petersburg State University, which she graduated with honors in 2008. Worked as a correspondent for the TV program Vesti.[5][6]

She came to prominence in 2012–2013 with her coverage of the Pussy riot trial, the surge in anti-government rallies at the time and subsequent criminal investigations into the activities of Russian opposition supporters. Her critical reports about the Russian opposition prompted TV critic Irina Petrovskaya to describe her as a member of Russian state TV's "special operation forces", and her tone as "prosecutorial and accusatory".[7]

In 2015–2016 she led the author's program Vesti.doc on the Russia 1 TV channel.[4] Since September 12, 2016, together with her husband Yevgeny Popov, she has been conducting a 60 Minutes social and political talk show on Russia 1, announced as a discussion program on high-profile topics.[8][9]

In 2018 Skabeyeva was noted in an attempt to discredit British investigation of poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.[10][11] At her television program it was said that the Skripal's poising case is 'an elaborate British plot to smear Russia'.

Critics have dubbed her by the nickname of "Putin's Iron Doll".[7]

References
  1. Владимир Соловьёв, Ольга Скабеева и Евгений Попов завоевали ТЭФИ // TASS
  2. Ангелы-телехранители. Лауреаты ТЭФИ-2018 от души благодарили своих начальников за счастье свободного творчества // Novaya Gazeta
  3. Ведущая нового ток-шоу на канале «Россия-1» начинала в газете Волжского
  4. Железная кукла путинского ТВ стала мемом Рунета
  5. Журнал Санкт-Петербургский университет Archived November 30, 2018, at the Wayback Machine ISSN 1681-1941 / № 10 (3777), 27 июня 2008 года
  6. Институт «Высшая школа журналистики и массовых коммуникаций» СПбГУ. Вручение дипломов 2008
  7. "BBC Monitoring – Essential Media Insight". monitoring.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  8. Человек из телевизора: Ирина Петровская
  9. «Тёмная лошадка» с жестким голосом: личная жизнь и любимый мужчина телеведущей Ольги Скабеевой
  10. Russian spy poisoning: Yulia Skripal 'getting stronger daily'. BBC. April 5, 2018
  11. Chris York. Poisoned Yulia Skripal Issues Statement Saying 'My Strength Is Growing Daily'. Huffington Post April 5, 2018
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