Yevgeny Vaganovich Petrosyan (russian: Евге́ний Вага́нович Петрося́н, hy, Եվգենի Վահանի Պետրոսյան (Պետրոսյանց); born 16 September 1945) is a
Soviet/
Russian comedian of
Armenian and
Jewish descents. In 2005 he was named among the most influential figures in contemporary Russia, in a survey conducted by independent polling agency The Levada Centre. A popular comedian since the days of the
Soviet Union, Petrosyan was the host of TV variety show ''Crooked Mirror''.
In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Yevgeny for his support of
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
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Personal life
Yevgeny was married to actress and humorist
Yelena Stepanenko
Yelena Grigorievna Stepanenko (russian: Еле́на Григо́рьевна Степане́нко; born April 8, 1953, Stalingrad (born 1953).
Their engagement was in 1985. On August 3, 2018, the Russian mass media announced that Yevgeny and Yelena are getting divorced. They had made 1.5 billion rubles together while married and that money will now be divided among the two by the court of law.
Controversy
During a New Year celebration 2023, Petrosyan openly supported the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. He claimed that the "West tried to destroy Russia", exlcaimed that "the one thing you can't cook
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borscht,
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bratwurst without? Without Russian Gas!" and declared "Like it or not, Russia is enlarging."
References
External links
Yevgeny Petrosyan at the Forbes
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1945 births
Russian humorists
Living people
Entertainers from Baku
Honored Artists of the RSFSR
People's Artists of the RSFSR
Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
Russian male comedians
Armenian comedians
Russian satirists
Armenian satirists
Russian television presenters
Soviet television presenters
Armenian television presenters
Russian male television actors
Soviet male television actors
Armenian male television actors
Russian people of Armenian descent
Russian people of Jewish descent
Russian humour