Pyotr Olegovich Tolstoy (russian: Пётр Олегович Толстой; born June 20, 1969, in

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) is a Russian journalist, producer, presenter, politician. He has been the Deputy Chairman of the

State Duma The State Duma (russian: Госуда́рственная ду́ма, r=Gosudárstvennaja dúma), commonly abbreviated in Russian as Gosduma ( rus, Госду́ма), is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, while the upper hous ...

since 5 October 2016. Deputy chairman

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(2020–2022). Head of the delegation of

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(2017–2022).

Career

He hosted debates for the 2011 parliamentary election and the 2012 presidential election, as well as the election night on

Channel One Russia Channel One ( rus, Первый канал, r=Pervyy kanal, p=ˈpʲervɨj kɐˈnal, t=First Channel) is a Russian state-controlled television channel. It is the first television channel to broadcast in the Russian Federation. Its headquarters ...

after the 2012 election with

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. Member of the

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(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

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(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

from the Lyublino constituency #199 of Moscow, running from the political party

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. In September 2021, he was re-elected from the same constituency. He is a member of the Tolstoy family and

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

's great-great-grandson.

Controversies

Pyotr Tolstoy's work is criticised for absence of impartiality and pro-governmental propaganda.Радио Свобода: Свист признали несодержательным
/ref> On 23 January 2017, he publicly claimed that ''grandchildren of those who sprang ... across the

Pale of Settlement The Pale of Settlement (russian: Черта́ осе́длости, '; yi, דער תּחום-המושבֿ, '; he, תְּחוּם הַמּוֹשָב, ') was a western region of the Russian Empire with varying borders that existed from 1791 to 19 ...

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

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, he later denied any such context in his words. During the

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. A ...

, he advocated attacking power plants and other civilian infrastructure in Ukraine in order to bomb Ukraine back to the 18th century."Russia will bomb Ukraine into 18th century, says Putin aide; warns US, UK, EU"
Firstpost, 26 November 2022

References

External links

Official website

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