Alexander Politkovsky

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Politkovsky.

Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Политко́вский; born 15 September 1953) is a Russian journalist, political commentator, and a professor at the Moscow Institute of Television and Radio Broadcasting.^[1]

Alexander Politkovsky
Александр Политковский
Politkovsky in 1989
Born	Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky (1953-09-15) 15 September 1953 (age 72) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Occupations	Journalist political commentator professor
Spouse	Anna Politkovskaya ​ ​ (m. 1978; d. 2006)​
Children	2

From 1987 to 1991 he was a special correspondent and presenter of an infotainment program Vzglyad. Politkovsky was one of the founders of the TV company VID. He was elected as a Deputy of the Russian Federation for the period of 1990 to 1993.

His former spouse Anna Politkovskaya was murdered on 7 October 2006.^[2]