Yevgeny Petrosyan

Yevgeny Vaganovich Petrosyan (Russian: Евгений Ваганович Петросян (Петросянц); Armenian: Եվգենի Վահանի Պետրոսյան (Պետրոսյանց), romanized: Yevgeni Vahani Petrosyan (Petrosyants); born 16 September 1945) is a Soviet–Russian comedian of Armenian and Jewish descent.^[1][2][3][4] In 2005 he was named among the most influential figures in contemporary Russia, in a survey conducted by independent polling agency The Levada Centre.^[5] A popular comedian since the days of the Soviet Union,^[6] Petrosyan was the host of TV variety show Crooked Mirror.^[7]

Yevgeny Petrosyan PAR
Евгений Петросян
At a meeting with Runet bloggers in October 2009.
Born	(1945-09-16) 16 September 1945 (age 79) Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Years active	1962 – present
Title	People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1991)
Spouse	Yelena Stepanenko
Awards	Order of Honour

Personal life

Yevgeny was married to actress and humorist Yelena Stepanenko (born 1953).^[8] 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.

During a 2023 New Year show, Petrosyan openly supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9] In January 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on Yevgeny for his support of the invasion.^[10][11]