Russian Media Monitor

1. Vladimir Putin

Self | The Putin Interviews

Born in 7 October 1952 is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has been serving as the president of Russia since 2012, and previously between 2000 and 2008. He also served as the prime minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012.

Putin worked as a KGB ...

2. Donald Trump

Producer | The Apprentice

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946 at the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, New York City, New York. He is the son of Mary Trump (née Macleod) and Fred Trump, a real estate millionaire. His mother was a Scottish immigrant who initially worked as a maid. His father was born in New ...

3. Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Writer | Svaty

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the 6th president of Ukraine. Before entering politics, he was a comedian, actor, screenwriter, film producer, and director.

Prior to his political career, he obtained a degree in law and created a production company, Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons, TV comedy shows...

4. Margarita Simonyan

Writer | Full Skripal Case Interview with the UK's Suspects

Margarita Simonyan was born on April 6, 1980 in Krasnodar, Krasnodarskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is a writer and director, known for Full Skripal Case Interview with the UK's Suspects (2018), The Crimean Bridge. Made with Love! (2018) and Aktrisa (2017).

5. Vladimir Solovyov

Writer | Miroporyadok-2018

Vladimir Solovyov was born on October 20, 1963 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and producer, known for Miroporyadok-2018 (2018), Park Sovetskogo perioda (2006) and Operatsiya Edelveys: Poslednyaya tayna (2012).

6. Olga Skabeeva

Self | Russia Lies

7. Evgeny Popov

Self | The World's Strongest Man

8. Rudy Giuliani

Actor | Anger Management

Rudolph Giuliani is an American politician, attorney, and public speaker who served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001. He acted as an attorney to President Donald Trump. Politically first a Democrat, then an Independent in the 1970s, and a Republican since the 1980s, Giuliani ...

9. Barack Obama

Producer | Leave the World Behind

U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama II was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, was a white American from Wichita, Kansas. His father, Barack Obama Sr., who was black, was from Alego, Kenya. They were both young college students at the University of Hawaii. When his father left...

10. Joe Biden

Actor | Parks and Recreation

Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States on January 20th 2021.

He is an actor, known for Parks and Recreation (2009), Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (1991) and Great Performances (1971). He has been married to Jill Biden since June 17, 1977. They have one child. He was ...

11. Hillary Clinton

Producer | State of Terror

In every role she has ever held -- as an advocate for women and kids, as an attorney, as First Lady, as Senator, as Secretary of State, and as the first woman in U.S. history to earn a major party's presidential nomination - Hillary Clinton has defied convention and stood up for what she believes.

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12. James Comey

Writer | The Comey Rule

James Comey was born on December 14, 1960 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is a writer, known for The Comey Rule (2020), Nova (1974) and American Deep State (2020). He has been married to Patrice Failor since July 25, 1987. They have five children.

13. Lev Parnas

Self | TheWeekend

14. Igor Fruman

15. Victor Yanukovich

Self | Orange Winter

Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych is a former politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 until he was removed from office in the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, after a long series of protests in support of the European Union by diverse civil-society groups in response to his ...

16. Petro Poroshenko

Self | Tagesschau

Petro Poroshenko is a Ukrainian businessman and politician who served as the fifth President of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019.

He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, Poroshenko headed the ...

17. Antony Blinken

Producer | The Addiction

Antony Blinken was born on April 16, 1962 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for The Addiction (1995), Café (1990) and PBS NewsHour (1975). He has been married to Evan Ryan since March 2, 2002. They have two children.

18. Sergey Lavrov

Self | Putin, Russia and the West

Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov is a Russian diplomat and politician who has served as the Foreign Minister of Russia since 2004. Lavrov served as the Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations from 1994 to 2004. Lavrov was born on 21 March 1950 in Moscow, to an Armenian father from Tbilisi...

19. Tucker Carlson

Writer | Tucker Carlson Tonight

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson is an American television host, conservative political commentator and author who has hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016. Carlson was born Tucker McNear Carlson in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, on ...

20. Tulsi Gabbard

Writer | The Tulsi Gabbard Show

Tulsi Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981 in Leloaloa, American Samoa. She is a writer and producer, known for The Tulsi Gabbard Show (2022), 2020: The Dumpster Fire (2021) and American Gadfly (2022). She has been married to Abraham Williams since April 9, 2015. She was previously married to Eduardo...

21. Alexander Vindman

Actor | Curb Your Enthusiasm

Alexander Vindman was born on June 6, 1975 in Ukraine. He is an actor, known for Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), Iron Birds and Rick Wilson's the Enemies List (2022).

22. Marie Yovanovitch

Self | A.M. Joy

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine (2016-2019) under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

23. Bill Browder

Writer | Red Notice

Bill Browder was born on April 23, 1964. He is a writer, known for Red Notice, To the Moon and Back (2016) and The Magnitsky Act. Behind the Scenes (2016).

24. Oliver Stone

Director | JFK

Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.

William Oliver Stone was ...

25. Steven Seagal

Actor | On Deadly Ground

Steven Frederic Seagal was born in Lansing, Michigan, to Patricia Anne (Fisher), a medical technician, and Samuel Seagal, a high school math teacher. His paternal grandparents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and his mother had English, German, and distant Irish and Dutch, ancestry. The enigmatic ...

26. Konstantin Kosachev

Self | Miroporyadok-2018

27. William Barr

Self | American Deep State

William Barr was born on May 23, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He has been married to Christine Moynihan since June 23, 1973. They have three children.

28. Steve Bannon

Producer | Battle for America

Steve Bannon was born on November 27, 1953 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Battle for America (2010), Torchbearer (2016) and Generation Zero (2010).

29. Mike Pompeo

Self | Billy Yeager v. NPR Enemy of the People

Mike Pompeo was born on December 30, 1963 in Orange, California, USA. He is an executive. He has been married to Susan Pompeo since May 27, 2000. They have one child. He was previously married to Leslie Libert.

30. Robert Mueller

Writer | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Robert Mueller is an American lawyer and government official who served as the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2001 to 2013.

A graduate of Princeton University and New York University, Mueller served as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, receiving a Bronze Star...

31. Alexei Navalny

Self | Navalny

Alexei Navalny was born on June 4, 1976 in Butyn, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Navalny (2022), The Case Is Solved. I Know Everyone Who Tried to Kill Me (2020) and Parazity (2020). He was married to Yulia Navalnaya. He died on February 16, 2024 in ...

32. Boris Nemtsov

Actor | Zvyozdniy vors

Boris Nemtsov was born on October 9, 1959 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Zvyozdniy vors (2012), Khodorkovsky (2011) and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013). He was married to Raissa Achmetowna. He died on February 27, 2015 in Moscow, Russia.

33. Sergei Skripal

Self | Bild Live

Sergei Skripal was born on June 23, 1951 in Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was previously married to Lyudmila Koshelnik.

34. Julia Davis

Producer | Medal of Honor

Julia Davis is a Columnist for The Daily Beast, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) and a Washington Post contributor. Julia is a Russian Media Analyst and served as a featured Russian expert with the Atlantic Council's Disinformation Portal in Washington, DC, targeting Russian propaganda, ...