Dmitry Peskov
Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov is a Russian diplomat and the press secretary for Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Some of the key events about Dmitry Peskov
- 1989Graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in history and international relations
- 1990Began career as a diplomat in the Soviet Foreign Ministry
- 2000Joined the press service of the Russian President
- 2004Appointed First Deputy Press Secretary of the President of Russia
- 2008Became Press Secretary for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin
- 2012Appointed Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration and Press Secretary for President Putin
- 2014Promoted to the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
- 2014Defended Russia's annexation of Crimea, claiming it was a legitimate response to protect Russian-speaking populations
- 2015Justified Russian military intervention in Syria, despite international concerns about civilian casualties
- 2016Denied Russian involvement in the U.S. presidential election, despite evidence to the contrary
- 2018Reappointed as Press Secretary for President Putin's new term
- 2018Dismissed allegations of Russian involvement in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the UK
- 2019Defended the arrest of investigative journalist Ivan Golunov, initially claiming drug charges were legitimate
- 2020Became a member of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Olympic Committee
- 2020Downplayed the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, contradicting health experts' warnings
- 2021Justified the imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, claiming he violated parole conditions
- 2022Appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office
- 2022Defended Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, describing it as a "special military operation"
- 2022Threatened Western countries with nuclear retaliation for supporting Ukraine
- 2023Dismissed reports of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, calling them "fake news"
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