Olga Skabeeva is perhaps the most prominent journalist on Russian television. She is distinguished by her love for heated discussions and sharp words. She became most famous for the program “60 Minutes” about politics. She runs this program together with her husband Evgeniy Popov.
Olga was born in Volzhsky Volgograd region December 11, 1984 The girl studied well at school and was very purposeful. Before finishing her studies, she decided to choose the profession of journalist and entered St. Petersburg State University. Before entering, she had already found a job for herself in the local newspaper “City Week”.
Career
During her student years, Olga successfully proved herself and became a full-time journalist in the Vesti St. Petersburg program. For her successes, she received a student scholarship from the Potanin Foundation. In 2006, she was awarded the Golden Pen award from the government of St. Petersburg as a promising and ambitious specialist in her field.
In 2008, Olga Skabeeva received a honors diploma from the university and was hired by the VGTRK television company.
After moving to Moscow, Olga begins to work hard and in 2008, for her efforts, she received the “Investigative Journalism” nomination in the “Profession – Reporter” competition.
In 2015, she became the host of the author’s program “Vesti.doc” on the Russia-1 channel. The audience liked the program and won high ratings due to its non-standard format: in addition to the usual reports, the stories included inserts with an exchange of opinions with studio guests.
The guests were politicians, experts, lawyers, public figures, historians and businessmen.
Since 2016, Olga has hosted the talk show “60 Minutes” on the same channel, where she also discusses acute social and political problems day. Her husband Evgeny Popov acts as co-host.
Olga Skabeeva has quite interesting interviews. For example, in 2016, she was able to agree on the filming of Hayo Seppelt, a German who released the scandalous documentary “Secrets about Doping: How Russia Makes Its Winners.”
During her work on television, Olga often hears accusations that she is characterized by propaganda of Putin and his policies. The presentation of her reports is sometimes aggressive, and many do not like the metallic voice of the presenter. Other journalists note that she may be a follower of Dmitry Kiselyov, who now holds the post of deputy general director VGTRK.
For her work on television, she received a variety of nicknames - “ dark horse"or even "Putin's iron doll."
Personal life: Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov
Olga’s personal life did not go far from her professional one. They worked together with Evgeny Popov on the same TV channel.
The couple got married in 2013 in New York.
Wedding photos
At the same time, they had to postpone the ceremony twice because they had to participate in urgent reporting. On the wedding day, Evgeniy was also called to filming, he could not refuse and after graduation they went to the consulate to register the marriage. In their interview for the program “The Fate of Man” with Boris Korchevnikov, the couple said that after the wedding they went for a walk along the Brooklyn Bridge and saw a pigeon entangled in nets and decided to save it.
The couple almost never separates, because they host the talk show “60 Minutes” together.
In January 2014, the couple had a son. He was given the name Zakhar.
It is noteworthy that after the birth, journalists from the Russia-1 channel congratulated their colleagues and said that they were waiting for Olga on the set of the talk show.
For her it was very touching and unexpected.
Evgeniy was at the center of events on the Maidan during the birth of his wife. Olga admitted that in the maternity hospital she often went out into the corridor to watch the breaking news with her husband.
Evgeniy managed to come to Moscow to be discharged from the maternity hospital and take his wife and son home. After that, he immediately returned to Kyiv again to participate in “Special Correspondent”.
From time to time, busy parents take the boy to his grandmother in the city of Volzhsky. In a general interview, they admitted that their son is growing up friendly and curious, so they can talk to him about anything.
Despite working together in social political show, the couple claims there are differences of opinion between them.
“Sometimes we park at the house and can’t get out because we had an argument. Well, it’s true, this often happens,”
says Olga.
“At work we negotiate with such characters. Well, can’t we come to an agreement with each other?”
Evgeny adds with a laugh.
Interview with Olga Skabeeva and her husband about family life:
Olga Skabeeva now
Olga is popular in journalism. For her work, she and her husband received a joint award from the Union of Journalists of Russia - “Golden Pen”.
Only now in a different category than when I was a student – “Development of discussion platforms on Russian television.”
In 2017, the couple received the TEFI Award. The award was in the Socio-Political Prime Time Talk Show category.
Evgeny Popov - famous Russian television journalist and TV presenter at the moment being the main one actor on the television program “60 Minutes.”
He was born and raised in Vladivostok, in an intelligent family. His mother taught biology at a local university. Back in school years Evgeniy became interested in the profession of journalist, and initially wanted to collaborate not with printed publications, namely with television. The young man got his first experience of communicating with an audience at a local radio station, where he hosted the program “Sacvoyage” in high school.
Having received his matriculation certificate, Evgeniy Popov goes to higher education to the Faculty of Journalism of the Far Eastern state university. But even here, the young man did not limit himself to studies alone and almost immediately got a job at a seaside television channel, where he acted as a correspondent.
TV presenter
Having become a certified specialist, Evgeny Popov continues to be a correspondent, but for the more prestigious Vesti news corporation. It is interesting that on his first foreign business trip he went straight to one of the most closed cities on the planet - the capital of North Korea, Pyongyang.
At first he was a special correspondent in Vladivostok, but soon moved to Moscow. From 2003, for two years, Popov lived in Kyiv as a seconded employee of the Rossiya TV channel. His reports mainly concerned the political situation in Ukraine. He covered the course of the Orange Revolution, about which he spoke generally positively.
In 2005, Evgeny returns to the capital of Russia and becomes a permanent political observer for the Vesti Nedeli project. Two years later, a new business trip awaits him, this time to the USA. In New York, Popov headed the Vesti bureau and covered the lives of Americans for domestic television viewers.
In 2013, the TV presenter began presenting his own program “News at 23:00” on his channel. He also replaced Dmitry Kiselyov in the main Vesti program, and later in the talk show “Special Correspondent” he led discussions in the studio, where Arkady Mamontov had performed before him. Since September 12, 2016, Evgeny Popov, together with the bright TV presenter Olga Skabeeva, has been presenting the socio-political talk show “60 Minutes” to the audience.
It is also worth noting that Evgeny Popov is the author documentary film“Media Literacy”, which was shown in 2016 as part of the “Special Correspondent” project. The film talks about the geopolitical situation in Europe and reveals some ways of waging information warfare.
Personal life
While on a business trip in New York, Evgeny Popov met Anastasia Churkina, who worked in the USA on the Russia Today TV channel. By the way, Anastasia is the daughter of Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin. The young people started dating and then got married. True, this marriage did not last very long, and in 2012, official divorce proceedings took place.
Soon after breaking up with his first wife, Popov returned to Moscow, where he met his second wife. She became VGTRK correspondent Olga Skabeeva. Now Evgeniy and Olga not only live as one family and raise their common son Zakhar, born in 2014, but also host a joint television project “60 Minutes”.
Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov are the presenters of the political program. And they are husband and wife. Reporters got married in New York. And the fact that the couple had a son, Zakhar, was announced throughout the country in the Vesti program. The love story of two talented journalists is in the program.
“We see Zakhar every day - morning and evening. We spend the whole weekend with him. He rightly demands attention from us. We discuss his problems, even discuss our problems, although he is only three and a half years old. Zakhar is very logical, everything is important to him to know, to charge everyone with the mood. For example, in the morning we went to kindergarten That's how he greeted everyone. We love our child endlessly,” this is how Olga and Evgeniy talk about their son.
Olga gave birth in January 2014. Evgeniy was on the Maidan at that moment. “All the mothers, after their children fell asleep, also went to bed. And I went into the corridor, where there was a large TV, and watched special broadcasts. I was very worried.” Then Evgeniy had a lot of work, he flew in to check on how the pregnant Olga was doing, and soon flew back. And at the time of the birth of his son, Evgeniy was editing a film for the program. “This is our lot as reporters. When it was necessary to pick up Olga and Zakhar from the maternity hospital, I flew from Kyiv in the morning, took the family home, and flew away again in the evening,” says Evgeniy Popov.
Evgeniy Popov was on business trips in both Donbass and Syria. Olga, of course, was worried about her husband: “We are reporters. This is our job and this is our life: good, fun, and sometimes not so much.” “There is work, there is family - everything is important. But it is clear what comes first, what is a priority,” adds Evgeniy.
The spouses have different views on many things, this also applies to politics. "True, this is a secret. Sometimes we park near the house and cannot get out of the car because we had a big argument. We are together 24 hours a day. Our life is full a huge amount events - there is no time to stop, much less quarrel."
Evgeniy Popov is from Far East. “I graduated from the University of Vladivostok, worked in local news, and then I was invited to Vesti. Global professional happiness came. I tried very hard.”
Olga was born in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region. After school she went to St. Petersburg, where she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of St. Petersburg State University. Started working in the Vesti-St. Petersburg program.
This is what Olga says about the wedding: “I was on a long business trip in Brussels, and Zhenya was working in New York. We decided that it would be more convenient to get married in New York. Because of work, we postponed the wedding several times. Therefore, we ourselves are still confused about numbers. In general, this happened in April 2013." And Evgeniy even had to do a report on the wedding day.
About family, about patriotism, about the dangerous side of the work of journalists, about their favorite cities and about saving a pigeon - Evgeniy and Olga told Boris Korchevnikov about all this in the program “The Fate of a Man.”
Journalist Olga Skabeeva is called the “iron lady” of Russian television. In her programs, she raises really important topics and invites famous political figures and political scientists to discuss them.
With my future profession The girl made up her mind in high school. IN graduating class She began to carefully prepare for admission to the Faculty of Journalism. To be completely confident in her choice, Olga got a job at a local newspaper after graduating from school.
There she learned the intricacies of writing articles and choosing important topics. A year later, the girl went to St. Petersburg to apply to a state university.
Olga's studies were easy. The girl attended lectures with pleasure and participated in practical classes with interest. She graduated from the university with honors. While still studying, Olga tried herself as a presenter of the news program “Vesti St. Petersburg”. This experience once again convinced the girl of the correctness of her choice.
Working as a journalist made Olga not only a recognizable media person, but also helped her find family happiness. She met her husband while filming the program together. Olga Skabeeva’s husband was the equally famous journalist Evgeny Popov.
First steps in journalism
Before becoming a popular journalist and broadcasting on central Russian channels, Evgeny Popov had to go through a difficult path. He began his career in his native Vladivostok.
While studying at the university, the aspiring journalist got a job on a local channel as a correspondent. This work brought him pleasure, because the guy decided at school that he wanted to be a television journalist.
After graduating from university, Evgeniy went to North Korea. This was his first professional business trip. In this country, he collected information for the Vesti program, which was broadcast on the central channel of Vladivostok.
After working for some time on local channels, Evgeniy decided that it was time to try himself in the capital. The talented journalist was able to achieve success there too. The biography of his activities is quite broad. Since 2003, Popov lived in Kyiv. He arrived in the capital of Ukraine as a seconded correspondent. It was he who covered the events of the Orange Revolution for viewers of the Rossiya TV channel, about which he spoke positively.
Interesting notes:
After two years of living and working in Ukraine, Evgeniy Popov returned to Moscow. There he became a full-time political observer for the Vesti Nedeli project. But he didn’t have to work in the capital for long. Soon he received an offer to go to America, namely to New York.
In the USA, Popov took a leadership position in the Vesti branch and covered the lives of Americans for Russians.
After returning to Russia, Evgeny Popov became the host of several programs, including his own. The TV presenter gained popularity after he appeared on the “60 Minutes” program. The co-host of this political show was Olga Skabeeva.
Work and personal life
Olga met her future husband Evgeny Popov through her work. They worked together on the same channel and romantic feelings flared up between them. For Evgeniy, the girl became his second love.
The man met his first wife while working in America; Anastasia Churkina worked on the Russia Today channel. The young people fell in love with each other. They dated for some time, and then formalized their relationship.
First wife of Evgeniy Popov But Eugene’s first marriage did not last long. After the divorce, he returned to Moscow, where he met Skabeeva. They don't like to talk about their personal life. It is only known that they got married in 2013. There was no magnificent celebration.
Journalists Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov got married in New York, while the painting ceremony itself had to be postponed several times due to the busyness of the newlyweds.
Between work and family
Olga and Evgeniy were already in-demand journalists at the time they started their family. They are used to devoting all their strength to their work in order to do it efficiently and convey the most important thoughts to the viewer. But everything changed with the birth of a son.
Olga gave birth to a son in 2014. The boy's name was rare name Zakhar. Eugene really wanted to be present at the birth in order to be the first to see his heir. But by coincidence, he was unable to do this.
At that time, he was in Ukraine, where the active phase of hostilities in the east of the country was just beginning.
Evgeniy only had time to arrive for the discharge of his wife and son from the maternity hospital. But Olga treated the situation with understanding, because she herself was used to completely devoting herself to work.
After the birth of the baby, Olga did not go on maternity leave. She continued to work with the same tenacity as before. Temporarily, the parents had to give Zakhara to his grandmother to raise. But this was a very short period. Soon the family was reunited.
Now Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov are working together - they can be seen on the air of the “60 Minutes” program.
This means that they spend almost all their time in place. When they have a free minute, they immediately go home to their little son. They traditionally spend weekends together as a family.
Despite the fact that the spouses are together almost around the clock, this does not cause them quarrels or addiction. Every time they find something to surprise each other and revive their relationship. And this is precisely what happy family relationships are built on.
Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov are the presenters of the political program. And they are husband and wife. Reporters got married in New York. And the fact that the couple had a son, Zakhar, was announced throughout the country in the Vesti program. The love story of two talented journalists is in the program.
“We see Zakhar every day - morning and evening. We spend the whole weekend with him. He rightly demands attention from us. We discuss his problems, even discuss our problems, although he is only three and a half years old. Zakhar is very logical, everything is important to him to know, to energize everyone. For example, in the morning we were going to kindergarten, he greeted everyone like that. We love our child endlessly,” this is how Olga and Evgeniy talk about their son.
Olga gave birth in January 2014. Evgeniy was on the Maidan at that moment. “All the mothers, after their children fell asleep, also went to bed. And I went into the corridor, where there was a large TV, and watched special broadcasts. I was very worried.” Then Evgeniy had a lot of work, he flew in to check on how the pregnant Olga was doing, and soon flew back. And at the time of the birth of his son, Evgeniy was editing a film for the program. “This is our lot as reporters. When it was necessary to pick up Olga and Zakhar from the maternity hospital, I flew from Kyiv in the morning, took the family home, and flew away again in the evening,” says Evgeniy Popov.
Evgeniy Popov was on business trips in both Donbass and Syria. Olga, of course, was worried about her husband: “We are reporters. This is our job and this is our life: good, fun, and sometimes not so much.” “There is work, there is family - everything is important. But it is clear what comes first, what is a priority,” adds Evgeniy.
The spouses have different views on many things, this also applies to politics. “True, this is a secret. Sometimes we park near the house and cannot get out of the car because we had a big argument. We are together 24 hours a day. Our life is filled with a huge number of events - there is no time to stop, much less quarrel.”
Evgeny Popov comes from the Far East. “I graduated from the University of Vladivostok, worked in local news, and then I was invited to Vesti. Global professional happiness came. I tried very hard.”
Olga was born in the city of Volzhsky, Volgograd region. After school she went to St. Petersburg, where she graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of St. Petersburg State University. Started working in the Vesti-St. Petersburg program.
This is what Olga says about the wedding: “I was on a long business trip in Brussels, and Zhenya was working in New York. We decided that it would be more convenient to get married in New York. Because of work, we postponed the wedding several times. Therefore, we ourselves are still confused about numbers. In general, this happened in April 2013." And Evgeniy even had to do a report on the wedding day.
About family, about patriotism, about the dangerous side of the work of journalists, about their favorite cities and about saving a pigeon - Evgeniy and Olga told Boris Korchevnikov about all this in the program “The Fate of a Man.”