Alexander Politkovsky

{{Short description|Russian journalist, political commentator and professor}}

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|birth_name = Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|9|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

|image = Alexander Politkovsky 1989.jpg

|caption = Politkovsky in 1989

|occupation = Journalist, political commentator, professor

|alma_mater = Moscow State University

|spouse = Anna Politkovskaya (d. 2006)

}}

Alexander Vladimirovich Politkovsky ({{langx|ru|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.[http://geno.ru/node/400 Политковский нашел ярославские корни]

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.[http://www.newsru.com/russia/09oct2006/anna.html Убийство Политковской в день рождения Владимира Путина — это провокация против него и Рамзана Кадырова]