Vladimir Solovyov (TV presenter)

Vladimir Rudolfovich Solovyov (Владимир Рудольфович Соловьёв, born 20 October 1963) is a Russian TV presenter and propagandist.

Vladimir Rudolfovich Solovyov was born on October 20, 1963, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR, to a Jewish family.

His father, Rudolf Naumovich Solovyov, was a teacher of political economy and a boxing champion of Moscow.

His mother, Inna Solomonovna Solovyova, worked as an art critic at the Battle of Borodino Museum.

Solovyov's parents met when they were students of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute.

They separated when Vladimir was four years old, but continued to maintain friendly relations.

Solovyov's maternal grandfather, Solomon Lvovich Shapiro, was a participant in the Great Patriotic War (Russian term for the Eastern front of WWII) head of the flight test station (LIS), and a lieutenant colonel.

His paternal grandfather, Naum Semyonovich Vinitskovsky, was also a participant in the Great Patriotic War and a holder of the Order of the Red Star.

Solovyov attended school №.

72 in Moscow for his first year of education.

From the second grade onward, he studied at the elite special school №.

27 with the study of a number of subjects in English, where the children and grandchildren of members of the Soviet Central Committee of the CPSU, diplomats, and other notable figures studied.

This school is now known as secondary school №.

1232 with in-depth study of the English language.

At the age of 14, Solovyov was admitted to the Komsomol, the Communist Union of Youth.

In the ninth grade, Solovyov became interested in karate.

Prior to that, he played football and trained at the Moscow Youth Football School.

However, due to the need to practice karate at the same time, he was forced to give up football.

After finishing school, Vladimir Solovyov enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys in 1980.

During his time at the institute, he studied alongside Vladislav Surkov and Mikhail Fridman, both of whom Solovyov had known since 1981.

He graduated with honors in 1986, after completing the Faculty of Physics and Chemistry.

After completing his degree, Solovyov worked as an expert in the Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR from 1986 to 1988.

During this time, he pursued writing in his spare time.

Following his work in the Committee of Youth Organizations, Solovyov continued his education by enrolling in postgraduate studies at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

In 1990, Solovyov left for the United States to teach economics.

There he actively participated in political life and started doing business.

He completed his studies at the institute and, in 1990, defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences.

Upon his return to Russia in 1992, he continued to run his business.

In 1997 Solovyov became a presenter on the Silver Rain Radio.

In 1999, he was invited to the ORT TV channel, where, together with Alexander Gordon, he began to host the program "Process".

At the same time he hosted the program "Passion for Solovyov" on TNT channel.

From 2001 to 2003 Solovyov hosted the programs "Breakfast with Solovyov", "Night of Nightingale", "Duel" and "Look Who's Here!"

on TV-6 and TVS.

In June 2003, Solovyov was hired by NTV, where he hosted the talk shows "Orange Juice", "To the Barrier!", and "Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov".

Since 2004 Solovyov has published a number of books of artistic and journalistic nature, as well as recorded two music albums.

He became a famous interviewer, and in 2005 he received the TEFI award in the relevant category.

In the summer of 2010 Solovyov left Silver Rain Radio and moved to Vesti FM radio and Russia-1 TV channel, where he began hosting the talk show "Poyedinok".

In March 2022, YouTube blocked his channel Solovyov Live.

Since then, he was assigned the TV channel frequency of the news channel Euronews, which Russia banned after the invasion of Ukraine.

He has been an anchor on the television show Evening with Vladimir Solovyov on Russia-1 since 2012.