The ex-husband of Irada Zeynalova spoke about her upcoming wedding. Son of Irada Zeynalova: I love both parents

The news that the country's most famous TV journalist has become the most discussed not only on the Web, but also on the sidelines of the Ostankino television center. The romance of the 44-year-old now ex-host of the Vremya program and military correspondent Alexander Evstigneev was discussed in 2015, when the queen of news broadcasting went on a business trip to Lugansk with the journalist. Collaboration in hot spots soon grew into something more: rumors of a couple dating on the front line began to reach Moscow. At that time, each of them was busy with his own career and free from marital shackles: Zeynalova and her husband Alexei Samoletov filed for divorce at the end of October 2015, having been married for more than 20 years, and Evstigneev broke up with his first wife Natalya a few years after moving to Moscow.

As Life managed to find out, the young journalist, then not yet known for his reports from military operations, did not come alone to conquer Channel One: his wife Natalya Ustyugova got a job with him in Ostankino. Former spouses met in their hometown in the Irkutsk region, where for six years they built a career in the Bratsk television company, after which they decided to expand their horizons. Alexander was the first to cross the threshold of the television center, after which he moved his wife to the capital. Their union cracked a few years later, after which Evstigneev continued to work in journalism, and Natalya took up the upbringing of their common son Sasha, who is now 7 years old.

Irada and Alexei, in turn, are growing up son Timur - young man in a few days he will turn 20, but he has already managed to serve in the army and start an independent life. As it turned out, the young man and his famous mother have been living separately for a long time and try not to interfere in each other's personal lives - Samoletov Jr. devoted himself to his studies, and Irada always disappeared at work or on another business trip. The news that Timur would soon attend the second wedding of his mother did not seem to surprise him at all: in exclusive interview The young man told Life that he rarely discusses his personal life with his family.

- I can only say that I love both mom and dad, Timur Samoletov shared with Life. - If mom decided to remarry, it's her choice and her personal life. I love my parents equally, and my mother's wedding does not affect my life in any way. I did not delve into the essence of their relationship, I only know that he and Alexander met at work.

As it turned out, now Timur has less reason to worry about his parents, whom his son often saw on the blue screen than at home. Since Zeynalova was taken off the air of Sunday Time, the famous TV presenter can finally be found outside the walls of the television studio.

Now that my mother has been taken off the air, she has become less at work. Waiting for a new appointment, but what - I do not know. We have been living separately for a long time, and we have not yet discussed this issue.

Many predict a promising successor to the star of the state channel a great future on television. Even parents for a long time they persuaded him to enter international journalism, but Timur answered with a categorical refusal, for a long time observing the rhythm in which Irada and Alexei worked. " Timur is a guy with brains, he has both English and German. But he said: "Anything, but not journalism! I don’t want, like you and dad, to plow bloody snot all the time, ”Zeynalova complained a few years ago, when all her attempts to grow a shift for herself were in vain.

After serving in the army, Timur Samoletov entered MGIMO, where he is now in his second year. The young man plans to find himself in the military field, so he studies Arabic language at the Faculty international relations. In parallel, the son of journalists works, again avoiding the profession of journalism.

I have been working for a long time, but I do not have a permanent job, how lucky. AT last time was involved in the sale of theater tickets. I have to combine work and study, it is difficult, but necessary.

The third member of the Zeynalova family, journalist Alexei Samoletov, also plunged into work after the divorce. According to the 52-year-old TV presenter, he was also not interested in the personal life of his ex-wife.

I did not communicate with Irada on this subject, so I have nothing to comment on. We are all adults, everyone has their own independent life, - Aleksey Samoletov told Life. - I am now traveling from business trip to business trip, I have constant shooting, so I don’t even know if I will be in Moscow during her wedding. I have a lot of work to do. We remained in normal relations with Irada, our child also lives his own life. What is actually going on, I do not know and am not inclined to believe open publications until I get confirmation, because I myself have been working in journalism for too long. It makes no sense for me to delve into her life.

The newlyweds celebrated the wedding in a narrow circle. The 44-year-old bride was wearing a long, fitted dress in dark blue. The groom is in a classic suit. Among the guests at the celebration were Tigran Keosayan and Margarita Simonyan.

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The latter reported on Twitter that Irada and Alexander are now legal husband and wife. Margarita published a photo with the father of the bride and signed it: "We marry Irada with Avtandil Zeynalov!"

A relative of the bride, Svetlana Zeynalova, was also at the celebration. "Sister's wedding. Irada, be happy! Love and joy! So, remember 12/16/16!" - Svetlana wrote on Instagram and shared a video of the newlyweds dancing.

It is known that Zeynalova and Evstigneev have been in a relationship for about two years. Before Irada, Alexander was married to his colleague, reporter Natalya Ustyugova, who gave birth to his first child. Zeynalova was married to TV reporter Alexei Samoletov for more than ten years. They had a son, Timur. In 2015, the couple divorced.

According to Irada, she made a difficult decision to divorce her first husband. “Alexey is a wonderful friend, a wonderful father, but the relationship between us ended. We existed quite distantly from each other. People break up in less difficult situations. Son Timur grew up. And we grew up,” Zeynalova explained.

The thought of divorce came to Irada when she began to have an affair with Alexander Evstigneev. “We met when, after returning to Moscow, I became the host. Sasha always worked for our release. A talented guy with a good sense of humor. All the time he came up with something, surprised,” the newly-made wife said in a recent interview.

Perhaps there are no bad or uninteresting professions. Each attracts something to itself or keeps some of its secrets. This article is dedicated to a person who connected his life with a profession that is both interesting and dangerous - military journalism. But, before the story goes about the war correspondent Alexander Evstigneev, let's plunge a little into the history of military journalism.

Journalists under fire

Now the concept of "war correspondent" is familiar to our ears. But the appearance of such a position can be associated even with Alexander the Great - it was he who first began to be accompanied by people who were engaged in describing battles, campaigns, and hostilities in enemy lands. In fact, they are chroniclers from the battlefields.

With the advent of the printing press, it became possible to educate the general population about the events taking place on the battlefields with the help of newspapers. In the nineteenth century, in general, a real golden age in military journalism begins - this is facilitated by the advent of the telegraph.

The first professional war journalists also appeared in the nineteenth century - this is due to Crimean War. Even the names of the "pioneers" have been preserved - in the besieged Sevastopol fighting the journalist of the Moskvityanin magazine N. Berg described the course of the war on the part of the Allied forces, the correspondent V. Kh. Russell, who later received quite wide popularity.

In the twentieth century, they were no longer just those who covered the course of events, but also people who could influence public opinion warring countries. Yes, and among journalists there are more and more famous names - remember, for example, the war in Spain, where Konstantin Simonov, George Orwell and many other writers and poets worked as military journalists. Now the profession of a war correspondent still remains relevant, necessary and increasingly dangerous, since the development of weapons increases losses even in small, local conflicts, including among war correspondents.

Childhood

The future journalist Alexander Evstigneev was born "in the depths of Siberian ores" - in the city of Bratsk. He graduated from high school there and did not even think about becoming a journalist in the future and connecting his life with television.

Since childhood, he went in for sports, swam well, was a physically active child. He dreamed of doing archeology, sat at the history books and, as they say, was a bookworm.

Education

After graduation high school Alexander Evstigneev enters the Faculty of History. Then he studies in graduate school, simultaneously working part-time in various places- including begins to write small of his city, mainly on popular science topics.

After graduating from the graduate school of the Faculty of History, he is engaged in science, preparing to defend his doctoral thesis, but fate brings Alexander to the local TV channel, where he begins his career as a journalist - not yet a war correspondent.

The beginning of a career as a journalist and moving from Bratsk

Alexander Evstigneev himself says that he had to leave Bratsk, quitting his job at local television, due to a change in power in the city and, accordingly, a change in political course. Alexander was not satisfied with what principles the new bosses brought to Bratsk Television, and since Alexander was already the editor-in-chief at that time, all the changes concerned his activities in the first place. The censorship was very strong, the partisanship of the authorities became very obvious. For himself, Alexander saw two ways out: to change his place of work or "break". The second - did not want to, so I had to leave.

Moscow was chosen as the most difficult option - I wanted to and it turned out very well. Arriving in Moscow, Alexander first got into a news agency that dealt with economic news.

First channel

Today, Alexander Evstigneev is a war correspondent on Channel One. There, again, according to the memoirs of the journalist himself, he got there quite by accident - he was looking for a job, and then they offered this option. It was a sin to refuse. Although at first Alexander worked in the information block, which was responsible for economic news and had nothing to do with Ostankino. When I got bored with fiddling with numbers, I asked for a translation, because, according to the journalist himself, it is much more interesting to work with living destinies, real people, than with numbers. This is how Alexander Evstigneev got on Channel One, soon becoming one of the most famous Russian war correspondents.

Dangerous business trips and interesting stories

Behind the back of the journalist - a lot of hot spots. The situation in the world is now very unstable, therefore, no matter how regrettable it may be, there is enough work for both soldiers and military journalists. Considering that Russia now has its own military presence in many parts of the world, then there is enough work for military journalists on federal Russian channels. Undoubtedly, key directions are Donetsk and Syria.

Also, in addition to military conflicts, journalist Alexander Evstigneev also works in areas where a state of emergency has been declared. For example, in one of the interviews, he recalls how he flew with colleagues to Uzbekistan, where there were explosions in military warehouses. Under conditions of an almost illegal situation, they managed to make a short report from the scene, although by the end of the business trip, Evstigneev and his colleagues even ended up in a military prison, where they spent some time until the circumstances were clarified.

Among the memoirs of Alexander there is a story about the plot from the cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. Together with his colleagues, he was on board when the ship conducted combat exercises, honing shooting skills, various maneuvers and other elements of naval combat. Alexander Evstigneev said that at that moment groups of three were found on board and there was a real struggle between journalists for information.

Personal life

Alexander Evstigneev, whose personal life is little known to the general public, was married twice. The first marriage lasted ten years - the chosen one of the journalist was called Natalya, and she was a colleague in the shop. The couple got married back in Bratsk, and they even had a child - a son. But, apparently, something went wrong, and after a ten-year period, Alexander and Natalya divorced.

A year later, rumors began to appear in the newspapers that Evstigneev had begun an affair with a very famous Russian TV journalist, Irada Zeynalova. Initially, the novel was known at the level of rumors and gossip, but in the sixteenth year, Alexander Evstigneev and Irada Zeynalova announced their engagement, and a little later they got married. The couple has no joint children yet, but Iraida already has a son, Timur, from his first marriage.

"Direct speech" of a journalist: about himself, about work, about Bratsk and about Moscow

In a few interviews and conversations with colleagues, one can find interesting information about Alexander Evstigneev.

For example, about his hometown of Bratsk, Alexander says that "the soul is in place" in it. After all, both the journalist's parents and friends - all remained in their hometown. And the journalist plans to go home again with age.

Regarding his departure, Alexander says that it was hard only at first - when he had just left. And then took over new job and there was simply no time to be bored. In addition, there is an opportunity to fly home several times a year, which allows you to see your relatives and not forget the "feeling of a small homeland."

As for the work on Channel One, Alexander notes very high level. He says that at first, of course, there was a feeling of some kind of "provinciality", maybe even pressing, especially against the background of his colleagues from the capital. And then it passed, and at the same time there was a feeling that the province does not mean worse. Any provincial town, any television has its own talented journalists, strong personalities. And if a person "does not shine" on federal channels, this does not mean that he is bad.

About our further goals Alexander jokes that he definitely wants to enter the top ten journalists of Channel One. At worst, become a millionaire.

Conclusion

Alexander Evstigneev, whose biography is presented in this article, is not just an interesting person, but a very interesting one. Although, it is possible that it cannot be otherwise - with such and such a profession. Unfortunately, very little information about a journalist is in the public domain, which is also understandable - a war correspondent is a valuable figure, which means that he is in danger of being destroyed not only on the battlefield, but also in his native country, at home. By the way, Oleksandr Evstigneev is on the blacklist of the Security Service of Ukraine because he was reporting from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.