Born on June 20, 1969, in Moscow.
Higher education.
In 1993, he graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with a degree in International Journalism.
Career
From 1992 to 1994, he worked at the Moscow bureau of the French newspaper *Le Monde*.
From 1994 to 1996, he was a correspondent for the Moscow bureau of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. In October 1996, he became Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the TV company VID; he worked as a producer and host of the program *Skandaly Nedeli* (Scandals of the Week) and as the head of the information support service at VID.
From October 1998 to August 1999, he hosted the program *V Mire Lyudey* (In the World of People) on the TV-6 channel.
From 2002 to 2008, he worked at the Third Channel (Tretiy Kanal), serving as the host of the weekly news and analysis program *Vyvody* (Conclusions), as well as Editor-in-Chief, Deputy General Director, and General Director of OJSC TRVK “Moskoviya” – Third Channel.
From August 2005 to June 2012, he was the host and head of the news and analysis program *Voskresnoye Vremya* (Sunday Time) on Channel One.
Member of the Russian Television Academy.
In 2014, he hosted the program *Tolstoy. Voskresenye* (Tolstoy. Sunday). From 2013 to 2016, he co-hosted the socio-political talk show *Politika* alongside Alexander Gordon.
From 2014 to 2016, he co-hosted another political show on the same channel—*Vremya Pokazhet*—alongside Ekaterina Strizhenova.
Since 2016, he has served as a deputy and Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation.
On May 31, 2021, he became the head of the Moscow city branch of the party.
He is a recipient of the 2007 TEFI Award in the category of “Host of an Information and Analytical Program.”