Evstigneev correspondent. The ex-husband of Irada Zeynalova spoke about her upcoming wedding. Dangerous business trips and interesting stories

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.

Irada Zeynalova is preparing for a new television season, in which she may head one of the Channel One shows. In Sunday Time, fans will no longer see the presenter, she left her post in this program. Changes are coming not only in the professional activities of the star, but also in her personal life.

Irada marries her colleague Alexander Evstigneev. The man is several years younger than his chosen one, however, the couple has a lot in common. The former husband of the TV presenter Alexei Samoletov is calm about the fact that she will soon tie herself in a new marriage. It is possible that he will not even be able to congratulate the ex-wife on a happy event in person.

“We are all adults, everyone has their own independent life,” says Alexey. - 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've got a lot to do, work."

By the way, the couple's son Timur is growing up. The young man served in the army and studies at the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO). In the future, he does not plan to follow in the footsteps of his parents and become a journalist. Despite the divorce of his parents, he has an excellent relationship with both mom and dad. Zeynalova and Samoletov are also friendly.

“We remained on good terms with Irada, our child also lives his own life,” Alexey says in an interview with Life.ru.

It is interesting that Airplanes by profession, like the new chosen one of the presenter, is a war correspondent. He was among those who, in 2004, during the seizure of a school in Beslan by Chechen terrorists, committed a heroic deed.

“Lesha was awarded an order and a medal for him, they gave him an apartment, but all this was later ... And then I walked with him, trying to get my loved one out of that terrible state, and I myself thought everything: what a hero he is, and what a courageous and wonderful person , and that we have been meeting with this courageous man for almost a year, but he has not yet proposed to me, ”Irada recalled in an interview about her ex-husband.

Alexander Evstigneev also visited many hot spots and natural disaster zones during his career. So, in 2014, a war correspondent came under fire near Slavyansk.

Irada Zeynalova - for the first time about her new husband: "We have been moving towards this for a long time." The union of TV presenter and military commissar Alexander Evstigneev is not entirely new for the employees of Channel One

Alexander has been to "hot spots" more than once. Syrniki, climbing a mountain and a rendezvous in Debaltseve

Not so long ago, “KP” reported that the energetic and not quite formatted host of the final news program of the First Channel “Sunday Time” Irada Zeynalova was leaving her familiar chair. Hot spots, shots on the front line, emergency inclusions and extreme stand-ups against the backdrop of exploding bombs - that's what always excited her.

But there is another good reason for leaving the zone of super-publicity: changes on the personal front.

Yes it is. I am getting married for the second time, - Irada Zeynalova confirmed in a blitz conversation with KP. - I do not want to advertise this event and engage in glamorous boasting, because we have been moving towards this for a long time and carefully. I'm happy. Thank you.

As KP ​​managed to find out from sources in the editorial office of Voskresnoye Vremya, the union of the TV presenter and military enlistment officer Alexander Evstigneev is not entirely new for the staff of Channel One. After rumors of Irada's divorce spread last year (in 2015 she divorced Alexei Samoletov, with whom she lived for almost 20 years - Ed.), she was increasingly noticed in the company of her colleague Evstigneev. Often a couple could be seen in different cafes - in establishments on the Patriarch's Ponds or White Square. After that, the editorial staff of Voskresnoye Vremya ceased to doubt that this was a novel.

Increasingly, Zeynalova went on business trips exactly where her lover worked at that moment - in the LPR, for example. It was the passion for "hot spots" that became the starting point for the development of relations.

At the end of winter, one day on February 20, on her birthday, the couple ended up together in Debaltseve. An ordinary person can hardly imagine a nightly rendezvous not on the boulevard of roses, but in the hellish heat of war among the human meat grinder. That is exactly what happened with Irada and Alexander. A fanatical love for the profession led her to him that day.

About a year ago, after Zeynalova's divorce proceedings were completed, the couple began to live together. And the employees of one of the editorial offices of Channel One told KP in detail how romantic their meetings were.

Alexander is seriously interested in mountaineering. And when he went to the top of Mount Munkus-Ardyk (the highest point of the Sayans, whose height is 3491 meters), she rushed to Irkutsk for one day, only to meet him on the descent.

The surprise was repeated quite recently, when Evstigneev went on vacation to conquer the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland (the peak in the Alps at a height of 4478 meters above sea level - Ed.), And Zeynalova was again waiting for him below.

Since Evstigneev lived in Odintsovo, and collected reports in the Ostankino studio late in the evening, he often stayed overnight in the editorial office - this is a normal practice for reporters and for hosts of night and morning programs. Several times, colleagues watched as Irada brought coffee and sandwiches to her lover from Mu Mu, located on the second floor of the television center.

The wedding date has not yet been set. It is not known where it will be played. Maybe because both are used to living in spontaneity mode. Maybe it's because they've nurtured this relationship for too long. The difference in age, in views, in temperament, the experience of a breakup and children from previous marriages only enriched the piggy bank of unclosed gestalts. She is the face of Channel One, he is a simple guy from Bratsk, while an experienced military officer working on the "land". Extreme and climber. Behind shoulders - business trips to "hot spots". Agree, the rapprochement does not look quite paradoxical. And so, as if through a quagmire, holding hands, they made their way down the aisle for about two years, relying on a cane of trust and bypassing the bombers.

More than once Alexander got into a serious mess - the wedding could not have taken place in theory. This year - in Syria, and before that - in Slavyansk, it was practically covered with fire. “Two vehicles of explosives have just exploded near us. Everything is fine with me, ”he calmly informed her on the phone, after recording the plot from the lair of the Kurds.

It is better to learn all the details of the relationship from Irada, - laughing, Natalya, the chief producer and close friend of Zeynalova, translated the arrows. - I don’t know anything about sandwiches, but I know about cheesecakes. But I won't tell.

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

In the twentieth century, they were no longer just those who covered the course of events, but also people capable of influencing the public opinion of the 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 graduating from high school, Alexander Evstigneev enters the Faculty of History. Then he studies in graduate school, simultaneously earning money in various places - including starting to write small towns of his own, 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, because of 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 military presence in many parts of the world, there is enough work for military journalists on federal Russian channels. Of course, the key areas 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. In the 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 present 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, you 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 the new work completely captured 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 a 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.

Alexander jokes about his future goals 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 own 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.