A successful businesswoman, a talented producer, co-founder and co-owner of SAV Entertainment. These definitions are quite enough to talk about Nadezhda Yuryevna Solovyova as an accomplished person. By the way, based on the results of last 2016, she is one of the hundred most influential people in Russia, according to Gentlemen’s Quarterly magazine. But above all else, Nadezhda Solovyova is Posner’s muse, comrade-in-arms and wife.

Fire of love

According to the famous journalist, he fell in love with this charming, smiling woman at first sight. The path to happiness was difficult and thorny. Both Nadezhda Yuryevna and Vladimir Vladimirovich were by no means young at the time they met, and, moreover, both were not free. But the spark that ran between them, turning into a fire of love, destroyed all barriers. Posner and Solovyova entered into an official marriage in 2008, having by that time severed previous family ties and actually been together for about three years.

If fans of his talent know almost everything about Vladimir Vladimirovich, then the biography of Nadezhda Solovyova is shrouded in a certain aura of mystery. However, some facts, thanks to infrequent but quite detailed interviews in the press with the founder of the SAV Entertainment agency, became public knowledge.

Childhood

Nadezhda Solovyova does not hide her age, but for some reason, perhaps out of personal modesty, she never names the date and month of her birth. In any case, these figures do not appear in any of the open sources. Young Nadya, who was born in Moscow in 1955, spent her childhood on Arbat in a modest communal apartment. Nadezhda’s own father left the family when the girl was one and a half years old. Mom soon got married, and from the age of four Nadya was raised by her stepfather.

Her parents, engineers by profession, often went on business trips, and the little girl remained in the care of her grandparents, who doted on their only granddaughter. Nevertheless, she did not become a pampered young lady. Possessing a fighting character, she loved to climb trees and was the leader in boys’ games.

According to Nadezhda Solovieva, at the age of five she organized her first "business". Under her leadership, a group of peers collected coins that had fallen on the floor from soda machines in one of Moscow's department stores. A little later, Nadia, together with her parents, who participated in the construction of the Bratsk hydroelectric power station, leaves Moscow. In Bratsk, a lively kindergarten pupil had a chance to meet Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who was visiting the city.

Education and early career

After graduating from school, where her favorite subject was mathematics, Nadezhda Solovieva dreamed of entering the faculty of applied linguistics. But that year this direction was closed at the Institute of Foreign Languages, and the girl decided to master the profession of a translator. Nadia was fluent in English since childhood thanks to her maternal grandfather. He spent a lot of time with his granddaughter, instilling in her a love of the humanities.

During her studies at the institute, Nadezhda Solovieva met her future husband, composer Valery Myagkikh. Soon the newlyweds had a daughter, Alice. Immediately after graduating from university, Solovyova began working on the Organizing Committee for the preparation of the 1980 Olympics. Then there were years of teaching foreign language courses and translation work in several large Soviet and international departments.

Founding of the SAV Entertainment agency

In 1986, working as a translator at the State Concert, Nadezhda Solovyova went on tour to India with Alla Pugacheva and Evgeny Boldin. Together with the then-husband of the prima donna, Solovyova is planning to create an agency to organize foreign tours of Soviet artists. The idea was realized a year later, and SAV Entertainment was born. But business partners very quickly realized that there would not be much income from domestic stars traveling abroad. Therefore, it was decided to reorient its activities in the opposite direction, that is, to invite famous foreign singers, musicians, and dancers to Russia.

Successes, merits, awards

For many years, Nadezhda Solovyova has been considered one of the most important people in the show industry. Thanks to the activities of the agency she heads, domestic audiences were able to experience live the work of such legendary performers as Tina Turner, Charles Aznavour, Paul McCartney, Luciano Pavarotti, the group U-2 and many others. Solovyova took a direct part in the revival of Diaghilev’s ballets as part of Andris Liepa’s “Russian Seasons” project.

Nadezhda Yuryevna is actively involved in charity work and has membership in the Russian branch of the Red Cross. Solovyova’s achievements in the field of entertainment art and music have been repeatedly awarded the national Ovation Award. Posner's wife is the producer of several projects of her eminent husband. According to Vladimir Vladimirovich, it was only thanks to Nadezhda Yuryevna’s organizational skills that the television series “One-Storey America”, “Their Italy” and others were able to see the light of day.

Love affair at work

Vladimir Pozner and Nadezhda Solovyova met in 2004, when a journalistic group was preparing a television program dedicated to the fight against AIDS. In the invited producer, seventy-year-old Vladimir Vladimirovich first of all saw a charming woman. But even today he never ceases to admire his wife’s business qualities. Nadezhda Yuryevna, by her own admission, was struck by Posner’s high intelligence, his inexhaustible sense of humor, openness and spontaneity.

The first meetings of lovers were rare and non-binding. But soon both realized that they could not live without each other. It turned out that they had a lot in common; their mental and physical biorhythms, as they say, coincided perfectly. Vladimir Vladimirovich divorced his wife Ekaterina Orlova, with whom he lived for 37 years. Nadezhda Yurievna left her husband. In 2008, the romance between Posner and Solovyova culminated in an official marriage.

Happy together

According to Nadezhda Yuryevna, in a work environment, she and Vladimir Vladimirovich understand each other perfectly. But their family life is not without heated discussions. Disagreements arise mainly on political grounds. It’s hard to believe, but Posner adheres to leftist views, jokingly calling his wife a “shark of imperialism.”

Solovyova notes that in a global sense she largely agrees with her husband, but making concessions is not in her rules. “Despite the endless disputes,” says Nadezhda Yuryevna, “we are still happy together. The intensity of passions experienced at the beginning of our acquaintance still warms our hearts. A vivid confirmation of this is the photographs of a married couple appearing in the press. Posner and Solovieva have open, smiling faces. Despite their age, these people look young and cheerful.

Many will be surprised, but the public’s favorite, journalist and talented writer Vladimir Pozner was born on April 1, 1934 in Paris. His father was Jewish by nationality and emigrated to France in 1922. Mom was a real Frenchwoman. Later, both parents of the future journalist worked in the field of cinematography. The boy himself, many years later, considered himself a true Frenchman.

Posner's first wife Valentina Chemberdzhi: biography, children, grandchildren, photos

Vladimir's biography is replete with events. From a young age, he emigrated a lot with his parents. The younger brother Pavel was born in a foreign country. The father was accused of collaborating with Soviet counterintelligence agencies. As a result, the entire family was forced to return to the Soviet Union and start life from scratch. First there was studying at Moscow State University, then the beginning of a career. It must be said that Posner’s career was quite successful. Only it was not possible to completely break ties with America.

In the photo: Vladimir Pozner with his first wife Valentina

The personal life of Vladimir Pozner also did not work out right away. He was officially married three times. The first wife, Valentina Chemberdzhi, is a philologist and translator by training. The woman was born in 1936 into a family of famous Soviet composers. She has been involved in translations of texts from both ancient and modern languages.

In the photo: Vladimir Pozner with his daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren

Vladimir and Valentina entered into a marriage in 1957. Their family lasted ten years. In 1960, the couple had a daughter, who was named Ekaterina. Currently, she bears her mother's surname and lives in Germany. The girl followed in the footsteps of her grandparents and connected her life with music, becoming a fairly famous pianist. Her younger brother Alexander, whom his mother gave birth to in marriage with the mathematician M. S. Melnikov, followed the same path. Catherine gave her parents two grandchildren: the eldest Maria and the younger Nikolai. Maria already has a son, Valentin, who is Vladimir Vladimirovich’s great-grandson.

Posner’s second wife Ekaterina Orlova: biography, children, grandchildren, photos

Already in 1969, Vladimir Pozner created a new unit of society by marrying Ekaterina Orlova. This marriage turned out to be the longest in his life. The wife was also involved in journalism. Together they created the “Posner School” and began to train real professionals in it. Katya held the position of director there.

In the photo: Vladimir Pozner with his second wife Ekaterina

By the time of the wedding, Orlova already had a son, Peter, whom she gave birth to in a previous marriage. But the spouses never managed to have children together, despite the fact that their union lasted for 35 years. The adopted son Peter gave Vladimir and his ex-wife a grandson, who was named George. In October 2015, the press reported the death of Catherine. Posner divorced his wife back in 2005; he did not give official comments about her death.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Pozner. Born April 1, 1934 in Paris (France). Soviet and Russian television journalist and TV presenter, first president of the Academy of Russian Television (1994-2008).

Vladimir Pozner was born on April 1, 1934 in the family of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner (1908-1975), who emigrated from Russia in 1922, and a Frenchwoman, Geraldine Lutten (1910-1985).

He was named Vladimir in honor of his father and baptized in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris according to the Catholic rite.

Russian and French writer Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner is the cousin of Vladimir Pozner.

The parents were not officially married until Vladimir Pozner was five years old. The mother took three-month-old Vladimir to the USA. By that time, her mother and sister, as well as close friends, lived in America.

Soon Geraldine got a job as an editor in the French branch of the film company Paramount Pictures. After 5 years, in 1939, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Posner, who at that time worked in the European branch of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film company, took Geraldine and his son from the USA, and the family returned to France.

After the occupation of France by German troops in 1940, they fled again to the United States. Already in America, in 1945, Vladimir’s brother, Pavel Pozner, was born.

Father, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner, was an ardent patriot of the Soviet Union. After Lithuania became part of the USSR in 1940, V.V. Pozner’s paternal grandfather, Alexander Vladimirovich Pozner (1875-?), became a citizen of the USSR.

In this regard, V.V. Pozner’s father, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Pozner, acquired the right to Soviet citizenship. In 1943, while working as head of the Russian section of the U.S. War Department's film department, he began collaborating with Soviet intelligence, initially as a "trainee" and "gunner."

Due to the deterioration of relations between the USSR and the USA after the war, the advent of the McCarthy era and increasingly close attention from the FBI in 1948, the Posner family was forced to leave the USA.

Initially, the Posners wanted to return to France, but Posner Sr. was denied entry, considering him a subversive element on the basis of a denunciation. Then the Posners moved to Berlin (GDR), where Vladimir Alexandrovich received a position at Sovexportfilm.

In 1950, Vladimir Pozner received a Soviet passport.

In 1952 the family moved to the Soviet Union, to Moscow.

In New York, Vladimir Pozner graduated from City and Country Elementary School under the guidance of Caroline Pratt. He later attended Stuyvesant High School.

The first time in Berlin, Vladimir attended a school for Soviet children. But at the end of the 1948-1949 school year, the activities of such educational institutions in Germany were curtailed (at the initiative of the USSR) and the teenager entered the eighth grade of a newly opened school for the children of German political emigrants who returned to East Germany from the USSR. There he studied for two years, and then, in order to receive a matriculation certificate, he entered a school at the field post office, where Soviet military personnel who did not receive a secondary education because of the war studied.

After the Pozner family moved to the USSR at the end of 1952, in 1953 Vladimir entered the Faculty of Biology and Soil Sciences of Moscow State University, majoring in human physiology.

According to Posner, despite the fact that he passed the competition, earning 24 points out of a possible 25 in the entrance exams, he was denied admission due to his Jewish origin and “dubious” biography. It was only thanks to his father's connections that he was nevertheless accepted into the university. According to Posner himself, he was expelled from the university. However, he then recovered and continued his studies at the Faculty of Biology.

For the first year after graduating from university, Vladimir made a living by scientific translations from English into Russian.

In 1959, Posner got a job as a literary secretary to the poet Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak and worked for him for two years. At this time, prose and poetic translations performed by Posner were published.

Posner made translations of four poems and, having received Marshak’s approval, submitted them to the New World magazine, while adding four poems by himself. All translations were rejected as unpromising, and Posner was advised to leave this path.

Posner did not deny himself the pleasure of informing the staff of Novy Mir that he was very flattered that his work was indistinguishable from the work of the living classic, Marshak, because half of the translations actually belonged to the pen of the latter. A scandal broke out, which Marshak became aware of; he scolded Posner, but did not hide the fact that the future presenter’s action amused him.

“Of course, I cheated, but I enjoyed it a lot,” Posner said.

In October 1961, Posner joined Novosti Press Agency, worked as an editor in the USSR (USSR) magazine, distributed abroad (mainly in the USA), later renamed Soviet Life (Soviet Life), and from 1967 in the Sputnik magazine.

In 1967 he joined the CPSU.

In 1968, together with his first wife V. N. Chemberdzhi, he translated and published in the USSR Woody Guthrie’s book “Bound for Glory”.

In 1970 he went to work for Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting(later the USSR State Television and Radio) as a commentator for the main editorial office of radio broadcasting in the USA and England, where he was simultaneously the secretary of the party committee and until the end of 1985 he conducted his daily radio broadcast in English. American radio listeners could hear him on Ray Briem's ​​talk show on Los Angeles radio station KABC (AM).

Since the late 1970s, usually via satellite communications, Posner has appeared on Western television. He was a frequent guest on the Nightline program on the channel American Broadcasting Company and also on The Phil Donahue Show. He presented in the best light the statements and decisions of the leadership of the Soviet Union regarding certain domestic and international issues, and, often, justified the most controversial of them. Among such decisions were decisions on the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan and the destruction of the South Korean Boeing.

He gained the greatest fame among Soviet viewers as a presenter. TV bridges between the USSR and the USA. In the book “Vlad Listyev. Biased Requiem” it is said that the teleconferences appeared “with the personal blessing” of Gorbachev. It also says that during this period his colleague wrote denunciations against Posner, accusing the presenter of “anti-Sovietism.”

Together with Phil Donahue, Posner was the host of the Leningrad-Seattle teleconference on December 29, 1985 (“A Citizens" Summit,” “Meeting at the Summit of Ordinary Citizens”), where issues such as the situation of Jews in the USSR and the downing of a South Korean plane in 1983 were discussed.

Teleconference Leningrad - Seattle: Summit of Ordinary Citizens

In 1986, he hosted the Leningrad-Boston teleconference (“Women Talk to Women”).

In 1986, Posner became a laureate of the USSR Union of Journalists.

On April 8, 1987, Posner was the host of a teleconference between groups of American and Soviet journalists. From the Soviet side, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Tengiz Sulkhanishvili, and Izvestia correspondent Alexander Shalnev took part in the teleconference.

After the success of the teleconferences, Posner receives the position of political commentator and goes to work for Central Television. In the late 1980s, he hosted the programs “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Pozner” (on the Moscow Channel), “Squaring the Circle,” and “Vladimir Posner’s America.”

According to the results of an extensive sociological study for 1989, “Political observers and commentators on Central Television news programs in the assessments of the Moscow audience,” Vladimir Pozner was recognized as TV journalist No. 1.

However, despite his popularity, he left CT in 1991.

In 1991, he received an offer to work in the USA, where until 1996, together with Phil Donahue, he hosted a weekly program Pozner & Donahue on CNBC. Along with this, he flew to Moscow every month to record the programs “We”, “If ...”, “Time and We” and “The Man in the Mask”.

In 1990-1991, two books by Posner were published in the USA: the autobiographical “Parting with Illusions” and “Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union” - about the collapse of the USSR.

In 1994, he was elected president of the Academy of Russian Television and headed it until October 26, 2008. At an extraordinary general meeting of Academy members, he withdrew his candidacy from voting for the position of president.

In 1997 he settled in Moscow again.

In 1997 he opened the “School of Television Excellence” in Moscow for young journalists from the regions. Ekaterina Orlova, the second wife of Vladimir Pozner, became the director of the school.

From 1997 to 2006, he hosted the radio program “Let’s Discuss This” on Radio 7 on Seven Hills.

From October 29, 2000 to June 28, 2008, Pozner hosted the weekly social and political talk show "Times" on Channel One. In September 2008, he announced the closure of this program, saying that he had lost interest in it.

On December 1, 2004, the first episode of the telethon “Time to Live!” was released on TV. - a television project dedicated to the problem of HIV/AIDS. The host and one of the initiators of the talk show was Vladimir Pozner.

He was the host of the show "King of the Ring" on Channel One: 1st season - 2007, 2nd season - 2008.

From February 11 to May 26, 2008, a series of programs “One-Storey America” was broadcast weekly on Channel One with the participation of Posner and. After this, the book “One-Storey America” was published.

On November 17, 2008, the premiere of the author’s program by Vladimir Pozner took place on Channel One.

In September 2010, Channel One launched (after a pilot episode in July) a project about France, the Tour de France.

From November to December 2011, he hosted the Bolero program on Channel One.

On April 8, 2012, the premiere of the program “Parfyonov and Pozner” took place on the Dozhd TV channel, where two journalists discuss, in their opinion, the most striking events in the world over the past week. On June 24 of the same year, the transfer was closed.

In June 2012, another serial film about the journey, “Their Italy,” was aired.

At the end of 2012, filming of the new tourist and educational multi-part television film “The German Puzzle” was completed.

In September 2013, production began on a new television film, this time about England. It is called "England in General and in Particular". The television film was broadcast on Channel One from January 4 to January 15, 2015 (10 episodes).

In May 2015, he was elected to the new composition of the public board for complaints against the press.

In May 2015, speaking at a joint conference of the Presidential Human Rights Council and the public board on complaints against the press, Vladimir Pozner announced the absence of truly independent media and journalism as a profession in Russia. According to him, independent Russian media today can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and if the state wants to close them, it will do so. At the same time, state-controlled media create public opinion that pleases the authorities.

Uses a computer minimally, and fundamentally does not trust Wikipedia (“just in general”).

He collects souvenir cars, souvenir turtles and mugs with the names of cities he visited (about 300 pieces collected).

He plays tennis two or three times a week. Jogs and exercises regularly (both at home and in the gym). He loves baseball very much. Moreover, he assembled an amateur team in Moscow "Moscow teapots" and took her to San Francisco, where the Dummies played against the famous American team “Wild Hares” (“Moscow Dummies” honorably lost 7:5), and then to Australia, where the team took 3rd place among baseball veterans.

Has three citizenships - Russia, France and the USA.

In addition to his native French, he is fluent in Russian and English.

Convinced atheist: “I’m an atheist and I don’t hide it, although it’s unpopular now.”

He advocates the right to euthanasia, is an opponent of homophobia and a supporter of the legalization of same-sex marriages, supports the idea of ​​​​combating drug trafficking and crime among drug addicts by legalizing the sale of drugs.

Supporter of anarchism.

In 2004, Vladimir Pozner, together with his brother Pavel (1945-2016), opened a French restaurant in Moscow "Geraldine", named after the mother of the Posner brothers. The restaurant belongs to the type of brasserie establishments (French brasserie), popular in France. Located on Ostozhenka.

Vladimir Pozner. Farewell to illusions

Personal life of Vladimir Pozner:

Was married three times.

First wife (from 1957 to 1967) - Valentina Chemberdzhi. The marriage produced a daughter, Ekaterina Vladimirovna Chemberdzhi (b. 1960), married to a German, living in Berlin since 1990, composer and pianist. Grandchildren - Maria (1984) and Nikolai (1995).

Second wife (1969-2005) - Ekaterina Mikhailovna Orlova (director of the Posner School). Adopted son Pyotr Orlov (1961). Grandson - George (1999).

Third wife (since 2008) - Nadezhda Yuryevna Solovyova (born 1955) - theater, film and television producer, founder of the promotion and concert company “Sav Entertainment”.

Bibliography of Vladimir Pozner:

“The West is Close” (as one of the translators, Progress Publishing House, 1982); 1990 - “Parting With Illusions” (Farewell to illusions);
1990 - “Remembering War: Soviet-American Dialogue.” Co-authored with H. Keyssar;
1991 - “Eyewitness: A Personal Account of the Unraveling of the Soviet Union” (Witness);
1992 - “The Communist Manifesto.” (June 1992);
2008 - “One-story America” (co-authored with Kan B., Urgant I.);
2011 - “Tour de France. Traveling around France with Ivan Urgant";
2012 - “Farewell to illusions”;
2013 - “Their Italy”;
2014 - “Posner about Posner”;
2015 - “Confrontation”.

The most popular TV journalist in Russia, Vladimir Pozner, who believes that there are no taboo topics. He is ready to talk about his personal life as openly as about politics. Vladimir Vladimirovich, by the way, is already a great-grandfather, is now happy in his third marriage with Nadezhda Solovyova and has more than once shared his love story with journalists.

Vladimir Pozner was married three times. The last time the TV presenter went to the registry office was in 2008, when he was 74 years old. His chosen one was Nadezhda Solovyova. They met Posner absolutely by accident during the preparation of a program dedicated to the fight against AIDS. The journalist’s colleagues suggested involving Nadezhda Solovyova in working on the project. A producer with enormous experience, she once brought Paul McCartney, Tina Turner, Sting, Depeche Mode and U-2 to Russia.

“At the time we met, each of us had families. What happened between us is impossible to describe. It's unexplainable. This is chemistry. What can you say about him? The smartest person, an outstanding personality with an amazing sense of humor. And for me there is nothing more attractive and sexier than charm and intelligence. We dated off and on for a year. And then, literally within two months, we decided to live together. We both found it difficult to deal with the feelings we were experiencing. We experienced such intense passions. We can say that we were lucky and we experienced it,” Nadezhda Yurievna said about the fateful meeting.

“It’s easy to explain why you don’t love, and it’s impossible to explain why you love. There are things here that are very personal, even, perhaps, intimate. Why, after 37 years of marriage, did I break everything so abruptly? A year before, I would have simply laughed in the face of the person who would have said that this could happen to me. When people live together for a long time, they either become closer and closer, or at some point they realize that something is wrong. In most cases, they put up with it. And it seemed to me that I had reconciled, although this did not seem like me. But, apparently, it only seemed so. This woman entered the room and… my life,” Vladimir Pozner, as always, subtly and eloquently described his feelings.

Larks, athletes, gourmets, theatergoers and travelers - the spouses really have a lot in common. But family is far from their only project. “Tour de France”, “One-Storey America”, “German Puzzle” - the couple created all these popular television films together. Posner as author and presenter, Solovyova as general producer. On Nadezhda’s shoulders is the preparation of a complex trip and filming, financing, and the search for documentary film heroes and crew. She does not interfere in her husband’s creative process, however, despite the division of powers, husband and wife often argue.

“Our whole life with Vladimir Vladimirovich is endless disputes. We almost never agree with each other. We argue about everything: which sports club is better or which ruler is smarter. Although, by and large, globally I agree with him. But he holds more left-wing views, and I hold more right-wing views. He says that I am “the shark of capitalism, and he is a leftist.” But this does not interfere with our happy life,” Nadezhda sums up.

“You know, married life is generally a compromise. And so I love her very much, I will always give in, but only if this thing is not important for me. She often wants to “save” me, saying that I shouldn’t say this publicly, don’t do this and that. I answer that I understand why you say this, but there are things on which I make decisions myself,” shared Vladimir Vladimirovich. Heartthrob, atheist, liberal, philosopher - at the upcoming meeting in the Belarusian capital, Vladimir Vladimirovich will appear in all his guises. . During the meeting, viewers will be able to ask questions and enjoy the colorful monologue of the TV star.

83-year-old TV presenter Vladimir Pozner gave a frank interview to the editor of Hello! Svetlana Bondarchuk. In the conversation they touched on many topics: from the program on Channel One and the rules by which he is forced to work, to his past, parents and even his personal life. Although Posner usually speaks infrequently about love and his three wives.

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Svetlana brought Posner to the topic of love through the question of God. She asked the TV presenter if it was true that he was a convinced atheist. He answered in the affirmative, clarifying that he believes in the creations of nature, and not of divine power. Then Bondarchuk asked him how he would then explain the meeting with his third wife, Nadezhda Solovyova. “Isn’t this a sign of fate, isn’t it a miracle?” she asked.

The TV presenter replied that he does not believe in fate as a set of rewards and punishments. But yes, he believes in luck.

I believe that if you are patient, you can wait. Patience is one of my main traits. Because for very different circumstances I had to be able to endure. And maybe that played a role. Also, at a very young age, I still wanted to love. And at the age of 70 I still felt quite a man, and I liked women... I still like them, although I am 83.

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Yes. It's very strange - I remember very well how I felt when I saw her for the first time. And at the same time the thought came into my head: “Are you crazy? After 37 years of marriage." Contradiction of thoughts and feelings, he says. - The second time we met with Nadya was when she came to a meeting on the problem of HIV, which I chaired. She, as an experienced producer, had to organize a concert dedicated to this topic. I stood up, greeting her, offered to sit down and sat down myself - in a tub with a ficus, instead of lowering myself into my place. I was so confused, you know? Well, then very timidly, despite the inner voice that said: “Don’t be an idiot!” - I asked: “Can I ask for your phone number?” Well, she said: “Yes, please.”

He had to leave his second wife, Ekaterina Orlova. Vladimir Vladimirovich admits that it was very difficult. And the main thing in this matter was not even the children - I just managed to have a heart-to-heart talk with them and explain everything - but the feeling of guilt. Which has not subsided to this day, even after the death of Catherine.

In this sense, my children are unusually understanding people. Children - okay, they were adults, somehow it was easier with children. It was very difficult for me, I assure you. Leaving my wife after 37 years of living together, the understanding that she is an elderly person, and the feeling of guilt that has not left me... It still exists, but not as acute as before. She is no longer alive, she died two years ago. We maintained a relationship at first, and then she didn’t want to see me, obviously. Well, I never saw her again. Everything happened the way it happened.

The TV presenter admitted that, despite his advanced age, he is still “hungry”:

As far as life is concerned, I'm still hungry, I'm hungry. I perform a lot, travel, film and get an incredible buzz from it all.