Irada Zeynalova is a successful journalist; she has worked in television for many years. The attention of the audience is attracted by her bright reports, the author's style of presenting the material.
Early years, adolescence
Irada Avtandilovna was born on February 20, 1972, her hometown is Moscow. Her father is Azerbaijani, he was an influential official of the ministry, he brought up children strictly. Irada has a sister, Svetlana, she also achieved success on television.
Irada was an active child, in her youth she was known as an active Komsomol member, devoted a lot of time to social activities. After school, she began to study at the Aviation University. Tsiolkovsky.
Career
Zeynalova became a powder materials production engineer. After studying, Irada had an internship in America, then she worked at Samsung Aerospace in her specialty.
In 1997, Zeynalova came to television, she had long wanted to become a journalist. Her friend, Olga Kokorekina, offered her the post of assistant editor of the program "Time" (RTR). Later Irada became the editor of Vesti, translated from English, participated in the process of creating a newsroom for news.
In 2000, Zeynalova became a correspondent for Vesti; the lack of education in the specialty of journalism did not become a hindrance. She covered many events taking place in the country. Zeynalova conducted many reports in difficult conditions.
In 2006, Irada covered the events of the World Cup in Germany, the Olympics in Turin, in 2012 she made stories about the Olympic Games in London. The journalist's track record includes not only sports competitions, but also hot spots, events in art and politics.
In 2007, Zeynalova was appointed head of the Channel One bureau in England, in 2011 she became the head of the channel bureau in Israel. In 2012, Irada was appointed host of the Vremya program. In 2014, Zeynalova was added to the sanctions list of Ukraine because of her position on events in this country.
In 2016, Irada Avtandilovna left Channel One and switched to NTV, she explains the act with a desire to start from scratch. Zeynalova began to lead the author's program "Results of the Week". Irada Avtandilovna has many awards: "TEFI", the Order "For Services to the Fatherland" and others.
Personal life
The husband of Iraida Avtandilovna was Alexey Samoletov, a journalist, special correspondent for the Vesti-Moscow and Vesti programs. He is also the host of World on the Edge. The marriage lasted 20 years, they had a son Timur. He is a student at MGIMO, studies foreign languages, does not plan to engage in journalism.
In 2015, Zeynalova parted ways with Samoletov and began to appear with Alexander Evstigneev, a war correspondent. They have visited hot spots together, both are passionate about work. The couple legalized the relationship in 2016. They devote their free time to travel.
