Where is Aleksey Mitrofanov now - a shocking Russian politician, producer, publicist, showman? In 2014, he disappeared after a criminal case was opened against him. Many admirers are sure that with his departure from the talk show experts they lost their “pepper”.
For more than 20 years, shocking for Alexei Mitrofanov was not just a principle of his behavior in public, but also a way of life. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, the Just Russia faction, and did not miss practically any television talk show where he acted as an expert. And suddenly, in June 2014, Alexey Valentinovich disappeared both from the Russian political “arena” and from the secular world. Where is Mitrofanov now and what ended the criminal prosecution against him?
The biography of a shocking politician
Alexey Mitrofanov is a native Muscovite. He was born on March 16, 1962, in the family of the so-called Soviet nomenclature - representatives of the ruling class, the only ones who could receive income from the country's resources. The boy’s father was a high-ranking representative of the State Planning Commission, the body that plans and controls the entire national economy, from the agricultural sector to industry. According to some sources, the mother of the future politician had consanguineous family ties with the wife of Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, but there is no direct evidence.
Around the biography of Alexei Valentinovich there are a lot of rumors and speculation. Journalists believe that most of them were invented by him, but they are happy to publish hot articles about former politics. For example, a little over 10 years ago, the media reported that Mitrofanov was either the illegitimate son of Andropov, Yuri, or the grandson of Andrei Gromyko. None of the facts has been confirmed.
After graduating from high school, Alexei entered a course in international relations at one of the most prestigious universities - MGIMO. After his graduation, he began working in the acquired profession - as an international economist.
Show business or politics?
Aleksey Mitrofanov’s career began in Vienna - he served at the Atomic Energy Agency, while working at the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A few years later, the young man decided to continue his education, entered the graduate school of the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences. And at the end of it, in 1991, he suddenly became interested in his development in the field of television. Mitrofanov took up the "promotion" of entertainment programs - "Step to Parnassus" and "Musical forecast" and others.
In addition, Alexey Valentinovich became interested in politics. It was during that period of his career that he met Zhirinovsky, made a film about him, and was invited to the youth block of the LDPR party.
Just two years later, in 1993, Mitrofanov not only entered the main bloc of a political association, but also became a State Duma deputy. In the course of his political activities, Alexei Valentinovich was engaged in international affairs, tried to become the mayor of Moscow, "fought" against tobacco monopolists, and was a member of the Banking Committee.
TV and movie
Alexey Mitrofanov is a very versatile person. The ability to engage in several areas at once, without prejudice to each of them, was not given to many, but he succeeded. In addition to politics, he was engaged in journalism, starred in films, was a consultant to film crews, and wrote scripts. Mitrofanov starred in 6 feature films, took part in the creation of another 7 films, was a constant expert on several television talk shows at once.
In the creative piggy bank of this politician and showman there are three books - “On Both Sides of the Kremlin Curtain”, “Julia”, “Milosovich's Body”, and they found their reader.
But on TV, Mitrofanov was more successful. In the 90s, he was the producer of the comedy programs "Mask Show" and "Gentleman Show". Many of their releases are now extremely popular on the Internet. Critics believe that it was during the period when Alexey Valentinovich was engaged in the programs that the most successful series were released.
Mitrofanov spent a lot of time and energy in his TV career on discussing gay orientation. Either he was an ardent opponent of its representatives, then suddenly he was imbued with their problems. Analysts are sure - in this way he shocked, attracted the attention of the public to his person.
Scandals
This showman and politician is scandalous in itself, but there were high-profile events of a similar plan with his direct participation. The last of them is depriving Alexei Valentinovich of parliamentary immunity and his departure for permanent residence outside Russia.
In 2012, a corruption scandal erupted around this name, almost destroying a political career. Mitrofanov was accused of bribery, even a specific amount was named, the closest assistants were detained. The parliamentary immunity that he possessed at that time allowed him to avoid detention and arrest. But soon he was deprived of his political powers, which forced the disgraced deputy to go abroad.
