From 2001 to 2011, he worked as a special correspondent in the Directorate of Information Programs at the "
TV Center" channel. Since September 2011, he has been a special correspondent for
Russia-24 and
Russia-1, covering local conflicts in different countries. He has repeatedly worked in the
Russian-occupied territories of Georgia and
Ukraine, where he justified
war crimes and Russian aggression against those countries. In May 2022, thanks to a report by Yevgeny Poddubny and
Alexander Kots, the Ukrainian military managed to locate and destroy the Russian military equipment, that had previously destroyed the bridge between the cities of
Sievierodonetsk and
Lysychansk. On July 9, 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine and the
Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine informed Yevgeny Poddubny that he was suspected of distributing materials in which he justified Russia's aggression against Ukraine and supported the actions of the Russian military. He has been accused of being 'illegally in Ukraine', and 'justifying
Russian war crimes in Ukraine'.
Russia On February 23, 2018, Poddubny and war correspondent
Alexander Sladkov performed a song together with
Joseph Kobzon at a holiday concert in the
Kremlin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the
Red Army and
Defender of the Fatherland Day. In 2018, Poddubny served as a confidant of
Vladimir Putin as a candidate in the
presidential election.
Work in Syria As a
Russia-24 special correspondent, Poddubny has repeatedly reported from Syria, covering the confrontation between the government and the armed opposition during the
civil war in Syria. His reporting has consistently followed the Kremlin narrative. On September 16, 2012, his film "The Battle for Syria" premiered on the
Russia-24 TV channel. The film was translated into several
European languages. In June 2013,
Foreign Ministry of Turkmenistan accused the
Russia-1 and
Russia-24 TV channels and Poddubny himself of violating elementary standards of journalistic ethics for his report "Syrian Jihad Turns the
Opposition into Radicals." The report focused on the fact that one of the
Al-Qaeda suicide bombers in
Aleppo is coordinated by Ravshan Gazakov, a citizen of
Turkmenistan. On September 12, 2013, the
Russia-24 TV channel aired an exclusive interview with the
President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad, which the head of state gave to Yevgeny Poddubny. In the conversation, President Assad stated publicly for the first time that the
Syrian Arab Republic is acceding to the
Chemical Weapons Convention and transferring arsenals of chemical warfare agents and production facilities for destruction under the supervision of
OPCW monitors to international control. As a result of the interview with President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. President
Barack Obama renounced his intentions to conduct a large-scale
military operation against the SAR. In April 2018, Poddubny conducted an investigation into the circumstances of the chemical attack in the Syrian city of
Douma, which refuted the involvement of Syrian government troops, supporting the Assad government's denials of involvement. However, investigative journalists from The New York Times and
Bellingcat found that the Syrian military most likely carried out the chemical attack, dropping a cylinder of chlorine gas from a helicopter. In April 2021, at the monthly
UN Security Council meeting on chemical weapons in Syria, U.S. representative to the UN
Linda Thomas-Greenfield stressed that Russia was obstructing efforts to hold the Syrian government accountable.
International sanctions On May 4, 2022, the UK imposed sanctions against Poddubny for spreading disinformation and propaganda about the
Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian military propagandists
Alexander Kots and
Dmitry Steshin were also included in sanctions list. They were banned from entering the UK and their British assets are frozen. On May 18, 2022,
Australia imposed sanctions against Yevgeny Poddubny, Alexander Kots, and Dmitry Steshin.
Kursk During a
Ukrainian cross-border attack he was wounded and sent to a regional hospital in the
Kursk Oblast on August 7, 2024, after his car with attacked by a
loitering munition. A spokesperson for the
Russian Ministry of Health confirmed that he was conscious and said that "He is now in intensive care." He was later transported to a hospital in Moscow. The
Investigative Committee of Russia has opened an investigation into the attack to determine who is the responsible party for the attack on Poddubny. == Awards ==