List of Famous people born in Russia

Yevgeny Alexeyevich Kiselyov is a Russian television journalist. As the host of the NTV weekly news show Itogi in the 1990s, he became one of the nation's best known television journalists, criticizing government corruption and President Boris Yeltsin. In 2001, he left NTV following its takeover by the state-controlled company Gazprom, serving briefly as general manager of TV-6 before the government refused to renew its broadcasting license in January 2002. He later moved to Ukraine, where he became a presenter of various political talk shows.

Irina Eduardovna Slutskaya is a Russian former figure skater. She is a two-time World champion, two-time Olympic medalist, seven-time European champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time Russian national champion. She won a record total of 17 titles on the Grand Prix circuit.

Andrey Vyacheslavovich Lysikov is a Russian musical artist, singer, songwriter, poet and rapper, known by his stage name Dolphin. He won the award of best artist at the 2004 MTV Russian Music Awards. He also played at the Live 8 Russia concert.

Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev ; is a Ukrainian footballer of Azerbaijani origin. He plays as a right midfielder or central midfielder. Known for his spectacular goals from direct free-kicks, his former FC Dynamo Kyiv coach Yuri Syomin described him as "...the best free-kick taker in Europe". He also was known for being the youngest Dynamo player who debuted in 2002 at professional level when Aliyev was 17 years and 6 months old.

Ilia Alexandrovich Kulik is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1998 Olympic Champion, the 1995 European Champion, the 1997–1998 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 1995 World Junior champion.

Olga Viacheslavovna Glatskikh is a retired Russian rhythmic gymnast. She won a gold medal in the group competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Alexander Nikolayevich Spesivtsev is a Russian serial killer, also known as The Novokuznetsk Monster and The Siberian Ripper, convicted for the killing of 4 people in Novokuznetsk in 1996.

Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov, alternatively transliterated Kiselev, is a Soviet and Russian propagandist, journalist, presenter and news executive. In December 2013, he was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to head the new official Russian government-owned international news agency Rossiya Segodnya. He also serves as deputy director of Russian state TV holding company VGTRK.

Vitali Anatolievich Konyayev is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's Artist of Russia (1998).

Pavel Viktorovich Pogrebnyak is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Ural Yekaterinburg.