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Dmitry Peskov

Dmitry Peskov

Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation

Appears in 3 stories

Born: October 17, 1967 (age 58 years), Moscow, Russia
Spouse: Tatiana Navka (m. 2015), Yekaterina Solotsinskaya (m. 1994–2012), and Anastasia Budyonnaya (m. 1988–1994)
Children: Yelizaveta Peskova, Nikolay Peskov, Mika Peskov, and more
Parents: Sergey Peskov
Education: Institute of Asia and Africa of MSU (1989) and Moscow State University
Office: Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation
Height: 5′ 9″

Notable Quotes

“The adjustments that we see correspond in many ways to our vision,” Peskov said when asked about the new U.S. strategy.

He described the shift from labeling Russia a direct threat to emphasizing cooperation on strategic stability as “a positive step,” while warning that the U.S. “deep state” might act differently.

Trump made a personal request to Putin to stop targeting Kyiv until Feb. 1 in order to create favorable conditions for negotiations.

Stories

Trump’s 2025 national security strategy recasts Russia and rattles the Atlantic alliance

Force in Play

Public voice of Moscow’s cautiously positive response to the 2025 U.S. strategy

In early December 2025, the Trump administration published a National Security Strategy abandoning Russia as a primary threat, emphasizing 'flexible realism,' reviving the Monroe Doctrine in the Western Hemisphere, and seeking a negotiated Ukraine peace while re-establishing stability with Moscow. Within days, the Kremlin praised the strategy, saying it 'corresponds in many ways' with Russia's worldview and welcoming the shift from treating Russia as a direct adversary.

Updated 6 days ago

Ukraine-Russia energy infrastructure war

Force in Play

Denying ceasefire sincerity as strikes continue

Russia began systematically targeting Ukraine's power grid in October 2022. By early February 2026, after a brief U.S.-brokered pause ended on February 2, Russia launched its largest energy strikes of the year—over 70 missiles and 450 drones—hitting thermal plants in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Odesa regions amid temperatures near -20°C, leaving over 1,000 Kyiv buildings without heat and power; strikes continued with a massive February 6-7 barrage (39 missiles, 408 drones) damaging DTEK plants (10th attack since October) and substations critical to nuclear power, blacking out 600,000 in Lviv.

Updated Feb 11

Trump's Greenland push reaches White House talks

Force in Play

Monitoring U.S.-Greenland situation

The United States has not acquired sovereign territory since 1917, when it purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million. Now, after President Trump announced on January 17 that he will impose 10% tariffs on eight European nations starting February 1—escalating to 25% by June 1 unless a deal is reached for Greenland—the transatlantic alliance faces its gravest crisis since World War II. In an unprecedented show of unity, the leaders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement condemning the tariffs as undermining transatlantic relations and risking a 'dangerous downward spiral.' An estimated 10,000 Danes and 5,000 Greenlanders—nearly 10% of Greenland's population—protested in the streets. On January 19, Trump sent a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stating he no longer felt an 'obligation to think purely of Peace' after the Norwegian Nobel Committee did not award him the Nobel Peace Prize, explicitly linking his perceived snub to his Greenland demands.

Updated Jan 20