Irada Zeynalova was married twice. Both times for war correspondents. From his first marriage, Alexei Samoletov has a son, Timur. The second wedding took place in 2016.
Irada Zeynalova is a Russian journalist, TV presenter of the Sunday Vremya and Results of the Week programs. The latter is the author's program, which was watched by everyone who wanted to get an objective opinion about all the events taking place in the world. There was a long period in the life of the star when Irada was reporting from the zones of painful actions, where she had to work in rather dangerous conditions.
The first husband of Irada Zeynalova
The TV star met her first lover at work. She was fascinated by the journalist Alexei Samoletov, who for a long time worked as a special correspondent for the Vesti and Vesti-Moscow programs. He began his career as a presenter of children's programs at the Novosibirsk television studio. In 1980 he became a student at the Novosibirsk Theater School.
Since 1992, Alexey Samoletov, as a war correspondent, has visited countries such as Chechnya, Afghanistan, Georgia, Ingushetia. Took part in the elimination of emergencies on Sakhalin, Colombia and other countries.
Alesia Samoletov and Irada Zeynalova have been married for about 20 years, the divorce took place in 2015. The couple met when the girl was 21 years old. Alexey turned out to be 8 years older. The young and successful journalist was at the forefront during the hottest time of the 90s. Irada admitted that she sincerely admired her husband. It was because of him that she herself began to take "combat" business trips.
In 1995, Samoletov was among those journalists who exchanged themselves for hostages during the terrorist attack in Budennovsk. By this time, the couple had been dating for a year. When Alexei returned from the captivity of the militants, the girl was the first to talk about the wedding. For a long time, the couple was rightly called one of the strongest in Russian journalism. For a long time, no one knew why, after so much, there was a discord in the family.
Alexey and Irada have a son Timur. After the divorce, he noted that he loves both mom and dad equally. After the divorce, the journalist went headlong into work. The couple remained in a normal relationship, the son lives his own life. He does not know what is happening in the life of his ex-wife, he is in no hurry to believe the information from open publications.
Second marriage with military correspondent Alexander Evstigneev
A little later, after the divorce from Samoletov, it became known that Irada was getting married a second time. She noted that she did not want to advertise this event, engage in self-praise. Rumors about the novel appeared almost immediately, because on the set and in their personal lives, they began to notice Alexander and Irada together more often. The woman began to fly more often on business trips exactly where her lover worked, for example, in the LPR.
When the divorce proceedings were completed, the couple began to live together. Alexander is seriously interested in mountaineering. When he went to one of the highest points of the Sayan Mountains, to the top of the Munku-Sardyk mountain, Irada came to Irkutsk for one day to meet her lover on the descent.
Evstigneev lived in Odintsov, and collected reports in the Ostankino studio in the evenings. He often stayed in it and spent the night. Several times, colleagues saw how Irada brought her lover coffee and sandwiches.
The fact that the wedding took place became known thanks to Zeynalova's sister Svetlana. On her Instagram page, she noted that the event took place on 2016-16-12. The woman chose an elegant dark blue floor-length dress for the ceremony. Alexander was in a classic suit and a white shirt. The event took place in the Moscow House of Music in a narrow circle of relatives and close people.
Alexander began his carter with local television in Siberia. Thanks to the delivered speech and good education I got to Moscow. Earlier, the war correspondent was married to his colleague Natalya. They have a common son.
Timur Samoletov noted that he would support his mother in new relationships. If she decided to get married, this is completely her choice and personal life. Irada began to spend less time at work, they began to see her more often.
In 2014, Zeynalova received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, first degree. At the end of 2016, she switched to NTV and became the host of the news and analytical program "Results of the week with Irada Zeynalova." In the fall of 2018, Irada became a nominee for the TEFI award.
