Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov (Russian: Дмитрий Серге́евич Песков; IPA: [pʲɪˈskof]; born October 17, 1967) is a Russian diplomat, translator and turcologist. Since 2012, Peskov has been the Press Secretary for the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.Peskov was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1967. His father, Sergey, headed the Soviet diplomatic mission in Pakistan.In 1989, Peskov graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries at the Moscow State University, specializing in History and Eastern studies. In the same year, Peskov joined the Soviet Foreign Ministry. Wikipedia