Yana Rusionovich is the fourth wife of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder, Paul Watson.
He is in the limelight for being taken into custody by Danish authorities in Greenland on July 21, 2024, due to the red notice issued by Japan against him in 2012.
Highlights
- Paul Watson’s fourth wife is Yana Rusionovich. They married on February 14, 2015, and have two children, Tiger and Murtagh.
- Yana is an animal rights activist for the French Animal Rights organization L214 and ambassador of Galgos Ethique Europe.
- She is a year younger than Paul’s first daughter, Lilliolani, and they are best friends.
Paul Watson formed the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and started a weekly documentary-style reality television, Whale Wars, to stop the elimination of whales.
He is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation, and animal rights activist whose activities have led to legal action from authorities in different countries.
German police arrested him in May 2012 in response to Costa Rica’s request for extradition. Later, he was released on bail.
He appeared before a US appeals court, stating that his organization didn’t violate a 2012 order requiring them to leave whaling vessels alone.
The board of Sea Shepherd Global removed him, and he created his foundation, Captain Paul Watson.
Paul Watson’s Fourth Wife Is Younger Than His Daughter, Lilliolani
Yana Rusinovich and Paul Watson were married in Paris on February 14, 2015, and they have two children, Tiger and Murtagh.
43 Years old Yana was born in the Soviet Union on July 15, 1981. She is originally from Kazakhstan and emigrated to Paris, France in 2000.
#SeaShepherd @CaptPaulWatson #larochelle #ocean #Columbus pic.twitter.com/p0TUBYoVQR
— Yana Watson (@YanaRusinovich) March 22, 2015
She is a year younger than Paul’s first daughter, Lilliolani, and they are best friends.
The married couple met at an event Yana had arranged for the website Veganpower to promote veganism and the vegan lifestyle.
It didn’t take long for Yana to fall for Paul, as he also promoted veganism, population control, and biocentric.
Yana was a former waitress for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and an animal rights activist for the French Animal Rights organization L214.
She is also an ambassador of the Animal Rights Association, Galgos Ethique Europe.
It is true, it can be very hard sometimes to satisfy my Captain. He is very demanding and often spends most of his time in front of the computer at our home in Toronto, Canada
Yana expressed
@CaptPaulWatson @BlkSails_Starz @Zach_McGowan @TobyStephensInV @ClaraPaget @seashepherd pic.twitter.com/21r61uZkYa
— Yana Watson (@YanaRusinovich) February 27, 2016
Moreover, Paul’s first wife, Starlet Lum, was a founding director of Greenpeace Quebec, Earthforce!, Project Wolf, and Sea Shepherd.
Likewise, his second wife, Lisa Distefano, was a Playboy model and Sea Shepherd’s Director of Operations during the Makah anti-whaling campaigns in Friday Harbor.
Nonetheless, his third wife, Allison Lance, is a volunteer crew member of Sea Shepherd and an animal rights activist.
Additional Information
- 73 years old Paul Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on December 2, 1950. His parents named him Paul Franklin Watson.
- Ecuador’s President awarded him the Amazon Peace Prize in 2007, and he became the second person to receive the Jules Verne Award.
- He has an estimated net worth of $500 thousand and ran for parliament twice in Canada’s federal elections.
