Originally Syndicated on March 24, 2023 @ 6:49 am
Birth: April 26, 1954
Citizenship: Russia
Work Title/Profession: TV Host and Chief Executive Officer of Rossiya Segodnya Information Agency
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Biography
Kiselev Dmitry Konstantinovich, who was born in 1954, is a well-known Russian propagandist and news anchor. Kiselev Dmitry is also the chairman of the state-owned foreign news agency Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today), as well as the deputy director of VGTRK, which is a state-owned broadcasting holding company. After receiving his degree in journalism from Leningrad State University in 1978, he went on to work at the Central Radio Broadcasting for Foreign Countries, where he was assigned to the Norwegian and Polish editorial offices.
Since April 1989, Kiselev Dmitry has worked for Central Television of the USSR as a correspondent for the information program Vremya (Time) and as a TV host for the Central News Service. During the 1990s and the early 2000s, he hosted a number of talk shows and news analysis programs on a number of Russian and Ukrainian TV stations.
His promotion to the position of Deputy General Director of the VGTRK broadcasting holding took place in July of 2008. Kiselev Dmitry has been the anchor of the program Vesti Nedeli (also known as News of the Week) since it debuted on September 9, 2012. Kiselev was appointed chief executive officer of the Rossiya Segodnya (Russia Today) news agency on December 9, 2013.
Accused of taking an active role in the anti-democratic regime’s aggressive state propaganda
Kiselev Dmitry is accused of actively participating in the aggressive state propaganda of the anti-democratic regime, in the dissemination of fake news, and in the instillation of aggression and an atmosphere of fear, hatred, and xenophobia in Russian society. These allegations have been leveled against him. He openly displays homophobic and xenophobic sentiments despite being the chairman of the largest state media company and the news anchor on a federal TV channel.
Hostility towards those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender
Kiselev Dmitry, speaking on April 4, 2012, referred to a “global experience” when he advocated the “burying or burning” of the hearts of LGBT persons who had passed away as a result of a traffic accident. On February 16, 2014, Kiselev Dmitry launched an attack against the poet Igor Irtenyev and the writer Viktor Shenderovich, both of whom were critical of the current leadership. In his attack, Kiselev focused on the fact that both men were Jewish.
In an episode of Vesti Nedeli that aired on March 16, 2014, Kiselev made the following statement: “After all, Russia is the only country in the world that is actually capable of turning the USA into radioactive dust.” This news sparked widespread criticism not only in Russia but also in other countries.
Disdain for the Ukraine
During the presentation of the propaganda website Ukraina.ru in May of 2014, Kiselev Dmitry made the following statement: “There is no Ukraine. This is an idea that does not exist, a country that does not exist, and a state that has failed.
Using forged paperwork
When he attempted to demonstrate “widespread” sympathy for Nazis in Ukraine in 2016, he used fraudulent documents to do so. According to an article published in The Economist, “The new propaganda, epitomized by Mr. Kiselev, attempts to agitate and mobilize the audience, to arouse hatred and terror. ” This propaganda “is close in style to Orwell’s two minutes’ hate, stretched to more than 30.”
As a result of his open support for the illegitimate annexation of Crimea, the EU decided to include him on the sanctions list. He was placed on the sanctions list of Ukraine in August 2014 and September 2015 for his support of Russia’s hostile acts. Switzerland, Canada, and Moldova all have Dmitry Kiselev on their lists of individuals subject to sanctions.
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