{"id":5988,"date":"2021-05-07T18:44:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/civilmplus.org\/actors\/dmitry-kiselyov\/"},"modified":"2021-07-19T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T07:59:18","slug":"dmitry-kiselyov","status":"publish","type":"actors","link":"https:\/\/civilmplus.org\/en\/actors\/dmitry-kiselyov\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmitry Kiselyov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official position\/function regarding the conflict<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Dmitry Kiselyov is the TV presenter of VGTRK<\/a> (Russia-24 and Russia-1), one of the most influential and well-known actors of information propaganda on Russian TV. Not only he appears on television himself, where he hosts the social and political broadcast Vesti Nedeli on Russia-1 TV channel, but he is also an official \u2013 he heads the international news agency Rossiya Segodnya, the largest state-owned media agency in Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kiselyov has repeatedly spoken aggressively in his broadcasts about Ukraine. The main position is Ukraine\u2019s denial of independence, statehood, and legitimacy: \u201cUkraine is a project of the West,\u201d \u201cThere is no Ukraine. Now it is a virtual concept, a virtual country, and a failed state\u201d (May 2014).<\/a><\/span> \u201cUkraine is a state of chaos, lawlessness, and absurdity\u201d (2017). As media experts emphasize, this formula later became one of the main tools in the propaganda \u201cmanuals\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since 2015, Kiselyov has been under sanctions from Ukraine, Moldova, Switzerland, Canada, the United States, and EU countries.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Interests\/goals in the conflict region<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

As an actor of influence working on a Russian state television channel, Kiselyov defends the interests of the Kremlin in the region of the conflict: he aggressively criticizes the Ukrainian authorities, calls Ukraine \u201cunder-state,\u201d and supports the separatists of ORDLO. Kiselyov\u2019s crimes are calls for war, statements in support of Russia\u2019s aggressive actions, justification of the separatists\u2019 actions, and insults against Ukrainians.<\/span><\/p>\n

Actions in relation to the conflict region<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n

Kiselyov\u2019s actions are expressed in aggressive propaganda against the people and the government of Ukraine, the spread of threats, disinformation, and fakes. Examples of fakes and intentional manipulations are:<\/span><\/p>\n