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Mikhail Lesin. Mikhail Yuryevich Lesin (Russian: Михаил Юрьевич Лесин; 11 July 1958 – 5 November 2015) was a Russian political figure, media executive and advisor to president Vladimir Putin. [1] In 2006, he was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", one of Russia's highest state decorations for civilians.
RT is the parent company of the Ruptly video agency, [4] which owns the Redfish video channel and the Maffick digital media company. [5][6] RT has regularly been described as a major propaganda outlet for the Russian government and its foreign policy. [2]
Shortly after the Beslan school hostage crisis in September 2004, Putin enhanced a Kremlin-sponsored program aimed at "improving Russia's image" abroad. [6] One of the major projects of the program was the creation in 2005 of Russia Today (now known as RT), an English language TV news channel providing 24-hour news coverage. Towards its start ...
Russia’s state-funded media outlet RT is carrying out covert info and cyber operations around the world as an arm of Moscow’s intelligence services, the Biden administration said Friday.
Some of RT's operations are kept hidden, U.S. officials said. U.S. officials allege that in Africa, RT is behind an online platform called “African Stream” but hides its role; that in Germany ...
Katie Paul. September 16, 2024 at 8:02 PM. By Katie Paul. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Facebook owner Meta said on Monday it was banning RT, Rossiya Segodnya and other Russian state media networks from its ...
Margarita Simonovna Simonyan[a] (born 6 April 1980) is a Russian media executive. She is the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, [1][2][3] as well as the state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya. [4] Simonyan covered the Second Chechen War in the 2000s while working as a journalist.
CrossTalk. Television. RT America. Peter John Lavelle (born February 28, 1961) is an American journalist and host of CrossTalk, a political talk show on the English -language TV channel RT, which is controlled by the Russian state. [1] He is the co-founder and co-host, with George Szamuely, of the political commentary show, TheGaggle, on Locals.