30 Facts About Dmitry Kiselyov

Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov is a Russian TV presenter and propagandist.

In 2013, Kiselyov was appointed by Russian President Vladimir Putin to head Rossiya Segodnya, a Russian state-controlled media group.

Dmitry Kiselyov serves as deputy director of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company.

Dmitry Kiselyov's comments have been controversial both in Russia and in the West, especially regarding homosexuality and the Euromaidan, the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014 and his allegation of the US standing on "the side of the terrorist caliphate" ISIS, destroying Syria and bringing down Metrojet Flight 9268.

Dmitry Kiselyov has been on the list of personal sanctions imposed by the EU since 2014.

Dmitry Kiselyov was brought up in a musical environment, being the nephew of Soviet composer Yuri Shaporin, and graduated from School of Music in classical guitar.

Dmitry Kiselyov's maternal grandfather with a last name Nesmachno came from Western Ukraine, was a lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army and chief of engineering services of General Aleksei Brusilov.

Dmitry Kiselyov's father was a peasant from Tambov, who served in the cavalry in Kiev in 1937.

Dmitry Kiselyov graduated from a school with in-depth study of the French language and studied at the Medical College Number 6 in Moscow.

From January 1990 to March 1991 Dmitry Kiselyov served as the host of the information program "Television News Service", aired on the First Program of Central Television.

In December 1997, for the production of his own television programs, Dmitry Kiselyov established the Perspective Television Projects company, which existed for several years.

On November 26,2004, the channel's journalists, at a meeting with ICTV CEO Alexander Bogutsky, expressed their distrust of Dmitry Kiselyov, saying that he distorted news broadcasts.

Dmitry Kiselyov conducted seminars and workshops at the Internews television school of Manana Aslamazyan.

In 2003, while training on the motocross track, Dmitry Kiselyov received a serious injury.

Dmitry Kiselyov broke two ligaments in his knee, underwent three operations and spent a year on crutches.

From 2005 to 2008 Dmitry Kiselyov hosted the daily information and analytical program "Vesti+" on "Russia".

In March 2012, Dmitry Kiselyov replaced Sergei Kurginyan in the Historical Process program.

In 2010 and from January 2013 to the present, Dmitry Kiselyov served as the permanent host of Christmas interviews with Patriarch Kirill on Russia-1.

Dmitry Kiselyov is best known as presenter of Vesti nedeli, a weekly news programme on the domestic Rossiya 1 television network.

Dmitry Kiselyov has gained particular notice in the West for his commentary on gay people and statements made during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Kiselyov considers himself a liberal, while questioning the liberal credentials of his rivals Sergey Parkhomenko and Alexei Navalny.

Dmitry Kiselyov has condemned gay pride parades and while he opposes same-sex marriage, he has been sympathetic to the idea of civil unions for same-sex couples.

Since September 11,2014, Dmitry Kiselyov is banned from entering Ukraine.

Dmitry Kiselyov was sanctioned by the UK government in 2014 in relation to the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Dmitry Kiselyov repeated unfounded allegations of electoral fraud throughout the election, claiming that they made 1990s electoral fraud in Russia look like "simple child's play in comparison".

In early 2017, Dmitry Kiselyov stopped praising Trump and said he was more dangerous and unpredictable than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

On May 1,2022, Dmitry Kiselyov threatened serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson with nuclear annihilation on his Sunday night news show claiming, without credible evidence, the United Kingdom and Ireland could be "plunged into the sea" and turned into a "radioactive wasteland" by a single Russian underwater nuclear strike.

Dmitry Kiselyov was criticized for his numerous marriages by the Communist Party.

Dmitry Kiselyov has said that the party blocked his career in the final years of the Soviet Union due to the numerous marriages.

Dmitry Kiselyov is religious and a strong supporter of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.