Mikhail Vladimirovich Leontyev is a Russian political commentator currently working on national TV Channel One.
17 Facts About Mikhail Leontyev
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Mikhail Leontyev is known for his program "Odnako", irregularly appearing on air with commentaries on certain political occasions since March 1999.
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Mikhail Leontyev is a laureate of the "Golden pen of Russia" award and the TEFI award.
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Mikhail Leontyev has worked in television since 1997, at first on channel TVC; in February 1999 he left TVC for Channel One.
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Besides Odnako, on Channel One Leontyev made programs "Different Time" and "Puppet Theater with Leontyev", but they were closed by the channel.
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Mikhail Leontyev put together a project named "Bolshaya Igra" with him in close-ups.
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Mikhail Leontyev was awarded "Gold Pen of Russia" and nominated for TEFI-1997.
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Since 2009 Mikhail Leontyev has been publisher and co-owner of the weekly magazine Odnako.
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In 2006, the Ukrainian government banned Mikhail Leontyev from visiting the country for five years, referring to his "insulting statements" towards Ukraine.
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In 2007 Mikhail Leontyev has launched Ukrainian business magazine Der Spiegel-Profil.
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Mikhail Leontyev made several scandalous accusations both in his own show and in various interviews, for some of which he underwent trials.
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Mrs Yushchenko has won two libel cases regarding the accusations in 2002 in Ukrainian city of Kyiv, but the Russian government refuses to take legal actions against Mikhail Leontyev as ruled out by the Ukrainian court.
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In November 2014, Mikhail Leontyev wrote an article for Channel One Russia, which presented an aerial photo claiming to show a jet fighter firing a missile at Malaysian Airlines Flight 17.
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The photo in Mikhail Leontyev's article was analysed by contributors to the Bellingcat site, who found it had been artificially constructed with photo manipulation software, and was not a genuine image of the incident.
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On 14 January 2016, Mikhail Leontyev became the spokesperson for Rosneft.
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In September 2016, Mikhail Leontyev vouched for the experience of Carter Page, former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump, both in the oil industry and as an "authoritative" expert on Russia.
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Mikhail Leontyev was sanctioned by the United Kingdom from 4 May 2022 in relation to support of Russia's actions in Ukraine.