The Russian TV Star Who Became the Voice of the Kremlin
For tens of millions of television viewers across Russia’s 11 time zones, Sunday night means tuning in to watch Dmitry Kiselyov.
The country’s most influential news anchor, Kiselyov has for over a decade interpreted world events for the nation, as Walter Cronkite or Dan Rather once did for the U.S. His weekly current affairs show, “News of the Week,” at first glance seems similar to any news bulletin on CNN or the BBC, with its tense intro music and opening sequence showing a large ticking clock.
The message he broadcasts is anything but.
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