Dmitry Kiselyov

Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov (; born April 26, 1954), 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. He also serves as deputy director of the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. His 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. Kiselyov has been on the list of personal sanctions imposed by the EU since 2014. In January 2023, Ukraine imposed economic sanctions on Dmitry for his support of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Early life Kiselyov was born in Moscow on April 26, 1954. He was brought up in a musical environment, being the nephew of Soviet composer Yuri Shaporin, and graduated from School of Music in classical guitar. 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. His father was a peasant from Tambov, who served in the cavalry in Kiev in 1937. Kiselyov graduated from a school with in-depth study of the French language and studied at the Medical College Number 6 in Moscow.