An outstanding personality, one of the most famous and popular Russian journalists and television presenters is Dmitry Kiselev. He is considered the favorite of the President of Russia, which can cause mixed feelings and even hatred for many, especially today, when terrible events are taking place in Ukraine. His programs shed light on what is happening not only in the Russian Federation, but throughout the world.
Dmitry Kiselev: biography
He was born in Moscow on April 26, 1954, grew up in a musical environment and graduated from a music school in guitar. Then he studied at the medical school, but in 1978 he changed his predilections and was educated at Leningrad University. Zhdanova at the Faculty of Scandinavian Philology.
After graduation, Dmitry went to work at the USSR State Radio and Television, where he covered the most important aspects of the country's life abroad. There Kiselev worked for more than 10 years. The young journalist learned to engrave every word, followed intonation, and he did it very well, so in 1988 he became the presenter of the political review of the Vremya program. The turning 90s forced him to seek his new job, as he was fired for disobedience.
But then Dmitry Kiselyov becomes the creator of a new television and radio format and works closely with foreign colleagues in the Vesti program.
In the early 90s, Kiselev was a news anchor for the Panorama program. A little later, he was sent to work in Helsinki as his own correspondent for the Ostankino agency.
New projects
In 1995, when Vladislav Listyev was killed , Kiselev was appointed in his place. On Channel One, he begins to run Peak Hour and Window to Europe. The presenter will work there for only one year and leave the project.
In 1997, Dmitry Kiselev became the host of the talk show "National Interest", which was aired on the Russian channel "RTR" and on the Ukrainian "ICTV". Then he works for some time in the nightly issue of Events.
In 2003, Ukrainian colleagues disbelieved him for misrepresenting information and removed him from work. A little later, these charges were dropped from him.
Since 2008, he is the Deputy General Director of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and in 2012, the host of the Historical Process program. Since 2012, she has been conducting the News of the Week program.
In 2013, on the basis of RIA Novosti, the Russia Today news agency was established, and Dmitry Kiselev became its general director.
The presidential decree entrusted the agency with a very important mission - to sanctify Russian politics abroad. Kiselev saw his main task, which was to restore the good name of Russia.
Criticism and sanctions
Since November 2015, he is the host of the intellectual television game “Knowledge is Power”. On April 17, 2014, he takes a direct interview from Vladimir Putin.
Therefore, he did not escape criticism, they began to call the television journalist the “Kremlin propagandist”, again accused of distorting the facts, and again they were mainly colleagues from Ukraine. In general, he got the most from Ukraine for the truthful news about the Ukrainian coup, whose customers (this is no longer a secret) were the US intelligence services. They used Ukraine to foment war with Russia.
Now the Ukrainian TV presenter (the former Vesti TV presenter of Russian television), the namesake Yevgeny Kiselyov, who is completely biased by the new Ukrainian authorities, is also very unflattering about his colleague’s work, that he allegedly biased and incorrectly covered the events in Ukraine.
TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev was included in the EU sanctions list (among Russian politicians and government figures). But be that as it may, he is one of the most prominent personalities not only on Russian television, but also abroad. Dmitry Kiselev possesses practically encyclopedic knowledge, he is fluent in several foreign languages, and is well versed in literature, music and art.
Family life
The leader Dmitry Kiselyov always led a stormy personal life. He had many official and unofficial marriages.
The first official wife was called Alena, she was his classmate at the medical school. They broke up a year after painting.
Two subsequent official marriages with Natalya and Tatyana happened when he studied at Leningrad University.
For the fourth time, he married Elena Borisova when he worked as a host on the State Radio and Television. They had a son, Gleb, but the marriage broke up a year later.
With his fifth wife, Natalia, he also quickly broke up, as well as with the Englishwoman Kelly Richdale.
Dmitry Kiselyov met his current wife Maria at the Koktebel Jazz Festival, which he also organized. Masha was already divorced and raised her son Fedor. In this marriage, they had two more children - Konstantin and Barbara. Now the couple Kiselev lives in the suburbs in a house built according to his own project of the famous TV presenter.
Dmitry Kiselev was awarded the Orders of Friendship and "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV Art. (2011, 2014) and the Order of Sergius of Radonezh II art. (2014, ROC).