Dmitry Kiselyov

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.

Dmitry Konstantinovich Kiselyov (Дмитрий Константинович Киселёв; born April 26, 1954) is a Russian TV presenter and propagandist.

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.

In 1978 he graduated from the Department of Scandinavian Philology of philological faculty of Leningrad State University and claims to speak English, French, Norwegian and Swedish.

After graduation, he worked in the Central Radio Broadcasting for foreign countries of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting in the Norwegian and Polish editions.

On April 9, 1989, at the invitation of Eduard Sagalaev, he began working on the USSR Central Television, where he was a parliamentary correspondent for the "Vremya" program.

The very first reportage was from Tbilisi, covering bloody events near the government house.

At one time he was a correspondent in Norway.

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

Due to his refusal to read a prepared text about the Soviet repression of protests in Vilnius, he was removed from news programs, after which he collaborated for some time with the German TV channels ARD and RTL, as well as the Japanese television company NHK.

In September 1991, after the Soviet August Coup and the appointment of a new leadership of the Central Television, he returned to the Vremya program, and was also the host of the Panorama program.

In 1992–1994, Kiselyov worked as correspondent of RGTRK Ostankino for Benelux.

In 1994–1996, he was the host of the "Window to Europe" program on the same TV channel, for the creation of which Kiselyov received a grant from the European Commission aimed at supporting democratic institutions in Russia.

In March 1995, after the murder of Vladislav Listyev, he was the host of one of the issues of the topical interview "Rush Hour" of the VID television company, which was aired on Channel One Ostankino.

Since April 3, 1995 – the host of this program on the newly created ORT channel.

Initially, he worked alternately with Sergei Shatunov, but after his departure, he led the program alone.

From the beginning of October 1995, he hosted the program alternately with Andrey Rasbash.

Until the end of 1996, he held various positions at the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (from 1995 to 2002 ORT, now Channel One).

He finally left the program in September 1996.

From 1997 to 2003 he hosted the talk show "National Interest", which aired first on REN-TV, then on the RTR channel from September 1997 to January 1998.

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

From February 1999 it was broadcast by TNT and from autumn 1999 to January 2002 as "National Interest-2000 (2001)" on TVC.

Later, it would air on the Ukrainian channel ICTV.

Since February 1999, at one time he was also the author and host of the "Window to Europe" column on the morning channel "Day by Day" (TV-6).

From 1999 to 2000 Kiselyov presented the evening program of the TV Centre TV company “Events”, heading “In the center of events”.

From the beginning to the mid-2000s, he lived in and worked for both Ukraine and Russia.

From 2000 to 2006 Kiselyov hosted the topical interview "In detail with Dmitry Kiselyov".

From 2000 to 2004 he served as the editor-in-chief of the information service of the Ukrainian television company ICTV.

He also hosted the program "Fakti" there.

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.

Three days later, the general director announced the removal of Kiselyov from the management of the television company's news releases.

Later, the ICTV channel officially denied this message.

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.