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Margarita Simonovna Simonyan [a] (born 6 April 1980) is a Russian media executive. She is the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, [1] [2] [3] as well as the state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya. [4] Simonyan covered the Second Chechen War in the 2000s while working as a journalist.
Sep 5, 2024 · Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of state media outlet RT, is among the Russian media managers sanctioned by the US for allegedly interfering in the 2024 presidential election.
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Throughout her career, Simonyan has supported the Kremlin’s agenda by disseminating disinformation and propaganda. Before becoming editor-in-chief of RT, Simonyan worked in the Kremlin’s pool of journalists covering President Putin. She rose to fame after reporting about the 2004 Beslan school terrorist attack in the North Caucasus. The YouTube cha...
Putin’s disinformation and propaganda is a lucrative business, and not just for Simonyan. In 2020, Navalny and his team published a two-part investigation into Simonyan and her family’s corrupt financial gains. One of the investigations focused on Simonyan’s husband, Tigran Keosayan, who is also in the disinformation and propaganda business. Since ...
The 2020 Navalny investigation exposed the Simonyan-Keosayan family’s other streams of corrupt income. One specific incidentillustrated the complexity of the Simonyan-Keosayan web of corruption: Simonyan and her husband wrote and directed the 2018 film “Crimean Bridge,” which was meant to build national pride in a recently constructed bridge linkin...
The web page exposes Simonyan as a loyal and corrupt disseminator of Putin's lies and war propaganda. It details her career, her family's financial schemes, and her role in Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Oct 10, 2022 · Who is Margarita Simonyan? In the wake of the country’s partial mobilization, she skillfully exploits the resentment among the population – and presents herself as a civil rights activist.
Sep 11, 2024 · Margarita Simonyan says she takes her orders directly from the Kremlin in what she describes as a covert “guerrilla” information operation against the United States.
Jul 29, 2016 · Margarita Simonyan, editor of the Kremlin-funded 24-hour news network RT and a cheerleader for Russia’s propaganda efforts in the west, has come prepared.
Sep 4, 2024 · RT boss Margarita Simonyan, seen here in 2022 with President Putin. The US has charged and sanctioned Russian state media executives and restricted Kremlin-linked broadcasters as it accused...
