Yuriy Kot, propagandist, actor, TV presenter
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Yuriy Kot is a pro-Russian showman of Ukrainian origin, actor, TV presenter, film director, and screenwriter. A collaborator from the Russian Federation and a supporter of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR”.
In the winter of 2013-2014, he hosted Kyiv Antimaidan. In 2014, he moved to Russia, where he still lives. He participates in propagandistic Russian talk shows, where he represents himself as a “Ukrainian political scientist.”
He was happy about creating the so-called “DPR” and “LPR”. Joyfully shouted “Hurray! For Novorossiya” when in early November 2014, separatists erected the flag of the so-called “Novorossiya” in Kramatorsk.
On the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he called Ukrainians “morons” and “sheep”. He supported Putin’s words that allegedly “Ukrainians and Russians are one people.” He called on the citizens of Ukraine not to listen to their president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
He stated that allegedly “God is with the Russian army,” therefore, the invaders “must win”.
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1. He stated that the Russian Federation was not at war against Ukraine, but was “forcing it to make peace” (February 24, 2022)
He said that Russian people had been in the position of “hostages and slaves” in Ukraine. He called for the demilitarisation and reset of the government in Ukraine.
2. He stated that NATO allegedly used Ukraine as a bridgehead to test Russia’s capabilities (October 6, 2022)
3. He thanked Oleksandr Lukashenko that he “saved Belarus”, otherwise there would be the same war there as in Ukraine then (October 8, 2022)
4. He called for de-Ukrainization in Ukraine (October 10, 2022)
5. He stated that the EU was allegedly preparing the occupation and colonization of Ukraine (October 25, 2022)
