Boris Korchevnikov, Russian propagandist, actor
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Boris Korchevnikov is a Russian propagandist, actor and journalist, the star of the popular series, “Cadets.” The host of the talk show “Priamoy Efir” and the general director of the Russian propaganda Orthodox TV channel about the Russian Orthodox Church called “Spas”.
Korchevnikov actively supports Putin’s regime and the Russian Federation’s war against Ukraine. He justified the war unleashed by Russia because the aggressor country was allegedly “defending itself and those who were mocked for 8 years.”
He stated that this war allegedly “has external causes” and that the Russian Federation “is fighting a ferocious fascist leviathan who raped this land.”
He spoke sharply negatively about those Russians who avoided mobilisation. He accused them of a lack of patriotism and philanthropy and threatened that “God will destroy and burn such people.”
*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 protected those who were unfairly beaten in Ukraine (March 17, 2022)
2. He stated that allegedly Ukraine and Europe were waiting for Russia to come to “liberate” them (March 25, 2022)
3. He stated that the Russian Federation had supported Ukraine and had not interfered in its affairs (April 7, 2022)
Korchevnikov stated that the Russians allegedly never interfered in the affairs of Ukraine but always “were there as a brotherly people.” The propagandist also accused Europe of having “corrupted”.
4. He stated that the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine was not genocide but salvation (April 14, 2022)
5. Stated that Russia was fighting in Ukraine against “the monstrous evil of Nazism and world Satanism” (April 15, 2022)
6. He stated that the West was allegedly fighting Russia with the hands of Ukrainians (April 29, 2022)
Korchevnikov says that the West “doesn’t care about Ukraine,” and Russia allegedly does not. He stated that Western countries provided weapons to Ukrainians only to kill Russians with them, and not out of sympathy for Ukraine.
7. He said that the West allegedly hated Russia and would fight against it (August 29, 2022)
8. He stated that Russia was “at war with Satan” in Ukraine (October 22, 2022)
