Keosayan Tigran, Russian actor, director and TV presenter
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Tigran Keosayan is a Russian propagandist, TV presenter and actor of Armenian origin, host of the racist programme “Pilorama”. He is the husband of Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan. He is known for his Ukrainophobic and racist statements.
Even before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, he had claimed that “the Russians will definitely be in Kyiv.” In August 2022, he called for the bombing of Bankova Street in Kyiv, where the Office of the President of Ukraine is located.
He threatened not only Ukraine but also other states. For example, in May 2022, he said that Kazakhstan was allegedly following the path of Ukraine and building a Russophobic state. In September of the same year, he said that the accession of Lithuania to Russia would be “a solution to the problem of cargo transit through Lithuania.”
*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 allegedly at war with the “Nazis”, who had been prepared by Europe and the USA for 8 years (April 11, 2022)
This is how he explained why the Russian occupiers could not implement the plan to seize Kyiv in five days.
2. He stated that the Russian Federation is fighting in Ukraine with NATO (September 11, 2022)
He admitted that Russia was not conducting the so-called “special military operation” but a war. However, he claims that the Russians are allegedly fighting on the territory of Ukraine with NATO.
3. He claimed that “the USA occupied Ukraine and imposed a war on Russia” (October 2, 2022)
4. He called for stronger missile bombing of Ukraine (October 12, 2022)
5. He said that Russia’s war in Ukraine was “the liberation of the world from the dictates of the United States” (October 30, 2022)
6. He called on Putin to use nuclear weapons in the event of a close loss in the war (November 8, 2022)
The propagandist said that a nuclear state could not lose a war and hinted that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin should strike with nuclear weapons in the event of Russia’s defeat.
