Olga Skabeyeva, propagandist, TV presenter
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Olga Skabeyeva is a Russian propagandist. Along with her husband, Eugene Popov, she hosts the talk show “60 Minutes” on the TV channel “Russia-1”.
Skabeyeva is one of the essential mouthpieces of Kremlin propaganda and actively spreads anti-Ukrainian sentiments.
In November 2021, she stated that allegedly, in the Russian Federation, “there are 600,000 moral reasons to announce an operation to force Kyiv to make peace.”
In March 2022, she explained the slow advance of the occupying forces in Ukraine with the fact that “such a large country cannot be captured so fast.” With this, she admitted that the aggressor country, Russia, actually only wants to seize Ukraine.
In May 2022, three months after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, Skabeyeva stated that Russia “cannot surrender and will go to the end because its existence is at stake.” She also claimed that the so-called “special operation” had ended and the Third World War with NATO had allegedly begun.
*The material was created in cooperation with the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
Main statements
1. She could not pronounce the word “palianytsia” (February 28, 2022)
She wanted to accuse the Ukrainians of using the word “palianytsia” to identify saboteurs, but she could neither translate the word correctly nor pronounce it. In addition, she stated that the Ukrainians allegedly “shoot the bullet” at those people who did not pass the inspection with this word.
2. She showed footage from a video game to prove that the “Ghost of Kyiv” does not exist(March 3, 2022)
3. She inadvertently revealed that Russia was planning to take over Ukraine (March 28, 2022)
The propagandist accidentally admitted Russia’s actual goals in Ukraine, stating that “it is impossible to take over such a large European country in a month.”
4. She threatened Poland with the loss of independence and called the Polish prime minister a fascist (May 14, 2022)
5. She urged to hit the Ukrainian railway so that the West could not provide weapons to Ukraine (May 20, 2022)
6. She stated that the Third World War was occurring with NATO participation (May 30, 2022)
Skabeyeva announced that the so-called “special operation” had ended and that the Third World War had begun, with NATO participating. She threatened that the Russian Federation would “demilitarize” the entire North Atlantic Alliance.
7. She stated that the Russian Federation was ready to use nuclear weapons because “there is a threat to its sovereignty” (September 13, 2022)
