On video hosting YouTube More and more analytical shows and programs are appearing in which issues of geopolitics and world politics, regional conflicts, and political confrontations between major players in the international arena are discussed.
The specificity of analytical shows and programs on YouTube dedicated to politics is that each channel has its own “ideological” flavor.

The channel can be pro-state (pro-government), opposition, neutral (the latter is rare) to certain political interests.

MainTheme | GlavRadioOnline

1 . “Main Topic” (the old name is “GlavRadioOnline”) is an analytical program, the format and participants of which have often changed in recent years. On average, the program lasts 1-1.5 hours, the host of the program is Ilya Savelyev, who replaced Anatoly Kuzichev in this post. Recently, “GlavTema” has been aired on “Komsomolskaya Pravda”.

Regular participants of “GlavTema” are publicist, journalist, press secretary of the Rosneft corporation Mikhail Leontyev and entrepreneur, political figure Mikhail Yuryev.

TV Day

2 . “TV Day” – analytical Internet channel. The channel discusses a wide range of topics - political, economic, cultural and other issues.

Polit Russia

3 . One of the largest socio-political channels on which various public figures express their opinions. Materials from journalists from the channel’s editorial office are also published. Polit Russia” on various topics (mostly political), analyzing certain events from a certain point of view.

Dmitry Puchkov

4 . Popular YouTube platform, which is solely ruled by Dmitry Puchkov(“Goblin”) – writer, publicist, author of parody translations for films. Dmitry Puchkov invites bloggers, writers, economists, and historians to his studio to discuss interesting topics.

UKRLIFE.TV

5 . A well-known discussion platform organized by Ukrainian journalists, within which economists, journalists, and public figures discuss the socio-economic and political situation in Russia, Ukraine, and the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

Rassvet.TV

6 . “Dawn. TV” posts interviews with political scientists, historians, and economists on its channel.

Educational TV

7 . Frequent guests of the channel’s studio “ Educational TV” politician Evgeny Fedorov, writer Nikolai Starikov, economist Valentin Katasonov, historian Andrei Fursov and other experts sharing their opinions during interviews.

ROY TV

8 . “Roy TV” positions itself as a channel for thinking and patriotic people. There are a lot of reviews and interviews on political and economic issues.

Radio Liberty

9 . “Radio Liberty” declares as the main goal of its activities the spread of democratic values ​​in those regions of the world where, according to the experts of this radio, not everything is going smoothly with democracy. Among the guests of the studio are Garry Kasparov, Georgy Satarov, Stanislav Belkovsky and others.

ARTPODGOTOVKA

10 . Discussion of news, analysis of events in the country together with a public figure and politician Vyacheslav Maltsev. In 2017, according to an article from Wikipedia, Maltsev left Russia. The Russian authorities recognized the “Art preparation” project as extremist.

The YouTube channel is currently unavailable.

Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda

11 . Newspaper channel TVNZ“. Interviews are regularly published on painful topics for society with economists, politicians, scientists, etc. invited to the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio studio.

Sasha Sotnik

12 . Journalist channel Alexandra Sotnik, who chose a line of criticism regarding modern Russian government. His interviews with political scientists and economists and surveys of people on the street are interesting.

Open Russia

13 . Project " Open Russia” was created with the participation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The goal of this project is to unite people who are critical of modern political power, with the goal of creating a “rule of law state with fair elections, regularly changing authorities and respect for human rights.” (Site openrussia.org.)

Echo of Moscow

16 . Recordings of the programs “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov”, “Duel”, interviews Vladimir Solovyov with famous politicians.

There are dozens of political talk shows on Russian television. Almost all of them broadcast the opinions of the same experts, running from one program to another. Ukrainian political scientists stand out among them: they are silenced, openly trolled, and even often beaten. recalled the most striking episodes with the participation of Ukrainian experts and found out why, despite the humiliation, they remain frequent guests of Russian television studios.

Typical scenario

Ukraine continues to hold prime time slots on Russian TV channels. Despite the general fatigue of viewers from the information noise surrounding events in the neighboring state, they did not stop watching talk shows about Ukraine. It is Ukrainian experts who provide the lion's share of the ratings for such programs - without them, political programs would lose their intensity and element of the show.

The dramaturgy of the programs with their participation is based on a completely standard scenario. The presenter asks the political scientist a question (conventionally, about those responsible for the war in Donbass), he says a couple of sentences, after which he is bombarded with counterarguments from all sides. A hubbub begins, which sometimes even the presenters are unable to stop. However, they themselves do not hesitate to make sarcastic remarks about the speakers, and sometimes even shut them up.

Usually the host and guests associate the expert from Ukraine (the same principle applies to the American participants in the discussion) with the Poroshenko regime, and he has to answer for the entire state. Since in most cases they fail to finish their thoughts, they speak uninterruptedly and at the maximum density of words per second.

The composition of experts from Ukraine on all Russian television broadcasts is approximately the same. The program on Channel One, TV Center and Zvezda is regularly attended by Olesya Yakhno and. Of these, only Karasev appears on Ukrainian TV from time to time. The other three are accused of being unpopular in Ukraine, so they want to make PR for themselves in Russia.

Scandals and fights

Vyacheslav Kovtun, the Ukrainian headliner of Russian political talk shows, was especially successful in this. He has repeatedly become the hero of scandals on Russian TV and outside television studios. The last time, during a break in the filming of the “Time Will Tell” program on Channel One, he was beaten in the dressing room. According to one of the broadcast participants, this was done by the former chairman of the Council of Ministers of the DPR, who could not stand the provocative behavior of the Ukrainian guest.

But this is not the first time Kovtun has been beaten up on Russian TV. During the conflict in Ukraine, the political scientist suffered at least four times. On the air of “Zvezda”, the head of the information department of the “Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine” hit him several times in the face after Kovtun promised to check what his 17-year-old son, living in Ukraine, was doing.

In March 2016, Kovtun went outside after another filming and was preparing to get into a taxi, but he was prevented by unknown people who dipped his head into the cake.

However, the political scientist himself believes that the attacks on him are nothing more than a stage show. In the summer of 2015, during the filming of the Barrier program, a Ukrainian deputy attacked him with his fists. It seemed to him that Kovtun was grinning when he spoke about the starvation death of a seven-month-old child in Mariupol. Presenter Vladimir Solovyov separated the fighters and explained that Kovtun was not actually grinning - it was all due to the peculiarities of his facial expressions.

Kovtun is not the only one who was openly “pressed” on Russian TV. In 2015, it went to a Kyiv lawyer. He was not convinced by the arguments of the co-chairman of the Popular Front of Novorossiya, who tried to prove with the help of photographs that fascist power had settled in Kyiv. Dolgov first promised to break Bagirov’s jaw, and then moved towards him.

TV presenters do not hesitate to show emotions in relation to Ukrainian experts. Thus, the new host of the talk show “Time will tell” openly mocks above them in front of the audience.

However, the most memorable incident was an on-air incident in September: the host of “Meeting Place” Andrei Norkin from the studio of a visiting political scientist. The program discussed the details of the investigation into the crash of the Malaysian Boeing.

Norkin argued that the international community ignores Russia's opinion. According to him, for the first time the version that the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian bomber was put forward not by Russia, but by an American blogger. Zaporozhsky objected to him. Norkin thought that the political scientist was wrong, and then explained to the audience that he did not need the advice of “any sheep.”

Where to go to swear

An employee of the editorial office of a large talk show, who wished to remain anonymous, explained in a conversation with Lenta.ru that the pool of experts from Ukraine quoted on federal TV fully satisfies the formal needs of the channels to present the opinion of the Ukrainian side. On the other hand, participation in talk shows is a good opportunity for unknown political scientists to do PR for themselves. That is why, despite the spread of rot, they continue to invest in television studios.

Lenta.ru assured that the rumors that experts (including Ukrainian ones) are paid money for organizing extravagant performances on air are false - there are no rewards for guests in the show of the Rossiya 1 channel.

Lenta.ru asked Ukrainian Vadim Karasev why he agreed to participate in Russian programs. He complained that people are not always allowed to speak on air, but, according to him, everything depends on the preparation of the speaker: “If you try, if you have professional and emotional preparation, some thoughts can be conveyed. Well, that’s how I do it.” The political scientist notes that participation in Russian shows is “a kind of challenge, a test of professional suitability.”

“There is one more point. We (Ukrainian political scientists - approx. "Tapes.ru") in Russia we play the role of the opposition. Oppositionists, even if they go to shows, are very careful in their statements. We have no restrictions. We can say what we want and consider true about both Russia and Ukraine.”

Karasev is not embarrassed by the fact that in any Russian TV show he a priori looks like a loser. He even advises where a Ukrainian should not go: according to him, it is better not to appear on Zvezda (one of the reasons is that the channel belongs to). But he freely goes to TV Center, but only if, as a specialist in global strategies, he is asked to discuss the development of Europe. According to his admission, he does not attend all of Vladimir Solovyov’s broadcasts, because sometimes he feels in advance that “there will be something muddy.”

Karasev explains his frequent appearance on federal TV by the fact that they want to hear him. “Even if this is a small group, I know that such people exist,” he concluded.

The national television award TEFI for information and analytical broadcasting has exactly two nominations (a program in this genre and its presenter), and the thoroughly political one is forced to compete with its “Sunday Evening” (as it was at TEFI-2016) in the category “Evening talk show "with the shows "Revizorro" and "Let's Get Married" that are very far from politics. In this situation, however, there is nothing extraordinary - and after the update, TEFI has not yet figured out its categories (they change almost every year), and the politicization of domestic television - especially in prime time - leaves much to be desired.

Of course, there is news broadcasting: various “News”, “News”, “Today” and “Events” are broadcast several times a day, followed by final releases on the main events of the day.

But almost everything is clear with the news, they are also subject to separate nominations in TEFI, and their format has remained unchanged almost since Soviet times. In addition, they enjoy constant success with viewers and regularly occupy almost the entire top 10 most popular programs of the week according to Mediascope (formerly TNS Russia), and only Eurovision or The Voice can move them from the first places. Political talk shows are not at the highest places in the ratings, which does not exclude rivalry between them outside of television awards.

Popular and not so popular

Vadim Takmenev with figurines after the TEFI Award ceremony (2014)

Ekaterina Chesnokova/RIA Novosti

Political talk shows should not be confused with opinion programs, such as The Show, which dates back to the American Anchorman Show. Invented back in the 60s by Phil Donahue, the format of communication with viewers (and invited experts) to discuss topical issues is more often used for any social topics (for example, “Let them talk”). Extended news broadcasts, usually released at the end of the week (for example, “Sunday Time”), still play on a different field than talk shows, although they can be similar to them.

The most popular talk show in the political genre has long been “Sunday Evening with Vladimir Solovyov,” which airs late on Sundays on Rossiya 1.

In the week from February 13 to 19, this program received a rating of 4.6% and a share of 18.9%, taking first place among socio-political programs and becoming thirteenth overall (Moscow, audience 4+).

Also, two more of Solovyov’s programs often make it into the top ten of this section—“Evening,” aired on weekdays, as well as “Duel,” in which viewers make their favorite politician the winner.

In addition, the multiple TEFI winner with Saturday Central Television is popular (3.4% rating and 9.8% share), as well as two shows on the “Right to Know!” channel. and “The right to vote.” And, of course, the growing “60 Minutes” on “Russia 1” and “First Studio” on the First.

By the way, it was Takmenev and his program that won the TEFI twice - in 2014 and 2016.

Discord slot

Olga Skabeeva and Evgeny Popov (60 Minutes program)

Still from the program/Russia 1

The seven-hour slot is traditionally considered the very beginning of evening prime time - not the most prestigious, but already popular. On weekdays, some domestic channels devoted it to news programs: the 40-minute episode of “Today” began at 19.00, and the half-hour “Events” on “TV Center” and “News” began at 19.30. On “Russia 1” at this time, since 2013, there was a “Live Broadcast” with Boris Korchevnikov, who, in terms of the intensity of passions and the topics raised (scandals in show business and social issues), was a worthy rival to the show “Let’s Get Married”, which is shown on The first since 2008. For a long time, this distribution seemed to suit everyone, but at the beginning of the 2016/17 season at Rossiya 1 they decided to change the concept.

The new talk show “60 Minutes” opened the evening prime time slot.

The show is released daily on weekdays at 18.50 and runs - including advertising - until the 20 o'clock edition of Vesti. It was and is positioned as socio-political and dedicated to the main topic of the past day, which is discussed by the presenters (spouses and) and invited guests of the program - political and public figures. As for “Live Broadcast,” it hasn’t gone anywhere, but simply moved along with Korchevnikov an hour earlier. Beyond prime.

The main competitor of Rossiya 1 did not notice changes in the network of the neighboring channel for about six months.

And only in January 2017 did he strike back - at six in the evening the almost two-hour talk show “First Studio” with host Artem Sheinin began airing. The format turned out to be approximately the same as that of “60 Minutes” - a discussion of the topics of the day with invited experts (but in the legendary Ostankino First Studio), but perhaps a little more detailed than that of Skabeeva and Popov. Due to the longer timing.

It's about the rating

Artem Sheinin

First channel

TV channels pay very close attention to the ratings of their programs. And even if for the First or “Russia 1” a fluctuation in percentage is not fatal, any change still requires attention. Thus, according to the data, at the end of 2016 the leader was the channel “Russia 1” with 12.9% (a year earlier it was 12.7%) of the audience share, and the First became second with 12.7% (in 2015 there were 13. 7%). The former, by the way, was the first to take not the most popular measures to take off the air shows that did not live up to expectations, such as the series “The Far Side of the Moon - 2” or its own hockey cup.

The idea of ​​“Russia 1” with a socio-political talk show at the beginning of prime time did not at first seem like a serious attempt to turn the tide.

At launch, “60 Minutes” showed 3.2% ratings and 12.4% share - indicators comparable to “Let’s Get Married” and therefore not dangerous. In the end, “Live Broadcast” had approximately the same figures: for example, exactly a year ago, in February 2016, Korchevnikov’s show had 2.8% and 10.3% (and TV matchmakers had 4.0% and 13.1%). And during the release of “60 Minutes” there was no direct competition: television was actively covering the elections and there was no time for possible weddings.

By the end of the year, however, the situation had changed: “60 Minutes” entered the top 3 best socio-political programs broadcast on weekdays (according to data), and at the beginning of 2017 it was already clearly ahead of “Let’s Get Married” - 5.4 % and 17.2% versus 4.0% and 12.7%.

Now “First Studio” and “60 Minutes” compete almost on equal terms. The Channel One program in the week from February 13 to 19 had a rating of 4.1% and a share of 13.8%, while the Rossiya 1 show had 4.2% and 13.7%, respectively.

The parity between two similar programs will apparently continue to be maintained in the future. “Russia 1” is helped by the fact that after “60 minutes” “Vesti” begins and it is possible to maintain the continuity of the news and analytical agenda. The First has to his credit the scandalous talk show of Andrei Malakhov “Let Them Talk,” which has been running for a decade and a half and looks completely unsinkable. Viewers, perhaps, only benefited from this rivalry: they can choose the presentation of current material to their taste - aggressive from “60 Minutes” or calmer from “First Studio”.

The main victims in this battle of ratings were fans of the show “Let's Get Married,” which unexpectedly found itself in an unusual place (now broadcast at 17.00) - not all viewers have time to get to the TV from work by this time. True, the protest that swept through social networks was not paid attention to at First.

In recent years, the format of political talk shows has become incredibly popular in Russia. The key to success is a vibrant discussion and heated debate. To ensure the intensity of passions, the authors and presenters invite experts to the programs who defend the American, European or Ukrainian position. The same people “from the other side of the ideological front” move from program to program. Sometimes participants in disputes evoke such strong emotions with their statements that they leave the studio with bruises. Ruposters recalls the most notable television "whipping boys".

Vyacheslav Kovtun

Vyacheslav Kovtun

One of the most recognizable “artists of the expert genre” is the director of the Kyiv Center for Research of Social Processes “Expert” and member of the presidium of the Liberal Party of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kovtun. Perhaps he came under attack more often than others because of his statements. The political scientist considers himself brave, almost every time he emphasizes that he is in a hostile atmosphere, nevertheless he does not stop going to the show.

Perhaps the most famous case of an attack on a Ukrainian occurred in the spring of 2016 in the “Process” program on the Zvezda TV channel. Then a member of the organization “Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine” Yuriy Kot took the remark “We will find out what kind of son you have” as a threat to the child and hit the political scientist on the head several times.

Before this, they had already tried to beat Kovtun for mentioning children. An expert from Ukraine, ex-deputy Vladimir Oleinik attacked his opponent in Solovyov’s “Sunday Evening”. He did not like the facial expression with which the political scientist commented on the death of a seven-month-old child in Mariupol from hunger.

Another high-profile case of an attack on Kovtun was a cake in the parking lot of the Ostankino television center. The victim claimed that his ill-wishers had with them the flag of Novorossiya. Journalist Vladimir Solovyov called the attack an abomination and called for the attackers to be punished. The SERB movement later took responsibility.

The last case of beating of Kovtun was in December. Then, in the dressing room of the “Time Will Tell” program during a break, none other than one of the founders of the DPR, Alexander Boroday, spoke to him. The host of the show, Artem Sheinin, eventually apologized to Kovtun for the incident, but there is no video of the fight itself online.

Jakub Koreyba

Jakub Koreyba

Another regular on the programs is the Polish publicist, known for his harsh statements on federal TV, a former employee of the MGIMO Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Jakub Koreyba. TV viewers call him an ardent Russophobe. He often accuses Russia of all sins, speaks confidently and emotionally, but does not provide evidence.

Excerpt from a typical speech

A notable episode in his television career was a conflict with political scientist Sergei Kurginyan. The latter defiantly left the studio after Koreyba said that in Russia they hold on to the past because “everything is bad in the present,” and in the future it may be even worse.

It is curious that for regular publications in the Russian media (and, in particular, for the article “Sabotage against Ukraine: the Polish trace”) Koreyba was fired from the Polish Newsweek.

Sergey Zaporozhsky (Kutsenko)

Sergey Zaporozhsky

Zaporozhsky, who calls himself a businessman and political scientist, has citizenship of the Russian Federation. At the same time, in Ukraine he is primarily known as the author of the popular political microblog on Twitter “Bandera Football”. In it, the TV show participant many times allowed himself harsh criticism of Russia and rejoiced at the successes of the neighboring country.

The speaker, who listed “President of Ukraine 2024-2034” as his profession on Facebook, does not attend Russian TV shows very often and does not appear very prominently on them. He became famous because of a conflict with TV presenter Norkin. During the live broadcast, he took Zaporozhsky out of the studio of the “Meeting Place” program with the words “Every other sheep will teach me.”

The TV show guest said that Norkin should be treated because he is deceiving. A Twitter troll managed to piss off a journalist and TV presenter with 26 years of experience. Later, Norkin publicly stated that he did not “break in” to his opponent.

Alexey Goncharenko

Alexey Goncharenko

Goncharenko is the son of the former mayor of Odessa and a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. In the past, he was a member of the Party of Regions, but after the events on Maidan he left. Since 2014, he has already been the deputy head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction. He became notorious after the tragedy in the House of Trade Unions. “We cleared the Kulikovo field of separatists,” Goncharenko said in Shuster’s program. He doesn't appear on Russian TV very often. But almost every appearance of his in a television studio causes a storm of emotions and an angry reaction on social networks.

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Once Goncharenko almost caused a diplomatic scandal. He decided to take part in the Moscow march, his capital police. Soon, however, the holder of diplomatic immunity was released. Goncharenko is also known for the fact that he tried to present a symbolic order for a Russian plane shot down by the Turks, and also staged his own kidnapping.

Vadim Karasev

Vadim Karasev

A frequent guest of Russian television programs is the director of the private enterprise "Institute of Global Strategies" Vadim Karasev. He is remembered by the viewer primarily by his face, abundantly dotted with warts.

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In recent months, Karasev has quite sharply changed his rhetoric from radical Ukrainian-patriotic to compromise-conciliatory. Now, in one form or another, he declares that Ukraine is obliged to reckon with Russia.

Michael Bohm

Michael Bohm

Of all the foreign opponents on talk shows, American Michael Bom is the most good-natured. He can even be called a favorite of TV viewers and presenters. In any case, it rarely comes to open flogging. Once he was given a dressing down on air by the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, who “did not understand what such people were doing on Russian TV.”

Known for his manner of inserting (sometimes out of place) Russian proverbs and sayings, Bohm calls himself a “Russian scholar.” 18 years ago he came to Moscow to engage in the insurance business and later abandoned it in favor of journalism. Although the money in this area, as he admits, is not very good, he has achieved professional fulfillment. He even taught a course at the Faculty of Journalism of MGIMO. He was married to a Russian citizen (which was revealed recently on live television), and loves to confess his love for Russia.

Admitting that he is a “whipping boy” on Russian television, Bohm claims that he is closer to the role of a public diplomat.

Pavel Zhovnirenko

Pavel Zhovnirenko

Political strategist, political scientist and chairman of the board of the Center for Strategic Studies Pavlo Zhovnirenko stands out from other Ukrainian talking heads on Russian television in that he regularly leaves the film studios himself if he believes that the presenters are paying little attention and airtime to him.

He first tried this “knight move” in April 2016. Then the political scientist was offended by the NTV presenters and left the studio, citing a lack of attention. At the same time, Zhovnirenko received the right to speak during the program, and when leaving he tried to linger and continue the dialogue again.

He applied the already tested method of attracting attention six months later in the “60 Minutes” program on Russia-1. It seems that at some point he was simply tired of what was happening on the TV show, and he decided without a shadow of a doubt to leave.

Jiri Just

Jiri Just with his “colleague” Michael Bohm

Another lover of bow ties is the Czech Jiri Just. Former columnist for MK and Moscow correspondent for the Czech information portal. One of the few “whipping boys” who are aware of and publicly define their role as such.

"For me, going to these talk shows has two meanings, two incentives. The first is that before or after the program I can communicate with the politicians invited there. The second - yes, I, of course, understand that I am there as a whipping boy. That even with my presence I to some extent support the propaganda of Russian television. But I go to these talk shows in order to show that there is another point of view,” he said.

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Yust defends a pro-European position, but he is quite objective in his statements, which earns him the respect of presenters and TV viewers, and his natural phlegmatism does not allow him to get involved in serious skirmishes.

Olesya Yakhno

Olesya Yakhno

One of the few “whipping girls” on the show is a native of the Vinnitsa region Olesya Yakhno, a special correspondent for the official parliamentary newspaper “Voice of Ukraine” and director of the “Institute of National Strategy of Ukraine” (a branch of a similar Russian institution of her ex-husband, political strategist Stanislav Belkovsky).

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A loud voice, systematically applied tactics of shouting at opponents and a truly unpredictable logic of argumentation (one gets the feeling that Yakhno herself does not know where her next phrase will lead) made Olesya one of the most prominent representatives of Ukraine on Russian talk shows.

Leonid Gozman

Leonid Gozman

An ally of Chubais, who was a member of many liberal parties from the Union of Right Forces to Right Cause, member of the Russian Jewish Congress Leonid Gozman was initially an almost ideal candidate for participating in Russian television shows on the “wrong” side. He began his trips to television almost earlier than everyone else: he held his first debate on January 26, 2009 with Vladimir Zhirinovsky, discussing the now distant conflict between Russia and Georgia.

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He regularly comes under a barrage of criticism from opponents and is forced to listen to insults (sometimes open). The politician regards this part of his television activity with irony. In an interview, he admitted that he understands perfectly well that it is impossible to convince someone. Gozman knows that he is being used only because he is “a Jew, a friend of Chubais, cross-eyed - as you know, God marks a scoundrel - and in general a complete scum.” He justifies his desire to participate in discussions by saying that someone must demonstrate to liberals without the Internet that there are people with a similar point of view.

According to open data, during all the visits to television programs, Gozman was not beaten. However, on December 1, 2016, a case was made public when a politician, following the example of Zhovnirenko, stood up and left the hall during the filming of one of the shows. Before that, he listened to an almost two-minute critical monologue by host Andrei Norkin.

Boris Nadezhdin

Boris Nadezhdin

Gozman’s colleague in the Union of Right Forces and former State Duma deputy, Nadezhdin is a regular participant in the TV show. He explained his frequent appearance on air by the fact that he was called very persistently. They say that the ratings of TV channels fell while debates took place on their airwaves without representatives of even the conditional opposition.

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In addition, in this way the politician tries to increase his recognition. He needs this to further participate in the elections. However, numerous programs did not help him get into the State Duma of the next convocation. Nadezhdin called his political position moderate and admitted that he criticizes Putin only on economic issues. Recognizing Russia’s right to Crimea, the politician tries to defend pro-Ukrainian theses on TV shows.

Tomas Maciejczuk

Tomas Maciejczuk

A regular on political talk shows, Polish journalist Maciejczuk became widely known in the fall of 2016. On the set of one of the programs, he suggested that Russian people “live in shit.” A heated discussion with a TV presenter escalated into a fight with former Ukrainian MP Igor Markov.

Matseychuk admitted that he became a journalist thanks to the Euromaidan and for a long time supplied humanitarian aid to protesters and volunteer battalions of nationalists in eastern Ukraine. Later, the journalist witnessed atrocities committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis and reconsidered his views. The publication in the Polish press of materials about the presence of real Nazis among the ATO fighters quickly spoiled the Pole’s relations with the Ukrainian authorities. The last straw was that Matseychuk prevented representatives of the Ukrainian authorities from hiding a photo of a neo-Nazi that accidentally ended up at an exhibition about “ATO heroes” in the European Parliament.

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According to some reports, the expert who ardently defended Ukraine’s position was banned from entering this country. He also repeatedly received threats from radicals. After consulting with subscribers on social networks about the need to participate in Russian TV shows, Matseychuk left for Russia in October 2016 and has not left television screens since then.

Andrey Okara

Andrey Okara

One of Kovtun’s most famous colleagues is the Ukrainian political scientist Andrei Okara. Born and raised in Moscow, the ethnic Ukrainian studied the ideas of Russian conservatism of the 20th century, repeatedly criticized Ukraine in his publications and deprived it of its right to exist. On Russian TV shows he gets the role of a Moscow Ukrainophile. According to some reports, the political scientist was deported from Ukraine in 2015. However, the small number of sources does not allow us to confirm or refute this information.

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On Russian TV, he likes to speak in support of the actions of the Ukrainian authorities, almost always becoming the object of criticism from other guests of the TV show and its presenters. Okara did not escape the fate of being beaten. Back in 2014, on a live TV show, he got into a fight with the co-chairman of the Popular Front of Novorossiya, Konstantin Dolgov.

The audience will probably see most of the people mentioned more than once. They like to call pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian political experts on Russian channels. They give programs ratings and help opponents hone their arguments.

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