Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Joshua Yaffa: Dmitry Kiselev is redefining the art of Russian propaganda
Rossiya 1 is a state-owned channel that reaches 90 percent of Russian households. Presenters and pundits have been ramping up their aggressive, anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.
On the evening of February 23, a little more than a day after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych fled Kyiv in the middle of the night, ceding power to protesters on the Maidan, Dmitry Kiselev was in an especially apocalyptic mood. Kiselev is host of "Vesti Nedeli," or "News of the Week," which airs on Rossiya, a state-owned channel that reaches 90 percent of Russian households. Every Sunday for two hours, he holds forth on his many bugbears, phobias, and hatreds: the degenerate West, traitorous liberals at home.
