Putin hands out state honors to 51 Channel One employees, including sanctioned propagandists and authors of fake news reports
Vladimir Putin has bestowed state honors on 51 employees of Russia’s state-run Pervy Kanal (Channel One), the result of a decree dated Sept. 29. Among the honorees are propagandists whose reports The Insider has previously debunked as false. Correspondent Ivan Blagoy received the Order of Friendship. He authored a widely known 2016 report about “Lisa,” a girl in Germany who was allegedly abducted…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded state honors to 51 employees of the country's state-run television channel, Channel One. This follows a decree issued on September 29. Among the recipients are individuals who have produced reports deemed false by The Insider. Notable honorees include Ivan Blagoy, who authored a debunked 2016 report about a girl in Germany who was falsely accused of being abducted and sexually assaulted by immigrants.
Kirill Brainin received the Order of Honor, while Dmitry Simes, whose show The Great Game faces sanctions from Canada and Ukraine, along with criminal charges in the United States, received the Order of Friendship. Yekaterina Berezovskaya, an anchor of the flagship news program Vremya, was also awarded the Order of Friendship. She faced criticism for presenting individuals who traveled to Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory as Western journalists.
Putin's decree granted a total of 51 state awards to Channel One employees, including Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Order of Honor, and Order of Friendship, as well as various medals.
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