{
  "id": 6304364,
  "title": "Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian state propaganda outlet RT, says she’s now cancer-free",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/margarita-simonyan-editor-in-chief-of-the-russian-state-propaganda",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-08T16:26:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/08/margarita-simonyan-editor-in-chief-of-the-russian-state-propaganda-outlet-rt-says-she-s-now-cancer-free"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Russia's state propaganda network RT, declared herself cancer-free after medical tests revealed no signs of the disease. \"Thank God, everything is clear,\" she stated. Just three hours prior, Simonyan had shared a video expressing uncertainty about her prognosis, saying upcoming tests would determine if she would \"live or not.\" In September 2025, she had announced publicly that she was undergoing cancer treatment, revealing at the time that she was receiving chemotherapy.",
  "summary": "Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russian state propaganda outlet RT, said medical tests found no signs of cancer.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}