MADRID, 24 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Russian network RT, financed by the Kremlin and a key instrument for its propaganda, has removed a presenter who last week asked on the air to “throw into a river” or “burn” Ukrainian children who cataloged Russia as an occupying power of Ukraine.
Anton Krasovski, who appears on the EU sanctions blacklist, spoke in this way last week, during a program in which the guest, the writer Sergei Lukianenko, exposed his experiences during a visit to Ukraine in the 1990s. the eighties.
The RT network has tried to eliminate the trace of these comments, which have been widely circulated on social networks. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba shared them on Twitter: “Governments that have not yet banned RT should see this excerpt.”
“With this you align yourself if you allow RT to operate in your country. An aggressive incitement to genocide (…) that has nothing to do with freedom of expression,” Kuleba warned, also announcing that Krasovski will be prosecuted in Ukraine. for their statements.
The director of the chain, Margarita Simonian, has regretted the comments on Telegram, where she has also announced the cessation of any collaboration with the journalist. She has also shared a message from Krasovski himself in which he admits that he “got carried away” live and apologizes.
The Russian Investigative Committee has also opened a report following a complaint filed through the Internet about this case, according to ‘The Moscow Times’.
