Margarita Simonyan is the editor-in-chief of Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT, and one of the most prominent faces of pro-Kremlin propaganda, not just in Russia but across the world. She has been one of the most prominent voices backing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and has even hinted at her support for a potential nuclear war. We explain how Simonyan, since her appointment as RT editor-in-chief at the unprecented age of 25, has firmly established herself as one of the key cogs of the Kremlin propaganda machine.

0:00 Intro
1:00 Early life
1:43 Flirtation with the West?
2:30 Beginnings in journalism
2:50 Beslan school siege
4:35 Rise to the top and Russia Today
5:45 State funding of RT
6:50 Not a news agency?
7:43 Skripal suspect Interview
8:35 Ukraine

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