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Kazakhstan Hits Back at Inciting Remarks by Putin-Friendly Russian TV Presenter

The EU sanctioned Keosayan for using his state-funded TV show to claim that the Ukrainian government was unlawful and for espousing anti-Ukraine propaganda.

Russian TV presenter Tigran Keosayan. Photo via YouTube
ANTHONY GRANT
ANTHONY GRANT

ATHENS — Kazakhstan is likely to sanction a Russian television personality who gained international notoriety in 2020 for appearing in a racist televised spoof of President Obama.

Public remarks by Tigran Keosayan attempting to connect that country and Ukraine were characterized by Kazakhstan’s ministry of foreign affairs as “offensive and biased in essence.” They will likely lead to a ban on his entry to the country.

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ANTHONY GRANT
ANTHONY GRANT

Mr. Grant, a California native who has written for many major newspapers including France-Soir and the New York Times and worked in television at Paris (France24) and Tel Aviv (i24news), is now based in Athens as a staff reporter and editor of The New York Sun.

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