BEKASOV Evgeniy Vladimirovich

БЕКАСОВ Євгеній Володимирович
БЕКАСОВ Евгений Владимирович
BEKASOV Evgeniy Vladimirovich

As the editor-in-chief of the russia 24 TV channel and deputy general director of VGTRK, he is responsible for disseminating propaganda and disinformation about the war against Ukraine. Among other things, the russia VGTRK channel broadcasts the socio-political propaganda talk show 60 Minutes with hosts Olga Skabeeva and Yevgeny Popov. In the TV show, the hosts manipulate socially significant information, systematically disseminate typical narratives of kremlin propaganda, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discredit the Ukrainian authorities, resort to nuclear blackmail and threats to NATO member countries. In May 2024, Bekasov took part in the All-russian competition-award named after the war correspondent of russia 24 Boris Maksudov as a member of the jury. Bekasov personally presented awards to the winners - russian war correspondents. In February 2024, he took part in a meeting with the head of the Investigative Committee of russia Alexander Bastrykin, dedicated to covering the work of russian investigators in the so-called "SMO" zone. In 2023, Bekasov visited the Educational and Methodological Center for Military-Patriotic Education of Youth "Avangard", which carries out the so-called "military-patriotic" education of the youth of the TOT of Ukraine and prepares them for service in the armed forces of russia, holds meetings of children with the so-called "heroes of the SMO", officially cooperates with the occupation authorities of the so-called LPR, provides information support to russian military service agencies and military educational institutions on his page on the social network VK.