Kremlin Mouthpieces

He is the head of the largest media company in russia, which directly carries out the ideological task of the putin regime to form a worldview that is convenient and beneficial for the kremlin elite. He is the head of the largest media company in russia, which directly carries out the ideological task of the putin regime to form a worldview that is convenient and beneficial for the kremlin elite. Gazprom-Media includes a number of TV channels, online services and Internet platforms, including NTV, TNT, Match-TV, Comedy Club Production, Yappy and rutube services, the Central Partnership film studio and others.
Zharov actively implements putin's foreign policy, lobbying for the interests of the russian federation at the international level.
In April 2024, he took part in the international business forum "World of Opportunities" in Dubai, where he emphasized the importance of the historic accession of new countries to BRICS, including Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, and also touched upon the topic of russia's chairmanship of the association in 2024.
In May 2024, in the presence of putin and Xi Jinping, he signed an agreement on cooperation with China Media Corporation in terms of promoting technological developments in the media sector, strengthening joint work in news broadcasting, as well as exchanging expertise on issues of media development. In December 2024, Zharov announced the start of work on a large-scale war film project in collaboration with colleagues from China, as well as cooperation with the UAE, Serbia and India as part of ensuring the strategy of Gazprom-Media's international activities.
Cooperates with the russian society "Knowledge" within the framework of joint projects aimed at "strengthening citizens' interest in the topics of historical truth, spiritual and moral values, and patriotism".
In October 2024, he joined the Council under the President of the russian federation for Culture and Art.
Systematically supports putin's policy and the kremlin regime, and also publicly supported putin's decision to participate in the 2024 presidential elections.
In 2014, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree "for high professionalism and objectivity in covering the annexation of Crimea by the russian federation".
In July 2024, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree "for a great contribution to the development of the media and many years of conscientious work".

He is one of the key figures in russian federal and state propaganda. For over 20 years, he has been the general producer/head of Channel One, which ranks third in the top ranking of the most popular russian TV channels for 2023 and is an important tool for the kremlin's disinformation. Under Ernst's leadership, Channel One actively covers the topic of the so-called SMO, airs many politicized programs, and creates and distributes fakes. Ernst personally calls the russian military participating in the war against Ukraine heroes in his interviews and notes that "the heroes of the special operation take up most of the airtime." He is a co-author/producer of a number of films, the filming and plots of which are authorized and agreed upon with putin personally. In particular, the film project "Challenge" received putin's written consent. For this film, in 2023, Ernst personally received state awards from putin during the ceremony of presenting state awards and awarding heroes of labor on russia Day. Ernst personally thanked putin, calling the mission of the film - the affirmation of russia's space superiority in the world. At the same time, he noted the symbolism of the film's title, saying: "Our heroes receive a "Challenge" from space, history has thrown down a challenge to our country, and we have accepted this challenge." Ernst came up with the initiative to organize a new song contest in russia, primarily for the BRICS countries, to replace Eurovision, the organizers of which have banned russians from participating in it.