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Key Russian Propagandist Tigran Keosayan Dies After Months in Coma
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Russian propagandist and film director Tigran Keosayan, husband of Russia Today’s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, has died.
Simonyan announced his death on her Telegram channel, saying that Keosayan passed away during the night of September 26 after spending the past several months in a coma.
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She also thanked those who had prayed for him and asked people not to call her or the family.
Keosayan was not only known as a filmmaker and TV host but also as one of the Kremlin’s most outspoken propagandists. He consistently echoed Moscow’s narratives about Ukraine, calling its government "illegitimate," denying Donbas as part of Ukraine, and insisting that Crimea “had always been Russian.”
As early as 2021, months before Russia’s full-scale invasion, Keosayan already threatened that “Russia will be in Kyiv.” After the invasion began, he repeatedly called for escalatory measures, openly urging the use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine’s capital.
His talk show International Chainsaw became a regular platform for anti-Ukraine propaganda, portraying Ukraine as weak, criminal, corrupt, and dependent on the West. Through his rhetoric and broadcasts, Keosayan played a key role in promoting narratives aimed at justifying Russia’s war of aggression.
Earlier, Russian state television host Vladimir Solovyov said that the war in Ukraine will not end after the planned meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska.
Solovyov stated the “conflict” would continue because “the interests of Europeans are primarily for the war to persist.” He added that if Trump stepped back and left the issue to Europe, Russia would “once again have to explain to Europeans who they are.”
