Every night the same refrain. At 10:20 PM Moscow time, as the final episode of the current drama series ends, Vladimir Solovyov appears on air, standing with his unruffled Mao collar shirt buttoned up to the neck. In the center of his television set, dark and striped with red and black screens, the pro-Kremlamist begins his daily talk show, “Evening with Vladimir Solovyov,” with a serious face.
The 58-year-old presenter is well surrounded. six recurring columnists, hand-picked, flank him at his request. In terms of form, the debate program is, after all, nothing special. The program stands out on its merits because Soloviev’s small group consists only of officers, oligarchs or representatives of the Putin regime, starting with a former diplomat who calls Joseph Stalin.the last statesman who cares about his country“, to the former conscript…
Source: Le Figaro
