Dmitry Kiselyov made improbable claims about the motives of world figures as war looms in Ukraine. UK royals have no say in matters of war.
But Kiselyov, who is often called"Putin's mouthpiece" by Russia watchers, gave his Russian audience the opposite picture: that Russia was urgently seeking peace as other nations sought conflict.
Despite the Queen being the formal head of the British military, and having a deep ceremonial connection to it, she and her family have no say in defense decisions, which are taken by the UK government. By the time the segment broadcast, the royal narrative in the UK and the rest of the world had changed dramatically for a different reason: the announcement thatdevoted significantly more attention to that story than events in Ukraine, though it remained a prominent topic.
In his broadcast Sunday, Kiselyov claimed, too, that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wanted a distraction because ofHe also listed Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan as pro-war because of the economic crisis in his country, and claimed that France's President Emmanuel Macron would benefit from war while seeking re-election.
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