Russian journalist Andrey Cherkasov is the host of Current Time's Footage Vs. Footage, a weekly media-literacy program that covers the news and the people who make it.
Russia's pro-government TV is depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin as the undisputed winner of the December 7, 2021 video call with U.S. President Joe Biden over the Russian military buildup along Ukraine's borders.
Belarus and Russia’s state-run TV crafted a single narrative in November 2021 to cover the illegal migration crisis on the European Union’s borders: The West is to blame, and Belarus is blameless.
Russia's most prominent TV host has denounced the organizers of rallies demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny as "political pedophiles." His insult sets the tone of coverage by many pro-Kremlin media outlets.
