Aleksandr Gurnov, full name Aleksandr Borisovich Gurnov, (born 8 July 1957 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian TV persona.[1]

He was appointed the bureau chief of the international Russian television network, Russia Today (RT), in London. He has also worked on the Russian sports channel Match TV. Gurnov was a head of the Russian television news agency TSN, on Moscow's TV-6. In 2006, he participated in an on-line interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin as a representative of the website Yandex.[2]

Gurnov formerly presented the "Spotlight" programme on RT.[3]

Controversies

In 2018 Aleksandr Gurnov participated in an investigation by BBC Russia[4] on the Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal. Gurnov questioned the legitimacy of information on the alleged attack, asking "[Was] there really an assassination attempt? Are they really in a London hospital? Are they really close to death?"

Despite his claims, statements have been released by Scotland Yard and The Political Quarterly to the contrary.[5]

Achievements

  1. Medal "Defender of Free Russia" - for the performance of civic duty in the defense of democracy and the constitutional order on August 19-21, 1991[6]
  2. Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (May 8, 1996) - for active participation in the creation and development of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine[7]

References

  1. ↑ Zasurskiĭ, Ivan (2004). Media and Power in Post-Soviet Russia. M.E. Sharpe. pp. 195–. ISBN 9780765608635. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Transcript of the Interactive Webcast with the President of Russia". Kremlin. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ↑ https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c1dpfrkx
  4. ↑ "Salisbury attack: Russian TV's claims about poisoning". BBC News. 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  5. ↑ Wood, Steve (21 August 2018). "The Salisbury Poisoning Case and German–Russian Relations: Ambiguity and Ambivalence". The Political Quarterly. 89 (4): 702–708. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.12565. S2CID 158462246.
  6. ↑ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 30.12.1993 г. № 2326". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  7. ↑ "Распоряжение Президента Российской Федерации от 08.05.1996 г. № 233-рп". Президент России (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-22.


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