Work at the USSR State Radio and Television After graduation, he worked in the Central Radio Broadcasting for foreign countries of the
USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting in the Norwegian and Polish editions. On April 9, 1989, at the invitation of
Eduard Sagalaev, he began working on the
USSR Central Television, where he was a parliamentary correspondent for the "
Vremya" program. The very first reportage was from
Tbilisi, covering
bloody events near the government house. At one time he was a correspondent in
Norway. Kiselyov served as the host of the information program "Television News Service", aired on the First Program of Central Television. Due to his refusal to read a prepared text about the Soviet repression of
protests in Vilnius, he was removed from news programs, after which he collaborated for some time with the German TV channels
ARD and
RTL, as well as the Japanese television company
NHK. Until the end of 1996, he held various positions at the
Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (from 1995 to 2002 ORT, now
Channel One). In 1992–1994, Kiselyov worked as correspondent of RGTRK Ostankino for
Benelux. for the creation of which Kiselyov received a grant from the
European Commission aimed at supporting democratic institutions in Russia. In March 1995, after the murder of
Vladislav Listyev, he was the host of one of the issues of the topical interview "Rush Hour" of the
VID television company, which was aired on Channel One Ostankino. Since April 3, 1995 – the host of this program on the newly created ORT channel. Initially, he worked alternately with Sergei Shatunov, but after his departure, he led the program alone. From the beginning of October 1995, he hosted the program alternately with
Andrey Rasbash. He finally left the program in September 1996. From 1997 to 2003 he hosted the
talk show "National Interest", which aired first on
REN-TV, then on the
RTR channel from September 1997 to January 1998. From February 1999 it was broadcast by
TNT and from autumn 1999 to January 2002 as "National Interest-2000 (2001)" on
TVC. Later, it would air on the Ukrainian channel
ICTV. In December 1997, for the production of his own television programs, Kiselyov established the Perspective Television Projects company, which existed for several years. From 1999 to 2000 Kiselyov presented the evening program of the
TV Centre TV company “Events”, heading “In the center of events”. From the beginning to the mid-2000s, he lived in and worked for both
Ukraine and Russia. From 2000 to 2006 Kiselyov hosted the topical interview "In detail with Dmitry Kiselyov". From 2000 to 2004 he served as the editor-in-chief of the information service of the Ukrainian television company ICTV. He also hosted the program "Fakti" there. During the
presidential elections in Ukraine in 2004, Dmitry Kiselyov took an active part in promoting on television the candidate from the
Party of Regions close to Moscow,
Viktor Yanukovych, to whom, in turn, the owner of ICTV,
Victor Pinchuk, was loyal. After
Viktor Yushchenko's election victory, Kiselyov continued to work on the TV channel until the expiration of his contract in March 2006. From September 24, 2000 to November 9, 2003 he was published on the website of the radio station "
Echo of Moscow" in the section "Comment of the week". He conducted seminars and workshops at the Internews television school of Manana Aslamazyan. In 2003, while training on the
motocross track, Kiselyov received a serious injury. He broke two ligaments in his knee, underwent three operations and spent a year on crutches.
On the TV channel "Russia-1" From 2003 to 2004, he worked on the programs "Morning Talk" and "Authority". From 2005 to 2008 Kiselyov hosted the daily information and analytical program "Vesti+" on "
Russia". From 2005 to 2006 he conducted the topical interview "Vesti. Details". From 2006 to 2012, after his final return to Moscow, Kiselyov was the host of the social and political talk show "National Interest" on the channel "Russia", later renamed "Russia-1". On July 3 and 10, 2010, within the framework of this program, from the Moscow side held a teleconference "Ukraine — Russia" together with the host of the "
1+1" TV channel
Nataliia Moseichuk. In 2006–2008 Kiselyov hosted the evening edition of
Vesti, paired with Maria Sittel, while the length of the program was increased from 30 to 50 minutes. Since July 2008, he has been the Deputy General Director of the
VGTRK holding; after the appointment, he left the Vesti program. On the
Vesti FM radio station, which is part of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, until November 27, 2013, he hosted two author's programs — "Hot Spot" (2010–2013) and "Burn people's hearts with a verb" (2013). On September 9 and 16, 2011, he held an hour-long discussion of the TV series “Split” entitled “Parts of the Whole” on the TV channel “
Culture”. In March 2012, Kiselyov replaced
Sergei Kurginyan in the Historical Process program. On September 9, 2012, he became the host of the Vesti Nedeli program. In 2010 and from January 2013 to the present, Kiselyov served as the permanent host of Christmas interviews with
Patriarch Kirill on Russia-1. From September 19 to November 28, 2015, he hosted the quiz show "Knowledge is Power". Author of a documentary series about the
collapse of the USSR called "USSR: the collapse", as well as several documentaries: "Sakharov", "100 days of Gorbachev", "100 days of Yeltsin", "1/6 of the land", "The Great Russian Revolution", “Kurchatov's codes”, “Stop poisoning people. Cinema about wine” and others. According to the presidential decree, the main task of the new agency will be "to cover the state policy of the Russian Federation and Russian public life abroad," and according to Kiselyov, the mission of his organization is "to restore a fair attitude towards Russia as an important country in the world with good intentions." On April 9, 2014, the
Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced that in a March 21 letter in response to a request to renew an expiring contract to broadcast
Voice of America on 810 AM, Rossiya Segodnya Director Dmitry Kiselyov wrote only one sentence: "We will not cooperate." BBG head Jeff Schell said that the termination of the contract is "Moscow's pressure on the media space" and asked for "equal conditions", since the Russian media "enjoy open access to broadcasting in the US and around the world. Russian citizens deserve the same freedom of access to information.” He also stated that BBG will continue to work for the Russian audience on online platforms. The organization of broadcasting via satellite is also not excluded. In April 2016, hackers announced the hacking and theft of the contents of two mailboxes and the
WhatsApp correspondence of Dmitry Kiselyov, which was put up for auction until May 15. The period from 2009 to 2016 is covered with a total amount of information of 11 gigabytes. One of the accounts used was registered to the wife of Kiselyov Maria. The topic is mainly devoted to the projects "Rossiya Segodnya", also in the array there is data on finances and assets (including the purchase of an elite apartment of 204 m2 on
Tsvetnoy Boulevard for 162 million rubles in February 2014), challenging the personal sanctions imposed by the EU, purchase of a finished diploma thesis and professional scholarly articles for the wife. Among the interlocutors of Kiselyov were Valentina Fedotova, head of the social philosophy sector of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences (who writes the texts of the host on a paid basis), economist , media manager Aram Gabrelyanov, prankster
Vovan, Minister of Culture
Vladimir Medinsky. ==Activities and commentary==