John Lloyd writes on Putins master of propaganda

John Lloyd has written a piece for the Reuters UK website (25 July) on Dmitry Kiselyev, the journalist put by Vladimir Putin in charge of the media-holding company, Rossiya Sevodnya (Russia Today).

John writes, The joy that greeted Putins seizure of Crimea from Ukraine in March was due, at least in part, to a propaganda system less complete but more virulent than its Soviet predecessor. At the center of the system is a remarkable journalist called Dmitry Kiselyev. A long-time and popular presenter on the state-owned Channel One, Kiselyev has put the nation on a diet stripped of critical voices and soaked in patriotism.

The full article can be read here: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/24/idUKL2N0PZ37Q20140724