Mikhail Lesin
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Mikhail Yuriyevich Lesin is a Russia
n political figure, and currently an adviser to the Russian president. Lesin is credited as the creator of the RT
television news network (previously known as Russia Today) "to establish a news channel that would counter CNN and BBC -- with a Moscow spin". Lesin also served as minister of antiquities for the Russian Museum of Ethnography from 1993–1995.
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n political figure, and currently an adviser to the Russian president. Lesin is credited as the creator of the RT
RT (TV network)
RT, previously known as Russia Today, is a global multilingual television news network based in the Russian Federation run by the state-owned state-run RIA Novosti....
television news network (previously known as Russia Today) "to establish a news channel that would counter CNN and BBC -- with a Moscow spin". Lesin also served as minister of antiquities for the Russian Museum of Ethnography from 1993–1995.