TV presenter Vladimir Pozner remains a convinced patriot of his country. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
"Vladimir Pozner is one of the masters of our journalism, one of the masters of our television. This is a man whose life path is marked by very great achievements in his very complex craft. And at the same time, he is a man with a very convinced, consistent, very strong civic position," Peskov said. — He may criticize some manifestations in our country, which is absolutely normal, but at the same time he remains a convinced patriot of his country. Especially at such a moment. As for the rest, it is impossible to generalize, here we can only talk about specific people."
It should be recalled that earlier Dmitry Peskov has repeatedly become the object of criticism because of his sympathies for various characters who have shown themselves to be patriots, but not Russia, and the countries hostile to it. The loudest scandal, which the federal media diligently ignored, was his behavior at the funeral of fashion designer Valentin Yudashkin in May 2023. Then Dmitry Peskov warmly welcomed Alla Pugacheva, who arrived from Israel for the funeral, and even kissed her hand. Although by this point Pugacheva had already expressed her contempt for Russia and Russians.
As EADaily reported, today Channel One TV presenter Vladimir Pozner reappeared in the public space, who disappeared from television screens after SMO began. Now he says that during these two years Western TV channels offered him cooperation on "certain conditions," but he resolutely refused. But now he dreams of returning to The first channel.