The SBU, the Foreign Intelligence Service and Polish law enforcement officers detained Kremlin propagandist Kirill Molchanov from the pool of traitor Viktor Medvedchuk. For the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the "political expert" was transferred to Ukraine at the request of the SBU . The Russian agent worked against Ukraine in the information sphere. Initially, he was detained in Poland, and now he is in one of the Kyiv pre-trial detention centers.
Who is Molchanov, "Apostrophe" tells with a link to texty.org.ua.
So, a political commentator, deputy director of the Ukrainian Institute for Policy Analysis and Management (UIAMP), whose experts often PR certain politicians.
A frequent guest on Medvedchuk's TV channels, where, according to monitoring by the "Detector Media" publication, he criticizes opponents of his party "Opposition Platform - For Life!" and pro-Western initiatives. In his "free time", he criticizes the Ukrainian Local Church.
On July 14, 2016, Molchanov, together with Dmytro Tarasyuk from the International Analytical Center for Sociology and Serhiy Bykov, head of the Institute of Public Policy and Consulting INPOLIT, published data with inflated ratings for Zagid Krasnov, who was close to the "Opposition Bloc".
Molchanov about Krasnov:
"The Krasnov and Rychkova teams reduced the campaign to a confrontation between the rational and the emotional. Krasnov's campaign appeals to a reasonable choice - if you want improvements in your life, low tariffs, a decent salary and well-deserved pensions and oppose the government's policies - vote for the only opposition candidate."
In September 2018, Molchanov promoted Muraev:
"By pasting up Rabinovich's billboards, one of the officials decided to curry favor with the president."
In November 2018, Molchanov promoted Roman Bezsmertny:
"Among those who have experience and understanding of how government institutions work are, of course, the current President Poroshenko, Tymoshenko, and I would also include Roman Bezsmertny here. This politician worked not only in state bodies, he participated in the "Minsk process" in the Trilateral Contact Group in 2015-2016. He knows the process "firsthand" and, as I understand it, is already proposing solutions to strengthen the Ukrainian side of the process. Therefore, he is a real candidate and can fight the leaders."
A few months later, at the beginning of 2019, Molchanov was already promoting Serhiy Taruta.
According to "Detector Media", before the 2019 parliamentary elections, he invented a conspiracy theory that the "Popular Front" and the BPP, through the CEC, were trying to discredit the elections.
He believes that Ukrainians are divided by language, history, and religion. He claimed that the European Union would partially deprive Ukraine of its sovereignty.
After the start of the full-scale invasion, he moved to Russia. According to the "Schemes" program, he is on the team of "Drugaya Ukraina" - Viktor Medvedchuk's political project in Russia, consisting of former political scientists and journalists who promoted him in Ukraine. A regular guest on Russian propaganda political talk shows and bloggers, where he is credited as "director of the Institute for the Study of the Consequences of the War in Ukraine."
We will remind, journalist Denys Kazansky assessed the mental abilities of propagandist Medvedchuk, who was deported to Ukraine .