Political talk shows on Russian television. YouTube channels: politics, geopolitics. How do these programs attract viewers?

Roof 05.07.2020

In recent years, the format of political talk shows has become incredibly popular in Russia. The key to success is a vivid discussion and heated debate. In order to ensure the intensity of passions, the authors and presenters invite experts who defend the American, European or Ukrainian position to the programs. The same people "on the other side of the ideological front" go from program to program. Sometimes participants in a dispute evoke such strong emotions with their statements that they leave the studio with bruises. Ruposters recalls the most notable whipping boys on TV.

Vyacheslav Kovtun

Vyacheslav Kovtun

One of the most recognizable "artists of the expert genre" is the director of the Kiev Center for Research of Social Processes "Expert" and a member of the Presidium of the Liberal Party of Ukraine Vyacheslav Kovtun. Perhaps, he more often than others came under attack because of his statements. The political scientist considers himself brave, almost every time he emphasizes that he is in a hostile atmosphere, nevertheless, he does not stop going to the show.

Perhaps the most famous case of an attack on a Ukrainian occurred in the spring of 2016 on the Trial program on the Zvezda TV channel. Then a member of the organization "Committee for the Salvation of Ukraine" Yuriy Kot took the remark "We will find out what kind of son you have" as a threat to the child and hit the political scientist on the head several times.

Prior to this, they had already tried to beat Kovtun because of the mention of children. Expert from Ukraine, ex-deputy Vladimir Oleinik attacked his opponent in Solovyov's "Sunday evening". He did not like the expression on the face with which the political scientist commented on the death of a seven-month-old child in Mariupol from hunger.

Another resonant case of an attack on Kovtun was a cake in the parking lot of the Ostankino television center. The victim claimed that his ill-wishers had a flag of Novorossiya with them. Journalist Vladimir Soloviev called the attack an abomination and called for punishment of the attackers. The SERB movement later took responsibility.

The last case of beating Kovtun in December. Then in the dressing room of the program "Time Will Show" during the break for it, none other than one of the founders of the DPR, Alexander Borodai. The host of the show, Artem Sheinin, eventually apologized to Kovtun for the incident, but there is no video footage of the fight on the network.

Yakub Koreyba

Yakub Koreyba

Another frequenter of the programs is a Polish publicist known for his harsh statements on federal TV, a former employee of the MGIMO Center for Post-Soviet Studies, Yakub Koreyba. Viewers call him an ardent Russophobe. He often blames Russia for all sins, speaks confidently and emotionally, but does not provide evidence.

Fragment of a typical performance

A notable episode in his television career was the conflict with the political scientist Sergei Kurginyan. The latter defiantly left the studio after Koreyba said that Russia is so holding on to the past, because "everything is bad in the present," and in the future it may be even worse.

It is curious that for regular publications in the Russian media (and, in particular, for the article "Sabotage against Ukraine: a Polish trace") Koreyba was fired from the Polish Newsweek.

Sergey Zaporozhsky (Kutsenko)

Sergey Zaporozhsky

Zaporozhsky, who calls himself a businessman and political scientist, has the citizenship of the Russian Federation. Moreover, in Ukraine, he is primarily known as the author of the popular political microblogging on Twitter "Bandera Football". In it, a TV show participant many times allowed himself harsh criticism of Russia and rejoiced at the successes of a neighboring country.

The speaker, who named "President of Ukraine 2024-2034" on Facebook as a profession, does not visit Russian TV shows very often and does not appear in them very brightly. He became famous because of the conflict with TV presenter Norkin. During the live broadcast, he took Zaporozhsky out of the studio of the "Meeting Place" program with the words "Every sheep will teach me."

The guest of the TV show said that Norkin needed to be treated, as he was cheating. The Twitter troll managed to piss off a journalist and TV presenter with 26 years of experience. Later, Norkin publicly stated that he had not "broken" his opponent.

Alexey Goncharenko

Alexey Goncharenko

Goncharenko is the son of the former mayor of Odessa and a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada. In the past, he was a member of the Party of Regions, but after the events on Maidan he left. Since 2014, he is already the deputy head of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction. Received scandalous fame after the tragedy in the House of Trade Unions. "We have cleared the Kulikovo field of separatists," Goncharenko said in Shuster's program. He does not appear on Russian TV very often. But almost every appearance in the TV studio causes a storm of emotions and an angry reaction on social networks.

Fragment of a typical performance

Once Goncharenko almost caused a diplomatic scandal. He decided to take part in the Moscow march, his metropolitan police. Soon, however, the holder of diplomatic immunity was released. Goncharenko is also known for trying to present a symbolic order for the Russian plane shot down by the Turks, and also staged his own abduction.

Vadim Karasev

Vadim Karasev

A frequent guest of Russian TV programs is Vadim Karasev, director of the private enterprise Institute for Global Strategies. He is remembered by the viewer primarily with a face abundantly covered with warts.

Fragment of a typical performance

In recent months, Karasev has rather abruptly changed his rhetoric from radical Ukrainian-patriotic to compromise-compromise. Now, in one form or another, he declares that Ukraine must reckon with Russia.

Michael Bohm

Michael Bohm

Of all the foreign opponents on talk shows, the American Michael Bohm is the most good-natured. He can even be called a favorite of TV viewers and presenters. In any case, it rarely comes to open flogging. Once the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, arranged for him to be dragged out on the air, who "did not understand what such people do on Russian TV."

Known for his manner of inserting (sometimes out of place) Russian proverbs and sayings, Bohm calls himself a "Russian scholar." 18 years ago, he came to Moscow to engage in the insurance business and later abandoned it in favor of journalism. Although with money in this area, according to his admission, not very much, he achieved professional realization. He even taught a course at the Faculty of Journalism of MGIMO. He was married to a Russian citizen (as it turned out recently in live), loves to confess his love for Russia.

Recognizing that on russian television he is a "whipping boy", Bohm claims that he is closer to the role of a public diplomat.

Pavel Zhovnirenko

Pavel Zhovnirenko

Pavlo Zhovnirenko, a political strategist, political scientist and chairman of the board of the Center for Strategic Studies, stands out from among other Ukrainian talking heads on Russian television in that he regularly leaves filming studios himself if he thinks that the presenters give him little attention and airtime.

He first tried such a "knight's move" in April 2016. Then the political scientist took offense at the leading NTV and left the studio, citing a lack of attention. At the same time, during the broadcast, Zhovnirenko received the right to speak out, and when leaving he tried to linger and continue the dialogue again.

He applied the already tested method of attracting attention six months later in the "60 minutes" program on Russia-1. It seems that at some point he was simply tired of what was happening in the TV show, and he decided to leave without a shadow of a doubt.

Jiri Yust

Jiri Yust with "colleague" Michael Bohm

Another lover of bow ties is the Czech Jiri Yust. A former columnist for MK and a Moscow correspondent for a Czech news portal. One of the few "whipping boys" who recognize and publicly designate their role in this way.

"For me, going to these talk shows has two meanings, two incentives. The first is that I can talk to the politicians invited there before or after the program. Second, yes, of course, I understand that I am there as Whipping boy. That even by my presence alone, I to some extent support the propaganda of Russian television. But I go to these talk shows in order to show that there is another point of view, "he said.

Fragment of a typical performance

Yust defends a pro-European position, but he is quite objective in his statements, which earns respect from presenters and viewers, and his natural phlegm does not allow him to get involved in serious skirmishes.

Olesya Yakhno

Olesya Yakhno

One of the few "whipping girls" on the show is Olesya Yakhno, a native of Vinnitsa region, special correspondent of the official parliamentary newspaper "Voice of Ukraine" and director of the Institute for National Strategy of Ukraine (a branch of a similar Russian institution of her former spouse, political strategist Stanislav Belkovsky).

Fragment of a typical performance

A loud voice, the systematically applied tactics of yelling at opponents and a truly unpredictable logic of argumentation (it seems that Yakhno herself does not know where her next phrase will lead) made Olesya one of the brightest representatives of Ukraine on Russian talk shows.

Leonid Gozman

Leonid Gozman

Chubais's associate, who was a member of many liberal parties from the Union of Right Forces to the Right Cause, a member of the Russian Jewish Congress, Leonid Gozman, was initially an almost ideal candidate to participate in Russian TV shows on the “wrong” side. He began his campaigns on television almost before everyone else: he held his first debates on January 26, 2009 with Vladimir Zhirinovsky, discussing the now distant conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Fragment of a typical performance

He regularly falls under a flurry of criticism from opponents, and is forced to listen to insults (sometimes open ones). The politician treats this part of his television activities with irony. In an interview, he admitted that he understands perfectly well that it is impossible to convince someone. Gozman knows that he is being used only because he is "a Jew, a friend of Chubais, a cross-eyed - as you know, God marks a rogue - and in general a finished scum." He justifies his desire to participate in discussions by the fact that someone should demonstrate to liberals without the Internet the presence of people with a similar point of view.

According to open sources, during all the visits to television programs, Gozman was not beaten. However, on December 1, 2016, a case was publicized when a politician, following the example of Zhovnirenko, got up and left the audience during the filming of one of the shows. Before that, he listened to an almost two-minute critical monologue of the presenter Andrei Norkin.

Boris Nadezhdin

Boris Nadezhdin

Gozman's colleague from the Union of Right Forces and a former State Duma deputy, Nadezhdin is a regular participant in the TV show. He explained his frequent appearance on the air by the fact that he was very persistently called. They say that the ratings of TV channels fell while on their air disputes took place without representatives of even the conventional opposition.

Fragment of a typical performance

In addition, in this way the politician is trying to increase his awareness. It is necessary for him for further participation in the elections. However, numerous programs did not help him get into the next convocation of the State Duma. Nadezhdin called his political position moderate and admitted that he criticized Putin only on economic issues. Recognizing Russia's right to Crimea, the politician is trying to defend pro-Ukrainian theses on the air of the TV show.

Tomasz Maceychuk

Tomasz Maceychuk

A regular on political talk shows, Polish journalist Matseychuk became widely known in the fall of 2016. On the set of one of the programs, he suggested that Russian people "live in shit." A heated discussion with the TV presenter turned into a fight with the former Ukrainian deputy Igor Markov.

Matseychuk admitted that he became a journalist thanks to Euromaidan and for a long time delivered humanitarian aid to demonstrators and volunteer battalions of nationalists in eastern Ukraine. Later, the journalist witnessed atrocities by Ukrainian neo-Nazis and revised his views. The publication in the Polish press of materials about the presence of real Nazis among the ATO fighters quickly spoiled the relationship of the Pole with the Ukrainian authorities. The last straw was that Matseychuk prevented representatives of the Ukrainian authorities from hiding a photo of a neo-Nazi that accidentally ended up at an exhibition about "ATO heroes" in the European Parliament.

Fragment of a typical performance

According to some reports, the expert, ardently defending the position of Ukraine, was banned from entering this country. He also received repeated threats from radicals. After consulting with subscribers on social networks about the need to participate in Russian TV shows, Matseychuk left for Russia in October 2016 and has not left TV screens since then.

Andrey Okara

Andrey Okara

One of the most famous colleagues of Kovtun is the Ukrainian political scientist Andrey Okara. Born and raised in Moscow, the ethnic Ukrainian studied the ideas of 20th century Russian conservatism, repeatedly criticized Ukraine in his publications and deprived it of its right to exist. On Russian TV shows, he gets the role of a Moscow Ukrainophile. According to some reports, the political scientist was deported from Ukraine in 2015. However, the small number of sources does not allow to confirm or deny this information.

Fragment of a typical performance

On Russian TV, he likes to speak out in support of the actions of the Ukrainian authorities, almost always at the same time becoming the object of criticism from other guests of the TV show and its hosts. Okara did not escape the fate of being beaten. Back in 2014, on a live TV show, he had a scuffle with the co-chairman of the Popular Front of New Russia, Konstantin Dolgov.

Most of the people mentioned will surely be seen by the audience more than once. Pro-Western and pro-Ukrainian political experts are fond of calling on Russian channels. They rank programs and help opponents hone their argumentation.

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Many people, especially women, like to watch talk shows online or live. They discuss many important life issues and ways out of situations. Especially, the audience is attracted by the talk shows of Ukraine. They really consider the problems of real people who have fallen into different life vicissitudes.

TV experts opinion

Many experts agree that the talk shows of Ukraine show real life in the country, and consider important aspects. And ordinary people like to watch such programs, to empathize with the participants.

Why are there online views?

Let's imagine that a person is at work, and there is no way to watch a live broadcast, but you want to. There are people who do not miss a single episode of their favorite show. Especially for them, there are sites that allow you to watch live talk shows online. Thus, you can view all important points, and also to review once again what was not clear. This is convenient, since you cannot rewind a live broadcast. Now there are Ukrainian services that will allow you to watch talk shows online, both in Ukrainian and in Russian.

Russian political talk shows have become popular programs on modern television. Various channels show these programs, because they are watched by a large number of viewers, and this, in turn, raises the ratings of TV companies and forces them to create new similar TV projects. What attracts viewers with these TV programs? We will try to answer this question in this article.

How do these programs attract viewers?

Political talk shows in Russia are a popular form of television today for many reasons. First, this is due to the growing contradictions between Russia and the countries of the Western world, which declared our country persona non grata after the famous Crimean referendum.

Secondly, all countries feel the accumulated contradictions in relations, which are associated with global changes on the geopolitical map of the world that occurred at the end of the last century. With the collapse of the USSR, the Yalta system of world order, which had developed at the end of World War II, collapsed. The United States, having gained global dominance in the world of the economy, decided by military means to achieve complete subordination of countries that did not enter the aura of their deep influence. Therefore, the United States, using tactics of "soft power", is seeking to create hotbeds of tension throughout the globe, including in our country.

Thirdly, it is already becoming obvious to many that the world is on the brink of a Third World War, which could end with the complete destruction of mankind, since many states have weapons for this.

Political TV programs on the "Second Channel"

And yet, the rating of political talk shows in Russia indicates that the greatest responses in the hearts and minds of TV viewers are found on TV programs on the second federal channel. These are programs hosted by journalist Vladimir Soloviev.

The success of the program is made up of invited people, as a rule, of completely different political views and smart, deep-thinking presenters.

Political talk shows in Russia - propagandists of peace or war

Events in the world are developing rapidly. There are a large number of threats to our country, which it has to deal with in the context of Western sanctions and terrorist attacks, as well as the subordination of the Russian economy to the dollar system.

Specialists invited to political talk shows, as a rule, represent opposing points of view on the current situation. Among them there are so-called statesmen who advocate the restoration of the image of Great Russia, there are liberals who are ready to bow to the Western world for the sake of friendship with it, and there are those who make their political careers on these shows. There are even representatives of an obvious enemy camp: American journalists trying to convey to our viewers the point of view of the leaders of Western countries, according to whom Russia is taking the path of totalitarianism and poses a threat to the whole world.

It is difficult to say what the hosts of such shows are calling for: they are calling for peace or for war. Serious passions are running high, but one should not forget that such programs are a tool of propaganda and entertainment, therefore they frighten viewers, and form public opinion, and even deliver pleasant minutes of viewing.

Therefore, the political talk show on the Russia channel is a program that is unlikely to lose its high popularity in the coming years.

On video hosting Youtube there are more and more analytical shows and programs that discuss issues of geopolitics and world politics, regional conflicts, political confrontations between major players in the international arena.
The specificity of political analytical shows and programs on YouTube is that each channel has its own “ideological” connotation.

The channel can be pro-state (pro-government), oppositional, neutral (the latter is rare) to certain political interests.

Main Topic | GlavRadioOnline

1 . “Main Topic”(The old name is“ GlavRadioOnline ”) is an analytical program, the format and participants of which have often changed in recent years. On average, the program lasts 1-1.5 hours, the host of the program is Ilya Savelyev, who replaced Anatoly Kuzichev in this post. Recently, "GlavTema" has been on the air of "Komsomolskaya Pravda".

The permanent participants of GlavTema are publicist, journalist, press secretary of the Rosneft corporation Mikhail Leontyev and businessman and politician Mikhail Yuryev.

TV day

2 . “TV day”- analytical Internet channel. The channel discusses a wide range of topics - political, economic, cultural and other issues.

Polit Russia

3 ... One of the largest socio-political channels on which various public figures express their opinions. There are also materials from the journalists of the channel “ Polit Russia”On various topics (mainly political), analyzing certain events from a certain point of view.

Dmitry Puchkov

4 ... The popular youtube platform, which is solely ruled by Dmitry Puchkov ("Goblin") - writer, publicist, author of parody translations for films. Dmitry Puchkov invites bloggers, writers, economists, historians to his studio to discuss interesting topics.

UKRLIFE.TV

5 ... A well-known discussion platform, organized by Ukrainian journalists, within which economists, journalists, public figures discuss the socio-economic and political situation in Russia, Ukraine, the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

Dawn.TV

6 . “Dawn. Tv”Posts interviews with political scientists, historians, economists on his channel.

Cognitive TV

7 ... Frequent guests of the channel studio “ Cognitive TV”Politician Yevgeny Fyodorov, writer Nikolai Starikov, economist Valentin Katasonov, historian Andrei Fursov and other experts who share their opinions during interviews.

ROY TV

8 . “Roy TV”Positions itself as a channel for thinking and patriotic people. Reviews and interviews on political and economic issues are published in large numbers.

Radio Liberty

9 . “Radio Liberty”Declares the dissemination of democratic values \u200b\u200bin those regions of the world where, according to the experts of this radio, not everything is going smoothly with democracy as its main goal. Among the guests of the studio are Garry Kasparov, Georgy Satarov, Stanislav Belkovsky and others.

ARTPODGOTOVKA

10 ... Discussion of news, analysis of events in the country of the world together with a public figure and politician Vyacheslav Maltsev.In 2017, according to a Wikipedia article, Maltsev left Russia. The Russian authorities declared the Artpodgotovka project to be extremist.

The YouTube channel is currently unavailable.

Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda

11 ... Channel newspaper " TVNZ“. Interviews are regularly published on topics that are painful for society, with economists, politicians, scientists, etc. invited to the studio of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.

Sasha Sotnik

12 ... Journalist's channel Alexander Sotnikwho chose the line of criticism in relation to the modern Russian government. Interesting are his interviews with political scientists and economists, polls of people on the street.

Open Russia

13 ... Project “ Open Russia”Was created with the participation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The goal of this project is to unite people who are critical of modern political power in order to create a “rule of law with fair elections, regularly replaced by power and respect for human rights”. (Website openrussia.org.)