The words of the presenter Krasovsky in the live broadcast made him say ‘insufficient’. In a live interview, the presenter made nasty remarks about the rape of Ukrainian elderly women by Russian soldiers. However, the scandalous statements were not limited to this, the presenter also said with a grin that the children should be strangled, packed in huts and burned. Here are those statements that caused indignation…
“THE CHILDREN SHOULD BE STROKED”
Anton Krasovsky, the presenter of the Russian state channel RT, garnered reactions after he made a comment about Ukrainian children in an interview with science fiction writer Sergei Lukyanenko during the live broadcast. After Sergei Lukyanenko said he heard children say “Ukraine is occupied by Muscovites” in Ukraine in the 1980s, Krasovsky grinned, “Those children should be strangled.”
UGLY Rape “JOKE”
In the continuation of the broadcast, Krasovsky said that children should be put in huts and burned, and he “joked” about the rape of Ukrainian elderly women by Russian soldiers.
THE CHANNEL TERMINATED THE OFFICE BY CONDEMNING: “Disgusting”
The Editor-in-Chief of the channel, Margarita Simonyan, announced that she was fired due to the comments of the presenter. Simonyan condemned Krasovsky, stating that Krasovsky’s comment was “disgusting.”
DEFENSE: SOME THINGS CAN HAPPEN SOMETHING, I SORRY
Making a statement after the reactions, Krasovsky said, “Sometimes such things happen. When you are on the air, you get carried away and you can’t stop,” he apologized. On the other hand, the Investigative Committee of Russia launched an investigation into Krasovsky’s comments.
For the last two years, Krasovsky, who has also been the editor-in-chief in Russian for the last two years on the channel, which Ukraine accused of inciting genocide, was sanctioned by the EU for his strong support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.