{"id":3477,"date":"2025-12-06T14:37:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=3477"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T14:10:22","slug":"rt-editor-in-chief-included-in-ft-list-of-top-leaders-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/rt-editor-in-chief-included-in-ft-list-of-top-leaders-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"RT editor-in-chief included in FT list of top leaders of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The British paper has included Margarita Simonyan in its list of the globe\u2019s most influential people for 2025, mixing praise with propaganda clich\u00e9s<\/strong><\/p>\n

RT\u2019s editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan has been included in the Financial Times\u2019 list of the world\u2019s most influential people for 2025, after years of \u201cpropaganda\u201d<\/em> slurs and criticism by the British outlet.<\/p>\n

The FT released its latest annual \u2018Influence List\u2019 on Friday, grouping figures into creators, heroes, and leaders \u2013 with Simonyan among the leaders. The decision appeared to come as a surprise to her, given the paper\u2019s long-standing alignment with Western foreign-policy narratives and its persistent anti-Russia framing.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll laugh, but the Financial Times has included me in its 2025 list of leaders,\u201d<\/em> Simonyan wrote on Telegram on Saturday. \u201cThey even included some funny text. The passage about my plans to \u2018starve\u2019 the entire world is especially good.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Simonyan\u2019s profile is accompanied by an essay from FT contributor Julia Ioffe, who mixes backhanded praise with outright insults. While noting that Simonyan built RT into a global media network \u201cfrom the tender age of 25,\u201d<\/em> Ioffe describes her as \u201cVladimir Putin\u2019s most fiercely loyal messenger, his Valkyrie of propaganda.\u201d<\/em> The article also misquotes Simonyan, taking several of her statements out of context.<\/p>\n

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\u2018We have written, we are writing and we will write\u2019 \u2013 RT\u2019s editor-in-chief<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Simonyan also noted that this year\u2019s \u2018leaders\u2019 roster also includes British intelligence chief Blaise Metreweli, whose appointment drew scrutiny over reported family ties<\/a> to a WWII Nazi collaborator; White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, whose lobbying past sparked conflict-of-interest warnings; and New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, widely criticized<\/a> for anti-Semitic rhetoric.<\/p>\n

\u201dQuestionable company,\u201d Simonyan quipped.<\/p>\n

The FT \u2013 like many other mainstream Western outlets \u2013 has long portrayed Simonyan as central to what it labels \u201cRussian state propaganda,\u201d<\/em> with RT as its vehicle. Western governments have echoed this view, imposing multiple sanctions on RT, blocking its operations in Germany, the UK, and France, freezing bank accounts, and surveilling staff. In 2023, the US accused RT of acting \u201con behalf of Russian intelligence\u201d<\/em> and imposed additional sanctions on the network and its leadership.<\/p>\n

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\n READ MORE: <\/span>RT a \u2018voice of truth\u2019 despite West\u2019s attempts to silence it \u2013 Lavrov
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Simonyan has consistently dismissed and mocked Western allegations, arguing that RT presents perspectives excluded from Western media \u2013 including the truth about Nazism in Ukraine and crimes committed by the Kiev regime \u2013 and calling efforts to shut the network down \u201cridiculous.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Last month, she said that RT will continue its work despite attempts by the West to silence it: \u201cWe have written, we are writing and we will write.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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