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Russian propagandist Tigran Keosayan dies after months in coma

26 September, 2025 Friday
16:35

Kremlin propagandist Margarita Simonyan announced the death of her husband, director and TV host Tigran Keosayan, who fell into a coma earlier this year

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The Russian state propaganda agency TASS quoted her words.

Earlier, Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the propaganda outlet RT, said her husband had heart problems. Keosayan promoted anti-Ukrainian, sexist, racist, and chauvinist narratives. He engaged in propaganda, justifying Russian aggression and war crimes against Ukraine. He is listed in the Ukrainian Myrotvorets database.

  • On Wednesday, January 8, it became known that Russian propagandist Tigran Keosayan had fallen into a coma.
  • On September 7, reports said that the head of the Russian state broadcaster Russia Today, Margarita Simonyan, by her own account, had fallen seriously ill and required surgery.
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