TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov announced his resignation the host of his channel, a frequent guest of political talk shows, Yevgeny Satanovsky, who spoke very rudely about the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov. The other day, Satanovsky, live on air, accused representatives of the Russian Foreign Ministry of making anti-Israeli statements. Separately, he swore at Zakharova, getting personal.
On Saturday morning, Solovyov distributed a video message in which he apologized to the Foreign Ministry, Bogdanov and Zakharova. In the frame, the TV presenter appeared in camouflage.
“I would like to apologize for statements that are absolutely unfair in content and unacceptable in form,” Solovyov said. “Satanovsky insulted both these respected diplomats and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”
The TV presenter emphasized that the statements of his employee were made not on his channel, but on a third-party one — owned by an Israeli journalist.
In connection With what happened, Soloviev added, a decision was made to fire Satanovsky.