E. Kiselev was a fairly well-known journalist of the Yeltsin era. He hosted several analytical programs, is the author of documentaries about prominent politicians. But for 10 years the viewer has not seen him on popular channels. What happened to the journalist during this time, and why did his popularity decline significantly?
Journalist Evgeny Kiselev: biography
Eugene was born into the family of a talented engineer Alexei Kiselev, who was even a laureate of the Stalin Prize. The future journalist was an excellent student in his studies, he studied English in depth. As a teenager, he had several hobbies:
- Story;
- Geography;
- Policy.
Father, seeing the humanitarian orientation of Yevgeny's mind, invites him to study at the "School of the Young Orientalist", operating at Moscow University. Classes fascinated the young man so much that he decided to study at the Faculty of History and Philology. This desire was easily realized thanks to the perseverance and intelligence of the young applicant. Kiselev graduated with honors.
As a student, Eugene visited several Asian countries and even had an internship in Iran. That is, he had direct contact with native speakers of the languages he studied.
Plus, the young philologist got acquainted with the intricacies of Eastern politics, which helped him in his future career.
After studying, Kiselev was drafted into the army. An educated and intelligent graduate immediately attracted attention, so he was appointed as an interpreter in the military advisers in Afghanistan. After serving, he got a job as a teacher of the Persian language.
But teaching activities seemed to Eugene not what he would like to do all his life. Therefore, he tried his hand at journalism, and he liked this direction more.
In 1984, Kiselev's career as a journalist starts. But the young man was not immediately entrusted with broadcasting, but was given the job of checking and editing texts that were read out for the countries of the Middle East.
Then Evgeny was appointed announcer of the Vremya program on Soviet television.
But he achieved the greatest success in his journalistic career thanks to Itogi. It was a program on NTV, which appeared in 1993. For her, he himself created the material and presented it in an interesting and accessible form for citizens.
This is a video recording of the first issue of the Itogi program with E. Kiselev as the host, released on the NTV channel on October 10, 93:
In parallel, Kiselev created several documentaries about Stalin, Yeltsin, Andropov, etc.
The change in leadership at NTV caused the dismissal of Yevgeny and many of his colleagues, who did not agree with the new policy of the channel. From this period begins the formation of his oppositional views. For some time, Evgeny was the editor of TVS, and then until 2005 he worked at Moscow News.
In 2008, Kiselev decides to move to a permanent place of residence in Kyiv. There he is offered the position of editor on the TVi channel. After some time, he already hosts a political show on one of the Ukrainian channels.
Namesake and colleague of a journalist
Some confuse the two journalists: Dmitry and Evgeny Kiselev. Some people think they are brothers. After all, the difference between their dates of birth is only two years. But it's just a coincidence by last name and occupation.
Although both journalists have some similarities in appearance, they are not connected by blood ties.
The most interesting thing is that Dmitry and Evgeny are radically different in political views. The first works today in Russia and actively supports the current government. The second considers the actions of Europe and the United States correct in all respects, and the Kremlin, in his opinion, has been pursuing the wrong policy for many years.
Evgeny Kiselyov's wife
As a wife, Eugene decided to take a girl who would share his interest in work. She became M. Shakhova, who also works as a journalist.
Although she did not achieve such fame as her husband, she nevertheless received recognition in her field. For example, her program "Summer Residents" earned the "Tefi" award.
An interesting fact is that at one time it was she who came up with the name of this award, which consists of the phrases “ T television efi R".
Marina, unlike her husband, is not so interested in politics. She hosted the program "Family House", where famous people talked about their families.
Marina Shakhova, in addition to journalism, is fond of photography and design.
The scandalous fame of a journalist
It should come as no surprise that a former Russian journalist who now works in Ukraine has a negative view of the Kremlin's actions.
His political views are expressed as follows:
- A positive assessment of the period of Yeltsin's presidency. Yevgeny believes that the most significant mistake of the former head of state was the choice of Putin as his successor;
- Negative attitude towards the annexation of Crimea. The journalist is sure that this was a wrong step towards Ukraine and he is even ashamed to have a Russian passport after that;
- publicly supported. In Russia, his words were considered an excuse for terrorist activities and a criminal case was opened against Kiselyov.
After criminal prosecution in his homeland, Yevgeny made an open appeal to Poroshenko. The journalist asked him to actively promote the granting of political asylum to oppositionists persecuted in the Russian Federation.
At the same time, sometimes Kiselev is not shy in expressions when it comes to his former fellow citizens. He publicly expressed the opinion that Russians are mostly narrow-minded people with a low level of education.
Some believe that Kiselyov's move to Ukraine was driven not so much by his love of democracy as by his desire to avoid paying debts. A few years ago, he took out a large loan from a Russian bank. By 2016, due to delays, the amount of debt increased to 2 million rubles. The court ruled to recover the debt from Yevgeny, but due to the fact that he now lives in another country, this is quite difficult to do.
Kiselev feels comfortable in Kyiv and has no plans to return to Russia. Especially considering that he owes a large amount to Russian banks and a criminal case has been opened against him.
Eugene actively cooperates with some Russian publications and the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
In 2017, Kiselev began working with A. Semenov and M. Ganapolsky, planning the creation of a media resource. On the new Ukrainian channel "Direct", the journalist became the host. But he does not forget about the political life of Russia either. His articles on this subject are sometimes posted in the Internet edition of the "Observer".
Kiselev can be treated differently. Some consider him a principled liberal journalist who boldly defends his position and is not afraid of censuring former compatriots and colleagues.
Others are sure that he speaks unflatteringly about Russia only for the sake of personal gain and gaining journalistic fame in Ukraine. But at the same time, it is worth paying tribute to the professionalism of Kiselyov, who, moreover, became one of the symbols of freedom of speech of the bygone Yeltsin era.
Video: interview with E. Kiselev
In this video, Dmitry Gordon will interview journalist Yevgeny Kiselev, in which he will talk about his current political views, about what projects he is currently working on:
Once Russian, and now Ukrainian TV presenter Yevgeny Kiselev is widely known for his analytical programs and sharp interviews. In the Russian media space, he is last years reminds of itself only with ambiguous statements and controversial assessments of events taking place in the country and the world.
Childhood
Evgeny Kiselev was born in Moscow on June 15, 1956 into a family of engineers who specialized in metal science. His father was a Soviet scientist and winner of the Stalin Prize. He was engaged in materials for aviation and rocket engineering. All that is known about her mother is that she devoted most of her time to the family and raising children.
Eugene studied well at specialized school No. 123 with an English profile language. He was equally attracted to a wide variety of sciences, he liked such subjects as history, foreign languages, and literature. The boy himself could not decide on the choice of a priority direction. The father, realizing that his son was better versed in the humanities, offered Evgeny, when he was in high school, to work out at the “School of a Young Orientalist” at Moscow State University.
After school
Yevgeny Kiselev was so carried away by the countries of the East that after graduating from school he entered the Institute of Asian and African Countries at the Moscow state university at the Faculty of History and Philology. During his studies, he was lucky to travel to many Asian countries. He did an internship in Iran in 1977-1978. He graduated from the Institute with honors, becoming a specialist in the Persian language.
After graduating from high school, Evgeny was called up for urgent military service in the Soviet army and sent to Afghanistan. He served in a group of military advisers as an interpreter, where he participated in negotiations between the Soviet and Afghan military. Finished military service with the rank of captain.
After serving in the army, Yevgeny Kiselev was offered a job at the Higher School of the KGB, where he began to teach Persian until 1984.
At work in journalism
Eugene became interested in journalism, and in 1985 he managed to get a job at the USSR State Radio and Television, in the main editorial office of the countries of the Near and Middle East. Which, probably, was not difficult, given his professional knowledge and the department in which he worked earlier. His duties included editing texts that were then aired for a Middle Eastern audience.
In 1987, he went to work on television in the program "Time", soon Eugene became the host of the morning information program "90 minutes". TV presenter Evgeny Kiselev was the main actor these popular shows.
At the turn of the millennium
In 1993, he took part in the organization of the independent television company NTV, where he moved along with the Itogi program, the first political talk show on Russian television.
TV presenter Evgeny Kiselev made a successful career in the administrative line. He was vice president of the NTV television company, then became one of the shareholders and members of the board of directors. As a result, he took the highest post, becoming the general director of NTV Television Company OJSC.
Many of his programs in those years were a great success with the viewer, in addition to the talk show "Itogi", he also hosted other television programs. In the biography of Evgeny Kiselev, there are practically no frankly failed information projects.
He released about 30 author's documentaries about prominent figures of our time, including Margaret Thatcher, Yuri Andropov, Augusto Pinochet. A fresh look at famous politicians and a good presentation of the material made these films an outstanding phenomenon in the country's media space.
After NTV
After the change of NTV shareholders, Yevgeny Kiselev, together with a large group of employees, left the channel. He moved to work on TV-6 and TNT, and in 2002 he became the editor-in-chief of Channel Six.
After a long period of work on television, he was invited to the newspaper "Moscow News" for the position of editor-in-chief. He worked for the weekly until 2005.
For four years, journalist Yevgeny Kiselyov worked at the main opposition radio station, Ekho Moskvy. He hosted several popular programs and programs, including Our Everything. Today, he often acts as a political analyst on other media resources with sharp criticism of the policies of President Putin V.V. and unconditional support for the "orange revolution" in Ukraine. Kiselev also hosts programs on satellite television and advises a Ukrainian TV channel.
On the other side
In 2008, he moved to Ukraine to host the program "Big Politics with Yevgeny Kiselev" on the main channel of the country "Inter", it was held in the format of a socio-political show. Since 2013, he has headed a company that prepared information programs, including Podrobnosti. The content of the program was significantly changed, a lot of time began to be devoted to the analysis of the world and Russian politics. Kiselev, as a presenter, managed to make a popular political TV project out of a once weak program.
From 2014 to 2016, Yevgeny Kiselev was the creator and host of Black Mirror, an author's political talk show on the same channel. It became the most popular and rated weekly program. In the last program, the TV presenter announced the end of his work on the channel, as he was about to start an independent journalistic project.
During this Ukrainian period, he makes a series of harsh statements about being ashamed of being a citizen Russian Federation because of the country's policy against other states. In collaboration with Mikhail Kasyanov, he publishes the book "Without Putin".
In recent years
In 2016, he released another talk show on the News One TV channel, as usual in the format of Yevgeny Kiselyov's author's program. He has repeatedly spoken publicly in support of Nadezhda Savchenko, which was equated to a call for terrorism and total criticism of Russia's actions against Ukraine.
Once again, there were reports that he had officially asked for political asylum. The first such rumors appeared in 2013, and were refuted by him.
At the beginning of 2017, together with other colleagues, he created a new information channel, where he took the place of the host of two programs.
Evgeny Kiselev writes articles for many international and Russian magazines and newspapers, including Forbes and The New York Times. He also still performs at the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
Personal life
Until recently, Yevgeny Kiselev spoke little about his personal life. He married in September 1973 his classmate Marina Gelievna Shakhova, the daughter of one of the leaders of the Soviet State Radio and Television. Marina, known on television as Masha Shakhova, hosted the educational program "Summer Residents", for which in 2002 she received the prestigious television award "Tefi". She was also a producer of popular programs related to the creation of interiors. As a designer, she presented her collections several times.
In 1983, the couple had a son, Alexei, who is now in business with his wife. The family has its own clothing brand, it is successfully sold in the country. Kiselev Jr. has a son who loves to visit his grandparents.
Eugene rarely rests, he devotes a lot of time to work. In rare hours of rest, he prefers walking, likes to play tennis. He reads a lot, preferring the memoirs of prominent people.
He loves to eat deliciously, so among his acquaintances Evgeny Kiselev is considered an expert in the cuisines of the peoples of the world. Collects a collection of expensive wines, as an expert writes for the specialized magazine "Winemania".
Place of birth, education. Born in Moscow. In 1979 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov with a degree in Oriental History, in 1977-1978. completed an internship in Iran.
Career. In 1979-1981. served in Afghanistan, where he worked as an interpreter in a group of Soviet military advisers.
In 1981-1984 - Teacher of the Persian language at the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR named after F.E. Dzerzhinsky.
In 1984, he began working first on radio, in the Main Editorial Board of Broadcasting to the Countries of the Near and Middle East of the USSR State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, and since 1987 - on television, in the Main Edition of Central Television Information (program "Time"). Soon he became one of the leading morning information programs ("90 minutes", "120 minutes"), a special correspondent, filmed reports for the programs "Time", "Before and After Midnight", "Seven Days", "International Panorama". During the glasnost era, he became the first Soviet journalist to present a series of reports from Israel.
In 1991 he became one of the creators of the TV program Vesti. In January 1992, the debut of the author's program "Itogi" took place on the first channel of the Ostankino RGTRK. Since 1993, the Itogi program has been broadcast on the NTV channel, and since April 2001 - on TV-6.
1993-2001 - co-founder, vice president, head of the board of directors, general director of the NTV television company. He left the channel after the transition of NTV under control.
2001-2002 - General Director of the TV-6 television company, which was closed by decision of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation in January 2002.
2002-2003 - Chief Editor TVS channel, which was closed by order of the Russian Ministry of Press in June 2003.
2003-2005 - editor-in-chief of the weekly Moscow News.
Since December 2006 - the host of the programs "Power with Yevgeny Kiselev" and "Our Everything" on the Ekho Moskvy radio and the RTVi satellite TV channel.
Since June 2008, he has been combining work at Ekho Moskvy and RTVi with work as the chief editor-consultant of the Ukrainian television company TVi.
Since September 25, 2009 to December 21, 2012 host of the socio-political talk show "Big Politics with Yevgeny Kiselev" on the TV channel.
From February 2013 to October 2013 - Director of National Information Systems LLC, which produces the programs "News", "Details" and "Details of the Week" for the TV channel "
Inter".Since June 9, 2013 - host of the Sunday program "Details of the week with Evgeny Kiselyov" ( Inter).
From May 16, 2014 to April 15, 2016 - host of the weekly political talk show "Black Mirror" on Inter TV channel. On April 15, 2016, he announced his resignation from the Inter TV channel due to the desire to engage in new projects in the field of independent political journalism.
On July 13, 2016, he announced the transition to the NewsOne TV channel, on which he was one of the hosts of the Big Interview program from August 24 of the same year, and from November 18 he hosted the weekly Friday talk show Big Counterview. On January 9, 2017, together with producer Alexei Semyonov and TV presenter Matvey Ganapolsky, he left the TV channel to start working on another media project.
Since August 24, 2017, he has been the host of the Direct information TV channel, created on the basis of the TONIS TV channel, where he hosts the programs "Results of the Day" and "Kiselev. Author's".
Regalia and awards. Winner of the TEFI award of the Russian National Television Academy for the best television analytical program ("Itogi") and for the talk show "Voice of the People". Laureate of the "Telegrand" award, awarded for contribution to the development of Russian television and radio broadcasting. He was awarded the "Golden Pen of Russia" prize of the Union of Journalists of the Russian Federation, the international prize "For Freedom of the Press".
Family. He is married to his classmate, TV presenter Masha Shakhova. There is an adult son Alexei, grandson Georgy and granddaughter Anna.
Evgeny Kiselev is a journalist and popular TV presenter with extensive experience in television. In addition, he is a television documentary filmmaker with his own unique worldview and a political expert whose analytics cannot be ignored.
Evgeny Kiselev: biography, childhood and youth
The future journalist was born in Moscow on June 15, 1956. Despite the fact that his father was a candidate of technical sciences, Eugene liked subjects such as history and geography at school. Therefore, after it, he chose a humanitarian university, namely the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov. After graduating with the highest marks, he received the specialty of an orientalist. This was followed by a year of practice in Iran.
Carier start
Having become a specialist in the field of Persian, the future journalist served in the army in the capital of Afghanistan (from 1979 to 1981). There he became an interpreter as part of a group of military advisers from the USSR. He returned from service as a reserve captain.
After returning from Kabul, Yevgeny Kiselev worked at the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR, where he trained officers in the Persian language.
The next three years (from 1984 to 1987) he worked on the committee that managed the All-Union Radio. Radio broadcasts were broadcast to Iran and Afghanistan. In 1987, he started working at Central Television as a reporter for information programs. The TV presenter's career began with popular morning programs. He was the host of the programs "90 Minutes" and "Morning". He also made reports for such well-known TV programs at that time as "Time" and "International Panorama". While working at Central Television, he presented the audience with a series of reports from Israel, becoming the first journalist from the USSR to show this country from a completely new perspective.
Ups and downs in Russian television
In January 1992, he became the author of the Itogi information program on the Ostankino television and radio company, being part-time and presenter. Together with Oleg Dobrodeev in the summer of 1993, Evgeny Kiselev became the founder of the NTV television company. Simultaneously with the author, the program “Itogi” also migrated there. Before becoming CEO of the TV company in 2000, he worked there as a vice president.
The transfer of NTV to the ownership of the state, represented by Gazprom-Media, forced Yevgeny Kiselev to switch to the TV-6 channel. He was supported by a part of the team of journalists and, accordingly, followed him, remaining a well-coordinated mechanism. On January 22, 2002, the decision of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation stopped the broadcasting of this TV channel. Subsequently, he earned, but in a different format.
Since the beginning of the summer of 2002, Evgeny Kiselev has taken the vacancy of the chief editor of TVS. But just a year later, the order of the Ministry of Press of the Russian Federation contributes to the closure of this TV channel.
Work in print media and radio
From June 2003 to July 2005, TV presenter Yevgeny Kiselev led the Moskovskiye Novosti newspaper, soon becoming the general director of the publishing house of the same name. He was prompted to leave the printed edition by the change of shareholders of the publishing house.
Activities on Ukrainian television
In 2008, the well-known presenter began to combine work on radio with activities on Ukrainian television, being the chief consultant of the TBi television channel. In January 2009, Evgeny Kiselev created an information and analytical program similar to Itogi, called Upstairs. But she did not last long, as Kiselev decides to leave. This was due to the fact that TBi shareholders did not approve of the parallel work of the journalist in the Big Politics with Evgeny Kiselev program. This socio-political program has been his author's project on the Inter TV channel since September 25, 2009.
The journalist has been working at NIS LLC (National Information Systems) since February 2013 and holds the post of director there. With its help, the main news programs on the Inter TV channel were created. Soon Evgeny Kiselev began to lead the “Details of the Week”, replacing Oleg Panyuta. The journalist promised to create a new program format, making it "more authorial" and doubling the airtime.
He vacated the post of presenter in the fall of 2013, accepting an offer to become a full-time adviser to Boris Krasnoyarsky, who at that time was the director of Group DF. By the way, the Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash was the founder of this international group of companies.
Awards and prizes
Since 1993, Evgeny Alekseevich Kiselev has been repeatedly awarded prizes and awards for his professional activities. This year he was recognized as the best journalist of the year and received an award from the Union of Journalists of Moscow. This was followed by the international award "For Freedom of the Press", which he was given in the USA in 1995, and "TEFI" for the transfer of "Itogi". And in the period 1999-2000. - nomination for the "Telegrand" award and the second "TEFI" (now for the talk show "Voice of the People"). He also received the award of the Russian Biographical Institute - "Silver Cross".
The popular business newspaper Kommersant calls Yevgeny Kiselev in 1998 one of the wealthiest people in Russia. The famous TV presenter is also the author of more than 30 documentaries, in which he not only created a reconstruction of significant events in history, but also put forward his own thoughts about what happened. It should be noted the documentary film, which caused an ambiguous reaction among viewers, the name of which is “Maidan. 4 Versions of the Orange Revolution.
"Black Mirror" and Kiselev
On May 16, 2014, Evgeny Alekseevich Kiselev became the host of a new talk show called "Black Mirror", which airs once a week on the Inter TV channel. The idea of the program was borrowed from similar American projects. This program discusses the most significant events that have taken place in the country and the world over the current week. Sometimes journalists and guests have such tough discussions that they overshadow such competitive programs as “Freedom of Speech” and “Shuster LIVE”. Politicians and journalists, analysts and lawyers, public figures and the military are the main guests of the Black Mirror. There are always problematic topics for discussion, the way out of which they are looking for together.
Evgeny Kiselev: the latest issue of "Black Mirror"
In the program dated April 15, 2016, which appeared for the last time with the participation of Evgeny Kiselev, the presenter announces his departure from the TV channel. He comments on his decision with the need for completely new projects, which, unfortunately, are not possible at Inter. The presenter also expressed his gratitude to all viewers and people who invited him to work on the TV channel. However, a fact should be noted: the journalist worked on it for about seven years, which is even longer than the period of work on the Russian NTV channel.
Where is Evgeny Kiselev now? He didn't leave TV. TV viewers can see him on the channel "112 Ukraine" with a new political program called "Evening Prime", which airs on weekdays.
Personal life and hobbies
Evgeny Kiselev has been married since November 29, 1979. With his wife Marina Galievna Shakhova, he studied in the same class of special school No. 123. She is a TV presenter, designer and producer of the Fazenda program. They have an adult son, Alexei, who is engaged in business, namely, selling clothes under his own brand, and grandson Georgy.
Evgeny Kiselev appreciates good food. He speaks two foreign languages - English and Persian. Although work takes most of his time in his life, he pays enough attention to his family. He likes to read memoirs, take walks with his family or just watch TV. He considers tennis his favorite sport. He is not into religions and talks about himself as an old-fashioned atheist.
This is such an interesting and eventful life for Evgeny Kiselev. We can only wish him good luck!
In 1979 he graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Countries (ISAA) at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov with a degree in historian-orientalist. After graduating from the institute, he completed an internship in Iran.
In 1979-1986 he worked as an interpreter for Soviet military advisers in Afghanistan, as a teacher of Persian at the Higher School of the KGB of the USSR.
Since 1987 - on Central Television. He worked as a duty shift editor in the international department of the Vremya program, host of the 90 Minutes program, special correspondent for the Central Television programs Seven Days and Before and After Midnight, was the editor and presenter of the TSN news program, head of the Itogi creative association Russian state television and radio company "Ostankino".
From 1990 to 1991 - editor and presenter of the news program "TSN" (Channel 1 "Ostankino"). At the same time he worked on Russian TV. One of the founders and presenter of the news program "Vesti".
Since September 1991 - at the Ostankino State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. Together with the editor-in-chief of the ITA RGTRK "Ostankino" Oleg Dobrodeev, he created the information and analytical program "Itogi".
On January 5, 1992, he made his debut with the Itogi program on Ostankino Channel 1, and on October 1, 1993, on Channel 5 under the logo of the NTV television company.
Since June 1993, Yevgeny Kiselev worked for the independent television company NTV; in 1993-1999 - vice-president of NTV Television Company LLP; at the same time - host of the Itogi, Voice of the People, Hero of the Day programs; also led a column for the columnist in the socio-political magazine Itogi (since 1996 ).
In January 1997, he became one of the founders and shareholders of ZAO Media-MOST. He was a member of the board of directors of Media-MOST and a member of the board of partners of the NTV television company. He was a shareholder of NTV.
In December 1997, after the reorganization of the work of CJSC Media-MOST, he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the NTV television company.
From February 2000 to April 2001 - Chief Editor - General Director of the NTV channel.
On April 2, 2001, at a meeting of the journalistic team of NTV, Yevgeny Kiselev was elected editor-in-chief of this television company (while maintaining the post of general director).
On April 3, 2001, at an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of NTV, initiated by JSC Gazprom-Media, which acquired control over NTV, was relieved of both positions; as a result of the conflict, together with part of the NTV journalistic team, he switched to the TV-6 channel and was appointed to the position of acting director. General Director of the Moscow Independent Broadcasting Corporation (MNVK) - "TV-6".
On May 14, 2001, by an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, Evgeny Kiselev was elected general director of the MNVK TV channel "TV-6 Moscow" (broadcasting of this channel was discontinued on January 22, 2002).
Since June 2002, he has been the editor-in-chief of the TVS television channel (established by the non-profit partnership "Media-socium", owner - CJSC "Channel Six"). TVS broadcasting was discontinued on June 22, 2003.
In 2003-2005 he was the editor-in-chief of the Moscow News weekly.
Since December 2006, he has been the host of the program "Power with Yevgeny Kiselev" on the radio "Echo of Moscow" and the satellite TV channel RTVI. At the same time - the host of the historical and educational program "Our Everything" on "Echo of Moscow".
Since June 2008, Kiselev has combined his work at Ekho Moskvy and RTVI with his work as the chief editor-consultant of the TVi television company (Ukraine). He was the editor-in-chief and presenter of the analytical program "Upstairs". In October 2009, Kiselev decided to step down as the editor-in-chief of T Bi and the host of the Upstairs program and suspend the release of this program.
Collaborates with the Inter TV channel, where he hosts a weekly talk show.
Member of the Academy of Russian Television since its foundation (1995).
He was recognized as the best journalist in 1993; winner of the Moscow Union of Journalists Prize in 1993, the TEFI Television Prize (1996) for the Itogi program (best author's program), the annual Telegrand Prize (1999).
In December 1995, he was awarded the International Press Freedom Prize in the USA; laureate of the "Person of the Year" award and the "Silver Cross" award of the Russian Biographical Institute (1999).
Speaks Persian and English.
He is married to his classmate, TV presenter Maria Shakhova, and has a son.