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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Andrew Roth in Moscow

Russian TV presenter accused of inciting genocide in Ukraine

Anton Krasovsky
Anton Krasovsky was suspended from RT on Monday. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

A pro-Kremlin television presenter has been accused of inciting genocide after calling for Ukrainian children to be “drowned” and “burned” alive during an interview on the state-funded RT channel.

Anton Krasovsky, the chief of Russian-language broadcasting for the channel formerly called Russia Today, said Ukrainian children who said they were being occupied by Russia should be “thrown in a river with a strong undercurrent”.

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