Inside Tsargrad TV’s studios, complete with a cathedral cupola
Posted on 05/10/2020 5:22:21 PM PDT by marshmallow
Here is the story of its mission and its founder, Konstantin Malofeev--the Russian tycoon who decided to open an Orthodox news channel
On a sunny afternoon in Moscow, the Russian tycoon Konstantin Malofeev is holding court in the studios of his television channel Tsargrad TV, dressed in a designer suit, a blue silk handkerchief peeking from his breast pocket. Above him is a makeshift cathedral cupola weighing in at half a ton. Behind him are 24ft-high windows through which the Kremlin’s red towers are visible, their glass stars glistening.
Malofeev is in a buoyant mood. In a sign of his growing clout, he has just had lunch with two of the richest oligarchs on the Forbes list. Yelena Mizulina, a leading conservative senator, who has come to Tsargrad’s offices, is patiently waiting for the businessman to fit in a conversation before he departs on his summer holiday.
Over the past few years, Malofeev, in his mid-40s, has morphed into one of Russia’s most influential businessmen and lobbyists, in part thanks to his devout Russian Orthodox faith and conservative values, now in vogue thanks to Vladimir Putin’s Presidency. As the founder of private equity firm Marshall Capital Partners, Malofeev accumulated substantial personal wealth, largely through an investment in the Russian telecom giant Rostelecom. Now he is paying it back as a Christian philanthropist.
Inside Tsargrad TV’s studios, complete with a cathedral cupola
Five years ago, Malofeev launched Tsargrad TV, a Russian Orthodox TV channel, which presents global news from a conservative-yet-modern perspective. Tsargrad broadcasts daily over the airwaves, and is also available for online viewing. According to Malofeev, Tsargrad’s closest international equivalent is Fox News in the US, making him something of a Russian Roger Ailes.
Malofeev explains it this way:
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