Controversial Russian TV program received best educational program prize


“Military Secret” (REN-TV channel), authored and hosted by Igor Prokopenko, has won the TEFI 2017 award in the “educational program” category.

Among the nominees for the award in this category was also the program “Miracle of Technology” with Sergei Malazemov (NTV) and “Grand Opera” (Russia-Culture).

Igor Prokopenko is also the author of the program “Most Shocking Hypotheses.” Its issue of September 25 told the viewers about the flat-earth theory.

“Military Secret” has been shown on REN since September 1998. Prokopenko and his program has repeatedly been accused of distributing pseudo-scientific theories, and the last few years they were accused of the anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western propaganda.

belsat.eu; meduza.io

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