Aleksandr Gurnov, full name Aleksandr Borisovich Gurnov, (born 8 July 1957 in

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) is a Russian TV persona. He was appointed the bureau chief of the international Russian television network, Russia Today (RT), in London. He has also worked on the Russian sports channel

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. Gurnov was a head of the Russian television news agency TSN, on Moscow's TV-6. In 2006, he participated in an on-line interview with Russian President

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as a representative of the website

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. Gurnov formerly presented the "Spotlight" programme on the RT.

Controversies

In 2018 Aleksandr Gurnov participated in an investigation by BBC Russia on the

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. Gurnov questioned the legitimacy of information on the alleged attack, asking " asthere really an assassination attempt? Are they really in a London hospital? Are they really close to death?" Despite his claims, statements have been released by

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to the contrary.

Achievements

# Medal "Defender of Free Russia" - for the performance of civic duty in the defense of democracy and the constitutional order on August 19-21, 1991 # Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (May 8, 1996) - for active participation in the creation and development of the All-Russian State Television an
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