Evening with Vladimir Solovyov (russian: Вечер с Владимиром Соловьёвым) is a Russian television talk show on

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. The

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is hosted by Vladimir Solovyov, a controversial Russian television personality.

Controversies

In August 2017, the Russia-1 and

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television channels were criticized by the

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for inciting war and hatred through a series of broadcasts on these channels. The Lithuanian authorities were outraged by the content of the May 31, 2017 broadcast of Solovyov's program, during which LDPR leader

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proposed "putting forward an ultimatum to the Baltic states so that they would withdraw all NATO troops 300 kilometres from the borders of Russia," and if they don't, then - "take certain measures". In response to the allegations, the head of the Directorate of International Relations of VGTRK, Peter Fedorov stated said that all criticism regarding the programs was unfair, and the expert's opinions are "free expression by people of their point of view".

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