Anna Knishenko

From WikiAlpha
Jump to: navigation, search
Anna Knishenko
Born Анна Романовна Книшенко
January 27, 1987 (1987-01-27) (age 37)
Russia
Nationality Russian
Occupation Journalist
Known for RT correspondent and host

Anna Romanovna Knishenko (Russian: Анна Романовна Книшенко; born 27 January 1987[1]) is a Russian journalist who is fluent in Russian, English and Arabic. She currently works for RT Arabic. She is known as a correspondent and host for the RT news channel. She is the host of RT documentary series such as the Kalashnikova Show.

Education

Anna Knishenko graduated from the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia with a degree in journalism and translation in Arabic.[2]

Career

Knishenko worked as a correspondent on Channel One and, since 2008 has been working for Russia Today. On the RT channel, she worked as an editor, correspondent of the department of culture, producer, correspondent of the department of politics and TV host. As an RT correspondent and host, she covered armed conflicts in south-east Ukraine and in Syria.[2]

Anna Knishenko works in the circle of the President of the Russian Federation, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, as well as in the circle of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.[2]

References

  1. KNISHENKO Anna Romanovna. nazk.gov.ua.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Presentation of speakers and moderators. Freedom of the media and safety of journalists in the Russian Federation and in the OSCE region: challenges and opportunities in the digital age. Organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Moscow: 6 November 2019.

External links