Andrei Malakhov is leaving Channel One, RBC has learned. RBC sources claim that the departure is related to a conflict within the team of the talk show “Let Them Talk,” and the most likely new place of work for the presenter is VGTRK
Andrey Malakhov (Photo: Mikhail Metzel / TASS)
The permanent host of the “Let Them Talk” program, Andrei Malakhov, leaves Channel One and leaves the show. An RBC source on Channel One knows about this, a source close to Malakhov confirmed this, as well as an RBC interlocutor close to the process of selecting new presenters for Let Them Talk.
Malakhov’s new place of work could be the TV channel “Russia 1” (VGTRK), says an RBC source close to Malakhov.
According to RBC's interlocutor on Channel One, Malakhov's departure was provoked by a conflict situation within the Let Them Talk team.
“The channel brought back the producer who had worked there nine years ago to the program, hoping that she would help raise the program’s severely fallen ratings. But Malakhov no longer worked well with her and demanded the return of his previous colleague. Since the channel did not make concessions for a long time, the presenter began to declare that otherwise he would leave the channel, hence the rumors,” said RBC’s interlocutor. According to this source, as a result, the channel’s management and the presenter reached a compromise. A source close to Malakhov also told RBC that the relationship between Malakhov and the new producer did not work out. According to him, new producer“Let Them Talk” was appointed by the general director of Channel One, Konstantin Ernst, but her relationship with the team of editors of the program did not work out.
Employees of the “Let Them Talk” program are already moving to work on the “Live Broadcast” program, which airs on the Rossiya 1 TV channel, the source claims. The change in composition may also be due to the fact that the presenter of “Live Broadcast” Boris Korchevnikov is finalizing his position only until the end of the summer, and then will focus on working as general director and general producer of the public Orthodox channel “Spas”. “VGTRK set a condition (for Korchevnikov. - RBC): either you are on [TV channel] “Spas”, or with us,” said RBC’s interlocutor.
According to an RBC source, new presenters are already being selected for “Let Them Talk.” The first test recordings of programs with new presenters took place last week. “Two men” were considered for the position of new talk show hosts, RBC’s source clarified.
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RBC sent an official request to the press service of VGTRK and the press service of Channel One.
RBC also asked Andrei Malakhov to comment on the situation, but did not receive a comment. RBC turned to VGTRK host Boris Korchevnikov for comment, but also did not receive a comment.
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Andrei Malakhov began working on television while still studying at the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University - since 1992, he has been preparing stories for the program “Sunday with Sergei Alekseev.” In 1995, Malakhov graduated from the Faculty of Journalism with honors, after which he worked as a full-time editor of international information for the Morning program, as well as the author and presenter of the Style column.
After working in the directorate information programs"Channel One" in 2001, Malakhov became talk show host"Big wash" The program lasted three years, then it was replaced by the “Five Evenings” project. Since 2005, Malakhov has been the permanent host of the “Let Them Talk” show.
According to information on the presenter's official website, over the years of work in Ostankino, Malakhov was awarded more than 550 awards in the field of show business.
In the Forbes ranking of 50 Russian show business and sports stars for 2017, Malakhov took 30th place. The ranking took into account annual income, media attention and audience interest on the Internet.
The leading publication estimated the income at $1.2 million.
Conversations about the departure of TV presenter Andrei Malakhov from Channel One actually proved one thing: television as a determining factor public opinion, it’s too early to discount it. A simple replacement of a popular presenter, his transition from one channel to another can cause something close to panic in society and in the media. What happened, why did Andrei Malakhov suddenly decide to leave Channel One? There are so many rumors and speculations about this matter that we decided to look into it.
I do not rule out that the “trigger” of Andrei Malakhov’s conflict with the leadership was some careless word, a hint, or simply a tough conversation. This happens in a creative team. Colleagues from the “Let Them Talk” team with whom I had the opportunity to talk confirm: “Yes, there is a conflict. But the details are known only “at the top.” Perhaps they want to lure Andrey with money to another channel or there is a human factor at work. There are only two options. Either everything is resolved peacefully and Malakhov remains, or he switches to another channel - most likely to “Russia”. Several people from his team, who once started the “Big Laundry” with him, have already moved there.
The new producer put an end to Malakhov’s plans
It all started with the fact that Konstantin Ernst appointed a new producer of the talk show “Let Them Talk” - Natalya Nikonova. Nikonova is a famous person on TV. Twice laureate national award“TEFI”, founder of the programs “Let them talk”, “Lolita without complexes”, “Malakhov+”, “Judge for yourself”. In general, a kind of “godmother” show for Russian housewives. IN lately she produced the show “Live” with Boris Korchevnikov on “Russia-1”. However, sources at VGTRK confidentially reported that Nikonova may have left “by pike command» after financial verification. The violations were allegedly discovered by Alexander Mitroshenkov, president of the Transcontinental Media Company, which includes New company– producer of “Live Broadcast”. Allegedly, Nikonova for a long time accrued the salary of her protégé, Dmitry Shepelev, who in fact did not go on air. If so, what serious ideas could Nikonova offer to the leadership of First in order to be taken to a leadership position after such a scandal?
It is no secret that Malakhov for a long time asked Ernst for the opportunity to produce his own programs. Indeed, at the age of 45, running around the hall with a microphone and cutting your hair “like a boy” is somehow no longer respectable. But Ernst stubbornly did not meet the “face of the channel”, and the arrival of Natalya Nikonova on “First” finally put an end to Malakhov’s plans to produce the program independently. One of the editors of First commented on the situation: “The channel returned to the program the producer who worked there nine years ago, hoping that she would help raise the program’s severely fallen ratings. But Malakhov did not work well with her and demanded the return of his previous colleague. Since the channel did not make concessions for a long time, the presenter began to declare that otherwise he would leave.”
And indeed: back in 2013, the rating of the Malakhov talk show was 9%, it was ahead of the program “Voice”, “Time”, “Let’s Get Married”, “Vesti” and “ Ice age" However, recently “Let Them Talk” has been heavily criticized for the monotony of its themes and some morbid interest in finding out the authenticity of the paternity and maternity of other people’s children ( evil tongues“Let them talk” was even dubbed “a branch of the DNA laboratory”). Ratings decreased accordingly - for example, in April they were only 6.2%.
Politics for housewives?
I have never been to the “Let Them Talk” program, despite the annoying invitations of the editors. The fact is that I know the technology of this project too well. Once there, the unfortunate “invitees” fall into a trap. An accompanying person is required to leave the studio. The invitee, who has undergone “psychological processing” by the editors, is sent to share his misfortune under the camera lenses and can no longer leave the studio. And so that the hero would not find out that his illegitimate children, neighbors and colleagues were called to the show, they were escorted through other entrances. The effect of surprise turned out to be very strong, but not always pleasant and, you see, correct. Now the program will be filmed in a former factory workshop on Liza Chaikina Street. In the so-called “Teledom” there will be fewer “set-ups”. They say that Andrei Malakhov was categorically against moving the studio, and this became one of the reasons for the conflict.
However, there is another reason, which is talked about in whispers on the television sidelines, but is discussed with might and main in social networks people close to political structures. For example, political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky writes on his Facebook: “It is absolutely obvious that I should host the “Let Them Talk” program instead of Malakhov. In turn, I am ready to give up my places to Andrei Nikolaevich in the Direct Line and Panopticon programs on OTK Dozhd. This is a subtle hint that the show for housewives "Let Them Talk" will now, if rumors are to be believed, give preference to politics. However, according to our information, Andrei Malakhov spoke out categorically against this, using harsh expressions in relation to a person about whom the host of the country’s main channel clearly should not have spoken. But, as you know, “he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones.” This proverb is very popular on TV, where any careless word can cost a person his career. By the way, the fact that “Let Them Talk” is going to be politicized is indirectly confirmed by another fact: Andrei Borisov, the news editor’s “News” presenter, was tried for the role of the new leading project. However, according to reviews, it left a weak impression. As for Malakhov, then, again, according to rumors, his careless words cost him not only his work in “Let Them Talk” - it is even stated that he will allegedly no longer be on the screen at all.
There are other points of view on the situation. Malakhov’s colleagues, for example, express the version that, they say, the presenter “got starstruck” - 25 years of television fame “blew the roof off.” Maybe. But all these are accompanying circumstances, as well as Andrei Malakhov’s declared desire to go on maternity leave (his wife Natalya Shkuleva is on recent months pregnancy). Something else is alarming. As it became known, at the same time as darling Malakhov, the handsome Alexander Oleshko, the host of “Minute of Glory” and “Just the Same,” was fired from “First.” No matter how we treated these people, they were the “faces of the channel.” The conclusion suggests itself: “First” is weakening its position against the background of VGTRK. Is this a coincidence? In professional circles, it is not ruled out that the transition to the “second button” of strong personnel is only the beginning of Konstantin Ernst losing ground. Whether VGTRK First will be absorbed or not - this issue is now being discussed in the television environment with might and main. On the eve of the elections, as we know, anything is possible.
TV presenter Andrei Malakhov confirmed that he was moving from Channel One to Russia 1, and said that he would host the program “Andrei Malakhov. Live broadcast”, working on a Saturday show and other projects. He said this in a farewell letter to the employees of First in his Starhit magazine. "I hope you know real reasons my unexpected transfer to Russia 1,” he noted. He thanked the General Director of Channel One Konstantin Ernst for working together and shared experience. Attached to the message is a promotional video for the TV presenter’s new project, “Live Broadcast.”
In an interview with Woman's day magazine, Malakhov said that before his 45th birthday he had a “crisis of the genre in absolutely everything,” he wanted independence and stopped being a human soldier following orders. In addition, the transfer of filming pushed him to the decision to leave. Let them talk" from the usual studio in the Ostankino television center. He noted that at Channel One, "drop by drop, they burned out what was dear to him and to which he was spiritually attached. He noted that, despite the crisis, brought the season to the end, and he warned about leaving the channel two months in advance. In an interview with Kommersant, he clarified that he warned producer Natalya Nikonova about leaving a month in advance by Russian Post, and wrote a letter to Ernst at the beginning of his vacation.
According to him, it coincided that during this period he received an invitation to go to the Rossiya TV channel and become a producer of his own program, that is, to independently make decisions “what to do, how to present and what topics to cover.”
The presenter refused to comment on reports that Malakhov left due to a conflict with producer Natalya Nikonova, who recently returned to Channel One from VGTRK and demanded that the topics of his programs be politicized. “I have always believed that one must be consistent in love and dislike. It’s unusual for me to change my set of beliefs as if by magic. “I’ll end the story here,” he told Kommersant. According to him, if he were a producer, he would add more socio-political topics to the show “Let Them Talk.” He added that it’s not about money: “If the question was about money, then nine years ago I would have left with Natalya Petrovna Nikonova.” Now, at Rossiya 1, he says, he will earn comparable to the financial conditions that he had at First.
The share of the “Let Them Talk” program, according to Malakhov, decreased in proportion to the decrease in the share of Channel One, which lost its leading position. “At the same time, in general, the figures for Let Them Talk were more than 20% higher than the average share of the channel,” he added. According to him, he proposed to discuss in live topics that seemed important to him, for example, Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Dmitry Zakharchenko, on whom, during a search, 9 billion rubles were reportedly found. He also proposed making a program about the departure to Ukraine of ex-State Duma deputy singer Maria Maksakova. He was told that these were not his topics.
About his work on Channel One, Malakhov said that, having already become a popular TV presenter, he continued to work with the same people who treated him “like the son of a regiment,” while presenters with less work experience were already running their own projects. "It's like family life: at first there was love, then it grew into a habit, and at some point it was a marriage of convenience. My contract with Channel One ended on December 31, 2016 and was not renewed - everyone was so used to me being here. I want to grow, to become a producer, a person who makes decisions, including determining what my program should be about, and not giving up my whole life and looking like a puppy into the eyes of people changing during this time. The TV season ended, I decided that I needed to close this door and try myself in a new capacity in a new place,” he explained.
Popular TV presenter from the “first button”, gaining hundreds of thousands of views. What can I do? Rating person.
What is curious is that the news appeared on Friday evening, but had no basis. A message on a scandalous Facebook page of one of the media communities and a Twitter post by an employee of Channel One, who in no way belongs to those people who make decisions, cannot be seriously considered as the basis for news. Andrei Malakhov himself hosted the “Heat” festival in Baku these days and did not comment on anything. Like TV channels First and Rossiya 1, the RG columnist turned to them for comments on Saturday morning. The news was not confirmed.
In the August information lack of fish, news can be made from anything and the size of your sources can be exaggerated in any way you like, if they are also unknown. Let's try to predetermine what could serve as the basis for hearing.
Several years ago, a strong media manager, Natalya Nikonova, left Channel One for Channel Five. It was she who created the talk show, thanks to which Andrei Malakhov, as they say, woke up famous. And he is not alone. The phenomenon of Gennady Malakhov was also created with the participation of the same person. Nikonova headed the Special Projects department of Channel One. She has produced not only the programs “Let Them Talk” and “Malakhov Plus”, but also “Lolita. Without Complexes”, “Judge for Yourself” and others. She has repeatedly become a TEFI laureate - the professional community has always recognized her achievements. Part of the team left Channel One with Nikonova, but not the TV presenter himself. Some time later, Natalya Nikonova was hired by VGTRK. The producer knows his stuff. She also launched very professional projects at Rossiya 1. In particular - the talk show "Live". Some time ago, Natalya Nikonova returned to Channel One. Andrei Malakhov, who, by the way, always highly valued her, found himself in a difficult situation.
Andrei Malakhov in 2010, in an interview with RG, why editors, when inviting guests to filming, do not admit that they are presenting the program “Let Them Talk,” but say “the department of special projects of Channel One.” According to the TV presenter, “this is probably the reason why some people left with Natalya Petrovna Nikonova. Those who were ashamed went to create new television for thinking people, with a rating of 0.25.”
Then, in 2009, Natalya Nikonova went to work at Channel Five, created by Alexander Rodnyansky, as its general producer. And it was there that Malakhov refused to go...
Meanwhile, news appears on the Internet about who will replace Malakhov. The names of Dmitry Shepelev, who recently also returned to First Button with a new project, and others are mentioned. However, in the schedule the program “Saturday Evening with Andrei Malakhov” is ranked the same as the program “Let Them Talk” - it is announced for next week. And, as some say, Malakhov’s show has not disappeared since Saturday evening - in July it was absent only once - on the 8th, when a concert was broadcast dedicated to the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
There is unlikely to be any news about Malakhov's transfer in the near future - at least until the start of the new television season. But why not now launch a new “canard” - for example, that Ivan Urgant is leaving Channel One. There will be something to discuss again.
Meanwhile
Quite seriously, the respected radio station “Moscow Speaks” today asked a “RG” observer a question about whether Andrei Malakhov intends to open his own manufacturing company. Anything can happen - it’s quite possible, Malakhov is tired... But here it’s worth remembering Dr. Kurpatov - as soon as he went to content producers and stopped appearing on the screen, they... forgot about him.
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Here is another quote from Andrei Malakhov’s interview with RG, which explains a lot:
Would you never cheat on Channel One?
Andrey Malakhov: In any case, I gave so many years and effort to Channel One, I at least informed the management what had been done advantageous offer and consulted. Next is a discussion of the conditions: perhaps the employee felt that he was underestimated. It seems to me that any channel employs people who are ready for an open dialogue.
That is, you need to leave gracefully and humanly.
Andrey Malakhov: I would call it civilized.
And you, apparently, miss Nikonova.
Andrey Malakhov: Television is a process where no one misses anyone and there are no irreplaceable people. He's gone. What will happen? Nothing. There are no irreplaceables. There will be a new one. Moreover, the Americans already have it ready. They raised Anderson Cooper - a wonderful guy...
That is, you realize that in due time there will be new Andrey Malakhov.
Andrey Malakhov: And I realize, and Posner realizes, that the next generations have grown up...
Ecuadorian authorities have denied Julian Assange asylum at the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks was detained by British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why are they taking revenge on Assange and what awaits him?
Australian programmer and journalist Julian Assange became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, which he founded, published secret documents from the US State Department in 2010, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But it was quite difficult to find out who the police, supporting by the arms, were leading out of the building. Assange had grown a beard and looked nothing like the energetic man he had previously appeared in photographs.
According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange was denied asylum due to his repeated violations of international conventions.
He is expected to remain in custody at a central London police station until he appears at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
Why is the President of Ecuador accused of treason?
Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa called the current government's decision the biggest betrayal in the country's history. “What he (Moreno - editor’s note) did is a crime that humanity will never forget,” Correa said.
London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has triumphed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. “The hand of “democracy” is squeezing the throat of freedom,” she noted. The Kremlin expressed hope that the rights of the arrested person will be respected.
Ecuador sheltered Assange because former president He held center-left views, criticized US policy and welcomed the publication by WikiLeaks of secret documents about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to personally meet Correa: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.
However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, and the country set a course towards rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange “a stone in his shoe” and immediately made it clear that his stay on the embassy premises would not be prolonged.
According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador for a visit. Then everything was decided. “You have no doubt: Lenin is simply a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans on the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador is supposedly continuing the dialogue,” Correa said in an interview with the Russia Today channel.
How Assange made new enemies
The day before the arrest editor-in-chief WikiLeaks Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. “WikiLeaks uncovered a large-scale espionage operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy,” he noted. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transferred to the Donald Trump administration.
Hrafnsson clarified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks published this information. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.
Assange's expulsion was preceded by the corruption scandal surrounding Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published a package of INA Papers, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. Quito said it was a conspiracy between Assange and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former Ecuadorian leader Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.
In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior at Ecuador's London mission. “We must protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all boundaries in terms of violating the agreement that we came to with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack.” ". At the same time, back in February last year it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with outside world, in particular, his Internet access was cut off.
Why Sweden stopped its prosecution of Assange
At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was because of Washington’s position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.
In May 2017, Sweden stopped investigating two rape cases in which the portal’s founder was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900 thousand euros.
Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.
Where did the investigation into the rape case lead?
Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to receive protection from American authorities. But he was investigated for rape. In November 2010, a warrant was issued for his arrest in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.
In February 2011, a British court decided to extradite Assange to Sweden, after which a number of successful appeals followed for the WikiLeaks founder.
British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding whether to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy, which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own claims against the WikiLeaks founder.
What awaits Assange now?
The man was re-arrested on a US extradition request for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Head of the British Foreign Ministry Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.
In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of April 11. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. British authorities are likely to seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.
At the same time, Swedish prosecutors are considering reopening the rape investigation. Attorney Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the victim, will seek this.