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(RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service, file/ Associated Press ) - FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008 file photo Russian Television Channel Anchor Dmitry Kiselyov walks before an interview with then, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin in Moscow. President Vladimir Putin has appointed Dmitry Kiselyov, a controversial news anchor known for his ultraconservative views, to head a newly restructured state news agency on Monday, Dec. 9, 2013. The decree, which effectively transferred all property of RIA Novosti to Russia Today, was effective immediately. The chief can be appointed or dismissed directly by Putin.