[2] On September 3, 2004, Steshin worked with Russian special services to assist with the evacuation of children held hostage in the Beslan school siege.

The reporters were accused of being intelligence agents working for Muammar Gaddafi's regime and were released with the help of the Italian military stationed at the Benghazi airfield.

[citation needed] Following his reporting from Syria in 2016, Steshin was awarded by the Russian Minister of Defence with the Medal of Participant in the Syrian civil war in April 2016.

[citation needed] Since the start of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Steshin has been involved in media coverage of the ongoing battles.

[7] Stechin usually wears a military uniform with no 'Press' markings and has been banned from entering the Ukrainian territory of the country by the Security Service of Ukraine "due to violation of the law on the status of foreigners and stateless persons".