Guy Mettan

[6] Mettan was awarded the Russian medal of the Order of Friendship in February 2017[4] by President Vladimir Putin.

In 2017, Reporters Without Borders criticised Mettan for his pro-Russian militancy and for serving as a mouthpiece for Russian propaganda.

[6] Florian Irminger, Secretary General of the Swiss Green Party, also called Mettan an apologist for Putin's government.

[6] Following Mettan's support for the Ukraine bioweapons conspiracy theory in a Die Weltwoche essay in 2022, Swiss magazine Republik referred to the article as a "breathtaking compendium" of Russian propaganda.

Later, Russian citizenship was granted to Mettan as a result of the adoption due to a decree by the Yeltsin administration.