as a pro-Kremlin television presenter, the European Union, United Kingdom and Armenia[2] imposed sanctions on Keosayan as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Keosayan is the director of Russian films including Katyka and Shiz (1992), Poor Sasha (1997), Lily of the Valley Silvery (2005), Hare Over the Abyss (2006), The Twelve Chairs musical (2003), a large number of clips for Mikhail Shufutinsky, Igor Sarukhanov, and Irina Allegrova.

[3] Keosayan is married to Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the Russian state-controlled broadcaster RT,[4][5][6] as well as the state-owned media group Rossiya Segodnya.

[11] Keosayan was included in the list of Russians under personal sanctions by the United Kingdom in March 2022.

In the segment, the actress wears a bandana and gold chains and behaves in a way regarded as stereotypical to rappers.