Victor Alexandrovich Topaller (Russian: Виктор Александрович Топаллер; July 13, 1958 – January 10, 2018) was a Russian-American journalist, director, and television/radio personality, known for his work on RTVi.

[1] During the 1990s, he worked in Israeli news television and founded the Tel Aviv newspaper Русский израильтянин [ru] (lit.

[1] Topaller staged a production titled Nowhere to Go in Tel Aviv's Heichal Hatarbut, "dedicated to the 5th anniversary of [the 1990] Russian aliyah".

a residence permit to work in America as an "extraordinary person" due to his journalism achievements, after which he began his employment with RTVi.

In 2008, he staged a Russian-language production of Efraim Kishon's play Ktuba: or, The Marriage Contract in New York's Chaverim Theater.

[5] However, a year later, the funding was severely reduced, leading to the firing and the cancellation of various American shows in favor of airing programming from Moscow.

[5] According to Topaller, the "first decree" of the new leadership, which was made on the first day, was the cancellation of American Education, even though 8 upcoming episodes from its All That Jazz season had been completed.

[5] On September 30, 2017, Topaller's friends informed him that RTVi held a general meeting to discuss the closure of the channel (He later wrote, "Of course, no one invited me").

[6][7] He praised the ban on Muslim immigrants and wrote that those who criticize Trump are "left-liberal trash and punks" who "deny common sense [and] provoke a civil war".