Russian state-owned media has hired Philippe Verdier, France's most popular weatherman who was fired in October from state-run TV France Télévisions for speaking out against climate change. 

His first assignment has been covering the United Nations climate summit in Paris. The Daily Caller translated what Verdier said on Russia Today:

“Hello I am very happy to talk to you about the daily COP21 … in freedom. The climate is a perfect occasion to end the year on a high note and get away from topics that will make people angry,” Verdier said, taking a shot at French President Francois Hollande, “like the rising unemployment where the latest results are very bad.”

“In 2007, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Al Gore and the IPCC climate change experts,” Verdier said. “They told us ‘if we don’t deal with climate change, there will be more risks to have wars.’ But for 20 years, we are experiencing the warmest years and we have a parallel decline in wars and declining numbers of victims from conflicts.”

TruthRevolt previously reported on Verdier, who was targeted by his employer because of a book he had written called Climat Investigation, which argues that citizens "are hostage to a planetary scandal over climate change — a war machine whose aim is to keep us in fear." Verdier was also critical of President Hollande's stance on global warming in a published letter. And for having these views and expressing them openly, he was fired.

Now, Verdier has found a home to express his views, views that are shared by Russia President Vladimir Putin. The DC notes that Russian media rarely covers climate change like other countries and that Putin sees the whole thing as a "fraud to restrain the industrial development" around the world "including Russia."