Kremlin Mouthpieces

He is one of the key figures in kremlin propaganda, known for his aggressive anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, directly influencing the formation of public opinion to shape a convenient and favorable for the kremlin elite worldview of society regarding the perception and whitewashing of russian military (armed) aggression.
She publicly and actively supports russia's war against Ukraine, the annexation of Ukrainian Crimea and putin's policies, publicly admitting that she is engaged in the "aggressive imposition" of putin's position for money.
Together with her husband, Yevgeny Popov, a deputy and deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, she hosts the socio-political talk show 60 Minutes on the "rossiya - 1" TV channel, which is part of the network of the All-russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In his show, he manipulates socially significant information, systematically spreads typical kremlin propaganda narratives, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discredits the Ukrainian government, resorts to nuclear blackmail and threats to NATO member states. In particular, it distorted the facts and claimed that the Ukrainian army, not the russian army, was responsible for the massacre of civilians in Bucha, called for an escalation of russian attacks, and incited "Moscow to demilitarize the entire NATO."
In June 2024, on her TV program, Skabeyeva responded to the transfer of long-range missiles from NATO to Ukraine by saying that Moscow could "start supplying the same long-range precision missiles, only of better quality, because they are russian, to those countries that want to strike at our enemies," referring to supplies to Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, and the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
At the end of November 2024, she published a propaganda video boasting about the Oreshnik missile and its "invulnerability" to air defense systems. In the video, Skabeyeva also demonstratively emphasized the data on the time of approach of the Oreshnik missile to various European capitals.
In October 2024, Skabeyeva conducted an exclusive interview with putin in which they discussed the so-called "SMO".
In December 2023, she was awarded the russian government's media prize "for civic courage, political acuity and successful defense of the interests of the fatherland in the information struggle."
She has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied Crimea.

She is one of the key figures in the kremlin's propaganda, directly fulfilling the putin regime's ideological task of shaping a public outlook that is convenient and favorable to the kremlin elite in terms of perception and whitewashing of russia's military (armed) aggression.
She actively idealizes putin's policies, has officially supported his candidacy for the presidential election since 2012, and has been his confidant since 2018. She was a member of the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate for the 2024 presidential election. She is a member of the All-russian Public Movement "People's Front for russia", which was created at putin's initiative to monitor the implementation of his decrees/orders and to conduct campaign activities in the election process.
According to Simonyan, she has a state landline directly between special kremlin employees and the editors-in-chief of russian-controlled media to discuss confidential issues. She is close to Alexei Gromov, the first deputy head of the presidential administration, who is called "putin's media puppeteer." Gromov, who is on the US sanctions list for interfering in the US presidential election and participating in the russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, is one of the founders of RT, while Simonyan is called his protégé.
Simonyan publicly supports the annexation of Crimea and the russian invasion of Ukraine, actively spreading kremlin propaganda narratives. In her regular public speeches, Simonyan threatens to destroy Ukrainian cities, endorses missile strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, and has proposed detonating a nuclear bomb over Siberia as a "nuclear ultimatum in the fight against the West." In December 2023, she stated that the inhabitants of western Ukraine "need to be finished off," and in November 2024, she said that, in her opinion, the desired outcome of russia's war against Ukraine is unconditional surrender and the termination of Ukraine's existence as it has been for the past 30 years.
In December 2024, after russia's use of the Oreshnik missile against Ukraine, she suggested that the new russian weapon be called "rozgami" (lashes), as lashes were traditionally used in russia to punish disobedience, emphasizing the symbolic meaning of this name for the weapon. At the same time, Simonyan said that "people in the West do not understand in any other way."
Together with her husband, TV presenter and propagandist Tigran Keosayan, she raises funds for the needs of the russian armed forces.
She has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to participate in propaganda events in support of the war. In particular, Simonyan, together with Keosayan, are the authors of the movie "Crimean Bridge. Made with Love", which was filmed in the temporarily occupied Crimea with the assistance of Arkady Rotenberg (under sanctions by all countries of the sanctions coalition). The film's budget amounted to 175 million rubles, and the cost of its marketing support was 125 million rubles. The box office receipts of 70 million rubles indicate that the film had a propaganda purpose rather than a commercial one.
In 2022, she was awarded the Order of Honor.

He is one of the key faces of kremlin propaganda, known for his extremely hostile attitude towards Ukraine and praising the russian government.
Publicly and actively supports russia's war against Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea and putin's policies.
He is the co-author and host of the program "Moscow. kremlin. putin" on the TV channel "russia-1", devoted to weekly events of the kremlin and the agenda of putin's working days. Manipulates publicly relevant information, systematically disseminates typical kremlin propaganda narratives, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and discredits the Ukrainian government.
In February 2014, together with a number of russian journalists, public and political figures, he signed the appeal of the "We are all Berkut" fund, established to support the members of the Ukrainian special unit Berkut, which confronted activists on Euromaidan.
In 2022, during the temporary occupation of Melitopol by russian troops, the occupation authorities ensured the distribution of leaflets in the city calling on residents to subscribe to Solovyov's Telegram channel, to tune in to russian state television and to avoid "propaganda and disinformation from Kiev."
In August 2022, Soloviev called himself a terrorist and said he supported threats to use nuclear weapons to destroy Ukrainian cities on "russia-1" television.
In November 2022, he created the SVRxFund, which recruits volunteers, trains them, provides combat alignment of personnel, and continuously raises funds for uniforms and weapons for кussian soldiers and to help the families of mobilized soldiers. In addition, the SVRxFund, according to the official website of the fund, supplies the russian armed forces with equipment, uniforms, tents, medical kits, special equipment - communication and reconnaissance equipment, copters, thermal imagers, night sights, as well as supports the development, testing and implementation of new products and services for the military infrastructure.
Also in November 2022, he became the head of the New Media Workshop, which received a presidential grant of 36 million rubles for specialists in media communications and public relations of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR".
He holds the military rank of Major in the reserve of the Armed Forces of the russian federation.
In 2014, he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky "for high professionalism and objectivity in covering the events in the Republic of Crimea" and the medal "For the Liberation of Crimea and Sevastopol" with the wording "for personal contribution to the return of Crimea to russia". In 2022, "for great merits in the formation of a positive image of russia and active participation in socially significant events" was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree. He has the title of hero of the so-called "DPR".
Systematically visits the TOT of Ukraine. In particular, in May 2022 he visited temporarily occupied Mariupol and published a joint photo with the head of the so-called "DPR" Denis Pushilin in the network, in December 2024 he visited temporarily occupied Ugledar.
He has a residence permit, tax resident status and his own real estate in Italy. Soloviev's five children also have residence permits in Italy, in addition, three of his children have US citizenship.

He is one of the key figures in kremlin propaganda, directly fulfilling the ideological task of the putin regime to form a convenient and profitable worldview of society for the kremlin elite regarding the perception and whitewashing of russian military (armed) aggression.
In the Western media, he is known as the "patriarch of russian propaganda".
Publicly supports russia's war against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policy and the kremlin regime, spreading typical narratives of kremlin propaganda. Known for his anti-Ukrainian and anti-American rhetoric. In particular, he publicly stated that "Ukraine does not exist. Now it is a virtual concept, a virtual country", "failed state" and that "russia is the only country in the world that is really capable of turning the USA into radioactive ash".
In March 2024, on the eve of the presidential elections in the russian federation, he recorded a large complimentary interview with putin, in which he raised the topics of war against Ukraine, negotiations and the likelihood of the use of nuclear weapons.
The international TV channel "russia Today" with a multilingual network of information and documentary programs, financed by the russian government mainly from the state budget, under the leadership of Kiselyov manipulates socially significant information, systematically spreads typical narratives of kremlin propaganda, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discredits the Ukrainian authorities and directly adheres to the foreign policy line of the russian government.
In 2023, Kiselyov took part in the 5th World Media Summit in China and stated that the nature of the so-called "special military operation" of russia in Ukraine became global due to the fact that the US and NATO "armed Kyiv, staged a "bloody coup" there and raised an entire generation of nationalists".
In July 2014, the Security Service of Ukraine opened criminal proceedings against Kiselyov under the article "financing terrorism, promoting terrorist activities".
Has real estate in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Kiselyov's brother lives in the USA. Kiselyov's nephew, a German citizen, took a direct part in the russian-Ukrainian war in Donbas on the side of the so-called "L/DPR", for which he was sentenced to imprisonment in Germany.

Known as the main ideologist of "russian World" and the author of the book "Ukraine. My War. Geopolitical Diary".
Systematically supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime.
Since 2012, he has regularly called for the killing of Ukrainians, the invasion of Ukraine and opposed the existence of Ukraine as an independent state. He had an influence on pro-russian protests in the eastern cities of Ukraine in 2014. He called the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia "the beginning of land grabbing", and the so-called "SMO" - a challenge to the unipolar world, the results of which will establish a "new world order".
Spreads kremlin propaganda narratives about the "Kyiv junta" and the need to "protect the south-east of Ukraine from neo-Nazis", promotes his ideology with the help of public organizations and think tanks under his control.
He is the director of the Institute of Constantinople, a russian scientific and expert center specializing in the development of development strategies in key areas and branches of management.
He is the founder and leader of the public organization "International Eurasian Movement", which has branches in 29 countries, including the CIS countries, in the EU countries (Germany, France, Italy, the United Kingdom), in America (USA, Venezuela, Chile), in the Middle East (Lebanon), in Muslim countries (Syria, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan), in the Far East (India, Japan, Vietnam).
Dugin's activities are aimed at creating a Eurasian superpower through the integration of russia with the former Soviet republics into the new Eurasian Union (EAU).
He is a permanent member of the Izbor Club, a community of experts studying the foreign and domestic policies of russia, one of whose key tasks is "to promote the formation of a powerful political and ideological coalition of patriot statesmen, an imperial front that opposes the manipulations carried out in russian politics by foreign centers of influence and the "fifth column" from within the country".
He is associated with many right-wing radical politicians in the EU and the USA. Western media call him the "gray cardinal" of the russian dictator, and his book on geopolitics is a blueprint for putin's foreign policy.
In early December 2024, Dugin spoke online at the opening of the "Days of Daria Dugina" in Serbia, co-organized and attended by representatives from Italy, France, and the Czech Republic.

Since 2014, he has expressed support for the russian military and separatist armed formations, including through his own Telegram channel WarGonzo with 1 million subscribers, justifies russia's military aggression against Ukraine, covers russia's military actions on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the russian government. actively spreads disinformation and propaganda about russia's war against Ukraine in accordance with the kremlin's narratives.
He is a war correspondent purely formally, first of all being an agent of the russian Ministry of defense. Almost all of his actions, statements and texts are coordinated with the rf Main Intelligence Directorate.
He is a key figure in the project "Free City of Odessa", aimed at the realization of a number of provocations and information sabotage in the Odessa region, which should demonstrate the presence in the region of the so-called "underground and reactive anti-Ukrainian sentiments of the population".
In 2022, he became a member of the Parliamentary Coordination Working Group on interaction between authorities and organizations on issues of mobilization training and mobilization, social and legal protection of participants of the special military operation and their families.
In June 2023, Pegov took part in putin's meeting with war correspondents operating in the zone of the so-called "SMO".
He provides information and material support to the russian military and cooperates with the project "Popular Front. Everything for Victory", within the framework of which systematically raises funds for the needs of the russian military, supplies vehicles, generators, thermal imagers, UAVs and other equipment, humanitarian aid to the front, as well as provides assistance in paying for the work of employees and instructors of the center of unmanned systems in the so-called DNR, where drone operators are trained in combat conditions.
Popular with a wide audience of viewers and subscribers, he actively covered the elections and provided information support for putin's election campaign. He is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
He was personally acquainted with Arsen Pavlov, the commander of the NPF "Sparta" of the so-called "DNR", known under the call sign "Motorola", who was liquidated in 2016, and wrote a book "Me and the red-haired separ" in memory of him, in which he describes the events and hostilities in Donbass in 2014. In 2019, he released a documentary about the so-called "head of the DNR" Alexander Zakharchenko, who was liquidated in 2018, titled "His stronghold". In 2020, he released the movie "Callsign Donetsk. The Story of the Debaltsevo Cauldron", in which he praises the ‘successes’ of the so-called ‘Donbass militias’ on the territory of Ukraine in 2015.
He is permanently in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. In the spring of 2023 he took part in the shooting of the movie "20/22", dedicated to the events of the so-called "SMO" and filmed in temporarily occupied Mariupol with the support of the administration of the so-called "DNR", a unit of the operational and combat tactical formation "Cascade".
Also in 2023, Pegov recorded and published on his own Youtube channel a large complimentary interview with war criminal and head of the Wagner PKK Yevgeny Prigozhin. In December 2024, he conducted an exclusive interview with General Apti Alaudinov, head of the Akhmat special forces.
In 2014, he was awarded the Medal "For Services to the Fatherland" for "objective coverage of events" in temporarily occupied Crimea. In 2022, he was personally awarded the Order of Courage by putin "for bravery and selflessness shown in the performance of professional duty". In 2023, he received the russian government's media award "for professionalism and courage shown while covering a special military operation".
In February 2023, under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Pegov was notified in absentia of suspicion of justifying, recognizing as lawful, denying the armed aggression of russia against Ukraine and glorifying its participants.

He maintains friendly relations with putin's ally and head of the Chechen Republic ramzan kadyrov.
He systematically supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime. He cooperates with the administration of the president of russia and, using his popularity among a wide audience of supporters, spreads custom messages and narratives of the kremlin propaganda, manipulating socially important information.
He is the President of the Interregional Public Organization "Federation of Military Tactical Games", through which, together with the Center for Initial Military Training and Equipment "Uragan", he directly participated in the creation of a training ground for the training and education of volunteers who signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation to participate in the so-called "SMO". This project involved members of the so-called "SMO", including members of the Wagner PMC as instructors. He cooperated with the russian Ministry of Defense in the framework of the Patriot Military-Patriotic Park of Culture and Recreation of the russian Armed Forces.
He is a member of the management team of the All-russian Children's and Youth Military-Patriotic Movement "Yunarmiya" (under sanctions of the EU, the USA, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, and Ukraine), which provides "military-patriotic" education for children and youth in the TOT of Ukraine and prepares them for service in the russian armed forces.
As part of its activities, it cooperates under an exclusive contract with Gazprom-Media Holding JSC (under sanctions of the United States, Canada and Ukraine), headed by Alexander Zharov (under sanctions of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, Ukraine and New Zealand) and Tina Kandelaki (under sanctions of the United States, Canada and Ukraine).
He took part in putin's 2012 election campaign and was a confidant in the 2018 presidential election. Also in 2018, he became a member of the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate for the presidential election. He is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
In 2014, in support of russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, he joined a propaganda campaign selling T-shirts with putin's image and the words "Greetings from Crimea."
In July 2014, on the social network X (Twitter at the time), he posted a post coordinated with the staff of the russian presidential administration, which referred to the downing of a Malaysian Boeing 777, the alleged "civil war in Ukraine" and "overseas customers of the Maidan".
He has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied Crimea to participate in propaganda events in support of the war, as well as for commercial purposes. In particular, he was in the temporarily occupied Crimea in 2019, 2024 on the set of the films "Artek. The Great Journey" and "Artek. The Great Journey: 1812".

Systematically supports and justifies the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime.
Together with his wife, propagandist Olga Skabeeva, he hosts the socio-political talk show "60 Minutes" on the TV channel "russia", which belongs to the network of the All-russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In his TV show, he manipulates socially significant information, systematically spreads typical narratives of kremlin propaganda, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discredits the Ukrainian government, resorts to nuclear blackmail and threats to NATO member countries.
In his Telegram channel, he regularly covers the chronicle of russia's war against Ukraine in favor of the russian government, provides information support to other pro-russian and propaganda channels, and systematically publishes loyal posts about putin and his policy in general.
In August 2024, he recorded a large complimentary interview with the President of the Republic of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, for the rossiya TV channel, in which russia's war against Ukraine was discussed and threats of "escalation that will end in the destruction of Ukraine" were made. Such statements by Lukashenko were defined by Popov as "a very businesslike approach and a balanced position".
He also glorifies the russian military and popularizes representatives of russian armed forces on his own social networks, in particular, in August 2024 he published an interview with Lieutenant Colonel Yevgeny Poddubny and a report with the participation of the commander of the Akhmat unit, Apta Alaudinov. Also in December 2024, he published a post in which he expressed respect for the head of the radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of the russian Armed Forces, Igor Kirillov.
He systematically gives interviews and participates in broadcasts and reports of foreign media, in which he actively uses pro-government anti-Ukrainian rhetoric.
As part of his parliamentary activities, he voted for the occupation of part of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine in February 2022.

He is known as the main "patriotic" artist of russia and the "voice of the special military operation". His songs are in tune with the narratives of the russian authorities and propaganda.
He systematically supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, putin's policies and the kremlin regime. He regularly performs at pro-kremlin concerts and pro-war propaganda events in support of russia's war in Ukraine, and is proud to perform the russian national anthem on the same stage as putin.
He was putin's confidant in the 2024 presidential election. In December 2023, he took part in the congress of the election group to nominate putin as a presidential candidate, where he performed the russian national anthem. Also on election day, he appeared at one of the polling stations wearing clothes with a "Z" symbol.
In the fall of 2022, he recorded his song "Let's Rise" and a propaganda video for it together with other pro-government russian pop stars who support russian aggression against Ukraine.
During his performance of the song "I am russian" at a solo concert in St. Petersburg, which was broadcast live on Channel One, he pressed the symbolic red button in a fake nuclear suitcase.
He regularly visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with propaganda concert tours. In August 2022, on the day of the russian national flag, he performed the russian anthem in the temporarily occupied Crimea. In August 2023, he performed in the temporarily occupied Crimea at the Tavrida-Art festival, and in December 2023, he visited the temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine.
In May 2024, he received the russian Ministry of Defense's award in the field of culture and art in the Musical Art nomination for "high skill in performing patriotic songs."
In July 2024, putin awarded Dronov the title of Honored Artist of russia ahead of schedule, which is awarded only after 20 years of creative activity. The ceremony of awarding Dronov with the Honored Artist of the russian federation badge took place in the Catherine Hall of the Senate Palace of the kremlin with the participation of First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko. Dronov commented on receiving the award saying: "I serve russia! Victory will be ours!"

He is the head of a pro-government propaganda organization responsible for information support for the russian Ministry of Defense and the creation of fakes about Ukraine, manipulates information regarding sociological research and develops "methodological recommendations" for covering information for russian media.
He is accountable and controlled by the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the russian federation.
ANO "Dialog" under the leadership of Tabak oversees the official pages of governors, city administrations, regional ministries, schools, kindergartens and other state bodies and institutions on social networks, dictating to them the "necessary" content to promote narratives necessary for the authorities on social networks. The structure of ANO "Dialog" includes a network of regional centers, including in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
ANO "Dialog" also monitors social networks and media, conducts sociological research and online surveys to determine and analyze the reaction to information drives on social networks. Based on the results of the research, the ANO "Dialogue" compiles a summary of the "state of the information field" for the presidential administration.
In addition, Dialog Regions is linked to Doppelgänger, a Russian-linked influence operations network that has used dipshit content to develop Russian disinformation campaigns.
In May 2024, Tabak and several Dialog Regions officials coordinated with Russian government officials to create bot accounts on popular social media messaging platforms for use in a disinformation campaign about polling locations in the 2024 U.S. election.
Systematically supports putin's policy and the kremlin regime, has repeatedly organized PR campaigns to support putin, ensuring his retention in power. In particular, in 2020, he introduced the technology of spreading agitation for amendments to the russian Constitution, which provided for strengthening the presidential powers, using targeted contextual advertising, and also supported putin's election campaign through the implementation of a "relevant system for managing the Internet direction in election headquarters" in 2023.
Cooperates with one of the most influential media managers in russia and one of the key subcontractors of the russian Presidential Administration in social networks and messengers, Kristina Potupchіk.

She is one of the most influential media managers in russia and one of the key subcontractors of the russian Presidential Administration in social networks and messengers.
Known as the "gray cardinal of russian Telegram", she specializes in "viral" online propaganda, consulting pro-government structures and SMM services in the political sphere.
Owns a network of pro-government anonymous channels, is a member of the "Telegram Bureau 3.0" - a club of limited access of owners and administrators of the largest Telegram channels, which covers 80-90% of the entire russian Telegram audience. She openly stated that she "works with the Telegram audience for clients". According to Potupchyk, her network includes 40 Telegram channels.
Cooperates with the russian society "Knowledge" and the federal educational program for media technologists "New Media Workshop", the pro-kremlin project "russia - a Land of Opportunities", and Roscongress. She is also closely connected with the activities of the pro-government propaganda organization ANO "Dialog" under the leadership of Potupchyk's longtime friend Volodymyr Tabak.
She is the head of the "Open New Democracy" foundation, which supports non-profit social projects on the Internet in the interests of the presidential administration.
Through the "Rare Books Publishing House" controlled by her, in November 2023 she launched the publication of the magazine "Moskvichka", which is positioned as a replacement for international and foreign publications that, under the conditions of sanctions applied to the russian federation, left the russian market. The launch of the publication was supported by the most influential russian media managers and officials, and the format and concept of the publication were previously agreed with representatives of the russian Presidential Administration Sergei Kiriyenko and Sergei Novikov.
She was awarded the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the 1st degree at a closed ceremony.
Supports and justifies the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policies and the kremlin regime, spreading typical narratives of kremlin propaganda, in particular accusing the "West" of unleashing an "information war" against russia and stating that "putin is correcting the mistakes of history today".
Owns a villa in San Pol de Mar (Spain). In September 2024, she visited Italy.

He is known as a supporter and personal friend of putin. Using his popularity, he makes a significant contribution to strengthening putin's dictatorship and spreading the Kremlin's propaganda narratives.
He was putin's confidant in the 2012 and 2018 elections and was a member of the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. He is a member of the Central Headquarters of the All-russian Public Movement "People's Front for russia" (under sanctions from the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine), which was created at putin's initiative to monitor the implementation of his decrees/orders and to conduct campaigning activities in the electoral process. He is also a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
He is a member of the Public Council of the Investigative Committee of the russian federation.
In March 2014, he publicly supported russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea and signed a letter to putin in support of the annexation.
In February 2022, a number of world theaters and philharmonic societies refused to cooperate with Gergiev because of his refusal to express his opinion on russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. Instead, in March 2022, Gergiev performed at the rally-concert "For a world without nazism! For russia! For the president" in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea and in support of russia's military aggression against Ukraine. Also, in March 2022, putin took the initiative to transfer the leadership of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater of russia to Gergiev, thus making him the general director of the two main theaters of the russian federation. Gergiev's own charitable foundation, sponsored by VTB Bank, russian Railways, Sberbank, oligarch Alisher Usmanov, the Moscow government and other state organizations, also benefited from the war. In particular, in 2022, the fund's net profit quadrupled from 138 to 578 million rubles.
He actively defends putin's foreign policy. Involves his orchestra in large-scale productions used by Kremlin propaganda. Gergiev's loyalty to putin is rewarded with honorary titles, awards and government grants for his projects.
In May 2023, with the support of the regional government, he organized a charity concert for the families of russian military and armed forces veterans.
Also in May 2023, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second class. As part of his activities, Gergiev receives state funding. Under government contracts, companies and institutions headed by Gergiev have provided services worth more than RUB 1.6 billion.
In November 2024, he was awarded a certificate of honor by the government of the russian federation "for his great contribution to the preparation and holding of the X St. Petersburg International Forum of United Cultures."
In August 2008, Gergiev and the orchestra performed in support of Russian aggression against Georgia near the Government House in Tskhinvali, South Ossetia, occupied by russian troops. In January 2009, he was awarded the gratitude of the president of the russian federation "for holding a concert of the Mariinsky Theater Grand Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev in support of the residents of Tskhinvali who suffered during the Georgian-Ossetian conflict" and the Order of the Uatsamonga "for his courage and high patriotism, invaluable assistance and support to the people of South Ossetia during the liquidation of the consequences of the Georgian aggression in August 2008". In May 2016, the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra conducted by Gergiev gave a concert in the amphitheater of captured Palmyra in Syria for russian and Syrian soldiers. For this performance, Gergiev was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky "for special merits in the preparation and conduct of humanitarian foreign policy actions that contribute to the strengthening of peace and friendship between peoples," the medal of the Ministry of Defense "For the liberation of Palmyra" and the prize of the Ministry of Defense in the field of culture and art "for cultural and educational projects."
He owns an apartment in New York (USA) and luxury real estate in eight Italian cities.