STOLYAROV (Malyshkin) Aleksei Vladimirovich / Lexus

russian prankster and entertainer who, together with Vladimir Kuznetsov (alias "Vovan"), is a member of the duo "Vovan and Lexus," which specializes in prank calls and video pranks targeting public figures who criticize the russian government or russia's foreign policy. He is a co-author of the Telegram channel "Vovan and Lexus," which publishes content aimed at discrediting Ukraine and supporting the russian government, as well as disseminating information about fundraising efforts for the needs of participants in the "special military operation."
Since 2014, he has systematically discredited Ukraine and its top political leadership on the international stage.
In 2015, through prank calls to representatives of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, he attempted to identify the "organizers and perpetrators" of the energy blockade of the temporarily occupied Crimea.
After the start of russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the duo’s pranks were deliberately linked to the theme of the war against Ukraine. While communicating with foreign politicians, Kuznetsov and Stolyarov attempted to provoke them into making candid statements regarding russia’s war against Ukraine. At the same time, provocative recordings of conversations with russian writers and cultural figures who supported Ukraine were used as grounds for their criminal prosecution. After the pranks were published, numerous pro-kremlin media outlets and Telegram channels accused these writers and cultural figures of "treason."
For his activities, he has been honored with awards from official bodies of the aggressor country. In 2024, he was awarded the Order of Friendship for "outstanding contributions to strengthening peace, friendship, cooperation, and mutual understanding among nations," and in 2025, together with Kuznetsov, he was awarded the highest departmental award of the russian ministry of justice—the Anatoly Koni medal.
He has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. In 2017, he visited the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk, where, together with Kuznetsov, he presented the book "Whose Phone Is Ringing?", which contains material discrediting Ukraine and its top political leadership, including information regarding ceasefire negotiations on Ukrainian territory and the personal data of Ukrainian officials. In September 2018, together with Kuznetsov, he visited the temporarily occupied Crimea, where he held a "creative meeting" with Crimean students and spoke about "prank journalism." In May 2024, he visited the temporarily occupied Luhansk as part of the forum "History for the Future. russian spring".