POZDNIAKOV Vladyslav Vyktorovych

russian radical blogger, ideologue of the "national-patriarchy" movement, and founder of the "Male State" network, which systematically spreads an ideology of misanthropy. His public activities are aimed at discrimination and incitement to violence based on gender, race, nationality, and political views, particularly against Ukrainians.
He developed and implemented a centralized mechanism for coordinating mass cyberbullying. As part of this strategy, he taught his followers to create independent media outlets, Telegram channels, and communities on the social network "VKontakte" under a common brand to scale up propaganda and circumvent blocks. In Ukraine, the network systematically published the personal data of Ukrainian volunteers, activists, and military personnel, accompanied by threats of physical violence.
Since October 2021, the "Male State" movement has been officially recognized as extremist, and its activities have been banned on the territory of the russian federation.
Since February 24, 2022, it has actively supported the full-scale russian invasion of Ukraine, in particular by spreading disinformation about the alleged involvement of Ukrainian special services in attacks on educational institutions in russia and making public calls to launch "Oreshnik" ballistic missiles to the buildings of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR MOU), the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and others. Furthermore, Pozdnyakov openly condones war crimes against Ukrainian citizens.
In particular, in April 2023, he posted a video on his Telegram channel showing the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of war, accompanying it with a supportive message and a statement about the need for such reprisals against Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
He has visited the temporarily occupied Crimea on multiple occasions.