Kremlin Mouthpieces

Weaponization of information is part of russian military doctrine
Total number:
136
Individuals
Updated: 28.07.2025
Today, the kremlin is waging war not only with missiles, tanks and guns. The information war does not have a clearly defined front line. By investing significant resources in it, the russian authorities are trying to destabilize Ukraine and the world, influence political processes and shape public opinion in different regions of the planet in their own invasive interests.
russian propaganda supports violence, justifies aggression and war crimes, uses dehumanization and hatred of Ukraine as fuel for war, argues Ukraine’s ability to continue the fight. It has faces that the whole world needs to know – to know in order to block, impose sanctions, deny entry, close bank accounts, and cease all cooperation.
The aggressor`s propaganda troops have no place in the civilized world!
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KIRIY Olga Adolfovna
KIRIY Olga Adolfovna
journalist at RT Documentary, TV producer
She is an important figure in russian state propaganda and an active participant in russia's information war against Ukraine, systematically creating and disseminating disinformation aimed at justifying russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and involved in the process of legitimizing and justifying the crimes of the russian regime.
She is the author of propaganda films that broadcast key narratives of the kremlin, such as: "Azovstal" (2022), "The Victims Speak…" (2023), "Cossacks" (2023), "I Blame Fascism" (2025), and "Ukraine's Toxic War" (2025). To create these materials, she repeatedly illegally visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in particular Donetsk region and Crimea, as evidenced by her social media posts in 2023 and 2025.
Kiriy's films are presented for screenings in "russian Houses" - foreign offices of the federal executive body of the russian federation, Rossotrudnichestvo, designed to spread russia's humanitarian influence around the world.
Kiriy's activities go beyond journalistic work, as evidenced by her participation in the interrogation of a Ukrainian prisoner of war on May 14, 2025, which is a gross violation of international humanitarian law.
Her activities are also closely connected with the security forces and political leadership of russia, as evidenced by numerous state and departmental awards, including those at the highest state level.
Thus, during her career, Kiriy was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second class, and the medal "In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the victory in the Patriotic War of the people of South Ossetia" for "courage, fortitude and true heroism in the objective coverage" of the events of August 2008. The integration of its propaganda work into the ideological apparatus of the russian federation is emphasized by the awarding of the Church Medal of St. Prince Demetrius of Donskoy by Patriarch Kirill (Vladimir Gundyaev) on June 3, 2025 for "work on covering the activities of the military clergy." In addition, she has received a number of departmental awards from the ministry of defense, the ministry of internal affairs and the ministry of emergency situations of the russian federation.
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GEORGIEV Sergey Alexandrovich
GEORGIEV Sergey Alexandrovich
military correspondent for the RIA "Novosti Krym" (in 2022-2023), so-called ombudsman of the Kherson region
As the occupation ombudsman, his main task is to "simplify and accelerate the integration of the region" into the russian legal framework. She calls the right bank of the Kherson region, controlled by the legitimate government of Ukraine, "occupied". In addition, it is engaged in comprehensive support of military armed formations, providing material, medical, social assistance to military and veterans of the so-called SMO, as well as their families.
It systematically spreads anti-Ukrainian propaganda, legitimizes the occupation of Ukrainian territories and russian war crimes, discredits the Ukrainian army and glorifies the russian armed forces.
In his comments to russian media, he discredits the Ukrainian military, accusing them of shelling and killing civilians. He justifies the occupation of Ukrainian territories, claiming that Ukrainians under occupation allegedly "did not vote at gunpoint", "went to vote with hope" and "believe in a future as part of russia". He also stated that "in Ukraine, they did not particularly care about the rights of citizens and justice, while in russia, a person is the highest value".
As a military commissar, he repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine and military units of the russian armed forces on the front line. In his materials, he claimed, among other things, that the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant was allegedly blown up by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
While in the temporarily occupied Crimea, he held meetings with children, spreading russian propaganda among minors. In particular, during the Znanie.Heroes forum in Sevastopol, Georgiev said that "the Ukrainian Armed Forces are allegedly targeting women, children, and the elderly. Against this background, the mood is changing" and that "people see that russia has come for a long time and seriously".
He is a winner of the Crimean Journalist of the Year award in the nominations "Military Correspondent" and "Military Correspondent of the Year", and was awarded the medal "For Valiant Labor" and the medal of the Ministry of Defense "Participant of a Special Military Operation" for "indifference, support, mutual assistance and active assistance, organization, delivery of equipment, gear, equipment and inventory to mobilized servicemen performing combat missions in the area of the SMO".
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SHAVLO Renat Igorevich/MEDVEDEV Georgy Anatolyevich
SHAVLO Renat Igorevich/MEDVEDEV Georgy Anatolyevich
military correspondent for the News Front news agency, author of the Telegram channel Medvedev's Notes
Is a russian propagandist and war correspondent known under the pseudonym "Georgy Medvedev" who systematically works to justify and promote russian aggression against Ukraine and creates reports and articles from the temporarily occupied territories, in which he calls Ukrainian lands "primordially russian" and russian aggression "liberation". He is an active participant in the information war against Ukraine, using his media activities to promote anti-Ukrainian narratives, justify russian aggression, and directly support the occupation forces.
His anti-Ukrainian activities began in 2014 in the Donetsk region with participation in pro-russian rallies. Shavlo's activities continued in propaganda media, including the Stakhanov-based newspaper Kazachiy Vestnik, Donetsk-based TV channel Pervyi Respublikanskiy, Donetsk-based media outlet ANNA-News, and the Crimean resource News Front.
In addition, Shavlo is the author of the Telegram channel "Medvedev's Notes". The fact that this channel is registered on the russian state platform Gosuslugi indicates that it is integrated into the state system of information dissemination. The channel is used to broadcast disinformation narratives and organize logistical support for units of the russian armed forces through public fundraising. The general content created by him is aimed at legitimizing the actions of the russian armed forces and discrediting Ukraine's sovereignty.
An important component of Shavlo's activities is writing propaganda books that justify the actions of russian troops on the territory of Ukraine, including "Mariupol. The Right to the Truth" (2022) and "On the Military Road: Horlivka, Yasynuvata, Shebekino" (2022). In these books, the author presents events exclusively from the russian perspective, legitimizing war crimes and the destruction of Ukrainian cities.
At the same time, Shavlo's activities are not limited to propaganda work. According to his public biographical data, he was directly involved in the activities of the illegal armed group Vostok Battalion of the so-called "DPR".
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KUKUSHKIN Pavel Alekseevich
KUKUSHKIN Pavel Alekseevich
military correspondent of the International Brigade Pyatnashka, author of the Telegram channel "WERE YOU THERE?" (in the original language "ТЫ ТАМ БЫЛ?")
He is a military correspondent for the so-called international brigade Pyatnashka, which acts on the side of the russian occupation forces, and the author of the WERE YOU THERE? Telegram channel. He plays an active role in supporting russian aggression and information warfare against Ukraine, using his media platform to glorify the russian armed forces and spread disinformation, systematically justifying the russian armed invasion and discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its activities are also aimed at legitimizing the russian occupation of Ukrainian territories.
In his materials and public speeches, he accuses Ukraine of committing "genocide of its own people" and using civilians as human shields.
According to his own words, Kukushkin voluntarily went to the front after the start of the full-scale invasion. He explains his motivation by his belief in the need to "liberate and protect the russian-speaking population of Ukraine".
In an interview with Smolenskaya Gazeta, he stated his desire to expand the geography of the occupation, using the same classic pro-kremlin rhetoric about the so-called "liberation of the russian-speaking population".
Kukushkin is a prominent figure in russian state propaganda projects. He became one of the main characters in the documentary "War Сorrespondents", produced by RT in 2022, which romanticizes the activities of russian war correspondents in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
He is also a frequent guest on federal television channels, including participating in the "Time Will Tell" program on Channel One, where he promoted the kremlin's narratives about the war. His media activity spans numerous platforms, including Telegram, VK, Instagram, Rutube, and Dzen, which he uses to distribute content justifying russia's aggressive policies.
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ZHULIDOV Evgeny Mikhailovich
ZHULIDOV Evgeny Mikhailovich
serviceman of the 45th Special Forces Brigade of the Airborne Forces, chief administrator of the Telegram channel Archangel of Spetsnaz
russian military serviceman, propagandist, and chief administrator of the russian propaganda Telegram channel Archangel Spetsnaz, an active participant in the information war against Ukraine. His activities are related to the systematic spread of disinformation, hate speech, calls for violence, and justification of russian war crimes.
From the first days of the full-scale invasion, he has been engaged in informational support of hostilities, publishing fakes, intimidating Ukrainian military and civilians, and calling for the massacre of prisoners. The channel regularly publishes videos of interrogations, footage of the destruction of Ukrainian equipment, propaganda plots, and messages denying russian war crimes.
Through the channel Archangel Spetsnaz, Zhulidov spreads typical kremlin narratives such as "the Ukrainian state is fake", "the authorities in Kyiv are fascist", "the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hiding behind civilians". Popularizes the images of "heroes of SMO", in particular the Gostomel operation, in which he allegedly participated.
The channel Archangel Spetsnaz is actively used as a tool of the IPsO: in critical moments of the war, it disseminates the position of the russian military-political leadership, mobilization propaganda, agitation and information campaigns against prisoners and defenders of Ukraine. It also conducts fundraising for the needs of the russian military.
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ANDRITSA Vladislav Sergeevich
ANDRITSA Vladislav Sergeevich
bogger, military correspondent for the state television channel russia Today
He is a military correspondent for the russian state propaganda channel RT and plays an active role in supporting russia's information war against Ukraine. His activities are aimed at spreading disinformation, justifying russian aggression and discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Andrytsia uses his media platform, including his personal Telegram channel, to promote narratives favorable to the kremlin and to exert psychological pressure on the Ukrainian audience.
The main focus of his work is the creation and dissemination of content aimed at demoralizing the Ukrainian military and society. In addition, Andrytsia spreads disinformation that the Ukrainian military allegedly shoots at its own soldiers who are trying to surrender to russian troops. This narrative was actively replicated by russian state media, such as Komsomolskaya Pravda, with reference to his materials, which is a classic example of an information and psychological operation.
He is involved in the creation of large-scale propaganda projects. He became one of the participants in the documentary The Stream, dedicated to the russian military's operation in the Kursk region. Thus, he joins the process of glorifying the russian army and its war crimes.
In his reports from the temporarily occupied territories and combat zones, such as the Chasiv Yar area, he disseminates exaggerated data on the losses of Ukrainian units and the successes of russian troops, as part of a strategy to undermine morale and confidence in the Ukrainian command.
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ASTRAKHAN Dmitry Olegovich
ASTRAKHAN Dmitry Olegovich
military correspondent, author of the Voyenkor Astrakhan channel on the Dzen platform, correspondent of the Izvestia media
He is an active participant in the russian information war against Ukraine, acting as a military correspondent and propagandist.
His activities are aimed at justifying armed aggression, spreading kremlin narratives and glorifying the russian armed forces. Having experience working in the structures of the so-called DPR, in particular as a former employee of the "ministry of Information" and "press secretary of the people's militia", he uses his media resources to support the occupation of Ukrainian territories.
In addition, he conducts his information activities through the Voenkor Astrakhan channel on the Dzen platform, and also cooperates with leading russian propaganda media, such as RT and Izvestia.
In his materials, he systematically promotes key theses of kremlin propaganda, actively uses the terminology of "neo-Nazi formations" in Ukraine, accuses the Ukrainian authorities of "rewriting history" and calls it "military tyranny". His reports and articles create a distorted image of events, justifying the actions of the russian army and discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, Astrakhan spread information about the alleged "colossal losses" of Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive, which is a typical russian disinformation technique aimed at demoralizing Ukrainian society, and also accused the Ukrainian side of shelling civilian objects in the temporarily occupied territories, shifting responsibility from the russian troops.
In his publications, he also covers the awarding of russian military awards, creating a positive image of combatants. For example, in one of his articles for Izvestia, he talked about the presentation of the "For Assault" badges, emphasizing the alleged heroism and professionalism of russian soldiers.
In addition to informational activities, Astrakhan is directly involved in the material support of the russian occupation army, organizing fundraisers for the needs of russian military units. These activities indicate its direct involvement in supporting russian aggression against Ukraine.
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GAVRISH Aleksej Aleksandrovich
GAVRISH Aleksej Aleksandrovich
military correspondent for the News Front news agency, author of the Telegram channel Voenkor Havrysh
He is a direct participant in the information war of the russian federation against Ukraine, who carries out systematic information activities in support of the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, and also uses media platforms to support armed aggression, justify war crimes and spread propaganda. In June 2024, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine notified Havrysh in absentia of suspicion of collaboration.
He began active cooperation with the propaganda resource News Front after russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In his reports, articles, and videos, which are disseminated through pro-kremlin media, including Channel One, "russia-1", and his own Voenkor Havrysh Telegram channel, Havrysh systematically discredits the Ukrainian Defense Forces, spreads disinformation about the course of hostilities, and promotes kremlin narratives. For example, he has been spreading claims about the alleged readiness of the Ukrainian authorities to "lose Pokrovsk", which is a typical element of russian information and psychological operations. At the same time, it is actively working to demonize the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in particular by publishing content with claims that "Ukrainian militants have organized a hunt for people throughout Dzerzhynsk (temporarily occupied Toretsk)".
Gavrysh's activities are also aimed at justifying and glorifying the actions of the russian occupation forces. In his materials, he calls the russian aggression "liberation", creates a positive image of the russian armed forces, and interviews members of illegal armed groups, legitimizing their activities.
In addition, Havrysh's activities include logistical support for the occupation forces. His own Telegram channel is a platform for organizing fundraisers for the needs of the russian army. In particular, he has documented fundraisers for the purchase of vehicles for the russian Armed Forces units operating in the Pokrovsk sector.
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