Kremlin Mouthpieces

Weaponization of information is part of russian military doctrine
Total number:
83
Individuals
Updated: 13.02.2025
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!
Total: 13
GASPARYAN Armen Sumbatovich
GASPARYAN Armen Sumbatovich
russian journalist and radio presenter, blogger, writer, publicist, social activist, host of the "Solovyov.Live" media resource
He is one of the kremlin's key propagandists, a publicist and radio host who actively justifies putin's policies, the occupation of Crimea and russia's armed aggression against Ukraine. His activities are aimed at spreading pseudo-historical narratives, manipulating facts and legitimizing the kremlin's actions.
He is the author of more than 20 non-fiction books, including "Denazification of Ukraine. A Country of Unlearned Lessons". In this book, he justifies the need for the complete destruction of Ukraine as a state and the "denazification" of its population by military and repressive methods. Gasparyan was one of the first propagandists to use the term "denazification" in relation to Ukraine, even before the full-scale invasion in 2022.
In his public speeches, he regularly uses anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. In his books and speeches, Gasparyan has repeatedly referred to Ukraine as an "artificial state" created by allegedly "Western masters". In one of his interviews, he stated: "Ukraine is a project that must be completed. There is only russia, which restores historical justice". These theses are actively used by the kremlin to justify its aggression against Ukraine.
He is an active media player, often appearing in russian media, where he justifies the so-called "special military operation". In February 2022, on the eve of the full-scale invasion, he appealed to the citizens of Ukraine: "Brothers, please stay home and don't do anything stupid". This rhetoric creates the perception of the "friendliness" of the russian army and discredits the Ukrainian government.
In addition, he called for more active strikes on the territory of Ukraine, criticizing the kremlin's allegedly weak response.
In May 2022, he stated: "How long can the shelling of russian territories be tolerated?" His rhetoric justifies the escalation of violence, reinforcing the narrative of "protecting russian citizens."
He openly justifies the massive shelling of Ukrainian cities, calling it "necessary measures to achieve military goals." In his speeches, he emphasizes that the goal of the war is the complete destruction of Ukrainian statehood, which is an example of open calls for genocide.
His books and public speeches are actively used in russian propaganda. In particular, his works are included in the curriculum in russian schools, where the kremlin's propaganda theses are imposed on students as "historical truth."
In July 2023, the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv sentenced Gasparyan to 10 years in prison in absentia for publicly calling for the genocide of the Ukrainian people and inciting ethnic hatred.
GAMBASHIDZE Ilya Andreyevich
GAMBASHIDZE Ilya Andreyevich
russian political technologist, founder of the russian companies "Agency of Social Design" and LLC "Group of Companies "Struktura"
The marketing company "Social Design Agency" and LLC "Group of Companies ‘Struktura’, founded by Gambashidze, are directly connected with a network of fake news sites and social media accounts that imitated real media organizations. These activities were carried out as part of the destructive information campaign "Doppelganger". The purpose of  campaign was to spread pro-russian propaganda and disinformation in the international arena, including the United States and Latin America. This destructive campaign also included attempts to influence democratic processes in Western countries, reducing the level of support for Ukraine.
The Doppelganger operation was carried out by a team of political strategists led by Gambashidze under the supervision of the first deputy head of the russian presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko.
Gambashidze's marketing company, the Agency for Social Projecting, is also responsible for creating recommendations (the so-called "temniki") that contain instructions for discrediting Ukraine, the United States and NATO for use by pro-russian media. ASP's publications actively use fake news and forged documents to foment distrust of international support for Ukraine.
Gambashidze is the recipient of several political technology awards, which are mostly internal russian initiatives aimed at increasing his credibility among kremlin structures. These awards also indicate his important place among those who fulfill the kremlin's strategic tasks in the field of disinformation.
SYTYI Dmitrii Sergeevich
SYTYI Dmitrii Sergeevich
director of the "russian house" in Bangui (CAR), founder of "Lobaye Invest" (CAR)
He is one of the key representatives of russian information campaigns in Africa, closely linked to the activities of the wagner group and kremlin structures. His activities include spreading disinformation, propaganda and control of pro-russian media in the Central African Republic (CAR).
He is the head of the "russian house" in Bangui, which is formally engaged in cultural and educational activities, but in fact is a cover for the activities of the wagner group. He organizes disinformation campaigns through social networks, radio and print media.
He is also the founder of Lobaye Invest, a company engaged in diamond and gold mining in the CAR. Both structures serve as the financial basis for the wagner group's operations and also promote russian propaganda in the region.
He cooperates with the CAR authorities to legitimize the wagner group's activities, coordinates local media resources and spreads pro-russian narratives. His campaigns are aimed at discrediting international organizations such as the UN, the EU, and the US and shaping a positive image of russia in Africa.
In 2023, at a meeting with CAR President Faustin-Arcange Touadera, putin emphasized the importance of the russian house's activities in promoting russian interests in the region.
Under Sytyi's leadership, fake contests and initiatives are organized under the guise of cultural projects, but in fact promote pro-russian ideas. His activities are accompanied by accusations of war crimes, such as torture, extrajudicial executions, and forced displacement of the population, committed by wagner's group in the CAR.
KARAGANOV Sergey Aleksandrovich
KARAGANOV Sergey Aleksandrovich
russian political scientist, honorary chairman of the presidium of the Council for Foreign and Defense Policy
He is an ideologue of kremlin propaganda, political commentator and consultant who actively promotes putin's aggressive policy and justifies russia's war against Ukraine. He influences public opinion by spreading anti-Ukrainian, anti-Western and nuclear narratives that form the basis of the kremlin's information campaigns.
It is known for its support of the use of nuclear weapons as an instrument of political pressure. In particular, in June 2023, he called on the kremlin to launch a nuclear strike on Poland, arguing that it was necessary to "force the West to make concessions". His calls are aimed at escalating the nuclear blackmail used by the kremlin to pressure NATO countries and destabilize international security.
In his articles for russian media outlets, he promotes the narrative that "Ukraine will cease to exist as an anti-russian state". He also claims that Ukraine is allegedly used by the West as a tool in the confrontation with russia, which leads to the degradation of Ukrainian statehood. In addition, Karaganov accuses Ukraine of "deliberately provoking russia with the support of the West". His rhetoric is aimed at undermining the legitimacy of Ukraine as an independent state, shaping its image as a "puppet of the West" and justifying russia's aggressive actions in the international arena.
He actively discredits Ukraine and its partners by spreading disinformation about the "incapacity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" and the "inevitability of Ukraine's defeat". His theses are synchronized with the kremlin's narratives aimed at demoralizing Ukrainian society and reducing the level of international support for Ukraine. His views and public statements are used by pro-kremlin media to legitimize war crimes and the kremlin's aggressive policies in the international arena. His materials create information pretexts for media campaigns aimed at justifying aggression against Ukraine and promoting the idea of "the need to confront the West".
ZARUBIN Pavel Alexandrovich
ZARUBIN Pavel Alexandrovich
journalist for the "russia" TV channel, host of the program "Moscow. kremlin. putin", author of the Telegram channel "ZARUBIN"
He is one of russia's leading propagandists, known for his anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, who actively influences the formation of public opinion in russia.
He publicly supports the kremlin's aggressive policy towards Ukraine, justifying the occupation of Crimea and military actions in eastern Ukraine. Zarubin hosts the program "Мoscow. kremlin. putin" on the "rossiya-1" TV channel, owned by VGTRK.
In his programs, he manipulates socially important information, spreads kremlin narratives, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and its armed forces, discredits the Ukrainian government and resorts to threats against Western countries. In particular, in his reports, he accuses the Ukrainian army of shelling civilians, calls for increased russian attacks, and justifies russia's aggressive actions in the international arena.
In October 2024, he interviewed putin, where they discussed the so-called "SVO".
In November 2024, he published another propaganda piece praising russia's latest missile systems and their ability to reach European capitals, and also published footage of putin after his statement about using the Oreshnik missile to strike the city of Dnipro, which demonstrates support for russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine.
In December 2023, he published a video in which putin said that the Ukrainian authorities had "become completely insolent" by declaring russians a non-indigenous nation in Ukraine.
In response to the imposition of sanctions against him by Ukraine, Zarubin published footage taken on his cell phone during the 2019 meeting in Paris of the leaders of the Minsk agreements. Commenting, in his opinion, on the unacceptable reaction of the Ukrainian president to putin's words on Donbass for the head of state, Zarubin said that "the long-suffering Ukrainian people will sooner or later impose real and very tough sanctions against the one who led the country to disaster."
KANDELAKI Tinatin Givievna
KANDELAKI Tinatin Givievna
russian journalist, TV presenter, producer and public figure, co-owner of the Apostol media company, general Producer and Deputy General Director of Gazprom-Media Holding Company
She is an active participant in the kremlin's information campaign aimed at justifying russia's military actions in Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, she has openly supported the so-called "SVO", calling it "necessary to protect the russian-speaking population".
At the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she published a post on her Telegram channel advising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other politicians to leave Ukraine, after which Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted from the presidency in 2014, could return to the country.
She actively spreads anti-Ukrainian rhetoric through her public statements and media platforms. Since 2021, he has served as Deputy CEO of Gazprom Media and Managing Director of Gazprom Media Entertainment Television.
Holding senior positions in the Gazprom-Media holding, Kandelaki has the ability to influence the company's information policy aimed at spreading narratives that are consistent with the kremlin's official position.
In particular, Kandelaki has stated that "russia is doing everything possible to ensure peace" by deliberately manipulating real events, and has called for "strengthening patriotism" among russian citizens, supporting the kremlin's actions aimed at mobilizing and legitimizing aggression.
Since 2022, she has also been the director of the TNT TV channel, which plays an important role in influencing the youth audience.
She publicly supported putin's candidacy in the March 2024 presidential election.
In March 2022, she took part in a campaign rally-concert in honor of the anniversary of russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, titled "For a world without nazism! For russia! For the president".
In September 2023, she was awarded the Order of Friendship for "merits in the development of the media and many years of conscientious work".
She has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied Crimea.
KUZNETSOV-KRASOVSKY Anton Vyacheslavovich
KUZNETSOV-KRASOVSKY Anton Vyacheslavovich
russian journalist, TV presenter, publicist and political strategist, former director of the russian-language TV channel RT (until October 2022), founder of the "Conservator" media project
He is one of the key representatives of the kremlin propaganda, directly influencing the formation of public opinion in russia and abroad.
He actively supports putin's policy, the occupation of Crimea and russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, justifying russian aggression and openly calling for violence against Ukrainians.
In October 2022, Krasovsky made a shocking statement on RT TV channel, calling for "drowning Ukrainian children in rivers" and "burning them in their homes".
In his public speeches, he repeatedly called for an escalation of violence against Ukraine, claiming the need for massive strikes on Ukrainian cities and justifying the war crimes of the russian army.
His aggressive anti-Ukrainian rhetoric is aimed at discrediting Ukraine, inciting hatred towards the Ukrainian people and creating an informational basis for legitimizing war crimes.
He has publicly supported the occupation of Crimea, claiming that the peninsula "has always been russian". He also actively spreads narratives about "denazification", positioning it as a necessary component of the war against Ukraine.
In February 2023, a Ukrainian court sentenced Krasovsky in absentia to five years in prison with confiscation of property for publicly calling for the genocide of the Ukrainian people.
ROZHYN Borys Olexandrovych
ROZHYN Borys Olexandrovych
blogger, military expert, author of the Telegram channel "Colonelcassad", expert of the Center for Military and Political Journalism
He is one of the leading figures in the kremlin's propaganda, actively supporting the occupation of Crimea and russia's aggression against Ukraine.
In February 2014, he coined the well-known term "polite people" to describe russian soldiers without insignia during the occupation of Crimea. This term became one of the key tools of the information war, creating a positive image of the occupation.
With the outbreak of the armed conflict in Donbas in 2014, he headed the editorial office of the Voice of Sevastopol information and analytical center and became the editor-in-chief of the Cassad propaganda channel.
Through his platforms, including the Global Initiatives charitable foundation, he organized fundraising and the delivery of military equipment for the illegal armed groups of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR".
He is the author of numerous publications in which he justifies russian aggression, accuses Ukraine of starting the war, and promotes the kremlin's narrative of "denazification". In his statements, he claims that russia is "at war in Ukraine with the United States and NATO, which are in charge of the fully controlled Zelenskyy regime".
Through his Telegram channel, he systematically spreads disinformation and fakes aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He called for the mobilization of russian citizens, the destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure, and supported massive missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian cities.
In October 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Rozhyn of suspicion of committing crimes related to calls for genocide and incitement to hatred against the Ukrainian people.
POZDNIAKOV Kirill Vladimirovich
POZDNIAKOV Kirill Vladimirovich
journalist, radio host, TV host on the "NTV" channel, member of the russian television Academy, Program Manager of the Editorial Department of the Information Directorate of the NTV television company
He is an active participant in the kremlin's information campaign aimed at justifying russia's military actions in Ukraine.
He is the host of the author's program Pozdnyakov on the federal TV channel NTV. The program serves as a platform for speeches by russian officials, who use it to voice the kremlin's official narratives, legitimize the occupation of Crimea and other Ukrainian territories, and justify the aggressive policy of the russian authorities. Among the guests of the program are the so-called head of the temporarily occupied Crimea Sergey Aksyonov, who promoted the legalization of the occupation of Crimea, official representative of the russian foreign ministry Maria Zakharova, foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, chairman of the federation council Valentina Matvienko, and LDPR Party Chairman Leonid Slutsky. In their broadcasts, they spread official narratives such as justifying russian aggression, discrediting international support for Ukraine, and manipulating the "US biolabs" or "collective conspiracy of the West against russia". The program also promotes a positive image of the russian authorities, discrediting the West and legitimizing the occupation of Ukrainian territories. For example, in an interview with the head of Rosmorrеchflot, Pozdnyakov stated that "the Sea of Azov is an inland sea of the russian federation". The programs with other guests, such as film director Yuriy Kara, promoted mobilization, and the programs with pranksters Vovan and Lexus discussed the so-called "Bucha fakes."
For his activities, Pozdnyakov received several awards from the russian authorities. In January 2024, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the fatherland, first class, for "merits in the development of the media and many years of conscientious work." Earlier, in July 2021, he received a letter of thanks from the president of the russian federation for media development and professional contribution.
BELOVA Olga Nikolaevna
BELOVA Olga Nikolaevna
journalist, presenter of the program "The Main with Olga Belova" on the russian armed forces TV channel "Zvezda", member of the Presidium of the All-russian public movement "Mothers of russia", member of the russian Union of Journalists
She is one of the main figures in the kremlin's propaganda, openly supporting putin's policies, the occupation of Crimea and russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Thanks to her broadcasts on the federal TV channel Zvezda, controlled by the russian ministry of defense, her propaganda messages have a significant impact on the russian audience.
Its activities are aimed at justifying russia's war crimes against Ukraine and spreading disinformation among russian and international audiences.
In her broadcasts, she actively spreads propaganda narratives, justifying russian aggression and discrediting Ukraine. In particular, the main topics of her speeches are the theses of "denazification", "demilitarization", accusations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of "shooting civilians" and undermining the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government.
A special place in her speeches is occupied by statements about the events in Bucha and Kramatorsk. In particular, Belova claims that these events were "production by Ukrainian special services" to discredit the russian army. Such statements are aimed at creating the illusion that the actions of the occupiers are "protecting the russian-speaking population".
Also, in its public statements, it justifies attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, calling them "justified retaliatory measures".
She justifies missile attacks on critical infrastructure as "coercion to peace", shifting responsibility for the consequences to the Ukrainian authorities.
In addition, Belova promotes the narrative of "external governance of Ukraine" by the United States and NATO, emphasizing that the West "controls all Kyiv's decisions". This message is used to discredit international assistance to Ukraine and to justify further military action by russia.
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