Kremlin Mouthpieces

A russian propagandist and military correspondent for the state news agency RIA Novosti, who actively supports and justifies the full-scale aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine. He is directly involved in the information support of the hostilities, spreading kremlin narratives and discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, direct propaganda of the war and material support of the russian armed forces.
Hervé has a far-right background and tattoos with Nazi and fascist symbols, including the emblem of Mussolini's National Fascist Party, the Algis rune, and the phrase "Jedem das Seine" ("To each his own"), which corresponds to the inscription on the gate of the Buchenwald concentration camp. He himself admits to his past far-right affiliation, claiming that this experience now helps him "to ask questions to the captured Azov soldier correctly."
He participates in propaganda events, such as workshops and discussions, where he promotes pro-kremlin views on the war.
His drawings from the war zone have been exhibited at exhibitions, and he also contributed to the creation of a book in memory of another russian propagandist, Vladlen Tatarsky.
In addition to his information activities, Hervier is actively involved in the logistics of the russian occupation forces. Through his Telegram channel @gleberve, he organizes fundraisers for the needs of russian military units, including the purchase of DJI Mavic 3 reconnaissance drones and vehicles (buggies).
In addition, Herve published materials with his own participation in military operations, in particular from a "reconnaissance exit" in the Vuhledar direction, which blurs the line between journalistic activity and participation in hostilities.

A russian propagandist and military correspondent who has been working for russian state media outlets such as RT and Izvestia for a long time, contributing to the legitimization of the russian occupation and war crimes on the territory of Ukraine, and is directly involved in informational support and justification of russian aggression against Ukraine, working in the temporarily occupied territories. His activities are aimed at spreading disinformation and kremlin narratives by creating reports from the war zone and occupied regions.
In his materials, Litomin systematically accuses the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling civilian objects and infrastructure. In particular, he demonstrated the consequences of the strikes near Kakhovka and the damage to the Antonivskyi Bridge, blaming the Ukrainian side. He also covered the activities of the russian occupation forces and reported on the detention of individuals who were presented as "Ukrainian saboteurs."
His reports often portrayed life in the temporarily occupied territories, particularly in Kherson, in a light favorable to the occupation authorities, and also covered the process of forced passportization by issuing russian passports to local residents. He also created materials in which he accused the Ukrainian military of allegedly using civilians as cover.
In addition, Litomin interviewed Ukrainian prisoners of war, which is a common practice of russian propaganda to obtain "necessary" testimony and discredit the Ukrainian army.

A russian military correspondent, blogger and documentary filmmaker known for his anti-Ukrainian rhetoric and active support of russia's war against Ukraine.
Since 2014, he has been actively supporting russia's aggressive policy towards Ukraine, regularly organizing fundraisers for the needs of the russian army and creating propaganda materials. His works are aimed at legitimizing russia's occupation actions and discrediting Ukraine by actively promoting kremlin narratives in the russian information space.
His materials actively support the kremlin's ideas of "denazification" and "demilitarization", which are the basis of official russian propaganda, and are aimed at distorting the facts about russia's war against Ukraine.
He is the author of the book "And with a pure tear to wash myself" on the topic of the so-called "SMO".
Khairullin openly supports the kremlin's interpretation of the war, spreading fakes about "war crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine" and promoting theses about the intention to "liberate Odesa." He is active in his Telegram channel, where he spreads anti-Ukrainian messages, justifies war crimes of the russian federation and disseminates materials aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine and overthrowing the state power. In general, his activities actively contribute to the legitimization of russia's military aggression against Ukraine, strengthening the kremlin's narratives among the russian audience.
He regularly visits the contact line to shoot propaganda materials.
In addition to media work, Khairullin is actively involved in material support of the russian army, in particular, he organizes fundraisers through his own Telegram channel "Voenkor Marat Khairullin" for spare parts for UAVs, radios, generators, gas cylinders and electronic warfare equipment for the 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Slavic Order of the Republic Brigade of the so-called "DPR" under his supervision.

He is one of the most prominent russian propagandists who actively promotes narratives that justify and support russia's aggression against Ukraine.
His activities are systematic and aimed at legitimizing russian aggression, justifying crimes against civilians and discrediting Ukrainian statehood, and are concentrated mainly in the information sphere - through video blogs, social media posts, media appearances, and participation in state information projects. Due to his wide presence in the public space, Puchkov generates a significant amount of propaganda content aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian state and supporting kremlin policies.
In his statements, Puchkov regularly spreads the claim that Ukraine is allegedly under the external control of the United States, calling it a "sold-out country" that is "ruled by Washington". In addition, he actively broadcasts the narrative of "Nazism" in Ukraine, claiming that the Ukrainian military are Nazis who deliberately kill civilians. He also spreads calls for the mass extermination of Ukrainians, in particular, he stated that "Ukrainians should be massacred".
He also justifies the occupation of Crimea, claiming that the local population fully supports russia's annexation, and that Ukraine has allegedly not invested in the development of the peninsula. Puchkov himself has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied Crimea since 2014.
He also systematically spreads the version that the reason for russia's full-scale invasion was the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine, which is a repetition of the key kremlin myth of the "threat from the West".
On his own Telegram channel, Puchkov publishes posts in support of the so-called "SMO," calls for financial assistance for the purchase of tactical medicine for the russian military, and shares reposts of fundraisers for the needs of the russian army.
For his active participation in the information campaign in support of the war, Puchkov received funding from the state. In 2023, he received a presidential grant of 18.3 million rubles to produce the propaganda program "Evening Emitter", which is broadcast on the RuTube platform, the russian equivalent of YouTube, which is used as a tool for censored media space.

One of the key ideologists of kremlin propaganda, known for his anti-Ukrainian position and rhetoric, active support of russia's war against Ukraine and annexation of Ukrainian territories. He is the author of numerous books and publications, including the 'Doctrine of the Russkiy Mir', which are consistent with russia's imperial ambitions and anti-Ukrainian kremlin narratives, promoting the theses that 'the state of Ukraine did not exist before the XX century', ‘the integrity of Ukraine was not and cannot be of value to the russians and the russian world’.
Uses media and academic platforms to promote the kremlin's narratives about 'protecting russian speakers' and justifying russia's armed aggression against Ukraine. He claims that 'russia's participation' in the 'events' in Ukraine is 'not only a spontaneous emotional reaction' but 'a battle for russia's survival', denies the integrity of the state of Ukraine, promoting the expressions 'South-Eastern Ukraine', 'Western Ukraine', 'malorossia', and promotes religious justifications for the war.
He is the executive director of the Institute for Dynamic Conservatism, which promotes imperial ideas and legitimizes the actions of the russian regime. He is a member of the Izborsk Club, an ideological center that forms the concept of russia's 'special mission' and justifies the occupation of Ukrainian territories. He advocates radical measures against Ukraine, including 'denazification' and 'demilitarization', which is fully consistent with the kremlin's official propaganda narratives.
In his public speeches and articles, he systematically discredits the Ukrainian government, blames the West for the war, and actively promotes the concept of the 'collective West' as an enemy that allegedly uses Ukraine to destroy russian 'statehood'. His materials contain numerous fakes about 'war crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine' and unfounded accusations of the Ukrainian authorities of 'persecuting the russian-speaking population'.
Averyanov is active on Telegram, where he spreads anti-Ukrainian messages, justifies russian war crimes and calls for mobilization. His content is aimed at increasing hatred of Ukraine and the West among the russian audience, as well as legitimizing military aggression against Ukraine.
Through his activities, which combine academic and journalistic spheres, Averyanov has become one of the key ideologues of kremlin propaganda aimed at justifying russia's military aggression against Ukraine and undermining international support for Ukraine.

He openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, glorifying the russian military, manipulating socially important information and distorting facts about events on the battlefield, supporting russia's annexation of Ukrainian territories and kremlin policy.
He is known for his support of russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and justification of war crimes committed by the russian occupation forces.
He uses media and academic platforms to promote the kremlin's narratives about 'protecting those who speak russian' and justifying russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
He is a supporter of ethatism, a permanent member of the Izborsk Club, which is positioned as 'the only ideological platform of russian statesmen'.
Since June 2000, he has been the deputy editor-in-chief of the 'Zavtra' publishing house, which regularly publishes materials with anti-Ukrainian narratives and justifies the crimes of the russian army.
As a military correspondent, publicist and active propagandist, he plays a significant role in spreading kremlin narratives and shaping anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in the information space.
Shurygin runs his own blog and writes books on military topics, where he systematically covers russia's armed aggression on the territory of Ukraine, glorifies russian military invaders and their 'exploits', discredits the Armed Forces of Ukraine, calling them 'Ukro-ISIS', accusing them of provocations, shelling of civilian objects, etc.
Shurygin actively appears on russian TV channels and in kremlin-controlled media, where he spreads typical kremlin propaganda narratives. In his publications, he discredits the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while systematically highlighting the 'heroism' of the russian military, and promotes russia's armed aggression as a necessary measure to 'protect national interests.' He pays special attention to justifying the occupation of Crimea and other Ukrainian territories, and promotes narratives about the 'denazification' and 'demilitarization' of Ukraine.
Shurygin actively maintains the Telegram channel 'Ramzai and his team', where he regularly publishes propaganda materials aimed at discrediting Ukraine and international partners supporting Kyiv. At the same time, this channel is used to coordinate narratives with other russian propagandists and disseminate content that aligns with the kremlin's interests.
Shurygin also promotes ideas about the need to intensify military aggression against Ukraine and supports the policy of nuclear blackmail. His public statements coincide with the main messages of kremlin propaganda aimed at undermining international support for Ukraine and justifying the actions of the russian military in the occupied territories.
From 1991 to 2003, as a war correspondent, he visited former socialist camps where hostilities were taking place (in Karabakh, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Abkhazia, Tajikistan, Serbia, Chechnya, Iraq, Libya, and Syria), and fought as a volunteer in Serbia and Transnistria.

He is one of the key figures in russian propaganda, directly contributing to the formation of public opinion through his political, cultural, and media activities, exerting information and psychological influence through the dissemination of disinformation, justifying russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories, and spreading anti-Ukrainian narratives favorable to the kremlin, including those aimed at discrediting Ukraine in the international arena.
Using his authority in cinema, he legitimizes the kremlin's theses about 'protecting those who speak russian' and 'fighting neo-nazism' in Ukraine.
As a participant in information warfare, he openly justifies missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, calling them 'a forced necessity' and accuses the Ukrainian authorities of 'genocide of russian speakers'. His statements are aimed at legitimizing the occupation policy of the russian federation and supporting mobilization activities.
As a member of the State Duma of the russian federation from the Communist Party, he publicly supported the occupation of Crimea and russia's military actions against Ukraine, speaking about the 'persecution of those who speak russian' and the need for a political union between Ukraine and russia. He is a member of the Izborsk Club, a platform that brings together ideologues of russian imperialism who justify the occupation policy and call for the escalation of the war.
In his films, he promotes the imperial ideals of russia, using cinema as a tool to strengthen the kremlin's narratives. His works contribute to the formation of a sense of legitimacy in the viewers of the aggressive policy of the russian federation and the concept of the 'Great russian world'.

He is one of the key war correspondents of the kremlin propaganda, who actively supports and justifies russia's war against Ukraine, shapes the perception of events in a way favorable to the kremlin, creating an image of the 'heroic russian army' and trying to discredit the efforts of Ukraine and its partners in the struggle for independence.
He is a russian war correspondent with many years of experience, journalist, analyst, blogger, editor-in-chief of the russian military-patriotic news portal 'Segodnya.ru', columnist and editor of the Donbass information and analytical service.
The main topic of his activity is the coverage of events in Ukraine since 2013. He began spreading disinformation about Ukraine during the Revolution of Dignity, calling it a 'coup d'etat', actively covered russia's aggressive military operations in Ukraine, promoted kremlin narratives and theses since 2014, and actively supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of Ukrainian territories.
The main platform for information and psychological influence, promotion of kremlin propaganda, spreading fakes and disinformation is his telegram channel 'Voyenkor Kotenok Z'. After the start of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, his telegram channel was ranked 11th in the so-called 'russian telegram power ranking by citation index'.
The war correspondent's activities are aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian government and international support for Ukraine. In his information activities, he justifies the war crimes of the russian federation and promotes the idea of the 'liberation mission' of the russian army in Ukraine. In his publications, he promotes anti-Ukrainian narratives about 'crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine' and 'escalation of the conflict by the West', spreading fake accusations against the Ukrainian military. He supports the rhetoric about the 'collective West' allegedly trying to destroy russia, which is one of the key messages of kremlin propaganda.
He actively spreads false information about losses among the Ukrainian military, exaggerates the successes of the russian army and creates the illusion of invulnerability of russian troops, and promotes the narrative of the alleged presence of Western biolabs on the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, he openly calls for an escalation of the war and supports russia's tough military tactics. His messages often contain elements of intimidation and threats against Ukraine and NATO countries.
He pays special attention to discrediting Ukraine's defense initiatives and international military assistance, promoting messages about the 'ineffectiveness of Western weapons' and the 'inevitability of russia's victory', which is consistent with the kremlin's information campaign strategy.
In his blog on RUTUBE, he calls for fundraising for military support of the russian invaders, distributing relevant video appeals.
His activities are part of the kremlin's large-scale information war aimed at justifying armed aggression against Ukraine, undermining the unity of Western allies and demoralizing Ukrainian society.

A propagandist and war correspondent who actively spreads kremlin disinformation and generates anti-Ukrainian narratives aimed at justifying russia's war against Ukraine and legitimizing the crimes of the russian army.
Kulaga is known for his information and subversive activities on his Telegram channel, where he systematically publishes materials discrediting the military and political leadership of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and international partners. In his publications, he promotes key kremlin theses about the ‘need for a special operation’ and ‘protection of the russian-speaking population’ in an attempt to justify russia's military aggression.
He pays special attention to spreading fakes about alleged 'strikes of the Ukrainian armed forces on civilians', manipulating facts and accusing Ukraine of aggression against its own people. His rhetoric is fully in line with the kremlin's official narratives of 'demilitarizing Ukraine' and ' fight against NATO'.
In addition, he is involved in creating reports from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, where he justifies the actions of the russian occupiers and advocates the idea of 'further integration of these territories into the russian federation'.
His activities bear all the hallmarks of information and subversive activities aimed at demoralizing Ukrainian society and discrediting international support for Ukraine.

She is one of the key figures in russian propaganda, directly contributing to the formation of public opinion through her activities and public appearances, exerting information and psychological influence through the dissemination of disinformation, justifying russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and russia's occupation of Ukrainian territories, and spreading narratives favorable to the kremlin, including those aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian government and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
She is "рutin's favorite TV presenter" and since 1997 has been the "face" of the Vremya program on the all-russian federal TV channel First, a key information mouthpiece for official kremlin narratives.
Andreeva uses anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, spreads typical kremlin propaganda, manipulates socially important information and distorts facts about events on the battlefield, supports russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, рutin's policy and the kremlin regime, personally preparing the main canvas, eyeliner, and editing the news of the Vremya news program. She stated that every representative of state television should support state policy.
In 2018, she openly supported russia's occupation of Ukrainian Crimea, stating that the peninsula "has always been russian" and that the return of Crimea to russia is a correction of historical injustice.
With the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Andreeva continued to actively support the official position of the kremlin, broadcasting anti-Ukrainian propaganda and justifying the war crimes of the russian federation. In her public speeches, she claimed to be fighting against "Nazism" in Ukraine, which is part of the kremlin's disinformation campaign. In particular, she expressed outrage at the growth of anti-russian sentiment in the world, comparing it to the rhetoric of the Third Reich, which only reinforces anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian narratives.
In 2024, she publicly called рutin the reincarnation of "Duke Arnolfini," emphasizing that the "Duke" was known as the collector" of Italian lands, "рutin's task is the right one. To preserve and multiply, to return". At the same time, Andreeva said that she had personally talked to рutin about this.
She repeatedly commented on the live broadcast of рutin's inauguration and was awarded and honored by рutin, which indicates her closeness to the kremlin regime.
She spoke out negatively against one of the tools of direct democracy - the participation of young people in meetings of russian citizens to express their position.
She has repeatedly visited the temporary occupied Crimea.
Regularly visits European countries and the UAE. Owns real estate in Montenegro.

He is one of the kremlin's key propagandists, formulating justifications for war crimes, inciting radical actions and legitimizing russian aggression. His activities are aimed at ideologically preparing russian society for a long-term war, religiously justifying violence and destroying Ukraine as a state.
It openly supports the armed aggression of the russian federation, the occupation of Crimea and plays an active role in the information war against Ukraine, spreading the kremlin's narratives about "fighting fascism" and "protecting the russian-speaking population". His media activities are aimed at justifying russia's war crimes, discrediting Ukraine and inciting hatred towards the Ukrainian people.
He heads the Spas TV channel, which is controlled by the russian Orthodox Church (rOC) and is used as an instrument of kremlin propaganda. In his broadcasts, he systematically spreads anti-Ukrainian rhetoric, justifies the occupation of Ukrainian territories and calls for support for the russian army.
In October 2022, on Solovyov Live, Korchevnikov said that russians who did not support the war were "garbage" and should be "purified", threatening them with "retribution from divine forces". In December of the same year, as part of the "War and the Bible" program, he justified the genocide, calling it "a God-pleasing cause" and "a test of faith".
Korchevnikov's rhetoric includes radical calls for the destruction of Ukraine. In his public speeches, he stated that "the project Ukraine has begun to die" and will end up even worse, and compared the country itself to "a corpse that is already being eaten by worms". He also called for ecocide as a result of the destruction of the Kyiv Dam, presenting it as a "divine punishment" for Ukrainians.
He pays special attention to discrediting the Ukrainian government, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukraine's international partners. It spreads theories about "external governance of Ukraine by NATO and the United States" and tries to provide a religious justification for the war.
Through its own social networks, it systematically raises funds for the needs of the russian armed forces, in particular for the russian military, which is fighting in Ukraine, and actively provides information support to fundraisers of other russian Z-publics.
He was included in the list of рutin's proxies in the 2018 and 2024 presidential elections.
In 2014, for his active participation in the information support of the occupation of Crimea, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, first class, "for high professionalism and objectivity in covering events in the Republic of Crimea".
In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Friendship for "great contribution to the development of the media and many years of fruitful activity" and received the russian government's media award for "contribution to the development of spiritual culture in the media".
He systematically visits the temporarily occupied Crimea, in particular, in March 2021 he became co-chairman of the board of trustees of the Cosmo-Damian Monastery in the temporary occupied Crimea near Alushta.
On March 19, 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Korchevnikov in absentia of suspicion of encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, justification, recognition of the legitimacy, denial of the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, glorification of its participants, committed with the use of the media and illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine.

He is one of the key figures in the kremlin's military-patriotic propaganda. Since 2015, he has been the general producer of the federal military-patriotic TV channel Zvezda, controlled by the russian ministry of defense, and has been their propaganda mouthpiece. Yanovsky is directly responsible for the creation and promotion of content in support of russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, thus contributing to the formation of anti-Ukrainian rhetoric in the russian information space, spreading disinformation about russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, and the preparation of biological and chemical weapons for use against russia.
The Zvezda TV channel under the leadership of Yanovsky systematically spreads disinformation and manipulations aimed at discrediting Ukraine and its Armed Forces. The channel's programs actively exploit typical kremlin propaganda narratives about the "illegitimacy of the Ukrainian government," "the spread of neo-Nazism in Ukraine," and "the protection of the russian-speaking population." Particular attention is paid to justifying russian war crimes and missile attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Under his leadership, the TV channel created stories that justified russian crimes in Bucha and Mariupol and shifted responsibility for them to Ukraine. In particular, Zvezda TV channel actively supports the fake version of the events in Bucha, where the war crimes of the russian army were presented as a "Ukrainian provocation". Such information campaigns are aimed at undermining international support for Ukraine and justifying russian armed aggression.
The channel also actively disseminates propaganda theses about the "collective West" as russia's main enemy, and promotes ideas about the need to "denazify" Ukraine. These theses are synchronized with the kremlin's statements and serve as a justification for a "special military operation."
It plays an important role among the participants in the information war aimed at justifying the russian occupation and delegitimizing the Ukrainian government. His activities play a significant role in supporting the kremlin's information campaign aimed at creating justifications for the continuation of hostilities and undermining confidence in Ukraine's Western partners.
Yanovsky is a screenwriter of TV series, author of books on military and military-intelligence topics aimed at glorifying the USSR military, the armed forces and law enforcement agencies of the russian federation, dedicated to the confrontation with foreign intelligence agents, as well as historical topics covering the life and glorifying the exploits of "russian grand princes and kings" and the Primates of the russian Orthodox Church.
He was awarded the departmental medal of the ministry of defense of the russian federation "For Strengthening the Combatant Commonwealth", which is awarded in russia to military personnel and civilian personnel of the armed forces of the russian federation for achievements in the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of international military cooperation and military-technical cooperation of the russian federation with foreign states and international organizations, as well as other citizens of the russian federation and foreign citizens who assist in solving the tasks assigned to the armed forces of the russian federation.
As part of the awards ceremony for journalists at the all-russian public-state organization russian Military History Society, founded by putin in 2012, Yanovsky was recognized by former Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky for creating a historical film about one of the "great" russian princes.