Kremlin Mouthpieces

CEO and owner of the russian LLC Struktura Group of Companies, involved in information operations in the interests of the kremlin.
In 2022, Struktura Group of Companies LLC participated in the Doppelganger operation. The purpose of operation 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. As part of this operation, a network of more than 60 fake news sites was created that imitated popular Western media. These resources spread disinformation about russia's war against Ukraine and discredited international support for Ukraine.
The Doppelganger operation was carried out by a team of political strategists led by Tupikin and supervised by the first deputy head of the russian presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko.

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.

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.
On March 02, 2025, he took part in a meeting of the Deputy Minister of Defense of russia in charge of operations in Africa, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, with the President of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Arcange Touadera, and the Minister of National Defense and Army Reconstruction of the Central African Republic, Claude Ramo Biro, in Bangui, during which the parties agreed to expand cooperation in the defense and economic spheres.

He actively supports the kremlin's propaganda and aggression against Ukraine, and is directly involved in the implementation of the kremlin's information warfare aimed at shaping a negative image of Ukraine and strengthening russia's influence on a global scale.
He is the spokesman for the wagner group in the Central African Republic (CAR) and the founder and head of the russian "Commonwealth of Officers for International Security", which sent russian military instructors to the CAR. As the head of the COIS, he is the official representative of russian specialists working in the CAR.
In October 2021, he received a commendation from the National Assembly of the CAR for "assistance in the fight against armed gangs and terrorists."
He has repeatedly publicly accused Ukrainian advisers in the Sahel of working in the interests of France and thus opposing russia, and stated that "the Kyiv regime acts in this case as a pawn subject to Paris' decisions."

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".

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As the host of the Vesti program on the russia-1 TV channel owned by VGTRK, he has a significant influence on shaping public opinion in russia and abroad.
It publicly supports putin's policy and the occupation of Crimea, promotes anti-Ukrainian narratives and disinformation aimed at discrediting the Ukrainian government, and increases social tension among russian and international audiences.
In June 2022, in accordance with putin's decree, he received a cash prize of 1 million rubles on the occasion of the day of russia "for loyalty to the profession and the homeland".
In 2020, as part of the 60 Minutes program on the VGTRK channel, he broadcast a live report from a concert dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, in which he stated that Crimea is an important part of russia.
In 2014, he was awarded the medal "For Courage" for "high professionalism and objectivity in covering events in the Republic of Crimea".
Until 2015, he was a member of the journalistic pool of the president and prime minister of the russian federation, and repeatedly received commendations from the russian government for "active participation in covering the activities of the chairman of the government of the russian federation".
In 2016, he hosted "Direct Line with vladimir putin" and was awarded the Order of Friendship for "great services to the development of television and radio broadcasting, and many years of fruitful work".
He is the author of a number of complimentary documentaries on russian politicians, officials and elections in russia.