Kremlin Mouthpieces

He systematically supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime. On February 24, 2022, he called for russia's recognition of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" and supported russia's invasion of Ukraine, and has repeatedly criticized russian cultural figures who left russia because of the war against Ukraine. Publicly calls for the occupation of the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv by russia. He has been officially supporting putin in the elections since 2012 and is his permanent confidant. He is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election. In 2018, he was a confidant of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergei Sobyanin. Until January 2024, he was the author of his own YouTube channel, Bisogon, with an audience of 1.47 million subscribers. In his videos, he actively spreads propaganda narratives and disinformation about Ukraine. In January 2023, in response to the sanctions imposed on him, he published an open letter to members of the Council of the European Union, where he repeated the main myths and narratives of russian anti-Ukrainian propaganda and praised putin. He has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied Crimea to participate in propaganda events in support of the war, as well as for commercial purposes. On March 4, 2022, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine arrested Mikhalkov in absentia and put him on the international wanted list "for encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine." He owns real estate in Italy, Spain and the Czech Republic.

Openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, supports russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime.
He systematically expresses support for the russian military and separatist armed groups, including through his own Telegram channel "DolgZ", justifies russia's military aggression against Ukraine, covers russia's military actions on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the russian government, glorifies russian war criminals, and actively spreads disinformation and propaganda about russia's war against Ukraine in accordance with the kremlin's narratives.
Since 2014, he has been the head of the Crimean bureau of VGTRK and covered the russian-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine, now he covers the so-called "SMO" and provides information support for fundraising for the needs of the russian armed forces.
Since April 2016, he has been the Chairman of the Public Council for the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge.
He is also a member of the Public Council at the russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Kaliningrad region.
He cooperates with the project "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project and raises funds for the needs of the russian military, in particular for quadcopters of various types, thermal imaging sights, conventional sights, optical equipment, radios, anti-drone guns, and cars.
In December 2024, he took part in the leading russian New Year's TV show "Goluboy ogonyok" on the VGTRK channel, where, as invited guests, he personally represented the military personnel of the russian armed forces who are or have been involved in the war against Ukraine. During the concert, these servicemen were honored by the hosts and participants, given the opportunity to make "military-patriotic" speeches and send greetings to their "colleagues" from the front.
He systematically stays in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in connection with his professional activities.

Systematically supports and justifies the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime, spreading typical narratives of kremlin propaganda.
He is the author of the term "russian Spring" and one of the authors of the "russian Donbas" doctrine, according to which the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" are proclaimed "national states of the russian people". He is also an active supporter of the so-called "Novorossiya", advocated open intervention of the russian federation in Ukraine.
He is known for his aggressive anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. In particular, in his public statements he called for the destruction of Ukraine as a state, stated that "if the choice arises between the victory of Ukraine and a global nuclear war, then a nuclear war is better" and that "Crimea must be finally "cleansed" of symbols of Ukrainian statehood". He is also a staunch supporter of military actions and spoke out against peace negotiations with the demand to capture Kyiv.
He is the host of the author's program "Kholmogory Carving" on Radio Sputnik, in which he regularly covers the chronicles of political events and russia's war against Ukraine in favor of the russian government, glorifies the russian military, manipulates socially important information and distorts facts related to events on the battlefield.
He is an expert of the Izbor Club - a community of experts studying the foreign and domestic policy of russia, one of the key tasks of which is "to promote the formation of a powerful political and ideological coalition of patriot-statesmen, an imperial front that opposes the manipulations carried out in russian politics by foreign centers of influence and the "fifth column" from within the country".
In 2020, he actively supported amendments to the russian constitution, which allowed putin to be re-elected for two more terms - in 2024 and in 2030.
He repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to participate in propaganda events.

Systematically supports and justifies the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime.
In 2024, he sent a request for service in the russian military unit "Bars Cascade".
In 2022, he supported the russian invasion of Ukraine and received russian citizenship. In his public statements, he calls the Ukrainian Crimea and Donbas russian.
In December 2023, he took part in the recording of the propaganda song "putin, Lukashenko, Kadyrov".
In 2014, he took part in a pro-russian rally in Donetsk and declared his support for the self-proclaimed so-called "DPR", in 2017 he received its citizenship and when he was presented with a passport, he said that he was proud to become its citizen.
Systematically visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to participate in propaganda events in support of the war and delivers aid to the russian military. In particular, in 2023, he purchased at his own expense and delivered a UAZ SGR car to the russian military in the so-called "DPR", in April 2023 he visited the temporarily occupied Volnovakha, where he performed poems about the russian Empire before the participants of the so-called "SMO", receiving a grenade from them as a gift, in March 2024 he visited russian military personnel in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine with a concert, and also handed them drones and humanitarian aid.
Owns a house in Greece.

Systematically supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime.
In March 2014, she supported the annexation of Crimea and signed a letter to putin in support of the annexation.
Regularly performs at pro-kremlin concerts, propaganda pro-war events in support of the russian war in Ukraine.
In 2016, she took part in the rally-concert "We are together" in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia. In 2017, she performed at the concert "Spring", dedicated to the "reunification of Crimea with the russian federation", in 2019 she took part in the concert dedicated to Victory Day in the city of Sevastopol.
In 2023, she performed a concert for the russian military at the Main Military Clinical Hospital of the National Guard of the russian federation, and also took part in the concert "Day of Knowledge with Stars in the kremlin", organized for families from the so-called "LPR" and "DPR", the TOT of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine, as well as families of servicemen participating in the so-called "SMO".
Systematically supports the russian military and their families, holds concerts for them, collects and transfers humanitarian aid to the russian Armed Forces.
In 2023, Gurtskaya joined the Parliamentary Coordination Group on the so-called "SMO", created by putin with the aim of constantly monitoring the provision of mobilized citizens of the russian federation, their receipt of payments and support measures by them and their family members. The group's tasks also include participation in information and explanatory work on mobilization training and mobilization, analysis of the state of work on patriotic education of youth, and preparation of proposals on the production of products necessary to meet the needs of all types of troops and military formations.
Officially supported putin's candidacy in the presidential elections, and since 2018 has been on the list of his confidants, a member of the All-russian public movement "People's Front "For russia"" (under sanctions from the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine), which was created at putin's initiative to monitor the implementation of his decrees/instructions and conduct campaign activities in the election processes. She is also a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential elections.
She joined the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate in the 2024 presidential elections.
In 2018, she was a confidant of the candidate for mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin.
She has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied Crimea to participate in propaganda events in support of the war and for commercial purposes.

Openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, supports russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime. He was included in the list of putin's proxies in the 2024 presidential election.
On his own Telegram channel with a total audience of over 215 thousand users, he called for the speedy "accession" of the temporarily occupied part of Ukraine to russia.
He systematically expresses support for the russian military and separatist armed groups, justifies russia's military aggression against Ukraine, covers russia's military actions on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the russian government, glorifies russian war criminals, and actively spreads disinformation and propaganda about russia's war against Ukraine in accordance with the kremlin's narratives.
Since 2023, he has been the head of the Donetsk editorial office of VGTRK rossiya, covering the so-called "SMO" and preparing commissioned and staged stories from the temporarily occupied Donbas.
He cooperates with the project "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project and raises funds for the needs of the russian military, in particular for quadcopters, electronic warfare equipment against drones, thermal imagers, complete tactical first aid kits, drone control kits, tablets, off-road vehicles, and other military equipment.
In 2020, he received the Order of Merit for the Republic from the so-called "DPR government".
In August 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Rudenko in absentia of suspicion of encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, justification, recognition of the lawfulness, denial of russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, glorification of its participants and collaboration.
In December 2024, he took part in the leading Russian New Year's television show "Goluboy ogonyok" on the VGTRK channel, where, as invited guests, he personally represented the military personnel of the russian armed forces who are or have been involved in the war against Ukraine. During the concert, these servicemen were honored by the hosts and participants, given the opportunity to make "military-patriotic" speeches and send greetings to their "colleagues" from the front.

As the editor-in-chief of the NTV channel, she is responsible for spreading propaganda and disinformation about the war against Ukraine.
Supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and glorifies the war crimes of the occupiers. Thus, in June 2024, Kosharnitskaya said that the NTV cameraman who died in Ukraine was buried "with military honors on the Alley of Fame of the Heroes of SMO".
In February 2024, she took part in a meeting with the head of the Investigative Committee of russia, Alexander Bastrykin, dedicated to covering the work of russian investigators in the so-called "SMO" zone.

Systematically supports the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime.
She is a well-known supporter of putin, has been repeatedly awarded and marked by him personally, which indicates her closeness to the kremlin regime. She supported putin's candidacy in the 2024 presidential elections, and since 2018 has been his constant confidant, and has joined the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate in the 2024 presidential elections.
She is a member of the All-russian public movement "People's Front "For russia"" (under sanctions from the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine), which was created at the initiative of putin in order to monitor the implementation of his decrees/instructions and conduct campaign activities in electoral processes.
She actively participates in propaganda concerts and became rich from the execution of state contracts during the war. In particular, in 2015 she participated in the rally-concert "We are Together", dedicated to the anniversary of the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, in March 2022 she gave a free concert for residents of the so-called "LPR" and "DPR", also in 2022 she spoke to the participants of the so-called "SMO" at the 32nd Central Naval Clinical Hospital, expressed words of gratitude and pride "for the heroism shown during the special operation", took part in a concert in honor of the day of the so-called "DPR" in temporarily occupied Donetsk. In 2023, she published a video message congratulating the participants of the so-called "SMO" on Defender of the Fatherland Day. She participates in the annual festival-competition of the patriotic song "Soldier's Envelope".
In addition, since 2022, with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, in partnership with federal bodies and government agencies, she has been implementing the project "Larysa Dolina Music Academy".
In the fall of 2022, among other pro-government russian pop stars who support russian aggression against Ukraine, she took part in the recording of the song and propaganda clip "We Will Rise".
Systematically holds concerts in support of the russian military, residents of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR".
In September 2024, she took part in the concert-rally "russia, Donbas, Novorossiya: Together Forever!".
In December 2024, she took part in the leading russian New Year's television show "Goluboy ogonyok" on the VGTRK channel featured as invited guests military personnel of the russian armed forces who are or have been involved in the war against Ukraine. During the concert, these servicemen were honored by the hosts and participants, given the opportunity to make "military-patriotic" speeches and send greetings to their "colleagues" from the front.
Regularly visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to participate in propaganda events in support of the war and for commercial purposes.
Owns two apartments in Jurmala (Latvia). Dolina's brother lives in the USA.

He is known as one of putin's favorite artists.
He has systematically supported russia's armed aggression against Ukraine since 2014 and publicly expresses his respect and affection for putin. He glorifies the war crimes of the occupiers, supports putin's policies and the kremlin regime.
On June 14, 2023, during a press conference of the russian media holding russian Media Group at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, together with Nikolai Baskov, Elena Severgina, Yulia Baranovskaya and the head of the russian Media Group, Vladimir Kiselev, he announced the decision to pay the russian military a cash reward of 700 thousand/1 million rubles for the destruction of Leopard 1/Leopard2 battle tanks that were transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Western partners. The russian military received certificates for this award in November 2023 at the Golden Gramophone national music award ceremony. Lespveridze posted a video on the Internet confirming the delivery of the certificates with the promised reward.
He has repeatedly performed at mass events in support of the occupiers. In particular, on March 18, 2015, he took part in the concert "We are together!" dedicated to the anniversary of russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and on March 18, 2018, he spoke at the rally-concert "russia. Sevastopol. Crimea" in Moscow, and on March 18, 2022, at a rally-concert dedicated to the anniversary of russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea at the Luzhniki Stadium. On April 12, 2022, he held a charity concert under the slogans "For russia" and "For Peace without Nazism" in support of the war against Ukraine and the russian military. In the fall of 2022, together with other pro-government russian pop stars who support russia's aggression against Ukraine, he took part in the filming of the song and propaganda video "We Will Arise". On February 22, 2023, he took part in a rally-concert in support of russia's war against Ukraine, performing on stage with putin. On March 18, 2024, he performed at a pro-government rally-concert dedicated to the tenth anniversary of russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea and putin's victory in the presidential election.
In December 2024, she took part in the leading russian New Year's television show "Goluboy ogonyok" on the VGTRK channel featured as invited guests military personnel of the russian armed forces who are or have been involved in the war against Ukraine. During the concert, these servicemen were honored by the hosts and participants, given the opportunity to make "military-patriotic" speeches and send greetings to their "colleagues" from the front.
In July 2022, he was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the russian federation for his "great contribution to the development of pop art." He has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine with concerts in support of the occupation authorities and the kremlin regime. In particular, on August 10, 2014, he held a concert in Yalta, on June 12, 2015, he performed in Crimea on the occasion of the Day of russia, on July 19, 2019, he took part in the bike show of the Night Wolves motorcycle club on the Sevastopol-Yalta highway, on September 08, 2020, he performed in Donetsk at concerts dedicated to the "Day of Liberation of Donbas" and on May 11, 2022, in support of the so-called "DPR". In August 2023, he performed in the temporarily occupied Crimea at the Tavrida-Art festival. On March 28, 2023, together with the russian Presidential Ombudsman for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova and the head of the so-called "DPR" Denis Pushilin, he visited the Donetsk Republican Trauma Center. In particular, Lepsveridze visited the russian military with a concert in the hospital and received the Order of Merit for the Republic, III degree. In July 2024, as part of the Slavic Bazaar in Vitebsk international art festival, Alexander Lukashenko personally presented Lepsveridze with the festival's main prize, the special award of the President of the Republic of Belarus "Through Art to Peace and Mutual Understanding."
On March 3, 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Lepsveridze in absentia of suspicion of financing actions committed with the aim of forcibly changing or overthrowing the constitutional order or seizing state power, changing the boundaries of the territory or state border of Ukraine and justifying, recognizing as lawful, denying the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, glorifying its participants.

Systematically supports and verifies the brutal aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, russia’s annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin’s policies and the kremlin regime, glorifying the participants of the so-called "SMO".
Regularly conducts selection points for military service under contract and provides informational support to the activities of russian mobility centers on the official Telegram channel.
It took part in putin's election campaign during the presidential elections in 2024. In 2018, Sergei Sobyanin was the candidate’s entrusted special candidate to the Mayor of Moscow.
And the author of the official anthem of russia for 2024. With the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the project "Head of the Family" is being implemented, dedicated to the initiative of putin, designated 2024 by the fate of the family in the russian federation.
The birth of 2023 took the fate of the propaganda display in the image of the Fatherland Mother with the powerful patriotic song "For us!" at the international exhibition forum "russia" near Moscow and near the occupied Crimea.
In the beginning of 2022, the rock performed in Ryazan at a Yuletide concert for residents of Donbass who arrived in the region, as part of an all-russian campaign to support the so-called "DPR" and "LPR"; in 2023, the party took part in the concert in the time-occupied Donetsk.
At the leaf fall of 2023, as the presenter of the ceremony of the national music award "Golden Gramophone" together with Volodymyr Kiselov took part in the presentation of russian military certificates for penny grapes for the installation of Leopard 1/Leopard2 combat tanks, which were transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by foreign partners.
On the 18th of February 2024, fate took part in a successful rally-concert dedicated to the ten-fold annexation of Ukrainian Crimea by russia and the victory of putin in the presidential elections. Infant 2024 performed at a concert for members of the so-called "SMO" and their families.
Systematically conducts the temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine to participate in propaganda approaches to fuel the war, as well as through commercial activities.

As the editor-in-chief of the russia 24 TV channel and deputy general director of VGTRK, he is responsible for disseminating propaganda and disinformation about the war against Ukraine. Among other things, the russia VGTRK channel broadcasts the socio-political propaganda talk show 60 Minutes with hosts Olga Skabeeva and Yevgeny Popov. In the TV show, the hosts manipulate socially significant information, systematically disseminate typical narratives of kremlin propaganda, fakes and disinformation about Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, discredit the Ukrainian authorities, resort to nuclear blackmail and threats to NATO member countries. In May 2024, Bekasov took part in the All-russian competition-award named after the war correspondent of russia 24 Boris Maksudov as a member of the jury. Bekasov personally presented awards to the winners - russian war correspondents. In February 2024, he took part in a meeting with the head of the Investigative Committee of russia Alexander Bastrykin, dedicated to covering the work of russian investigators in the so-called "SMO" zone. In 2023, Bekasov visited the Educational and Methodological Center for Military-Patriotic Education of Youth "Avangard", which carries out the so-called "military-patriotic" education of the youth of the TOT of Ukraine and prepares them for service in the armed forces of russia, holds meetings of children with the so-called "heroes of the SMO", officially cooperates with the occupation authorities of the so-called LPR, provides information support to russian military service agencies and military educational institutions on his page on the social network VK.

Systematically supports and justifies the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by russia, putin's policy and the kremlin regime, spreading typical narratives of kremlin propaganda.
He is a member of the management of the russian federal TV channel "REN TV", which spreads pro-kremlin narratives, fakes about Ukraine and manipulates socially significant information.
He is the author of numerous fakes and disinformation about "biological weapons from the DNA of Ukrainian soldiers", "front-line escorts of Zaluzhny", "introduction of donor blood from HIV-infected people to soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine", "descendants of Nazis among officials in Kyiv", etc.
In 2022, he received 7.5 million rubles from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives for the implementation of the project "Charitable Creative Meetings: Conversations about the Most Important Things with Igor Prokopenko" - a series of lectures about the war against Ukraine, with which he visited, including the temporarily occupied Crimea.
He publicly campaigned for putin in the 2024 presidential elections, publishing his own photo from the polling station on his own account on the VK social network with the caption: "Was at the elections! Voted for putin! For victory!".