Kremlin Mouthpieces

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.
Has citizenship of the so-called "DPR" and "LPR".
In 2018, she was included in the list of putin's confidants in the presidential elections. She is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential elections. She is an ambassador of the "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project and one of the curators of fundraising for the needs of the so-called "SMO participants". In particular, at the beginning of 2023, with more than 50 million rubles collected under the supervision of Chicherina, the "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project purchased and transferred radio stations, repeaters, chargers, antennas, additional power batteries and other consumables to the russian military. In November 2024, Chicherina organized a fundraiser for electronic warfare equipment for the russian Armed Forces.
In March 2022, she personally participated in the removal of the Ukrainian flag from the city administration building in temporarily occupied Energodar and installed the russian flag in temporarily occupied Melitopol.
In January 2023, she published an appeal on her own YouTube channel in which she called on servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to surrender to the russian army and threatened Ukrainian military with concentration camps in Siberia. She regularly appears in propaganda videos and films, and speaks to russian military personnel. Chicherina's repertoire is characterized by a significantly pronounced military theme.
In 2015, she performed at a New Year's concert at the Lenin Palace of Culture in temporarily occupied Luhansk as part of a "charity" event organized by the all-russian motorcycle club "Night Wolves" (under sanctions by the EU, the US, Ukraine and Switzerland). The motorcycle club "Night Wolves" is a key supporter of the russian government, actively supports russian state propaganda in russia, russia's war against Ukraine and russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea, and is also closely associated with putin.
In 2016, together with the song and dance ensemble of the Central Military District of the russian Ministry of Defense, she performed for russian servicemen at the Khmeimim military base in Syria.
Collaborates with the song and dance ensemble of the Central Military District of the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation as part of the "Cultural Mobilization" project, in particular, performs for russian military personnel in training centers and at the front as part of creative "agitation and propaganda brigades".
In September 2022, she took part in the concert "We Do Not Abandon Our Own", organized by the all-russian public movement "People's Front "For russia" and dedicated to the referendum in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. She starred in the television film "Storm V Zakoni", dedicated to russian prisoners fighting in the assault companies of the so-called "SMO" and in the documentary film "Yulia Chicherina: "And We Will Stand".
In October 2022, by decree of putin, Chicherina was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the russian federation.
Regularly visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, where she performs concerts for russian servicemen at military bases and on the front line.
In October 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine reported Chicherina in absentia on suspicion of war propaganda, justification of russian aggression in Ukraine, encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, and illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine.

He systematically supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime, and declares his readiness to personally fight against Ukraine. He publicly expresses his support for the so-called "DPR" and its leaders. In November 2016, he filed an official application for citizenship of the so-called "DPR" and received a passport personally from the so-called "head of the republic" Zakharchenko. In 2022, he supported russia's invasion of Ukraine and organized the "patriotic" flash mob "Work, brothers". He is known for his aggressive anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. In particular, he states that the US and the EU are to blame for the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, advocates the preservation of "brotherly ties" between russians and Ukrainians, supports the annexation of Crimea to russia and military aggression against the Ukrainian people, calls Ukraine a historical incident, states that the Ukrainian cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa are russian territory, and Ukrainians are "the same russians, just Nazis." He is a permanent member of the Izborsk Club, a community of experts in the study of russian foreign and domestic policy, one of whose key tasks is "to promote the formation of a powerful political and ideological coalition of patriots-statesmen, an imperial front that opposes manipulations in russian politics by foreign centers of influence and the ‘fifth column’ from within the country." He was putin's confidant in the 2024 presidential election. He participated in the congress of the group that nominated putin for a new presidential term in December 2023. He regularly delivers humanitarian aid to the russian military personally. He was awarded the humanitarian badge "Donbass Volunteer" by the occupation authorities in 2016, the medal "Participant of the special military operation in Ukraine. For Courage" medal, the medal ‘For Participation in the Special Operation for Denazification and Demilitarization of Ukraine’ in 2022, the medal ‘Konstantin Simonov’ of the russian Ministry of Defense in 2023, the Order ‘For Merit to Zaporizhzhia Region’ of the first degree in 2023 "for significant personal contribution to the formation of the information space of Zaporizhzhia region, promotion of a positive image of the region, active civic position and patriotism", the Order of Friendship of the so-called ‘DPR’ in 2024 ‘for services to the people of the DPR and the government of the republic’, the medal ‘For Outstanding Contribution to the Development of the russian Cossacks’ in 2024 ‘for active support of the russian Orthodox Church, Cossacks defending the homeland and civilians on the front line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as for patriotic and spiritual and moral education of young people’. Okhlobystin's son is directly involved in russia's war against Ukraine.
On March 4, 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine notified Okhlobystin in absentia of suspicion of encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine, propaganda of war and justification, recognition of the legitimacy, denial of the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, and glorification of its participants.

He is an ardent supporter of putin's policies and russia's war against Ukraine. Through his own pages on social media, he promotes putin's policy and the so-called "military operation" in Ukraine.
Conducts active propaganda and touring work to form a convenient and favorable worldview of his audience for the kremlin elite regarding the perception and whitewashing of russian military (armed) aggression.
He conducts tours in support of "russia's victory in the Eastern Ukraine," raises funds for the purchase of weapons for the russian armed forces, including UAVs and sights for small arms. As part of the charity event, he handed over autographed guitars to the russian military.
In May 2023, he visited the 291st Guards Artillery Brigade of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District, thanked the russian military and gave them tickets to his concert as a sign of respect, and in return received a model of the brigade's main weapon and a thank you from the command.
In 2013, as a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense, he initiated and implemented his own project to create a "youth" version of the russian national anthem to promote state symbols among young people.
In 2023, with the financial support of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives and the Presidential Grants Fund, Gazmanov became the ideologist and artistic director of the Rodniki national competition of "patriotic" songs and is working on creating an online database of "patriotic" songs.
Under Gazmanov's leadership, the Rodniki project holds concerts for the russian military, organizes humanitarian aid collections to meet their needs, and cooperates with the All-russian Public Movement "People's Front for russia" (under sanctions from the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine) and the All-russian Public and State Movement of Children and Youth "Movement of the First".
Gazmanov also took part in propaganda rallies and concerts in honor of the anniversaries of the annexation of Crimea at Luzhniki Stadium in 2021-2022.
In the fall of 2022, among other pro-government russian pop stars who support russian aggression against Ukraine, he took part in the recording of the song and propaganda video "Let's Rise".
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.
He regularly visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to perform commercial concerts and propaganda activities in support of the war.
He owns real estate in Latvia and Italy.

Openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, glorifying the russian military, manipulating socially important information and distorting facts regarding events on the battlefield, supporting russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime.
Since 2014, he has covered the russian-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine, and since February 2022, he has joined the ranks of the illegal armed formation "Vostok" of the so-called "DPR", as part of which he takes a direct part in hostilities against Ukraine, and also covers events as a military correspondent, performing tasks for information support of the terrorist activities of the russian troops in combat zones on the territory of Ukraine.
He is a military correspondent purely formally, primarily being an agent of the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation. He coordinates almost all his actions, statements and texts with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the russian federation.
He is associated with the activities of the "Free City of Odesa" project, aimed at implementing a number of provocations and information sabotage in the Odessa region, which are supposed to demonstrate the alleged presence of the so-called "underground and reactive anti-Ukrainian sentiments of the population" in the region.
He is a frequent guest on the show "Evening with Vladimir Solovyov", where he speaks out about the events on the battlefield.
In June 2023, he took part in putin's meeting with military correspondents who carry out their activities in the so-called "SMO" zone.
In 2014, he was awarded the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" for "objective coverage of events in Crimea", as well as the medal "For the Return of Crimea".

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 also supported the so-called "referendums in the liberated territories" and the mobilization announced by putin.
He is the author and host of the program "International Sawmill" on the russian federal TV channel "NTV", and the program "Friday with Tigran Keosayan" on the radio "Sputnik", in which he regularly covers the chronicles of political events and the war of russia against Ukraine in favor of the russian government. He also actively participates in broadcasts and political talk shows.
He is known for his aggressive anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. In particular, in his public statements he discredits the Ukrainian authorities, calls Ukraine a part of russia and openly supports the executions of civilians by members of the Wagner PMC.
Together with his wife, TV presenter and propagandist Margarita Simonyan, he raises funds for the needs of the russian Armed Forces.
He is the director of the film "Crimean Bridge. Made with Love", which was shot in the temporarily occupied Crimea with the assistance of Arkady Rotenberg (under sanctions by all countries of the sanctions coalition). The film's budget was 175 million rubles, and the costs of its marketing support were 125 million. The box office collection of 70 million rubles indicates the propaganda purpose of the film, not a commercial one.
In April 2024, he received the title of Honored Artist of the russian federation for "a great contribution to the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity."
In January 2025, he was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the russian federation "for his contribution to the development of russian culture and art, and many years of fruitful work."

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, spreading the narratives of kremlin propaganda. In particular, he states that "all of Ukraine should become part of russia", that Kyiv is a "russian Ukrainian city", and also claims that "history itself puts russia at the center of world restructuring".
Since 2014, he has participated in the russian-Ukrainian war in Donbas as deputy commander of a special forces battalion for work with the personnel of the army of the so-called "DPR", and was also an advisor to the so-called "head of the DPR" Alexander Zakharchenko.
Since January 2023, he has been directly participating in the war against Ukraine as part of the special forces regiment "Oplot" of the National Guard of the russian federation as deputy commander for military-political work. He holds the military rank of lieutenant colonel.
He is one of the leaders of the "A Just russia - For the Truth" party, a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of the russian federation, a member of the Commission on Law and Order and Military Discipline of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation, and also joined the Council under the President of the russian federation for Culture and Art.
He 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 campaigning activities in election processes. Within the framework of the "People's Front "For russia" Prilepin created the project "Volunteers of Culture", which is engaged in "preservation of cultural heritage".
He manages the Zakhar Prilepin Foundation and, as part of its activities, systematically organizes fundraising for the needs of the russian Armed Forces and personally delivers humanitarian aid, equipment, special equipment for small arms - butts, collimators, handles, monoculars, sights and mounts, as well as quadcopters, tablets, special communication equipment, etc. to the russian military. The Zakhar Prilepin Foundation, together with the public movement "Bloggers' Council", initiated a fundraising campaign for the "Victory Tank" tank.
In 2020, he joined the working group to prepare proposals for amendments to the russian Constitution, which would allow putin to be re-elected for two more terms - in 2024 and 2030.
He joined the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
In addition, as part of the implementation of patriotic education measures, together with the all-russian public-state movement of children and youth "Movement of the First", the so-called "Lessons of Courage" are held, the program of which includes lectures, familiarization of children and youth with the exhibits of the museum of the so-called "SMO", disassembly-assembly of the Kalashnikov assault rifle, etc. In 2021, he was awarded a badge and a certificate of honor from putin for "a great contribution to strengthening russian statehood and active public activity", in 2023 - the Order of Courage for "courage and selflessness shown while fulfilling his civic duty", in 2024 he received the medal "For Strengthening Combat Solidarity" of the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation. He was also awarded the medals "For Courage" and "russian Special Forces", the badge of honor of the so-called LPR "For Humanitarian Assistance" and the badge "Volunteer of Donbass".

Openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, glorifying the russian military, manipulating socially important information and distorting facts regarding events on the battlefield, supporting russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime.
Has the military rank of senior lieutenant of the russian Armed Forces.
Since 2014, he has covered the russian-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine, currently covers the so-called "SMO", and also provides information support for fundraising for the needs of the russian Armed Forces.
He is an ambassador for the "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project and is raising funds for the needs of the russian military. In particular, he raised funds for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles, the purchase and repair of special equipment, including armored vehicles, ATVs and motocross motorcycles for UAV operators from the combined arms unit of the Southern Military District of the russian Armed Forces.
He is a member of the Public Council under the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation and a member of the Media Communications Commission of the Board of Trustees of the All-russian Public-State Organization "Voluntary Society for the Promotion of the Army, Aviation and Navy of russia", which systematically organizes and holds military and sports events at the TOT of Ukraine, publicly calls for military service under a contract on its official website.
In 2022, he became a member of the working group on the interaction of authorities and organizations on issues of mobilization training and mobilization, social and legal protection of participants in a special military operation and their family members.
In June 2023, he took part in putin's meeting with military correspondents who carry out their activities in the so-called "SMO" zone.
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.
He is the author of the documentary films "We are Donbas!" dedicated to foreign volunteers fighting against Ukraine in Donbas and "Crimea. My Spring" about the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea by the russian federation.
Systematically visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in connection with journalistic activities.

Openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, glorifying the russian military, manipulating socially important information and distorting facts regarding events on the battlefield, supporting russia's annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies and the kremlin regime.
He joined the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate in the 2024 presidential elections.
He is a member of the Central Headquarters 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. He is also a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential elections.
In addition, Kots is one of the key figures in the project "People's Front. All for Victory", within the framework of which he systematically raises funds for the needs of the russian military and supplies collimator sights, thermal imagers, tactical generators, communication equipment, drones, night cameras for FPV, etc. to the front.
In November 2022, by putin's decree, he was included in the Council under the President of the russian federation for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, in particular, in the temporary working group on the so-called "SMO". According to putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Kots "represents those who protect the rights of participants in the special operation in Ukraine".
In June 2023, Kots took part in putin's meeting with military correspondents who carry out their activities in the so-called "SMO" zone.
In 2014, he received the russian Ministry of Defense medal "For the Defense of Crimea" for loyal media coverage of the russian annexation of Ukrainian Crimea.
He is constantly in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea and the kremlin regime, and glorifies the war crimes of the occupiers by spreading propaganda narratives. In particular, he makes public disinformation statements that "Ukraine has been shelling Donbas for eight years," that "historical justice has been restored" after the reunification of Crimea with russia, and that people in the so-called "LPR" and "DPR" are defending their right to "speak their native russian language."
He is an ambassador of the project "People's Front. All for Victory" project, which systematically raises funds for the so-called ‘participants of the military operations’. Varley actively calls for support for the russian military.
Since 2014, she has been actively supporting putin's policies and his candidacy for the presidential election (officially). She was a member of the initiative group to nominate putin as a candidate for the 2024 presidential election. She is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
In 2018, she was a confidant of Moscow mayoral candidate Sergei Sobyanin.
She has repeatedly visited the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to participate in propaganda events in support of russia's war against Ukraine, as well as for commercial purposes.

He systematically supports russia's armed aggression against Ukraine and glorifies the war crimes of the occupiers, supports putin's policy and the kremlin regime.
She is actively engaged in propaganda and agitation activities, organizes numerous PR campaigns, events and concerts in support of the russian military and their families. In June 2022, she performed at a concert in honor of russia's Day in the temporarily occupied Kherson. On June 14, 2023, during a press conference of the russian media holding russian Media Group at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, she performed together with Nikolai Baskov, Grigory Lepsveridze, Yulia Baranovskaya, and the head of the russian Media Group and her husband, Vladimir Kiselev, announced the decision to pay the russian military a monetary reward of 700 thousand/1 million rubles for the destruction of Leopard 1/Leopard2 battle tanks that were transferred to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Western partners. The russian military received certificates for this award in November 2023 at the Golden Gramophone national music award ceremony.
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.
RMG, of which Severgina is a member of the board of directors, includes five radio stations: russkoe Radio, Monte Carlo, Hit FM, DFM, MAXIMUM radio, and the ru.TV music channel. The holding's stations represent different genres of music and target different audiences, which allows RMG to confidently hold leading positions in the market. Due to its wide audience, RMG regularly holds mass propaganda events, concerts, and actions in support of the so-called "separatist forces" and the annexation of Ukrainian territories. The radio station "russian Radio" launched the project "Agitation Brigades of russian Radio". As part of this project, russkoe Radio organizes concerts for the russian military in hospitals, military units, mobilization centers and frontline territories, including the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, and supplies humanitarian aid, special equipment and machinery to the russian armed forces.
He systematically visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to support the occupation authorities and the kremlin regime. In addition, Severgina and her son, who she shares with Kiselyov, delivered diesel generators to the Akhmat assault unit and "thanked the fighters for their selfless work and congratulated them on the New Year."
In March 2023, she received an award from the russian Ministry of Defense in the field of culture and art. In April 2023, she received a personal birthday greeting from putin.

He is a public opinion leader who publicly justifies and recognizes russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, the temporary occupation of Ukrainian territories, and promotes representatives of russian military formations and regular illegal gangs and mercenary groups created, controlled, managed and financed by russia.
In 2022, Bilyk condemned russia's invasion of Ukraine, and in 2023, due to the cancellation of his performance at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum due to the anti-war position of the "Beasts" band, he deleted all anti-war posts from social networks.
At the end of August 2023, Bilyk held a concert for the military of the "Cascade" operational-tactical group in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region of Ukraine.
The video of the performance was published by kremlin propagandist, "military correspondent" Semyon Pyegov on his Telegram account WarGonzo. In the video, Bilyk, wearing a helmet and military uniform, is on a tour in the rear of the territory of the self-proclaimed "DPR". At the same time, Bilyk also visited the temporarily occupied Mariupol, calling it a "liberated" city.
Ekaterina Stenyakina, a member of the russian State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, reacted to Bilyk's speech in Donbas, expressed her gratitude to him and called for taking an example from him. "He criticized the special operation. But today he is singing his songs at the front. I really expect other "stars" to do the same," she said.
Owns a villa on the island of Tenerife (Spain).

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.
Provides material and informational support to the russian military, interacts with volunteers, and raises funds for the needs of the russian military.
Is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential elections, an ambassador of the "Popular Front. Everything for Victory" project, and one of the curators of fundraising for the needs of the so-called "participants of the SMO" and the civilian population of the so-called "LPR" and "DPR".
As part of the "Help for the Children of Donbas" project, supports the illegal adoption of Ukrainian children forcibly deported from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
With the support of the Presidential Grants Fund and the All-russian Public Movement "Popular Front" implements the project "From Word to Deed" for schoolchildren in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.
Systematically visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.