Champions of terror

Russian politician and sports figure.
He is a professional military officer with the rank of colonel in the reserve of the russian armed forces.
Using his membership in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), he lobbies for the interests of russian athletes in the international sports arena. In particular, it criticizes the requirements for russian athletes to condemn hostilities against Ukraine in order to be admitted to international competitions and calls such restrictions discriminatory, and states that russian athletes will never accept such conditions.
Currently, russian athletes of the russian Table Tennis Federation participate in international competitions as part of foreign clubs.
He is a member of the Organizing Committee for the preparation and holding of the World Friendship Games, an international competition launched as a russian alternative to the Olympic Games in response to the restrictions on the participation of russian athletes in the Olympic Games in Paris. The aim of the project is to demonstrate to the world russia's capabilities in holding sporting events at the highest level and to develop new formats of sports cooperation. The World Friendship Games project was presented at the largest forums "russia - CEF", "PMEF", "russia - Africa", "russia - Sports Power", and issues were separately resolved with the ministers of South Africa, China, Brazil and North Korea regarding the participation of athletes from their respective countries in the competitions.
In addition, Levitin also invited athletes from all countries to participate in the World Friendship Games during a meeting of the russian Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission.
Also as the first vice-president of the russian Olympic Committee, in September 2023, he made a statement of intent to establish cooperation with the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on the participation of russian and Belarusian athletes in the Asian Games in China.
In 2022, he called on large russian companies to continue to finance domestic sports at the same level under sanctions.
Along with other federal officials, he is a member of the board of trustees of the Sirius educational center headed by putin. One of Sirius's activities is the intensive training, development and further professional support of gifted children in sports disciplines, including hockey, figure skating and chess.

As a senior coach of the russian women's biathlon team, he criticizes the requirements for russian athletes to condemn hostilities against Ukraine in order to be allowed to participate in international competitions and equates fulfilling these requirements with betrayal of the country.
Publicly expresses support for Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In particular, in the context of the so-called "SMO", he stated: "Our cause is right, the enemy will be defeated, victory will be ours."
He is a coach of the winter sports team of the Central Sports Club of the russian Army (CSKA).
CSKA regularly provides active assistance to the military and veterans of the so-called "combat zone" by purchasing and delivering special equipment, FPV drones, generators and humanitarian supplies to the front, provides military-patriotic education for children and youth, organizes and conducts sports and patriotic events and promotes international cooperation, in particular within the framework of the World War Games project.
In January 2023, he was awarded the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, for "ensuring the successful training of athletes who achieved high sports achievements at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games 2022 in Beijing (People's Republic of China)."

He supports putin's policies and has been his proxy in the presidential election since 2018, and is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election. Оn his own Telegram account, he systematically publishes posts congratulating putin on his birthday.
In June 2023, he publicly supported putin during the Wagner PMC mutiny, calling for "unity of the people, solidarity with the president and support for the course taken."
He criticizes the decision to ban russian athletes from international competitions, calling such restrictions discriminatory.
In 2023, he was elected Ambassador of the Republic of Crimea (TOT of Ukraine) in the field of physical culture and sports at the international exhibition-forum "russia". In addition, as part of his cooperation with the occupation authorities of Crimea, through his own company Naslediye, he is implementing a number of projects to build ice sports training centers in the temporarily occupied Simferopol, Kerch and near Yevpatoriya.
He is a trainer and producer of the TV show "Ice Age" on the federal Channel One, where in 2022 he presented a speech dedicated to the so-called "SMO".
He is the founder and head of a number of commercial companies engaged in entertainment and sports activities, including patriotic and propaganda activities, which are supported by the russian government and the presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.
In March 2024, Averbukh performed an anniversary show for the families of the so-called "SMO" participants, "Together and Forever 20 Years of Success".
He regularly visits the temporarily occupied Crimea.

He supports putin's policies and russia's war against Ukraine by spreading kremlin propaganda narratives. In particular, he posted a video on his Instagram account with putin at a concert rally held in March 2022 in honor of the anniversary of russia's annexation of Crimea, titled "For peace without nazism! For russia! For the president".
As a functionary of international sports federations, he lobbies for the interests of russian athletes in the international sports arena. In particular, he criticizes the requirements for russian athletes to condemn hostilities against Ukraine in order to be admitted to international competitions and calls such restrictions humiliating and discriminatory, and accuses international federations of politicizing sports.
In addition, in 2023, Agapitov, as the head of the FTAR, proposed to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) an alternative version of the declaration for the admission of russian athletes, which consists in the absence of any political distinctions between athletes.
He publicly expressed his views on the obligation of athletes and all citizens of the russian federation "to fulfill their duty honestly when they receive a call-up to the army".

Participant of the World Combat Sambo Championships in Yerevan (Armenia) in 2024.
He is a member of the russian national combat sambo team.
He holds the rank of senior police sergeant.
He regularly participates in sports competitions in support of the russian army and law enforcement agencies. In particular, in June 2023, he participated in the All-russian tournament in memory of the Krechet riot police in Ulan-Ude, in 2024 - in the Championship of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of russia, a participant in the International tournament in professional combat sambo "Fatherland. For the Victory" and the International Professional Combat Sambo Tournament ‘Battle of Champions 4’ in support of the russian army in October 2024.
In the summer of 2022, he visited the temporarily occupied Crimea as a member of the russian national team as part of a training camp at the Krym-Sport sports base in Feodosia.

Russian politician and sports figure.
He led the russian national team in the Pravda Boxing league boxing tournament, which included a match between russia and Argentina, and took part in the Professional Boxing Night with athletes from Belarus, Tajikistan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2024, as well as in the mass sports and fitness project "Follow Me" as part of the international boxing tournament "Eurasian Cup Dauria" in August 2024.
In 2022, he declared his readiness to fight against Ukraine, emphasizing that this is the only way to prove his love for his homeland.
He is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
He works closely with the Northern Landing community, one of the activities of which is to support russian soldiers in the so-called "SMO" zone, provide them with the necessary resources and systematically raise funds for the needs of the russian armed forces.
It cooperates with the occupation authorities of the so-called "LPR" within the framework of the Donbas integration program into russia with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth of the russian federation. As part of the program, athletes of the Boxing Federation of the so-called "LPR" take part in the annual interregional boxing tournament "Ruslan Provodnikov Cup".
In February 2023, he visited the temporarily occupied Luhansk region of Ukraine as an honored guest of sports events of the so-called "LPR".

He represents russia in the International Esports Federation (IESF). Smith's responsibilities include strategic management of the russian Federation of Computer Sports (FCS), interaction with government authorities and partners, and supervision of national-level competitions.
Taking advantage of the regulatory unregulated position of international esports tournaments in terms of their organization, broadcasting, and financing, russia is trying to occupy the esports niche to legalize russia's presence and promote its narratives and exert influence in the international arena, including through the FCS.
The FCS has received the support of putin, who at the 2023 Eastern Economic Forum asked state-owned IT companies to pay attention to esports and support it. In return, the FCC complies with all the orders of the president of the russian federation, in particular, it monitors information in video games for compliance with the laws of the russian federation.
In July 2023, the FCS, under Smith's leadership, initiated the creation of special military companies for esportsmen who could join the russian armed forces as operators of UAVs and other sophisticated combat systems to participate in the war against Ukraine.
In May 2024, the FCS announced that russian esports players would not participate in the World Cup qualifiers due to the ban on using the country's flag.
The FCS under Smith's leadership operates, among other things, in the temporarily occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine.

As a member of the Board of the International Esports Federation (IESF), he is an expert in leadership in the field of IESF strategy management.
At the same time, he holds senior positions in companies affiliated with the sanctioned russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov (IKS Holding LLC, Megafon PJSC, Digital Invest LLC).
From 2018 to 2022, he headed the russian esports holding ESforce Holding as CEO, responsible for the strategic development of all organizations of the holding: the esports club Virtus.pro, tournament organizer Epic Esports Events, broadcast studio RuHub, media portal Cybersport.ru, Yota Arena complex, etc.
In 2020, he was recognized as the most influential person in CIS esports according to the joint rating of Forbes and Sports.ru.
From 2020 to November 2021, he was a member of the Board of the European Federation of Esports.
As the Chairman of the Board of the russian Computer Sports Federation (FCS), he promoted the granting of the FCS with the powers of an all-russian sports organization in the sport of computer games.
In 2023, the FCS initiated the creation of special military companies for esportsmen who would be able to join the russian armed forces as operators of UAVs and other sophisticated combat systems to participate in the war against Ukraine.
Taking advantage of the unregulated situation of international esports tournaments in terms of their organization, broadcasting, and financing, russia is trying to occupy the esports niche to legalize russia's presence and promote its narratives and influence in the international arena, including through the FCS.

He is a player and former captain of the Virtus.pro team (russia). Until 2020, he worked as an analyst at the RuHub esports studio.
On the stream of the LGD vs KS match (timecode: 2:38:17), he said hello to the 29th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the russian federation for the donation.
He is positioned as a content maker, reviewer, and author of numerous video guides, an audio podcast, and a number of publications and articles on Dota and Dota 2. Kuznetsov's streams are broadcasted, among other things, to an international audience.
In the fall of 2022, he took part in the Next World Forum international conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, dedicated to the development of gaming and esports in the world.
He publicly criticized the organizers of the Gamers Galaxy: Dota 2 Invitational Series Dubai 2022 for their requirement for the russian team to play without reference to a specific club and country and called such restrictions incitement to hatred between countries and peoples.

Regular participant in international esports tournaments. Player of the first team of Virtus.pro (rf) from 17.11.2021 to 01.05.2022.
In April 2022, during a match at the DPC EEU 2021/22 Tour 2: Playoffs, he drew the letter "Z" on the mini-map of the Dota 2 game interface. As a result of the demonstration of the symbols of the russian invasion of Ukraine, the Virtus.pro team was disqualified from the tournament, and Moskalenko was expelled from the team due to the threat of reputational risks.
In May 2022, he signed a contract with Entity Gaming (India).
Since December 2022, he has been a member of the BetBoom Team (russia), and under the terms of the esports player lease agreement, he played for Tundra Esports (United Kingdom).

International russian sports official known as a friend of putin.
Since 2017, he has been a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
He supported putin in the presidential pseudo-elections and participated in the process of his nomination for another presidential term.
Repeatedly played with putin on the same team in the Night Hockey League, a sports organization founded on putin's initiative, and declared "a great honor to play in the same triplets as the president of the largest and most powerful country in the world." In 2018, he received personal congratulations from putin on the birth of his daughter.
In 2016, he officially renounced his American citizenship and returned to russia.
He is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Central Sports Club of the russian Army (CSKA), which is subordinated to the Ministry of Defense.
CSKA regularly provides active assistance to the military and veterans of the so-called "SMO" by purchasing and delivering special equipment, FPV drones, generators and humanitarian supplies to the front, conducts military-patriotic education of children and youth, organizes and conducts sports and patriotic events and promotes international cooperation, in particular within the framework of the World War Games project.
In 2021, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree, "for his significant contribution to the development of physical culture and sports, many years of conscientious work."
In 2023, he was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky "for ensuring the successful training of athletes who achieved high sports achievements at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games in 2022 in Beijing (China)."
In the context of the suspension of russian athletes from international competitions, he said that russians should be respected.
As a member of the Council of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), he lobbies for the interests of russia in the international sports arena.

Actively supports putin's policies, officially endorsed his candidacy for the presidential election, and provided information support for his 2024 election campaign.
She holds the first title in the history of russian sports, "russian Elite Bench Press" in the professional women's division.
Thanks to her sporting achievements, she has gained wide popularity on the world stage and has become a social media star, earning the unofficial title of "the strongest girl on the planet."
She actively used her popularity to establish international relations, lobby for russian interests, and maintain the reputation of russian sports abroad, in particular in the North Korea, Germany, and Moldova. The media called Naumova's activities "children's diplomacy."
She publicly supports russia's war against Ukraine by spreading kremlin propaganda narratives.
Since 2014, she has been providing information and material support to the russian military and separatist armed groups, justifying russia's military aggression, covering military operations on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the russian government, glorifying russian war criminals, and actively spreading disinformation and propaganda about the war against Ukraine in accordance with the kremlin's narratives.
He cooperates with the project "People's Front. Everything for Victory" project, systematically raises funds for the needs of the russian military and supplies technical military equipment and humanitarian aid to the front.
In 2022, she completed a course for military correspondents of the Wagner PMC, a non-corporate, non-governmental military organization responsible for the collection, training, and sending of mercenaries to Ukraine.
She works as a military commissar on the federal channel Pervyi, is a presenter and correspondent of the special project "My zhivy", dedicated to the residents of the so-called DPR/LPR, as part of the socio-political talk show "Vremya Pokazhet".
He received the award "For Merit to the Republic" of the so-called "DPR" with the wording "for fruitful state and public activities, special merits in humanitarian and charitable activities, protection of human dignity and rights of citizens of the Donetsk People's Republic", and has the status of an honorary citizen of the so-called "DPR".
He regularly visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine as part of his reporting activities.