Champions of terror

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.

Chechen statesman and sports figure.
He is a close uncle and a close associate of putin's associate and head of the Chechen Republic ramzan kadyrov.
He was included in the list of putin's confidants in the 2024 presidential election. He personally accompanied putin during his visit to the Chechen Republic in August 2024.
He was awarded the medal "For the Liberation of Crimea".
He is the initiator and organizer of the annual All-russian weightlifting tournament "In Memory of the First President of the Chechen Republic, Hero of russia A.A. Kadyrov", which is held with the support of ramzan kadyrov.
The Weightlifting Federation of the Chechen Republic, under the leadership of Magomed Kadyrov, is the executor of government orders worth RUB 2 million in 2023.

He publicly supports putin and his policies, cooperates with the occupation authorities of the so-called LPR, and is a member of the so-called LPR Youth Parliament.
The Pobeda Leisure Center under Belikov's leadership conducts systematic propaganda activities in support of the actions of the occupation regime and the so-called "SMO," including the distribution of ribbons in support of the Day of Reunification of Donbas and Novorossiya with russia, the weaving of camouflage nets for the needs of the russian armed forces, and the Letter to a Soldier campaign as part of the Everything for Victory project.
He took an active part in youth organizations of the so-called "LPR" (Luhansk Youth Association, Youth Council under the mayor of Sverdlovsk and Sverdlovsk district). He has been repeatedly awarded certificates of merit for his activity in sports, military-patriotic, cultural and trade union events. In May 2018, he was awarded the gratitude of the so-called "head of the LPR" Leonid Pasichnyk "for high professionalism, many years of fruitful work, loyalty to duty, patriotism, active participation in trade union activities in the region, and significant personal contribution to the formation and development of the Luhansk People's Republic".
In 2024, as part of the delegation of the so-called LPR, he presented the "LPR's esports experience" at the international exhibition "russia" at VDNKh.
The branch of the russian Federation of Computer Sports (FCS) in the so-called LPR, led by Belikov, holds tournaments in which cadets and police officers participate.
In July 2023, the FCS initiated the creation of special military companies for eSports players 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 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 regional branch of the russian Federation of Computer Sports in the so-called "DPR" (FCS DPR) under Volkov's leadership closely cooperates with the All-russian socio-political movement "People's Front for russia" (under sanctions from the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine), created on putin's initiative to "move russia forward through joint efforts" and the All-russian public organization "People's Front. Youth Wing". In particular, the FCS of the DPR calls for joining the Cyber Squad, which was organized by the movement "People's Front for russia". In the description of the Cyber Squad community, it is stated that their goal is to combat russophobic statements, false information about the russian military, and calls for terrorism. Participants receive points for completing tasks, which they can then exchange for merchandise, additional tasks, and a premium Telegram subscription.
In July 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.

Russian state and sports functionary.
From June 2015 to February 2020, he held senior positions in the occupation government of Crimea (Deputy Minister of Internal Policy, Information and Communications of the Republic of Crimea - Head of the Internal Policy Department, First Deputy Minister of Internal Policy, Information and Communications of the Republic of Crimea, Minister of Internal Policy, Information and Communications of the Republic of Crimea).
Publicly supports the russian invasion of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea. Distributes "Z"-symbols, propaganda narratives and posts in support of russia's war against Ukraine.
He supports putin and his policies, and posted a campaign post in favor of putin on the social network VK during the 2024 presidential election.
In 2014, he was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Crimea" by the occupation authorities, and in 2015, he received a letter of thanks from the so-called "Head of the Republic of Crimea".
The Federation of Sports Programming of Crimea under Zyryanov's leadership receives grants from the State Committee for Youth Policy of the Republic of Crimea to implement its projects.
In April 2022, he took part in a propaganda event - the All-russian rally "For Peace! Labor! May!", ‘For a world without Nazism!’.
The Crimean Republican Branch of the Federation of Computer Sports (FCS Crimea), led by Zyryanov, systematically supports and distributes fundraising for the needs of the russian armed forces, in particular for the purchase of equipment, machinery and vehicles.
In July 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 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.

Participant in the Second Open Eastern European Qualifier for the Dota 2 The International 2024 World Championship.
In 2022, during a stream of the Dota 2 World Championship The International 11, together with another russian player KingR, he created the "Z" symbol in the game interface role selection menu. As a result of demonstrating the symbols of the russian invasion of Ukraine, both russian commentators were suspended from further participation in the russian-language broadcast of the championship.
In 2023, during a personal broadcast on Twitch, he stated that he supported his country.
He is a member of the russian Dota 2 team Ferzi ("ФЕРЗИ").

Participant in the Second Open Eastern European Qualifier for the Dota 2 The International 2024 World Championship.
In 2022, during a stream of the Dota 2 World Championship The International 11, together with another russian player Nongrata, he created the "Z" symbol in the game interface role selection menu. As a result of demonstrating the symbols of the russian invasion of Ukraine, both russian commentators were suspended from further participation in the russian-language broadcast of the championship.
He is one of the partners in the TOSS streaming project. He is a member of the russian Dota 2 team Ferzi ("ФЕРЗИ").