Champions of terror

Manages the activities of the Federation of Computer Sports (FCS) in the temporarily occupied Kherson region.
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.
The Sports Center for the Development of Esports and Sports Programming, headed by Ivanov, conducts training in quadcopter control and drone racing for schoolchildren in the temporarily occupied Kherson region of Ukraine.
As part of its activities, it cooperates with the occupation authorities.

Russian businessman and sports figure. Former founder and leader of the so-called Podolsk organized criminal group known as Luchok. A former paratrooper with the rank of senior sergeant.
He has close ties with government officials, functionaries and law enforcement officials in Moscow region. In particular, the co-founder of the Vityaz sports club network is Lalakin's accomplice in the Podolsk OCG, and now a member of the State Duma and Vice President of the russian Paralympic Committee, Chairman of the Board of the All-russian Federation of Sports for People with Musculoskeletal Disorders and a member of the Executive Committee of the russian Hockey Federation, Boris Ivanyuzhenkov.
The Heritage Charitable Foundation, controlled by Lalakin, provides humanitarian aid to the so-called "members of the SMO."
The Vityaz football club, which Lalakin oversees, holds friendly matches with schoolchildren from the temporarily occupied Donetsk as part of the Children of russia for Children of Donbas project, and in March 2022 held a campaign in support of the russian army called "Zа правду #своихнебросаем" ("For the Truth #We Don't Abandon Our Own)".
Other sports organizations controlled by Lalakin include the Podolsk Tennis Academy.
Lalakin has received a number of state awards, including the medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, second class, the Order of Friendship, the medal for Loyalty to Duty and the Fatherland, the honorary badges for the Revival of russia, highest, first and second class, the Order of the Presidential Star, letters of commendation and certificates from putin, and has been awarded the personalized watch of the russian president, the orders of General of the Army Margelov and Loyalty to the Paratrooper Brotherhood.

He actively supports putin's policies, russia's war against Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea.
She is a member of the putin Team movement, which supports putin in the presidential election.
In 2024, she put up for sale two Olympic gold medals on her official website (as of January 2024, the value of each medal was 60 million rubles), the proceeds of which she intends to donate to the needs of the so-called "participants of the SMO," their families and rehabilitation, as well as to the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation.
In the context of the suspension of russian athletes from international competitions, she accused the international sports system of politicizing sports and stated the need to move to the Soviet system of sports.