Champions of terror

Russia uses sport as a tool of propaganda and to circumvent sanctions
Total number:
148
Individuals
Updated: 03.04.2025
The participation of russian athletes in international competitions is a means of whitewashing russia`s reputation (sportwashing), spreading disinformation, justifying and legitimizing aggression against Ukraine among foreign audiences and demonstrating russia`s continued presence in the civilized world
Russian officials in international sports committees and federations remain a russian lobby and an element of strategic influence outside russia, providing ways to establish international relations and cooperation bypassing sanctions
What needs to be done:
  • suspend russian athletes from international competitions
  • exclude russian sports officials from international organizations
Sport should symbolize peace again
 
 
Total: 148
CHUDINOV Fedor Alexandrovich
CHUDINOV Fedor Alexandrovich
Russian boxer, Honored master of sports of russia, WBA International, WBA Continental, WBA Gold champion, Former WBA World Super Champion, Member of the All-russian political party "United russia", Member of the Council of Deputies of the Serpukhov City district, Moscow region, Member of the Council of Champions of the russian Boxing Federation
As a member of the russian Boxing Federation's Council of Champions, he actively cooperates with the Federal Service of the National Guard of the russian federation in organizing numerous military-patriotic and events for children and youth. In particular, in 2024, he took part in the large-scale sports event "Patriot's Forge" dedicated to the Day of the Defender of the Fatherland.
He is an ambassador of the All-russian public movement for the promotion of patriotic and sports education of citizens "Healthy Fatherland", which operates, among other things, in the TOT of Ukraine.
It cooperates with the occupation authorities of Crimea and Luhansk region, conducts propaganda activities in the TOT of Ukraine.
In particular, in May 2024, as part of the "Exercise marathon" at the "russia" exhibition, he held a sports event together with the so-called "Minister of Sports of the Republic of Crimea" Olga Toruparova and 400 athletes from the TOT of Crimea in the format of a teleconference.
Also in 2015, he held a fight in the TOT of Crimea, stating that "the whole of russia wins with him" and holding the fight in Sevastopol would add additional motivation to win.
In October 2024, he visited several cities in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, where, with the support of the Healthy Fatherland movement and the representative office of the All-russian public and political movement "People's Front "for russia" (under sanctions from the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine) in the so-called "LPR", he held propaganda sports events with Ukrainian children. In particular, he organized "master classes" in Starobilsk and Luhansk that contained elements of indoctrination and re-education.
In addition, in the summer of 2024, Chudinov also participated in an event to indoctrinate children illegally taken from the occupied territories of Ukraine to Moscow. In particular, he held a master class at the Moscow "Boxing Academy" for 16 teenagers from the temporarily occupied Kadiyivka, Yenakiyevo and Horlivka as part of a propaganda sports event organized by the russian Boxing Federation. During the event, Ukrainian children were dressed in uniforms with a russian flag on the chest and a large RUS inscription on the back.
He is a member of the All-russian motorcycle club "Night Wolves" (under sanctions by the EU, the US, Ukraine and Switzerland), which is a key supporter of the russian authorities, actively supports russian state propaganda in russia, the war against Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea, participates in russia's hybrid operations in Europe, and is closely associated with putin.
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CHERPITA Pavlo Valeriyovych
CHERPITA Pavlo Valeriyovych
Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences of the russian federation, Yacht captain, Coach of the russian Navy team at the Admiral's Cup regatta, Coach of the team of the so-called "Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P.S. Nakhimov", Member of the club-museum of the russian Navy
As a coach of the russian navy national team and the team of the so-called "Black Sea Higher Naval School named after P.S. Nakhimov", he participated in the organization and support of athletes' performances at the annual international sailing regatta Admiral's Cup among students of higher naval educational institutions at the Indian Naval Academy in Ezhimala (India) in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024 and in the international regatta "First Sea Cup" in 2024 in Dalian (China).
He holds the rank of captain 2nd class in the russian navy.
He systematically participates in propaganda activities in support of the russian occupation policy in the occupied Crimea. In particular, in June 2022, he took part in the sailing regatta of cruising yachts "Crimea Cup-2022", dedicated to the day of russia.
He is also a regular participant in the annual sailing trip "Sails of the Black Sea Memory", which, in particular, includes events on patriotic education of young people.
In 2023, he took part in the implementation of the presidential Grants Fund project "Symbols of the State - Through the Ages", which was initiated by the School of Future Commanders and aims to "unite the efforts of patriotic maritime and naval organizations operating on the Black Sea coast".
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TAIMAZOVA Madina Andreevna
TAIMAZOVA Madina Andreevna
Russian judoka, Merited master of sports of russia, Athlete-instructor of the russian national judo team of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Center for Sports Training of the russian National Teams"
Active participant in international sports competitions, including the 2024 World Judo Championships in Abu Dhabi (UAE), the 2024 Grand Slam Tournament in Antalya (Turkey), the 2024 Grand Slam Tournament in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and the 2023 Grand Slam Tournament in Tokyo (Japan), 2023 European Judo Championships in Montpellier (France), 2023 Grand Slam Tournament in Abu Dhabi (UAE), 2023 Grand Slam Tournament in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), 2023 World Judo Championships in Doha (Qatar), 2022 Grand Slam Tournament in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
She is a member of the russian national women's judo team.
She plays for the Central Sports Club of the russian army (CSKA), subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation, and holds the rank of warrant officer of the russian armed forces.
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 frontline, 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 Military Games project.
Thus, CSKA athletes at international competitions actually represent the armed forces of the aggressor state.
In 2022, Taimazova took part in the creation of materials for russian propaganda resources, including a photo with russian military symbols.
She also took part in a propaganda event called "a master class for young judokas from Donbas" in April 2022. Through her participation in this event, Taimazova contributed to the creation of a propaganda PR campaign aimed at legitimizing the deportation of Ukrainian children from the TOT of Ukraine. During the event, children were seen wearing "DPR" inscriptions on their clothes - an English abbreviation of the terrorist organization "Donetsk People's Republic". These children were later used to create a propaganda video.
In October 2022, she took part in the russian judo club championship dedicated to putin's 70th birthday and shared photos from the championship on her Instagram account.
In 2024, she was awarded the Order of Friendship for "great contribution to the development and popularization of judo in the russian federation" and "active social activities".
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LARIN Vladislav Vladimirovich
LARIN Vladislav Vladimirovich
Russian taekwondo athlete, Olympic champion, World taekwondo champion, Two-time European champion, Honored master of sports of russia
He is an active participant in international sports competitions, including the 2022 International Council of Military Sports (CISM) Taekwondo World Championships in Tehran (Iran) and the 2023 International Taekwondo Tournament in Taiyuan (China). He led the russian national team at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade (Serbia).
He is a member of the national team of the russian armed forces and the russian national taekwondo team.
He holds the rank of warrant officer of the russian armed forces.
He plays for the Central Sports Club of the russian army (CSKA), which is subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation, and is a silver medalist at the VII World Military Games 2019 in Wuhan (China).
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 frontline, 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 Military Games project.
Thus, CSKA athletes at international competitions actually represent the armed forces of the aggressor state.
In November 2022, in his online video address, Larin called on russian citizens to support and finance the russian military involved in the armed aggression against Ukraine.
He is an ambassador of the national anti-doping organization of the russian federation - the Association "russian Anti-Doping Agency RUSADA".
In 2021, he was personally awarded the Order of Friendship by putin for "a great contribution to the development of national sports, high sports achievements, the will to win, resilience and dedication shown at the Games of the XXXII Olympics 2020 in Tokyo (Japan)".
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KHRAMTSOV Maxim Sergeyevich
KHRAMTSOV Maxim Sergeyevich
Russian taekwondo athlete, Olympic champion, World taekwondo champion, Two-time European champion, World Military Games champion, Honored master of sports of russia
He is an active participant in international sports competitions, including the 2022 World Taekwondo Championships of the International Council of Military Sports (CISM) in Tehran (Iran). He led the russian national team at the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade (Serbia).
He is a member of the national team of the russian armed forces and the russian national taekwondo team.
He holds the rank of warrant officer of the russian armed forces.
He plays for the Central Sports Club of the russian army (CSKA), which is subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation, and is the champion of the VII World Military Games 2019 in Wuhan (China).
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 frontline, 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 Military Games project.
Thus, CSKA athletes at international competitions actually represent the armed forces of the aggressor state.
On social media, it openly supports putin's policy and russia's military aggression against Ukraine, using the letter "Z" in its posts as a symbol of the so-called "SMO". In particular, in October 2022, he filmed and published a video in which he congratulated putin on his birthday and said he was proud to support him. His post on the social network VK also contained the hashtags #ZaПрезидента, #ZaМир, #ZaРоссию (for president, for peas, for russia).
In November 2024, Khramtsov held a sporting event "II Open Taekwondo Tournament" for the prizes of Olympic champion Maxim Khramtsov" in Moscow, to which the occupation authorities of Donetsk region sent a children's team of the so-called "DPR" to participate. In addition, Khramtsov called on the organizers of other russian tournaments to bring children from the so-called "new regions" - the temporarily occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions - to compete in russia.
In 2020, Khramtsov was awarded the Medal "For Strengthening the Combatant Commonwealth" by the russian Ministry of Defense for winning the World Military Games.
In 2021, he was personally awarded the Order of Friendship by putin for "a great contribution to the development of national sports, high sports achievements, the will to win, resilience and dedication shown at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo (Japan)".
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MININA (Kudashova) Tatiana Alexeevna
MININA (Kudashova) Tatiana Alexeevna
Russian taekwondo athlete, Six-time European champion, Russian taekwondo champion, Honored master of sports of russia
He is an active participant in international sports competitions, including the 2022 International Council of Military Sports (CISM) World Taekwondo Championships in Tehran (Iran), the 2023 Grand Slam Champion Series in Wuxi (China), the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships in Baku (Azerbaijan), the 2024 Taekwondo Tournament in Bulgaria and the 2024 European Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade (Serbia).
He is a member of the russian armed forces national team and the russian national taekwondo team.
He holds the rank of warrant officer of the russian armed forces.
He plays for the Central Sports Club of the russian army (CSKA), which is subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation.
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 frontline, 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 Military Games project.
Thus, CSKA athletes at international competitions actually represent the armed forces of the aggressor state.
In 2021, CSKA was awarded the Medal "For Strengthening the Combatant Commonwealth" of the russian Ministry of Defense at a ceremony personally attended by russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. In her post on Instagram, Minina thanked the Minister of Defense and expressed her honor to be part of the CSKA team.
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