Champions of terror

In 2002, she was included in the russian national team.
She is a member of the russian Army Sports Club (SCA) and holds the rank of senior warrant officer.
She has publicly expressed support for russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
On her Instagram page, she posted posts in support of the russian army, demonstrating her support for russian military aggression against Ukraine and solidarity with the actions of the russian armed forces. In particular, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion, she posted the slogans, in the original language: "Zа мир!" and "Z - значит победа" as well as an image of the letter "Z" made of a St. George's ribbon with the hashtag: "#СвоихНебросаем #ЗаПрезидента #русскаявесна".

Openly promotes and justifies a war of aggression, legitimizes the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, as well as the temporary occupation of the territory of Ukraine, and disseminates russian propaganda narratives and misinformation about Ukraine. In particular, published posts on her own Instagram page stating that there was a "military coup" in Ukraine in 2014, the "military conflict" stemmed from the ban on communicating in russian in Ukraine, and the "special military operation" announced by putin would not have begun if the "Kiev authorities" had finished firing on the territory of the temporarily occupied Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
In 2021, was training for the next sports season in Kiev.
Maintains ties with russian politicians.
Continues to actively participate in international tournaments, as the international tennis associations have suspended only the national teams of russia and Belarus, but the ban does not apply to individual participation of athletes.

In April 2022, he took part in putin's meeting with russian Olympic athletes in the Kremlin.
He was awarded the Order of Friendship for winning the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
He publicly spreads propaganda narratives that despite the neutral status of russian athletes, they are respected and recognized abroad as representatives of the russian federation.

He openly supports russia's war against Ukraine and expresses his vision of mobilization in russia.
He publicly supported putin's candidacy for the presidential election in the russian federation in 2023.
He criticized the requirements for russian athletes to condemn hostilities against Ukraine in order to be allowed to participate in international competitions and equated fulfilling these requirements with treason.

Participant of the Ice Legend World Champion Show 2024 in Beijing.
Participated in putin's annual address to the Federal Assembly of the russian federation in February 2024, which was attended by the most important figures of state administration, public representatives and experts from various industries.
Participated in Evgeny Plushenko's propaganda ice show "Union of Champions" in 2022, which was held in support of russian athletes who were disqualified due to sanctions and did not make it to the World Championships. The invitations prepared by the organizers of the show were made in the colors of the russian flag with the letter "Z" - a symbol of the russian occupiers in Ukraine.

In 2022, she took part in Yevhen Plyushchenko's propaganda ice show "Union of Champions" in support of russian athletes who were disqualified due to sanctions and did not make it to the World Championships. The invitations prepared by the show's organizers were made in the colors of the russian flag with the letter "Z" - a symbol of the russian occupiers in Ukraine.
She is a member of the russian national figure skating team in pairs.
In 2020, she visited the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Supports and justifies russia's war against Ukraine, spreading Kremlin propaganda narratives.
He is a member of the public movement "putin's Team", in 2024 he participated in the process of nominating putin for another presidential term.

He is a member of the russian national figure skating team.
After completing her sports career in November 2023, she regularly participates in ice shows under the auspices of Tatiana Navka, putin's permanent confidant and wife of his press secretary Dmitry Peskov.
On March 18, 2022, at the Luzhniki Stadium, he took part in a concert rally in honor of the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by russia called "For a world without nazism! For russia! For the president". . Morozov, like the other participants, was wearing a jacket with the letter "Z" on the chest, the symbol of the russian occupiers in Ukraine.
In April 2022, he took part in putin's meeting with russian Olympic athletes in the kremlin.
He was awarded the Order of Merit for Services to the Motherland for his participation in the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.

He is a russian sports functionary, personal security guard trainer and assistant for interaction with law enforcement agencies to the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov.
The russian Union of Martial Arts, of which Martynov is a member of the presidium, unites 71 all-russian sports federations and organizations representing various styles and areas of martial arts and combat sports that are most actively developing in the russian federation. RSBI is a member of the russian Olympic Committee and the international sports organization TAFISA.
The activities of the RSBI are realized, among other things, in holding national and international sports events in the territory of the russian federation, as well as in creating platforms for the exchange of experience between russian sports federations and the international community.
Every year, the RSBI organizes hundreds of events, the main purpose of which is to popularize and promote martial arts as the most massive sports movement in russia, which allows solving the issue of pre-conscription training of young people.
In December 2022, the Soyuz military detachment was created on the basis of the RSBI, consisting of "international masters of sports, honored masters of sports, first-class masters of sports" who went to war in Ukraine. As of December 2023, 145 people had joined the unit.
The fighters were trained and coached at the russian Special Forces University in Chechnya.
During the war, the RSBI made purchases from the Moscow Arsenal arms dealership for 139 million rubles and the rifle manufacturer Lobaev Arms for 35 million rubles. The RSBI bought optical equipment from Innovative Weapon Technologies (for 19 million rubles) and Navigator (for 25 million rubles). The russian University of Special Forces in Chechnya received 38 million rubles from the RSBI for training volunteers.
He supports and implements putin's policy of deporting Ukrainian children from temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to russia and "integrating" children from the said territories into a unified cultural-educational space and the system of civil-patriotic education of russia.

As the founder and curator of the Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "russian University of Special Forces," which is referred to as a "forge of instructors and professionals for special units, as well as a place for preparing volunteers before sending them to the area of special military operations," he ensured the arrival of teenagers from temporarily occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the training ground of the russian University of Special Forces for a so-called "excursion" as part of the "russian Teens" program for "preventive work and instilling patriotism."

As the curator and member of the Observational Council of the Warrior Military-Sports Training Center with regional training centers, including those in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, he is responsible for the militarization and indoctrination of Ukrainian youth, as well as for the relocation (evacuation) of Ukrainian children from the said territories under the pretext of "recovery and education" to russian territory.

The educational program of the Warrior Military-Sports Training Center consists of tactical, fire, and engineering training, communication organization, tactical medicine, and UAV management. Additionally, within the framework of the Warrior Military-Sports Training Center program, there are summer military-patriotic shifts called "Time of Heroes," which are held at summer children's health camps and other specialized educational institutions. Particularly, according to the statement of the center's unit leader in the so-called "DNR," during the summer of 2024, it is was planned to transport 600 children from temporarily occupied Donetsk region to Volgograd in russia for "recovery and education under additional educational programs of the center."

He supported the annexation of Crimea in 2014, as well as russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Since 2018, he has been included in the list of putin's proxies in the presidential elections.
In 2022, he visited the temporarily occupied Crimea, heads the Crimean regional branch of the all-russian public and political movement "People's Front "For russia" (under the sanctions of the EU, Canada, Switzerland and Ukraine), created at the initiative of putin with the aim of "advancing russia forward through joint efforts".

A russian mixed martial arts fighter, known as "he last emperor", ended his athletic career in 2023 and transitioned to coaching.
He supports and justifies russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, putin’s policies, and the kremlin regime, and spreads disinformation about the events of russia’s war against Ukraine, using typical russian propaganda narratives in his public statements. He uses his public profile to support the russian leadership’s political campaigns and spread the russian federation’s narratives about Ukraine.
In particular, in 2014, he stated that Crimea had made the right choice by "joining" russia. Also in 2014, in an interview with the American channel AXS-TV, Emelianenko stated that the Ukrainian authorities were "at war with their own people," and that russia was "not involved" in the events in Ukraine, in a 2024 interview, commenting on russia’s war against Ukraine, he stated that russia was fighting "not against brotherly peoples, but against fascists and nationalists," and also portrayed russia’s actions as "support for a brotherly people."
He publicly criticized the decision to bar russian athletes from international competitions.
He served as rutin’s representative during the 2018 presidential election.
In 2026, he appeared in a campaign video for the United russia party ahead of the state duma elections.

A russian sports and government official who is part of the russian federation’s state apparatus and exerts direct influence on internal and external processes in russian sports.
He actively supported russia’s invasion of Ukraine and also published an open letter on Instagram in support of putin.
He also supported the annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine. After the annexation of Crimea, he posted a photo on Instagram of himself wearing a T-shirt featuring a portrait of putin and the slogan "We don’t abandon our own".
After the russian federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he publicly supported the actions of the russian leadership. In March 2022, the FIDE Ethics and Disciplinary Commission suspended him for six months from participating in competitions organized by the federation due to public statements regarding russia’s war against Ukraine, which "damaged the reputation of chess and FIDE".
During the 2018 and 2024 presidential elections, he served as one of putin’s authorized representatives and was a member of the "putin’s Team" initiative group tasked with nominating him as a candidate for the 2024 presidential election.
In 2022, he joined the central headquarters of the All-russian "People’s Front" movement. In September 2022, he took part in the "We Don’t Abandon Our Own!" rally, organized by the People’s Front in support of referendums on the annexation to russia of the so-called DPR/LPR and territories in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and also supported an initiative to raise funds for the military of the so-called DPR.
In 2025, as part of the "People’s front" New Year’s fundraiser, he called for support for servicemen on the front lines, the organizers planned to use the funds raised to purchase drones, sights, drone detectors, heating equipment, and warm clothing. As part of another fundraiser, Karyakin, together with the "People’s front" announced a fundraiser for assault units carrying out combat missions on the front lines.
Karyakin was a member of the so-called "propaganda brigade" of russian public figures who were enlisted to speak before military personnel with the aim of "boosting their morale". The activities of this "propaganda brigade" are linked to the ANO "Integration" and information projects aimed at promoting the agenda desired by the russian authorities.
Through the Sergey Karjakin Chess Clubs and the Moscow region Chess Federation, which he controls, he is implementing the international project "Chess Diplomacy in russian Homes" in collaboration with Rossotrudnichestvo. As part of the project, tournaments, meetings, master classes, and the opening of chess clubs are held in countries across Asia, Africa, and South America, and Karyakin positions the project itself as a tool for humanitarian cooperation and the establishment of international ties.
He is also implementing a project in collaboration with the "United russia" party and the "Defenders of the Fatherland" Foundation to organize an all-russian chess tournament for veterans of the so-called special military operation called "Chess for Our Own."
In 2026, he appeared in a campaign video for the "United russia" party ahead of the state duma elections.
In 2022, he was awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the fatherland," 2nd class.
He regularly visits the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

She supports рutin's policies and has been his constant confidant in presidential elections since 2012, and is also a member of the рutin Team movement, which systematically supports рutin in presidential elections. In 2023, she published a post on her own Telegram account congratulating рutin on his birthday.
She is the wife of рutin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov.
She supports and justifies russia's war against Ukraine by spreading kremlin propaganda narratives and disinformation about Ukraine. In particular, in numerous public speeches, she speaks of "brotherly nations" and has claimed that Ukrainian special services allegedly intimidated her relatives into giving interviews.
She is an organizer and producer of ice shows, for which she regularly receives funds from the presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives of the russian federation. In addition, in 2022, Navka received a grant from the presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives to organize and conduct her own ice show in the temporarily occupied Luhansk.
She is the face of the Oriflame brand and a Chopard brand ambassador.
She regularly visits the temporarily occupied Crimea and owns real estate there.

A soviet and russian hockey player, coach, sports and government official who is part of the russian federation’s state apparatus and exerts direct influence on internal and external processes in russian sports.
He supports and justifies the russian federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine, the annexation of Crimea, putin’s policies, and the kremlin regime. As a member of the federation council of the russian federation, he supported the deployment of russian troops into Ukrainian territory in 2014 and the occupation of parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2022.
During his sports career, he played for CSKA, the New Jersey Devils, and the Detroit Red Wings (USА), he also served as an assistant coach for the New Jersey Devils (USА), head coach and general manager of the russian national hockey team, and served as president of the Central sports club of the russian army (CSKA) hockey club, which is subordinate to the russian ministry of defense.
He is one of six members of the International Ice Hockey Federation’s (MFH) All-Decade Team, a member of the international "Triple Gold Club," and has been inducted into the MFH Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.
He holds the military rank of colonel in the russian armed forces.
As an official of international sports federations, he lobbies on behalf of russian athletes and advocates for their return to the international stage under the russian federation’s flag and national anthem. In particular, he criticizes restrictions on russian athletes’ participation in international competitions and calls such restrictions "a serious humiliation of national identity."
In 2026, he appeared in a campaign video for the "United russia" party ahead of the state duma elections.