Foreign propagandists of the Russian Federation regime

In October 2022, he published a survey in TW about his own "peace plan" for Ukraine. The plan included the neutrality of Ukraine, the inclusion of Crimea in the russian federation, the provision of its water supply, and repeated referendums under the supervision of the UN in the regions of Ukraine annexed by the russian federation. In addition, he called the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR as "a mistake of Khrushchev". In subsequent posts, he also frightened subscribers with russian mobilization, the death of millions of people, and called Ukraine's victory as "unlikely." According to American political scientist Ian Bremmer, Musk had a personal conversation with putin before the publication of this "peace plan". In February 2023, he reposted an article dated 2014, which claimed that the "illegal overthrow of Ukraine's democratically elected and pro-russian president" was the "last straw" for putin, after which he annexed Crimea. In the comments, Musk wrote: "no question that there was indeed a coup." In 2001-2022, he traveled to Moscow to purchase refurbished intercontinental ballistic missiles for their further use as launch vehicles.

Since 2014, he spoke out against the sanctions imposed on the russian federation and in favor of their cancellation, justifying this by the conjecture that "EU sanctions increased gas prices and inflation." In February 2022, he declared the failure of the West's strategy to support Ukraine, the impossibility of Ukraine's victory in the war, and the only possibility of ending the war - through direct negotiations between the USA and russia. In November 2022, during a friendly match of the national football team, he wore a scarf with the image of the map of "Greater Hungary", with parts of Ukraine and other neighboring states in it. In January 2023, at a meeting with journalists, he said: "The West must understand that putin cannot afford to lose the war and will not lose it." At the same time, he claimed that "russia's goal is to turn Ukraine into an ungovernable ruin so that the West cannot claim it as a prize", called Ukraine as a "no man's land" and warned that if Ukrainians cross the russian border with Western weapons, "the future will be so bright that the West will have to wear sunglasses." In the same month, during a festive dinner in honor of the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, he said that "russians" live to the east of Hungary.

In January 2022, he planned to visit russia, which he wanted to make his "second home," and meet with putin. In December 2022, he said on the air that he was "very pro-putin, very pro-russian", at the same time he admitted that he liked Hitler and called himself a Nazi. As a child, he lived in China, where his mother worked on an exchange program. As of January 2022, he was negotiating joint projects with the russian developer and state contractor Aras Agalarov.

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In August 2014, he co-authored a letter to top managers of British companies, in which he expressed disagreement with the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation. In November 2017, he illegally visited Crimea, where he took part in the conference "Crimea in the modern international context", after which he declared: "Crimea has always been Russian, remains so and has a Russian perspective." In March 2022, the International Association of Friends of Crimea, of which Bonar is a member, issued a statement supporting a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the cell of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine."

After the Euromaidan, he took the position of not recognizing the new Ukrainian government as legitimate. Since the emergence of separatist organizations in the east of Ukraine, he spent a lot of time in the TOT, visited Crimea, where he contacted separatist leaders and received awards from them. He believes that Ukraine is ruled by fascists, nationalists and the "junta". He considers Putin a powerful politician who acts in the interests of his country, and Zelenskiy a "pathetic fool." It also claims that the Malaysian Boeing was shot down by Ukrainian fighter jets. Since the beginning of the armed aggression against Ukraine, he has been voicing Russian propaganda theses. He does not recognize the involvement of the Russian military in the atrocities in Bucha, considers it a fake and staged. His publications and reports are reproduced by Russian propaganda media.

The author of the film about the tragedy at the House of Trade Unions in Odesa in May 2014, in which he accuses the Ukrainian authorities of a planned mass murder. He believes that Russophobic attitudes and anti-Russian propaganda will prevail in Germany in 2022, and is outraged by posters in support of Ukraine. After the start of the armed aggression, the Russian Federation illegally visited territories not controlled by Ukraine. He also believes that the Ukrainian military commits atrocities against the civilian population.

He claims that Ukrainians torture and kill Russian prisoners of war, while residents of the occupied territories welcome Russian soldiers. Also, according to his "investigation", it was the Ukrainian armed forces that blew up the drama theater in Mariupol and carried out airstrikes on the hospital in Volnovakha. The author of the book with quotes from Vladimir Putin.

She claims that Germany is completely dependent on the USA in its actions and decisions, anti-Russian sanctions cause more damage to the Germans than the Russian Federation, the winter in Germany will be cold and hungry. He claims that the fighters of Azov are Nazis, and journalists who deviate from the rhetoric of the authorities are persecuted and repressed. He also claims that there is much more freedom in the Russian Federation than in Europe, and the armed forces carry out constant attacks on civilians, maternity homes and blow up granaries.

Articles and statements of Schiltz are often reprinted by Russian propaganda media. He believes that the Russian Federation supports many more countries in its actions than the USA and the EU expected, sanctions against the Russian Federation do not work, they harm and divide Europe, and the Ukrainian authorities are driven to despair. He also notes that the status of a candidate for EU membership is fictitious, it was specially created for Ukraine and several other countries that will never join it, as they will not be able to fulfill and adhere to the specified conditions. Before the start of the military aggression against Ukraine, he wrote that the Russian Federation will completely outplay NATO, whose strategies are outdated, and the build-up of the alliance's forces near the borders of Ukraine increases the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis.

In 1984, she founded the Schiller Institute. She stated that "the problem of the war in Ukraine lies in the fact that "Germany and the EU have taken a course towards NATO, the USA and Britain and are in a confrontation with Russia".

He claims that after the beginning of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, SSU employees detain and brutally torture Ukrainian citizens for communicating in Russian. Considers Viktor Medvedchuk a representative of the ethnic Russian population of Ukraine, against whom repression was applied.

It is systematically published in Russian propaganda publications. He claims that the tragedy in Bucha is staged, that the Ukrainian population supports the Russian army, that Ukraine faces an inevitable armed defeat and the escape or assassination of its leaders. He also opposes the sending of American weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the allocation of financial aid from the United States; claims that NATO bases are located in Ukraine. He was convicted and served a sentence in the USA for pedophilia.

He believes that neo-Nazism and nationalism reign in Ukraine, and the American government supports these phenomena. The author interviewed Aiden Aslin, a British prisoner of war who fought on the side of Ukraine. Claimed that Ukrainian troops were being covered by civilians as human shields, and also disseminated information about the connection between American biological laboratories located on the territory of Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic. Russian mass media used him several times as a "foreign journalist" in propaganda reports, in particular during a trip to the Kakhovskaya HPP.

Engaged in propaganda in favor of the "Donetsk People's Republic". He considers the current policy of the USA to be fascism. Led a video blog on YT, blocked for 2022. Participates in the plots of other pro-Russian propagandists and is the hero of reports and articles. According to him, the Ukrainian government is Nazi, the Armed Forces of Ukraine commit particularly cruel atrocities against the civilian population of Donbas, and thousands of ISIS fighters from Syria are among the Ukrainians. Raised $100k for victims of "shelling by the Ukrainian military". He came to TOT in 2014 after he was found guilty in the USA of drug trafficking, smuggling and participation in an international criminal group and had to serve a prison term.

Since 2015, he actively defended the foreign policy of the Russian Federation in social networks, repeatedly expressed his pro-Russian position and love for the Russian media holding RT, criticized the United States for recognizing RT as a foreign agent. After the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, he actively spread fake articles and posts in TW, 55% of which were recognized as fake, and 24% aimed at inciting hatred towards Ukraine. Mach's main theses are identical to those of the Russian Federation: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy uses the war to destroy the opposition and is a puppet of the West; The SSU acts on the instructions of the CIA, MI-5 and European countries; The US and NATO are sponsoring the war in Ukraine; the government in Ukraine is connected with neo-Nazis; neo-Nazis of the "Azov" battalion and the ZSU mock civilians; "ethnic cleansing" is taking place in Ukraine; the Ukrainian government supports the murders of officials who cooperated with the Russian Federation.

In 2005, he was exposed in the USA for writing 10 commissioned lobbying articles, and later admitted to this. For many years, he has maintained a position of "non-interference" with regard to US foreign policy, and is categorically against the expansion of NATO in Eastern Europe. He considers the USA to be guilty of starting the war in Ukraine, and their position of supporting Ukraine against the Russian Federation a big mistake, which could lead to the disintegration of the country. Claims that America needs to negotiate with the Russian Federation; Ukraine must be sacrificed for the sake of world peace and nuclear security. He opposes the provision of arms to Ukraine, as well as the transfer to it of seized assets of the Russian Federation abroad. He considers the sanctions against the Russian Federation to be ineffective and such that they could lead to the economic division of Europe. Bandow materials are often printed by Russian propaganda media.

He believes that the Russian Federation cannot be defeated, sanctions against it are ineffective, and the only compromise option that will lead to the end of the war in Ukraine is the holding of referendums in non-controlled territories. He also believes that it is necessary to give Vladimir Putin a "small victory" so that he can save his face.

He stated that "the main cause of the current crisis in Ukraine is the process of NATO's expansion to the East." He also claimed that he believes "in the possibility of a quick and successful conclusion of peace negotiations and the lifting of sanctions against Russia."

In 2021, he stated that "sanctions against the Russian Federation are not working," and continued to assert this in 2022. In 2022, he said that "the USA, through NATO, provoked the Russian Federation into a war in Ukraine."

In 2014 he declared that "NATO and the USA provoked Putin", in 2022 he declared that "NATO promised not to expand to the East", and therefore "no one has the right to unilaterally condemn Putin".

In July 2015 and July 2016, he illegally traveled to the territory of Crimea, where he met with representatives of the illegal Crimean government, attended the celebration of the Russian Navy Day and declared support for the actions of the Russian Federation in Crimea, and also claimed: "Crimea is part of the Russian Federation - this reality must be recognized." In April 2016, he authored a resolution of the National Assembly of France, which called on the authorities not to support sanctions against the Russian Federation. In March 2018, he was an observer at the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, after which he declared that the elections were held "correctly", there were "no problems". In November 2018, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR", claimed that the elections were "actively, positively and democratically" and accused Ukraine of "blocking the Minsk process". In 2019 and 2020, he again illegally visited Crimea, including during the illegal organization of a vote there on changes to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in June 2020, after which he declared; "Like a sleeping beauty, Crimea is reborn after reunification with the Russian Federation." After the start of a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine in February 2022, he spoke out against sanctions against the Russian Federation, against the supply of weapons and financial aid to Ukraine, and accused Zelenskiy of deceiving the Europeans.

In October 2011, in an interview with the Russian newspaper Kommersant, she claimed that France "long ago should stop obeying the US and turn towards the Russian Federation", and "admired Putin". In March 2014, she declared the legality of the "referendum" organized by the Russian Federation and declared: "The people of Crimea, who lived in fear, threw themselves into the arms of the country from which they came." In April 2014, during a visit to Moscow and a meeting with Naryshkin, she supported the position of the Russian Federation, in particular, regarding the need for federalization of Ukraine, and condemned the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation. In December 2014, the National Front stated in an official press release that "Western Ukraine is openly vassalized by Washington", and "President Poroshenko and his Prime Minister Yatsenyuk leave no other possible perspective for the population of the East of the country, except to build their future from the Russian Federation". In January 2017, she called Crimea "an integral part of the Russian Federation", in March 2017, during a visit to Moscow, she met with Putin and said that France and the Russian Federation "can only fight terrorism together". After the start of a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation in February 2022, she condemned Putin's actions, at the same time she spoke out against the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation, "which could harm the French economy," because "everything that happens in Ukraine cannot be divided into black and white." In April 2022, it again supported the alliance between France and the Russian Federation in the field of security and declared that it would continue to "not deny" Russian ownership of Crimea.

In 2021, he illegally visited Crimea. Claims that the elections in Crimea were legitimate. Calls on the French authorities to recognize Crimea as Russian territory. Michel's cousin, G?rard Voisin, has been a Republican member of the French National Assembly since 2017.

In November 2014, he was present as an observer at the presidential and parliamentary elections of the LPR, after which he declared the absence of any violations. In 2018, he illegally visited Crimea, claiming that it was the territory of the Russian Federation. In August 2022, he visited Crimea again, met with representatives of the illegal Crimean authorities and declared that he "represents businessmen who want to do business with Crimea, despite the sanctions."

"In March 2014, he illegally visited Crimea during the ""referendum"", which he called ""legitimate"". In May 2014, he starred in a Russian propaganda film in which he talked about the ""fundamental Western idea"" of dividing the Russian Federation into at least three parts. In June 2014, he received a 12-month suspended prison term for financial fraud committed in 2006. In November 2014, he was present as an ""observer"" at the ""elections"" in the ""DPR""."

In March 2014, he illegally visited Crimea during the "referendum", regarding which he claimed: "It does not matter whether it is legal or illegal, because every nation has the right to say that it can be independent. When a nation wants to be independent or wants to go on its own, we have to allow it." According to the testimony of those present, he was in a drunken state that day and flew from Crimea to Moscow by plane. In November 2014, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR", he was also present at the next "elections" - in November 2018, after which he claimed that they were "generally democratic and very transparent". In May 2019, he attended the "Republic Day" celebration in Donetsk. After the start of the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine in February 2022, in an interview with the Russian channel Sputnik News, he spoke out against the provision of weapons to Ukraine, compared the invasion of the Russian Federation with the NATO bombing of Serbia in social networks and claimed that the war "was partly provoked by foreign forces with geopolitical and financial plans, who do not respect Ukraine at all", and the conflict arose due to "the continuous movement of EU and NATO borders to the east".

In March 2014, he illegally visited Crimea during the "referendum" and called it a "people's holiday" on which "everything went well." In November 2018, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR", he claimed that the elections there were going "very well" and he saw that "people believe in their democracy." In February 2019, during a plenary session, he made obscene remarks against MP Carina Van Cauter, after which he was forced to suspend his political activities and undergo a course of treatment for alcohol addiction. The last post on the Penris FB page is a Russian-language birthday greeting to Soviet Marshal Zhukov from the "representative of the DPR in Belgium" Kris Roman.

In March 2014, he illegally visited Crimea during the "referendum", in November 2018 he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "LPR". In March 2022, the association made a statement in support of a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the cell of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine." He stopped political activity in 2022, but since 2019 his wife Frieda Verougstraete-Deschacht is a member of the Parliament of Flanders.

In June 2014, he took a joint photo with then-Vice Prime Minister Rogozin. In May 2015, he called Rogozin a "good friend" and Putin a "strong and courageous political leader." In 2016 and 2018, he was an observer at the elections in the Russian Federation, noted the high level of their organization. In February 2017, he visited the Russian Khmeimim military base in Syria and met with the Syrian dictator Assad, calling the Russian Federation "the only state that provides real help to the people of Syria." In 2018, as part of the Belgian delegation, he visited the Yalta International Economic Forum in Crimea, it was planned to provide €50m of investment for the development of Crimean business. In January 2018, he was a co-author of the resolution on the lifting of sanctions against the Russian Federation, submitted to the Belgian Parliament. In October 2020, commenting on the poisoning of Navalny, he stated that he did not believe in the involvement of the Russian authorities, instead hinting at the involvement of "certain forces" from Western Europe. After the start of a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine in February 2022, he opposed tough sanctions against the Russian Federation and the supply of weapons to Ukraine. In the 1980s and 1990s, Dewinter had neo-Nazi views, placed flowers on the graves of SS members, and called the Nazis his friends.

In November 2014, she was present as an "observer" at the "elections of the president and parliament of the DPR", after which she declared that the elections were held in accordance with European standards. In 2015, she illegally visited Crimea, during a meeting with representatives of the illegal Crimean authorities, she called the Euromaidan events a "Nazi coup", claimed that "only the Russian nation is capable of challenging American hegemony." After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, she published a caricature of President Zelenskiy and mocked Ukrainian prisoners of war on social networks.

"In May 2022, he said that Zelenskiy bears the same responsibility for the war as the Russian Federation, because ""he wanted war"", and inciting hatred of Putin on the part of Western countries is not a solution to the problem. At the same time, he claimed that with sanctions against the Russian Federation, Western countries are ""punishing all humanity."" Later that month, he said that the conflict was caused by a mistake by Biden, and that the US and Europe should have been told that Ukraine would not join NATO, and ""that would have solved the problem."" In June 2022, he criticized Biden for providing aid to Ukraine to purchase weapons at a time when he ""never made a speech about giving even a dollar to those who are dying of hunger in Africa."" In August 2022, adviser Lula da Silva said that if he is elected President, he will not support the introduction of sanctions against the Russian Federation, because ""sanctions are a political mistake that increases the risk of nuclear war."" In 2017-18, Lula da Silva was sentenced to 12 years and 1 month in prison for corruption and money laundering, but was released in 2019 because the Supreme Court found that his transfer to prison was carried out pending a review of the sentence by all instances and is illegal. In 2021, the Supreme Court overturned the verdict because the court that issued it did not have the authority to try the ex-president."

After 2014, he repeatedly illegally visited the territory of Crimea. In February 2021, during the congress of the "Strong Armenia with Russia. For a new Union" movement, he stated: "We see a strong Armenia with Russia, in the formation of a new union, because the Russian Federation came to our aid again and the Russian soldier stood next to our soldier." . In March 2022, the International Association of Friends of Crimea, of which Hayk is a member of the coordination board, issued a statement supporting a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the cell of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine." In June 2022, after another illegal visit to Crimea, he declared that he "did not meet anyone there who did not support a special military operation" and called the Euromaidan events "a pro-Western Nazi coup".

In September 2015, he visited Odesa to participate in a pro-Russian conference organized and financed by the Russians. In November 2018, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR", asserting that the election process "meets democratic standards." In 2019, he illegally visited Crimea and met with "members of the local parliament." In June 2021, he received a commemorative medal and a certificate signed by Putin from the Russian ambassador to Greece. In February 2022, he criticized Zelenskiy for his statement about the possibility of withdrawing from the Budapest Memorandum.

In March 2015, he met with the then member of the Defense and Security Committee of the RF Federation Council, Olga Kovitidi, and spoke in support of holding a joint Russian-Greek "Orthodox Regatta". In October 2016, he illegally visited Crimea, where he declared that "American imperialists are trying to exert pressure and oppose the free spirit of Yalta." In April 2018, he again illegally visited Crimea, where he proposed a way to lift "anti-Russian sanctions" and declared that "Crimea belongs to the Russian Federation." In February 2022, on the day of the full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine, he claimed in his article that it was provoked by "the Western world and especially the United States", and "the dynamic reaction of the Russian Federation to protect its living space was expected and justified."

In 2013, he became the author of the book "On his own terms - Putin's new Russia", in which he states that "the Russian Federation should develop according to its own standards, and not according to Western subjective and often extremely biased ideas." He positions himself as a "specialist on the Russian Federation", in January 2020 he wrote an article in which he claimed that the West unfairly criticizes Putin. In an interview in January 2022, in particular, he called the Russian Federation a "great power", claimed that the reason for a possible war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine is the expansion of NATO to the east, and asked the question: "What are the Americans really doing in Ukraine?". In May 2022, he claimed that the Ukrainian army actually started the war, and it happened on February 16, 2022.

A regular participant in propaganda TV shows on Russian TV. He believes that with the help of war, historical justice is being restored, the Russian army is invincible, criminals are in power in Ukraine. Denies the facts of murders of Ukrainian civilians and attacks by the Russian military on civilian objects. Admires Stalin's views.

In March 2022, he compared the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation to Ukraine with the US operations in Iraq and claimed that the US Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland confirmed the facts of the financing of US "military biological activities" in Ukraine in the Committee on International Relations of the Senate. He accused the American media of censorship, which makes it impossible to cover the opinions that "Anthony Blinken and Victoria Nuland would like to fight to the last Ukrainian". Also in May, he interviewed Putin's adviser Valery Fadeev. In July 2022, he referred to "carefully organized Western propaganda that Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked," and claimed that the United States began "provoking" the Russian Federation back in 1998, when the decision to expand NATO was made. At the same time, he called the US actions in Syria and their calls for the resignation of Assad "cross-border terrorism." He also claimed that "the USA invented a proxy war on the territory of Ukraine that would defeat Vladimir Putin" and instead "caused the destruction of Ukraine with its weapons." After being included in the list of speakers who promote narratives consistent with Russian propaganda, he declared: "Ukrainians are paying a very high price for Western adventurism. They have the right to despair."

He believes that the USA and NATO will benefit from the war in Ukraine, which provoked this conflict in order to strengthen their influence in the world. He opposes the provision of arms to Ukraine and calls Ukrainian defenders "gang formations". He considers sanctions against the Russian Federation unnecessary, since they do not harm the Russian Federation, but the USA is enriched at their expense. NATO calls it a "criminal group" which, together with the USA, is trying to prevent the establishment of alliance relations between the Russian Federation and China.

After the beginning of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, in Moscow he interviewed the propagandist Volodymyr Solovyov, as well as the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, during a live broadcast with whom he lost consciousness. He was criticized by his Italian colleague Alessandro Sallusti, who refused to continue the live broadcast with him from Red Square in Moscow.

Since 2014, he has been covering the activities of separatist organizations on TOT. There are also data on his and a group of other Italian citizens' direct participation in hostilities, including on the territory of the Donetsk airport, on the side of the separatists. Awarded the former "head of the DPR" Zakharchenko with a knife. He believes that the truth about the real events in Donbas is being hidden from the Europeans, accuses the Armed Forces of attacking civilian objects and killing civilians. After the beginning of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, he was mentioned in TG channels as an "employee of the Ministry of Information of the DPR".

Consistently maintains a pro-Russian position. Considers Euromaidan fake. He visited Crimea after its annexation by the Russian Federation, calls it legal, and the conducted pseudo-referendum - one that really expressed the will of the Crimean population. He opposes the transfer of weapons to Ukraine by Western European countries, believes that the more weapons are transferred, the longer the war will continue. He calls Putin a "great president".

He believes that the war in Ukraine was provoked by NATO's actions near the eastern borders with the Russian Federation. He claims that there is no democracy in Ukraine, because opposition-minded political forces are persecuted and banned in the country. He calls the sanctions against the Russian Federation fascism of the West, and at the same time considers Medvedev's position, which calls for hatred of the enemies of the Russian Federation, to be normal. In the 1990s, he was convicted of fraud against the state. In 2012, he was forced to resign as mayor of Salemi due to accusations of ties to the Sicilian mafia.

In March 2014, he illegally visited Crimea during the "referendum", declared that "the referendum took place without any problems", he "did not observe any pressure on the voters". In November 2014, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR", in a comment to the Russian mass media he stated that "the result reflects the opinion of the people." In March 2018, he was an observer at the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, after which he declared: "These were the most open and transparent elections that I have ever seen." After the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine in February 2022, he declared on social networks that he "knows the subject well enough to understand that at the moment it is better to remain silent." At the same time, he published posts on social networks in which he condemned journalists reporting from Ukraine for wearing "suits of military correspondents" and protective helmets while "peaceful citizens behind them calmly go shopping."

In November 2018, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR", after which he declared that "Donetsk will have all the necessary features of statehood: a popularly elected head of state and a legislative body." In March 2020, he stated: "Sanctions against the Russian Federation must be immediately lifted - otherwise we will leave the EU." In April 2022, he accused the Ukrainian authorities of not allowing him into the territory of Ukraine when he "brought two buses of humanitarian aid for Ukrainian women and children."

In November 2016, he illegally visited Crimea and met with representatives of illegal Crimean authorities. In November 2017, he again illegally visited Crimea and told journalists that the information about the invasion of the Russian military into Crimea was "false", but in fact "a coup took place in Kyiv and Crimea decided to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation." In 2019, he published the book "Crimea is ours: a coup or a democratic solution?". He also illegally visited the territories of ORDLO no less than four times, published a photo with Oleksandr Zakharchenko and declared his support for the "DPR" and "LPR", called the anti-terrorist operation "a war of the Ukrainian government, an illegal government, against the residents of eastern Ukraine." In February 2022, he congratulated the "DPR" and "LPR" on the recognition of their independence from the Russian Federation. In March 2022, the International Association of Friends of Crimea, whose coordinating board includes Weber, issued a statement supporting the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the cell of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine." In July 2022, he stated that Putin was forced to recognize the "independence" of the "DPR" and "LPR" and to launch a "special military operation" due to the actions of Ukraine, the United States and NATO. For August 2022, he uses a photo of Moscow landscapes as a background on FB.

He specializes in Chinese issues, criticizes the USA and Israel in his articles, supports the actions of the Chinese authorities, while noting that "at the moment, there are no differences between China and the Russian Federation." In March 2022, he stated that "the Russian-Ukrainian crisis exposes the deep-rooted hypocrisy and self-centeredness of the West", "the West wants to isolate the Russian Federation and destroy its economy", while the Western elites "ban Russian mass media and news agencies in order to destroy any possibility of divergence views in order to manipulate their citizens according to their own preferences". In April 2022, commenting on the invasion of the Russian Federation, he claimed that this situation should be considered starting from 2004, when international financial institutions began to demand that Ukraine "open its lands for sale" and "demanded that Ukraine join NATO", and after Yanukovych's refusal, the Western media provoked a revolution. At the same time, according to his statements, the Russian Federation "did not intend to invade in order to participate in the war with Ukraine", they only demanded the safety of the Russian-speaking population and refusal to join NATO. At the same time, he blamed "Western media and Western political systems that do not allow Ukraine to sit down at the negotiating table" for the continuation of military operations.

In October 2019, during a visit to the Russian Federation, he met with Putin and said: "You helped Africa become what it is now, it's all thanks to the help of the people of the Russian Federation." In March 2022, after the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, speaking before the South African parliament, he blamed NATO for the conflict and declared that he would not condemn the actions of the Russian Federation. In May 2022, he said that due to "anti-Russian sanctions" African countries would suffer losses, and he also called sanctions among the causes of the crisis in the supply of food to Africa. In June 2022, during a telephone conversation, he discussed "the situation in Ukraine" with Putin and "expressed support for the political and diplomatic efforts of the Russian Federation."

In the 1990s, he created a number of neo-Nazi organizations in Poland, and in the 2000s he joined Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland. Since 2015, he has been the head of the Polish right-wing radical party Zmiana, which was accused of being financed by Russian special services. He was an observer at the "referendums" in Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk. He opposes the presence of NATO in Poland, calls for the restoration of the historical borders of Poland and the annexation of part of the western regions of Ukraine. He repeatedly illegally visited TOT in Ukraine, where he met with separatist leaders. After the start of the armed aggression against Ukraine, he was a guest in propaganda shows on Russian TV channels, where he appeared as a political scientist and columnist of a weekly publication. Defends the position of complete dependence of Poland on the decisions of the Anglo-Saxon world, the inevitable collapse of the country in the absence of changes in the political course towards the Russian Federation, accuses Ukrainian refugees of spreading Russophobic sentiments in Poland.

Zmiana held the position of secretary in the pro-Russian party. Promoted the ideas of "new Russia", supported the annexation of Crimea. In 2022, he uses statements intended to cause hostility between Ukrainians and Poles. In particular, he believes that granting Poles a special status in Ukraine is a step towards limiting its sovereignty and usurping power. At the same time, he spreads claims about the dissatisfaction of the Polish population with the influx of Ukrainian refugees and social problems in connection with this. He also claims that Europe only needs Ukrainians as cheap labor. Russian propaganda media present him as a "victim" of angry Ukrainians who allegedly attacked him when he tried to lay flowers at the Victory Monument on May 9 in Warsaw, or as a "victim of dissent."

"In October 2015, he declared: ""Ukraine is the enemy, not Russia. They are now voting for the people of Bandera"" and claimed that Ukraine has territorial claims against Poland. In December 2015, he illegally visited Crimea and met with representatives of the illegal Crimean government, declared that ""the peninsula really became part of the Russian Federation"", his party ""considers the Russian Federation as a strong counterweight to the European Union"" and would like to ""more actively develop trade contacts with the Russian Federation and China "". In October 2019, he spoke in favor of the possibility of concluding an alliance with the Russian Federation and accused NATO of ""provocation"" and ""violation of the agreement with the Russian Federation"" due to the deployment of troops on the territory of Poland. In April 2022, he expressed doubts about Russian atrocities in Ukraine, calling, in particular, the bombing of a hospital in Mariupol ""staged"". In June 2022, he called for ""admiration of the Russian Federation"", which, despite the supply of a large number of weapons to Ukrainians, ""is still defending itself with its last strength."" In August 2022, he accused Ukraine of killing civilians in Bucha, saying that Ukrainians do not want to cooperate with the Russian Federation in the occupied territories ""for any treasures"", because ""it is not known whether the Russian Federation will not give these territories, and the Ukrainians have already shown in Bucha that they do with their collaborators."" In 2015, during a debate in the European Parliament, he used the Nazi salute and the phrase ""Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Ticket"", in the same year, during another speech, he called migrants ""human garbage""."

In April 2014, he insisted on Serbia's support for the Russian Federation, called the Ukrainian government "Western puppets", and claimed that it was "installed by force at the behest of Western special services". In May 2014, he called the lack of high-level meetings during Naryshkin's visit to Serbia "the shame of the Serbian masters", and the "most acceptable solution" for Ukraine - "the temporary return of Yanukovych to power in Kyiv with the help of Moscow and the eastern federalists, the adoption of a new Constitution, which will legitimize the federalization of the country". In May 2022, he insisted on the official statement of the Serbian authorities on the refusal to introduce sanctions against the Russian Federation, in the same month he said that NATO "must bear responsibility for the war in Ukraine. The magazine "New Serbian Political Misao", whose editor-in-chief is Vukadinovic, publishes pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian article, criticizes the EU and NATO.

He opposes the presence of NATO on the territory of Slovakia, and also believes that the government in the country is weak and dependent, and is controlled by the US through private non-governmental organizations that exert financial influence on government officials when they make decisions. He also believes that the USA is deliberately involving Slovakia and Eastern Europe in a military confrontation with the Russian Federation. After the start of the military aggression against Ukraine, he supported the actions of Vladimir Putin on social networks, as a result of which he was arrested by the Slovakian police for propagandizing extremism, but was later released.

In May 2007, he declared that "someone must oppose the American hegemonic policy", and the Russian Federation, which resists the "imperial policy of Washington", is "the most natural candidate for the role of a counterweight to the USA". After 2014, he repeatedly visited Crimea illegally. In March 2018, he was an observer at the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, he claimed that in the Russian Federation "the technical equipment of polling stations is better than in Eastern Europe", after Putin's victory he also declared: "The Russian Federation will be able to overcome all the obstacles that arise in front of it, first of all, through the West. And just win." In April 2021, he claimed that the accusations of the Russian Federation in the explosions of ammunition warehouses in the Czech Republic are connected with the "most serious escalation in recent years" in Ukraine, as well as the fact that "more and more European countries want to receive the Russian vaccine against the corona virus." In March 2022, the International Association of Friends of Crimea, whose general secretary is ?arnogursk?, made a statement in support of a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the cell of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine." In August 2022, he left a photo of himself shaking Putin's hand during a meeting of the Russian Valdai International Discussion Club as a background photo in one of the accounts.

In November 2017, he illegally visited Crimea, where he took part in the conference "Crimea in the modern international context", after which he declared: "The blockade against Crimea and sanctions against the Russian Federation will not lead to anything good", he also claimed that "Crimea is part of Russian Federation", "Crimea was, is and will be Russian". In April 2018, he again illegally visited Crimea, where he declared: "Everything that is happening in the world today from the West has one goal - to prevent the Russian Federation from becoming a strong state again." In March 2022, the International Association of Friends of Crimea, whose deputy general secretary is Abdelaziz, made a statement in support of a full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the center of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine." In April 2022, he reposted a photo of himself with Maria Zakharova, a video in which the events in Bucha were called a "media lie", a video of Lavrov's speech, and an article about the creation of the international "Council of Friends of the Russian Federation".

In October 2017, he declared that "Crimea was never Ukrainian", and claimed that the inhabitants of Crimea wanted to separate from Ukraine since the moment of its independence. and the Orange Revolution took place "under pressure from the West and Soros from the USA." At the same time, he stated that the Crimean Tatars no longer feel "any pressure, cultural or religious", while "in the Ukrainian period" the Crimean Tatars did not feel so free. In August 2021, he stated that the meetings of the "Crimean Platform" initiative "are financed by the organization "National Endowment for Democracy", which the USA uses for its secret operations", and condemned the participation in the meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey. At the same time, he claimed: "We are living through the days when those who work in the interests of the United States have to grab onto the wings of the plane in order to escape from their country. For this reason, it is important for Turkey to deepen consultations and cooperation with the Russian Federation in the interests of solving the problems of the Crimean Tatars and regional stability ". In March 2022, the International Association of Friends of Crimea, of which Unver is a member, made a statement in support of the full-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, calling for the "liquidation of the cell of neo-Nazism on the territory of Ukraine", Unver reposted the statement on his FB page. In April 2022, he published a photo of a meeting with Dmitry Kozak and the "president" of Crimea Aksyonov. In May 2022, he published a map with the designation of the territories occupied by the Russian Federation and the comment: "The lands of the historical Crimean Khanate, which are temporarily in the hands of Ukraine, become part of the Russian Federation, as in 1973!"

In March 2014, he illegally visited Crimea during the "referendum" and expressed regret that the "honest" holding of the referendum would not change the position of the EU and the European Parliament. In August 2014, he claimed that he was threatened with death by Ukrainian nationalists. In November 2014, he was present as an "observer" at the "elections" in the "DPR".

He declares that anti-Russian sanctions harm the peoples of Africa and the Middle East most of all, as they are blocked, including Russian Black Sea ports. He considers the policy of the USA and Europe to exhaust the Russian Federation as a nuclear power to be dangerous and irresponsible.

He believes that the war is the result of Ukraine's non-compliance with the Minsk agreements, as well as President Zelenskiy's statement about the possible restoration of nuclear status. Justifies the actions of Russian troops in Mariupol, claims that the city was destroyed due to the fact that Ukrainian neo-Nazi formations hid in residential buildings and used the civilian population as cover. He compares Zelenskiy's "rule" with Pinochet's dictatorial regime and believes that a "military" machine controlled by Western special services has been implemented in Kyiv. Illegally visited Kherson occupied by Russian troops together with other foreign propagandists John Mark Dugan and Thomas R?per. At the same time, in the stories of the Russian mass media, he was mentioned as a journalist of the non-existent Venezuelan TV channel International TV Network.

The Cato Institute is positioned as a private, non-profit think tank that advocates the principles of limited government, market economy, free trade and the expansion of individual freedom.

The Cato Institute is positioned as a private, non-profit think tank that advocates the principles of limited government, market economy, free trade and the expansion of individual freedom.

The Cato Institute is positioned as a private, non-profit think tank that advocates the principles of limited government, market economy, free trade and the expansion of individual freedom.

The Cato Institute is positioned as a private, non-profit think tank that advocates the principles of limited government, market economy, free trade and the expansion of individual freedom.

The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft is positioned as a private think tank on US public policy that directs efforts to spread the principles of foreign policy and resolve existing conflicts through diplomatic procedures and peace. The founders and main sponsors are the Soros Open Society Foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity is positioned as an educational organization, from the point of view of the philosophy of libertarianism, the main ideas of its creation are the cause of peace, individual human freedoms, non-interference of the state in private life. The institute's articles and publications mainly highlight the position of the institute's founder and former member of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party - Ronald Ernest Paul, and his son - Kentucky senator Randal Howard Paul, who consistently adhere to a pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian position.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity is positioned as an educational organization, from the point of view of the philosophy of libertarianism, the main ideas of its creation are the cause of peace, individual human freedoms, non-interference of the state in private life. The institute's articles and publications mainly highlight the position of the institute's founder and former member of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party - Ronald Ernest Paul, and his son - Kentucky senator Randal Howard Paul, who consistently adhere to a pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian position.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity is positioned as an educational organization, from the point of view of the philosophy of libertarianism, the main ideas of its creation are the cause of peace, individual human freedoms, non-interference of the state in private life. The institute's articles and publications mainly highlight the position of the institute's founder and former member of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party - Ronald Ernest Paul, and his son - Kentucky senator Randal Howard Paul, who consistently adhere to a pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian position.

"The Mises Institute positions itself as a libertarian nonprofit think tank. The institute does not belong to any political party. In March 2022, they published an article stating that sanctions against the Russian Federation do not work."

"The Mises Institute positions itself as a libertarian nonprofit think tank. The institute does not belong to any political party. In March 2022, they published an article stating that sanctions against the Russian Federation do not work."

"Counterpunch is a left-leaning political magazine that publishes ""excavative investigations from radical positions."" One of the first editors of the publication was Alexander Claud Cockburn - the son of one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the leader of the Comintern in Western Europe Claud Cockburn. Alexander was called a supporter of Stalinism and an apologist for the Gulag, show trials and the Holodomor. In 2016-17, employees of the Russian special services published in Counterpunch articles under the pseudonym ""Alice Donovan""."

"Positions himself as Orthodox. In April 2022, he called the events in Bucha ""Ukrainian propaganda."""

"In August 2022, he published an article on his FB page in which he stated that ""Volodymyr Zelenskiy kidnaps dissident students, bans opposition parties, closes independent media, commits flagrant war crimes and introduces regressive labor laws."" In August 2022, he made a repost on FB with quotes from American politicians and journalists: ""NATO supplies neo-Nazis in Ukraine with powerful weapons and conducts intensive preparation for their use"", ""The media is involved in this war, and everyone who supports Ukraine... These people - those whose hands will be covered in blood."" In 2016, Gilbert Doctorow and Edward Lozansky published a joint article on the importance of celebrating May 9."

"In 2014, the man, Stephen Frand Cohen, wrote that the ""abuse of office in the media"" led to the ""relentless demonization of Putin,"" who was not an ""autocrat."" In 2014, Stephen Frand Cohen and Heuvel wrote that President Barack Obama had unilaterally declared a new Cold War against the Russian Federation. In 2014, Stephen Frand Cohen stated that the crisis in Ukraine arose as a result of US actions, initiated by Bill Clinton and completed by George Bush Jr., regarding the expansion of NATO's sphere of influence to the borders of the Russian Federation."