Personalities before and after the start of the war

Alexander Valerievich Sladkov is a Russian reporter, propagandist and special correspondent for the Izvestia programme of the State Television and Radio Company of Russia. He is a senior lieutenant in the reserve.

Yaroslav Dronov is a Russian singer known under the pseudonym SHAMAN. He actively agitates for the greatness of the Russian people and performs in the territories not controlled by Ukraine.

Alexei Milchakov is a Russian military mercenary, head of the Rusich DSHRG, participant in the war in Donbass, the Russian military operation in Syria and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. An open neo-Nazi. 

Photo selection of the main ideologues of the Russian world on the Internet and video-hosting sites.

Sergei Surovikin is a Russian military leader, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Hero of the Russian Federation, Army General (2021). Since 8 October 2022, he has been the commander of the Joint Forces Command in Russia's invasion…

Icons with terrorists and dictators - this is how Russians idolise tyrants.  

Igor Girkin is a Russian terrorist, military officer, war criminal, blogger, White Movement ideologue, and writer. Participant in the Russian war against Ukraine on the side of Russia. The leader of the Novorossiya terrorist group since 2014. Former…

For comparison we offer a selection of photos of the Hitler Youth and today's young Russian army. How both dictators involved young people in the military.

Gained notoriety while covering Russia's military invasion of Syria since 2015, but gained even more recognition during Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 as an official spokesman for the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation.
 

Semyon Pegov is a Russian propagandist and writer. He has worked on the WarGonzo project, aimed mainly at covering military topics and conflicts. He maintains a telegram channel linked to the Russian security services.