"Born on September 3, 1978, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. A Russian journalist and propagandist. Since 1999, he has been working as a correspondent for the “Komsomolskaya Pravda”, a special correspondent of the political department, responsible for covering military conflicts, natural disasters, and other cataclysms. He worked in Kosovo, Afghanistan, the North Caucasus, Libya, Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Ukraine and Nagorno-Karabakh. He also hosts programs on Komsomolskaya Pravda Radio.

On the sanction lists of all EU member states and other countries for supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as spreading propaganda and disinformation."