The killing of Vladlen Tatarsky has put a spotlight on the murky world of Russia’s pro-invasion military bloggers and the outsized role they play in Moscow’s propaganda machine
. Tatarsky – whose real name was Maxim Fomin – died on Sunday in an explosion at a St. Petersburg cafe where he was appearing as a guest of a pro-war group. He was known for his support for the war on Ukraine and the boss of the Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin – as well as his occasional but harsh criticism of Moscow’s battlefield failures.
“By many criteria, the audience of Telegram channels matches those distributed in the United States by far-right groups and communities of conspiracy theorists,” he said, adding that their audiences were not confined to Russia. “People like Tatarsky served as propagandists and their admirers can be found far in western and central Europe.
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