Fomin Maxim Yuryevich (Vladlen Tatarsky)

A militant of illegal armed groups, a war criminal, an anti-Ukrainian propagandist, a participant in the Russian military aggression against Ukraine on February 24, 2022, a participant in the informational and psychological special operations of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, an informational supporter of Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine, and an accomplice in the crimes of the russian authorities against Ukraine and its citizens.

Vladlen Tatarsky, whose real name is Maxim Yuryevich Fomin (born April 25, 1982, in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast), was a terrorist, Russian collaborator, propagandist, and blogger. He was killed on April 2, 2023, during another presentation of his book in Saint Petersburg by a gift of a souvenir figurine that contained an explosive device.

In Saint Petersburg, during a conference, one of the most notorious Russian propagandists, Maxim Fomin, known under the pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky, was killed by a mine explosion. Fomin, a former Ukrainian citizen, was sentenced in 2011 to 12 years in prison for armed bank robbery in Donbas. He was released from prison in 2014 by Russian forces under the condition that he would fight against Ukraine. Fomin didn’t stay long in the trenches but became a blogger and one of the symbols of the Russian occupation. In December 2022, Fomin was invited to Putin’s speech at the Kremlin among representatives of the Russian elite. His elimination is a serious blow to Russian propaganda. According to eyewitnesses, a girl approached Fomin and gave him a figurine that exploded in his hands.