Andrey Gurulev, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and lieutenant general
Andrey Gurulev/ Photo by the press service of the government of the Government of the Trans-Baikal Territory
Andrey Gurulev is a lieutenant general of the Russian Armed Forces and a deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. From the autumn of 2014 to the spring of 2015, he organised the fighting of the Russian occupiers in eastern Ukraine. For this, he received the rank of “lieutenant general” and was awarded the Order of Courage. Since 2021, he has been a deputy of the State Duma and has supported the independence of the pseudo-republics of “L/DPR.”
Since the onset of the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Gurulev has been a regular on propaganda TV channels in Russia, actively commenting on the course of hostilities, the situation in the Russian Federation, the world, and the armed forces.
In June 2022, he stated that allegedly “the threat to the world comes from the Anglo-Saxons” and openly threatened London with military action.
In an interview with Russian media, he stated that “the Armed Forces of Ukraine are killing civilians.”
In October 2022, after the Russian Federation’s strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, he rejoiced on Russian television that Ukrainians were without electricity or water. He said that Ukraine could collapse after this and called on the occupiers to continue in the same spirit – supposedly, it is “effective.”
Main statements
1. He stated that the US was exercising external control over Ukraine, and the Ukrainian authorities were “acting against their own people” (February 24, 2022)
2. He stated that he was proud of Putin and his decision to invade Ukraine (February 24, 2022)
3. He stated that Western countries were inciting anti-Russian sentiment among Ukrainians and inciting other countries to have a negative attitude towards the Russian Federation (February 26, 2022)
4. He stated that the Russian Federation was liberating the territory of Ukraine from “neo-Nazis,” carrying out “denazification and demilitarization” (February 26, 2022)
5. He stated about the alleged presence of American bio laboratories on the territory of Ukraine (March 11, 2022)
6. He stated that it was necessary to “destroy the entire Nazi structure” in Ukraine (March 14, 2022)
7. He stated that the Russian Federation was not at war with Ukraine. He called Ukraine “a bargaining chip in Europe’s mission to destroy Russia” (October 7, 2022)
8. He stated that Ukrainians should be frozen and starved to death. He called for strikes on control centres in Ukraine (October 20, 2022)
